> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://getconvoy.io/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Secrets

> Used to sign the payload when sending events to an endpoint.

Secrets are used to sign the payload when sending events to an endpoint. If you don't supply a secret, Convoy will generate one for you.

To learn how the signature is computed and verified, see [Signatures](/product-manual/signatures) and [Hash functions](/glossary/hash-functions).