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package/CHANGELOG.md

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+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes are documented in the root
+[CHANGELOG.md](../../CHANGELOG.md).
+
+## 0.3.0 — 2026-09-16
+
+First npm release. See the root changelog for the full list.

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package/README.md

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+# @chantier/permissions
+
+Deny-first permission engine for the [chantier](https://github.com/mlcassociation/chantier)
+coding agent. Rules are evaluated in a fixed ladder (deny wins over allow; allow
+never punches through a deny), every mutation flows through an approval sink,
+and remembered grants live in a `RememberingEngine`.
+
+```ts
+import { createPermissionEngine, createRememberingEngine } from "@chantier/permissions";
+```
+
+License: Apache-2.0.

package/dist/index.d.mts

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+//#region src/engine.d.ts
+type Decision = "allow" | "ask" | "deny";
+interface ApprovalDetail {
+  /** Unified diff of the pending mutation, for approval-UI rendering. */
+  diff?: string;
+}
+interface ApprovalRequest {
+  tool: string;
+  input: unknown;
+  /** Optional human/model-facing context for the approval prompt. */
+  reason?: string;
+  /** Optional tool-computed metadata (e.g. a diff preview); sinks may ignore it. */
+  detail?: ApprovalDetail;
+}
+type ApprovalDecision = {
+  approved: boolean;
+  /** Model-facing reason included in the denial feedback when not approved. */
+  reason?: string;
+  /**
+   * Sink-to-owner hint: remember this tool for the rest of the session so
+   * later `ask` verdicts for it are short-circuited to allow. Purely a
+   * convention between sinks and their owners; the engine itself never reads it.
+   */
+  remember?: boolean;
+};
+/**
+ * The only path a mutation is allowed through. Silence never approves: an
+ * implementation may resolve `{ approved: false }`, never implicitly `true`.
+ */
+interface ApprovalSink {
+  ask(req: ApprovalRequest): Promise<ApprovalDecision>;
+}
+interface PermissionRules {
+  allow?: string[];
+  ask?: string[];
+  deny?: string[];
+}
+interface PermissionEngine {
+  /**
+   * Deny → ask → allow, first match wins; allow can never override deny.
+   * No rule matched: `readOnly` tools are allowed, mutating tools ask.
+   */
+  evaluate(toolName: string, specifier?: string, readOnly?: boolean): Decision;
+  /** True when a bare-name deny removes the tool from the model's toolset. */
+  isRemoved(toolName: string): boolean;
+}
+export declare function createPermissionEngine(rules: PermissionRules): PermissionEngine;
+//#endregion
+//#region src/remember.d.ts
+/**
+ * Wraps an engine with session-scoped "always allow" grants remembered from
+ * sink decisions. A remembered bare allow lifts `ask` verdicts for that tool
+ * to `allow` — including asks that came from explicit ask rules: an interactive
+ * "always allow" is fresher, more explicit user intent than any settings rule.
+ * Deny always wins first: the inner engine answers deny before the wrapper
+ * consults its set, so a remembered grant can never bypass a deny rule.
+ */
+interface RememberingEngine extends PermissionEngine {
+  /** Remember a bare-tool allow for the rest of the session. */
+  remember(tool: string): void;
+  /** Tools remembered so far (bare names). */
+  readonly remembered: readonly string[];
+}
+export declare function createRememberingEngine(inner: PermissionEngine): RememberingEngine;
+//#endregion
+//#region src/sinks.d.ts
+/** Headless default: every approval request is refused with an actionable reason. */
+export declare function createDenyAllSink(): ApprovalSink;
+/** `--yolo`: every approval request is granted. No permission rules are bypassed —
+ * explicit deny rules are still enforced by the engine before the sink is reached. */
+export declare function createAllowAllSink(): ApprovalSink;
+//#endregion
+export type { ApprovalDecision, ApprovalDetail, ApprovalRequest, ApprovalSink, Decision, PermissionEngine, PermissionRules, RememberingEngine };

package/dist/index.mjs

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+//#region src/engine.ts
+const RULE_PATTERN = /^([A-Za-z0-9_-]+)(?:\((.*)\))?$/;
+function parseRules(rules) {
+	const parsed = [];
+	for (const list of [
+		"deny",
+		"ask",
+		"allow"
+	]) for (const raw of rules[list] ?? []) {
+		const match = RULE_PATTERN.exec(raw);
+		if (!match) throw new Error(`Invalid permission rule "${raw}". Expected "Tool" or "Tool(specifier)" with optional * wildcards.`);
+		const tool = match[1];
+		const specifier = match[2];
+		parsed.push({
+			list,
+			tool,
+			specifier
+		});
+	}
+	return parsed;
+}
+/**
+* Rule/specifier wildcard semantics (uniform for tools and specifiers):
+* - `*` matches within one path segment (never crosses a slash)
+* - `**` matches across segments
+* - `**` immediately before a slash also matches zero segments
+* - `?` matches one non-separator character
+* - bracket `[a-z]` and brace `{ts,tsx}` expressions are matched LITERALLY;
+*   only the tokens above are wildcards
+*
+* A rule that does not match under-matches fail-safe: evaluation falls through
+* to the default decision (allow for readOnly tools, ask for mutations), never
+* to a wider grant than the rule intended.
+*/
+const patternCache = /* @__PURE__ */ new Map();
+function patternToRegExp(pattern) {
+	let compiled = patternCache.get(pattern);
+	if (compiled === void 0) {
+		const source = pattern.replace(/\*\*\/|(\*\*)|(\*)|(\?)|[.+^${}()|[\]\\]/g, (token) => {
+			switch (token) {
+				case "**/": return "(?:.*/)?";
+				case "**": return ".*";
+				case "*": return "[^/]*";
+				case "?": return "[^/]";
+				default: return `\\${token}`;
+			}
+		});
+		compiled = new RegExp(`^${source}$`);
+		patternCache.set(pattern, compiled);
+	}
+	return compiled;
+}
+function wildcardMatch(pattern, value) {
+	return patternToRegExp(pattern).test(value);
+}
+function createPermissionEngine(rules) {
+	const parsed = parseRules(rules);
+	const matches = (rule, toolName, specifier) => {
+		if (!wildcardMatch(rule.tool, toolName)) return false;
+		if (rule.specifier === void 0) return true;
+		if (specifier === void 0) return false;
+		return wildcardMatch(rule.specifier, specifier);
+	};
+	return {
+		evaluate(toolName, specifier, readOnly) {
+			for (const rule of parsed) if (matches(rule, toolName, specifier)) return rule.list;
+			return readOnly ? "allow" : "ask";
+		},
+		isRemoved(toolName) {
+			return parsed.some((rule) => rule.list === "deny" && rule.specifier === void 0 && wildcardMatch(rule.tool, toolName));
+		}
+	};
+}
+//#endregion
+//#region src/remember.ts
+function createRememberingEngine(inner) {
+	const allowSet = /* @__PURE__ */ new Set();
+	return {
+		remember(tool) {
+			allowSet.add(tool);
+		},
+		get remembered() {
+			return [...allowSet];
+		},
+		evaluate(toolName, specifier, readOnly) {
+			const decision = inner.evaluate(toolName, specifier, readOnly);
+			return decision === "ask" && allowSet.has(toolName) ? "allow" : decision;
+		},
+		isRemoved(toolName) {
+			return inner.isRemoved(toolName);
+		}
+	};
+}
+//#endregion
+//#region src/sinks.ts
+const HEADLESS_DENIAL_REASON = "mutation blocked in headless mode; rerun with --yolo or add an allow rule to .chantier/settings.json";
+/** Headless default: every approval request is refused with an actionable reason. */
+function createDenyAllSink() {
+	return { ask(req) {
+		return Promise.resolve({
+			approved: false,
+			reason: HEADLESS_DENIAL_REASON
+		});
+	} };
+}
+/** `--yolo`: every approval request is granted. No permission rules are bypassed —
+* explicit deny rules are still enforced by the engine before the sink is reached. */
+function createAllowAllSink() {
+	return { ask(_req) {
+		return Promise.resolve({ approved: true });
+	} };
+}
+//#endregion
+export { createAllowAllSink, createDenyAllSink, createPermissionEngine, createRememberingEngine };

package/package.json

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+{
+  "name": "@chantier/permissions",
+  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "type": "module",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "description": "Deny-first permission engine for the chantier coding agent",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": {
+      "development": "./src/index.ts",
+      "types": "./dist/index.d.mts",
+      "import": "./dist/index.mjs"
+    }
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "dist",
+    "README.md",
+    "LICENSE",
+    "CHANGELOG.md"
+  ],
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/mlcassociation/chantier.git"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/mlcassociation/chantier#readme",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/mlcassociation/chantier/issues"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=22"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsdown src/index.ts --format esm --dts --clean --out-dir dist",
+    "prepublishOnly": "npm run build"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "tsdown": "0.23.0"
+  }
+}