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# Deliver your first secret
> Create a project, add your secrets, and choose how to deliver them to your application or infrastructure.
This quickstart walks you through the steps shared by every Infisical secrets delivery workflow. You'll create a [project](/documentation/platform/secrets-mgmt/project), add a secret, and then continue with instructions for your application or infrastructure.
## Prerequisites
* An Infisical account on [Infisical Cloud](https://app.infisical.com) or a [self-hosted instance](/self-hosting/overview)
## Step 1: Configure in Infisical
### Create a project
In Infisical, a [project](/documentation/platform/secrets-mgmt/project) holds all secrets for one application or service. To create a project:
Log in to [Infisical](https://app.infisical.com).
Select **Secrets Management** > **+ Add New Project**.
In the **Project Name** field, enter a name for the project (e.g., `orders-service`).
Select **Create Project**.
This opens your new project in the **Development** environment:
Within a project, secrets are organized across [environments](/documentation/platform/secrets-mgmt/project#project-environments). Every new project starts with three environments: **Development**, **Staging**, and **Production**.
### Add your secrets
You have two options for adding secrets to your project:
To create a new secret from scratch:
Select **+ Add a New Secret**.
In the **Key** and **Value** fields, enter a key-value pair. For example:
Select **Create Secret**.
Repeat these steps for each key-value pair you want to add.
To import secrets from an existing file:
Drag and drop the file containing your secrets (or enter the file's contents manually by selecting **Paste Secrets**).
Review the discovered secrets. For example:
Select **Upload Secrets**.
## Step 2: Connect to your stack
Select your application stack or runtime environment. Each guide covers the authentication and delivery method appropriate for that destination.
Inject secrets into a local process with the Infisical CLI.
Deliver secrets to a container when it starts.
Deliver secrets to workloads with the Kubernetes Operator.
Fetch secrets from a Node.js application with the SDK.
Fetch secrets from a Python application with the SDK.
Use secrets during local development and on Vercel.
Search frameworks, platforms, CI/CD tools, and secret sync destinations.
## Next steps
Understand how projects, environments, folders, and secrets fit together.
Deliver secrets to production with SDKs, agents, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.
Scope who can access which environments and paths.