This basic example demonstrates how to use the @cipherstash/stack package and the Encryption SDK to encrypt and decrypt arbitrary input.

Create a new project or use an existing one, then install the package:

npm install @cipherstash/stack dotenv

Or with pnpm:

pnpm add @cipherstash/stack dotenv

You can also clone this repo and run the example as-is from examples/basic (after pnpm install in the repo root and in examples/basic).

Create a CipherStash account and get your workspace credentials from the CipherStash dashboard. You will need:

• Workspace CRN (Cloud Resource Name)
• Client ID
• Client key
• Client access key

Set these as environment variables (e.g. in a .env file in your project root):

CS_WORKSPACE_CRN=crn:...
CS_CLIENT_ID=...
CS_CLIENT_KEY=...
CS_CLIENT_ACCESS_KEY=...

Run your script (e.g. node --import tsx index.ts or pnpm start if you use the example’s script). The application will prompt for a name, encrypt it with CipherStash, log the ciphertext, decrypt it, and log the original plaintext, then run a short bulk-encryption demo.