CircleCI Connection - Infisical

Infisical supports the use of API Tokens to connect with CircleCI. <Note> CircleCI requires the account user to have Read/Write or Admin permissions </Note>

Create a CircleCI API Token

<Steps> <Step title="Click the profile image in the top-right corner and select 'User Settings'"> ![Dashboard Page](/images/app-connections/circleci/circleci-dashboard.png) </Step> <Step title="In the user settings sidebar, select 'Personal API Tokens'">

Click the "**Create new token**" button to create a new personal API token.
![User Settings Page](/images/app-connections/circleci/circleci-settings.png)

</Step> <Step title="Set a name for the token and click 'Add API Token'"> After creating the token, save the shown token value as it will not be shown again. You will need this token to configure your Infisical connection

![Api Keys Page](/images/app-connections/circleci/circleci-create-new-token.png)

</Step> </Steps>

Create a CircleCI Connection in Infisical

<Tabs> <Tab title="Infisical UI"> <Steps> <Step title="Navigate to App Connections"> In your Infisical dashboard, navigate to the **Integrations** tab in the desired project, then select **App Connections**.

    ![App Connections Tab](/images/app-connections/general/add-connection.png)
  </Step>
  <Step title="Select CircleCI Connection">
    Click **+ Add Connection** and choose **CircleCI Connection** from the list of integrations.

    ![Select CircleCI Connection](/images/app-connections/circleci/circleci-app-connection-option.png)
  </Step>
  <Step title="Fill out the CircleCI Connection form">
    Complete the form by providing:
    - A descriptive name for the connection
    - An optional description
    - The API Token value from the previous step

    ![CircleCI Connection Modal](/images/app-connections/circleci/circleci-app-connection-form.png)
  </Step>
  <Step title="Connection created">
    After submitting the form, your **CircleCI Connection** will be successfully created and ready to use with your Infisical project.

    ![CircleCI Connection Created](/images/app-connections/circleci/circleci-app-connection-generated.png)
  </Step>
</Steps>

</Tab> <Tab title="API"> To create a CircleCI Connection via API, send a request to the [Create CircleCI Connection](/api-reference/endpoints/app-connections/circleci/create) endpoint.

### Sample request

```bash Request
curl    --request POST \
        --url https://app.infisical.com/api/v1/app-connections/circleci \
        --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
        --data '{
            "name": "my-circleci-connection",
            "method": "api-token",
            "projectId": "7ffbb072-2575-495a-b5b0-127f88caef78",
            "credentials": {
                "apiToken": "[API TOKEN]"
            }
        }'
```

### Sample response

```bash Response
{
  "appConnection": {
      "id": "e5d18aca-86f7-4026-a95e-efb8aeb0d8e6",
      "name": "my-circleci-connection",
      "projectId": "7ffbb072-2575-495a-b5b0-127f88caef78",
      "description": null,
      "version": 1,
      "orgId": "6f03caa1-a5de-43ce-b127-95a145d3464c",
      "createdAt": "2025-04-23T19:46:34.831Z",
      "updatedAt": "2025-04-23T19:46:34.831Z",
      "isPlatformManagedCredentials": false,
      "credentialsHash": "7c2d371dec195f82a6a0d5b41c970a229cfcaf88e894a5b6395e2dbd0280661f",
      "app": "circleci",
      "method": "api-token",
      "credentials": {}
  }
}
```

</Tab> </Tabs>