ChatGPT Desktop forwards your SSH agent to remote machines
The agent running on a remote machine can authenticate using your local SSH credentials. That means it can push to your private repos on GitHub, for example. Proof: https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/28131#discussion_r3410013180
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Source account: The agent running on a remote machine can authenticate using your local SSH credentials. That means it can push to your private repos on GitHub, for example. Proof: https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/28131#discussion_r3410013180
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