diff --git a/devkit/scan_secrets.go b/devkit/scan_secrets.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ab02fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devkit/scan_secrets.go
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+package devkit
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/csv"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var scanSecretsRunner = runGitleaksDetect
+
+// ScanSecrets runs gitleaks against the supplied directory and parses the CSV report.
+func ScanSecrets(dir string) ([]Finding, error) {
+	output, err := scanSecretsRunner(dir)
+	findings, parseErr := parseGitleaksCSV(output)
+	if parseErr != nil {
+		return nil, parseErr
+	}
+	if err != nil && len(findings) == 0 {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return findings, nil
+}
+
+func runGitleaksDetect(dir string) ([]byte, error) {
+	bin, err := exec.LookPath("gitleaks")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(context.Background(), bin,
+		"detect",
+		"--no-banner",
+		"--no-color",
+		"--no-git",
+		"--source", dir,
+		"--report-format", "csv",
+		"--report-path", "-",
+	)
+
+	return cmd.Output()
+}
+
+func parseGitleaksCSV(data []byte) ([]Finding, error) {
+	if len(data) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	reader := csv.NewReader(strings.NewReader(string(data)))
+	reader.FieldsPerRecord = -1
+
+	rows, err := reader.ReadAll()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if len(rows) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	header := make(map[string]int, len(rows[0]))
+	for idx, name := range rows[0] {
+		header[normalizeCSVHeader(name)] = idx
+	}
+
+	var findings []Finding
+	for _, row := range rows[1:] {
+		finding := Finding{
+			Path:    csvField(row, header, "file", "path"),
+			Line:    csvIntField(row, header, "startline", "line"),
+			Column:  csvIntField(row, header, "startcolumn", "column"),
+			Rule:    csvField(row, header, "ruleid", "rule", "name"),
+			Snippet: csvField(row, header, "match", "secret", "description", "message"),
+		}
+
+		if finding.Snippet == "" {
+			finding.Snippet = csvField(row, header, "filename")
+		}
+		findings = append(findings, finding)
+	}
+
+	return findings, nil
+}
+
+func normalizeCSVHeader(name string) string {
+	return strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ReplaceAll(name, "_", ""), " ", "")))
+}
+
+func csvField(row []string, header map[string]int, names ...string) string {
+	for _, name := range names {
+		if idx, ok := header[name]; ok && idx < len(row) {
+			return strings.TrimSpace(row[idx])
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func csvIntField(row []string, header map[string]int, names ...string) int {
+	value := csvField(row, header, names...)
+	if value == "" {
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	n, err := strconv.Atoi(value)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return n
+}
diff --git a/devkit/scan_secrets_test.go b/devkit/scan_secrets_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfe6aab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devkit/scan_secrets_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package devkit
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestScanSecrets_Good(t *testing.T) {
+	originalRunner := scanSecretsRunner
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		scanSecretsRunner = originalRunner
+	})
+
+	scanSecretsRunner = func(dir string) ([]byte, error) {
+		require.Equal(t, "/tmp/project", dir)
+		return []byte(`RuleID,File,StartLine,StartColumn,Description,Match
+github-token,config.yml,12,4,GitHub token detected,ghp_exampletoken1234567890
+aws-access-key-id,creds.txt,7,1,AWS access key detected,AKIA1234567890ABCDEF
+`), nil
+	}
+
+	findings, err := ScanSecrets("/tmp/project")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, findings, 2)
+
+	require.Equal(t, "github-token", findings[0].Rule)
+	require.Equal(t, "config.yml", findings[0].Path)
+	require.Equal(t, 12, findings[0].Line)
+	require.Equal(t, 4, findings[0].Column)
+	require.Equal(t, "ghp_exampletoken1234567890", findings[0].Snippet)
+
+	require.Equal(t, "aws-access-key-id", findings[1].Rule)
+	require.Equal(t, "creds.txt", findings[1].Path)
+	require.Equal(t, 7, findings[1].Line)
+	require.Equal(t, 1, findings[1].Column)
+	require.Equal(t, "AKIA1234567890ABCDEF", findings[1].Snippet)
+}
+
+func TestScanSecrets_ReportsFindingsOnExitError(t *testing.T) {
+	originalRunner := scanSecretsRunner
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		scanSecretsRunner = originalRunner
+	})
+
+	scanSecretsRunner = func(dir string) ([]byte, error) {
+		return []byte(`rule_id,file,start_line,start_column,description,match
+token,test.txt,3,2,Token detected,secret-value
+`), errors.New("exit status 1")
+	}
+
+	findings, err := ScanSecrets("/tmp/project")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, findings, 1)
+	require.Equal(t, "token", findings[0].Rule)
+	require.Equal(t, 3, findings[0].Line)
+	require.Equal(t, 2, findings[0].Column)
+}
+
+func TestParseGitleaksCSV_Bad(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := parseGitleaksCSV([]byte("rule_id,file,start_line\nunterminated,\"broken"))
+	require.Error(t, err)
+}