!Secrets Not Working "unknown tag"

I have been struggling with using secrets.ymal I continue to get error for “unknow” tags. When I check the configuration to see if it is valid it also identifies the same lines highlighted in VSC.

What am I missing here?

Missing is not the correct word here. Try it without the trailing ‘s’, so it becomes !secret

That was it!

Thank you so much, I invested a lot of time reading and watching some videos ect… only to overlook the basics