diff --git a/docs/python.md b/docs/python.md
index 7942b2fb8..30a5e9175 100644
--- a/docs/python.md
+++ b/docs/python.md
@@ -253,7 +253,11 @@ m.on_layer_change(lambda e: print("layers", e["layerIds"]))
 | `add_colormap(colormap, vmin=, vmax=, label=, **kwargs)` | Add a colorbar from a named colormap (leafmap-style alias of `add_colorbar`). |
 | `set_center(lng, lat, zoom=None)` | Center (and optionally zoom) the map. |
 | `set_center_zoom(lng, lat, zoom=None)` | Alias of `set_center` (leafmap compatibility). |
-| `remove_layer(layer_id)` / `clear_layers()` | Remove layers. |
+| `set_zoom(zoom)` / `set_bearing(bearing)` / `set_pitch(pitch)` / `fit_project_bounds(bounds)` | Persist camera changes without requiring the widget to be displayed. |
+| `center` / `zoom` / `bearing` / `pitch` / `basemap` / `name` | Read persisted project and camera state; `name` is writable. |
+| `rename_layer(layer, name)` / `move_layer(layer, index)` / `duplicate_layer(layer, name=)` / `show_layer(layer)` / `hide_layer(layer)` | Manage layers by id, name, or `Layer` handle. |
+| `layer_properties(layer)` / `column_values(layer, column)` / `describe()` | Inspect inlined data and summarize a project without a browser round trip. |
+| `remove_layer(layer_id)` / `clear_layers()` | Remove one layer by id, name, or handle, or remove all layers. |
 | `to_project(keep_credentials=False)` | Return the current project as a dict, credentials redacted unless `keep_credentials=True`. |
 | `load_project(src)` | Replace the project from a dict, JSON string, or `.geolibre.json` path. |
 | `save_project(path, keep_credentials=False)` | Write the current project to a `.geolibre.json` file, credentials redacted unless `keep_credentials=True`. |
diff --git a/python/README.md b/python/README.md
index 7b0e262e5..fcbc8497e 100644
--- a/python/README.md
+++ b/python/README.md
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ m.to_project()["mapView"]["center"]
 | `layer_names` / `find_layer(name)` / `set_layer_visibility` / `set_layer_opacity` | Inspect and update layers conveniently. |
 | `rename_layer` / `move_layer` / `duplicate_layer` / `show_layer` / `hide_layer` | Manage layers by id, name, or `Layer` handle. |
 | `layer_properties(layer)` / `column_values(layer, column)` / `describe()` | Inspect inlined data and summarize a project without a browser round trip. |
-| `remove_layer(layer)` / `clear_layers()` | Remove one layer by id, name, or handle, or remove all layers. |
+| `remove_layer(layer_id)` / `clear_layers()` | Remove one layer by id, name, or handle, or remove all layers. |
 | `center` / `zoom` / `bearing` / `pitch` / `basemap` / `name` | Read persisted project and camera state; `name` is writable. |
 | `set_zoom` / `set_bearing` / `set_pitch` / `fit_project_bounds` | Persist camera changes without requiring the widget to be displayed. |
 | `to_project()` / `load_project(src)` / `save_project(path)` | Project I/O. |
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ print(describe_project(project))
 save_project("copy.geolibre.json", project)
 ```
 
+These are the lossless file primitives: unlike `Map.save_project`, the top-level
+`save_project` writes the project **verbatim**, credentials included, so that
+editing a project in place cannot strip your own API keys out of it. Pass a
+project through `geolibre.project.redact_credentials` first if the file is going
+anywhere untrusted, or use `Map.save_project`, which redacts by default.
+
 ## Notes
 
 - The bundled app is served from a localhost HTTP server, so the interactive
diff --git a/python/src/geolibre/authoring.py b/python/src/geolibre/authoring.py
index 4f286b96c..1353f021c 100644
--- a/python/src/geolibre/authoring.py
+++ b/python/src/geolibre/authoring.py
@@ -115,9 +115,19 @@ def save_project(path: str | Path, project: dict[str, Any]) -> Path:
     can approach ``MAX_PROJECT_BYTES``, and the MCP server rewrites the whole
     file on every edit, so a truncating write is a real way to lose work.
 
+    Note:
+        This writes *verbatim*, credentials included. It is the lossless
+        primitive the MCP server round-trips a user's own project file through,
+        where stripping an API key on every small edit would quietly destroy the
+        file's usefulness. :meth:`geolibre.Map.save_project` is the counterpart
+        for producing a file to share: it redacts unless
+        ``keep_credentials=True``. Run a project through
+        :func:`geolibre.project.redact_credentials` before calling this if the
+        result is going anywhere untrusted.
+
     Args:
         path: Destination path.
-        project: The project dict to serialize.
+        project: The project dict to serialize, written as given.
 
     Returns:
         The resolved path written to.
diff --git a/python/src/geolibre/geolibre.py b/python/src/geolibre/geolibre.py
index 269c94ce4..4346a2080 100644
--- a/python/src/geolibre/geolibre.py
+++ b/python/src/geolibre/geolibre.py
@@ -2525,7 +2525,9 @@ def source(self) -> Any:
         into an output that often gets committed or shared. Read
         :attr:`Map.project` for the record exactly as stored.
         """
-        return _project.redact_layer(self._layer()).get("source")
+        # Sweep the one field rather than the whole layer: `redact_layer` would
+        # copy an inlined geojson blob first, only to discard it here.
+        return _project.redact_layer_field(self._layer().get("source"))
 
     @property
     def data(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
diff --git a/python/src/geolibre/project.py b/python/src/geolibre/project.py
index 97b153def..48755026b 100644
--- a/python/src/geolibre/project.py
+++ b/python/src/geolibre/project.py
@@ -182,6 +182,15 @@ def _sweep_layer_credentials(layer: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
             layer[field] = _redact_config(layer[field])
 
 
+def redact_layer_field(value: Any) -> Any:
+    """Return one of a layer's config fields, detached and swept.
+
+    The single-field counterpart to :func:`redact_layer`, for a read that wants
+    only ``source`` and should not pay to copy an inlined GeoJSON blob first.
+    """
+    return _redact_config(value)
+
+
 def redact_layer(layer: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
     """Return a detached copy of one layer, safe to display or hand to others.