@chrono-meta/fh-gate 1.4.72 → 1.4.73
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- package/.claude/rules/.public-surface-patterns.defaults +44 -0
- package/.claude/rules/fh_4axis_gate.md +207 -0
- package/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json +2 -2
- package/AGENTS.md +26 -2
- package/CATALOG.md +31 -0
- package/knowledge/shared/harness-core/measurement-integrity-checklist.md +10 -0
- package/knowledge/shared/learnings/subagent_invocations_log.yaml +554 -0
- package/package.json +21 -1
- package/plugins/fh-commons/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +1 -1
- package/plugins/fh-meta/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +2 -2
- package/plugins/fh-meta/skills/context-doctor/SKILL.md +42 -4
- package/plugins/fh-meta/skills/context-doctor/SKILL_detail.md +38 -0
- package/scripts/chamber_candidate_collect.sh +223 -0
- package/scripts/degrade_direction_scan.sh +222 -0
- package/scripts/fh_session_load.sh +202 -0
- package/scripts/gate_pathspec_check.sh +166 -0
- package/scripts/prepush_guard_check.sh +374 -0
- package/scripts/psa_scan_lib.sh +153 -0
- package/scripts/public_surface_scan_files.sh +157 -0
- package/scripts/selfcheck.sh +16 -0
- package/scripts/session_close_check.sh +171 -0
- package/scripts/test_degrade_scan_shell_probes.sh +185 -0
- package/scripts/test_prepush_stdin_integrity.sh +119 -0
- package/scripts/universal_guard_check.sh +280 -0
- package/templates/.claude/rules/mcp_tool_gating.md +157 -0
- package/templates/.git-hooks/pre-commit +848 -0
- package/templates/.git-hooks/pre-push +585 -0
- package/templates/PRE-PUBLISH-CHECKLIST.md +85 -0
- package/templates/degrade_direction_scan.sh +222 -0
- package/templates/predelete_check.sh +72 -0
- package/templates/regression_guard.sh +563 -0
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
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# test_prepush_stdin_integrity.sh — regression anchor for the 2026-07-20 fail-open hole.
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#
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# HOLE: the session-close block inserted at the TOP of templates/.git-hooks/pre-push starts a
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# subprocess. git delivers the pushed ref list on the hook's STDIN, and the ref-reading loop runs
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# AFTER that block. A stdin-inheriting subprocess drains the ref list → the loop sees zero refs →
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# every DEL_/FORCED_ variable stays empty → the hook takes "nothing destructive → exit 0",
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# silently disarming the Destructive-Op gate on a branch-delete / force push.
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#
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# This test reproduces the mechanism (not just greps for the fix), then asserts the fix is present.
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ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
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HOOK="$ROOT/templates/.git-hooks/pre-push"
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# T1 — the mechanism is real: a stdin-inheriting subprocess eats the ref list.
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[ -z "$GOT" ] && _ok "T1 mechanism reproduces (inheriting subprocess drains stdin)" \
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|| _no "T1 mechanism did NOT reproduce — test is no longer meaningful, re-derive it"
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# T2 — the fix works: redirecting the subprocess from /dev/null preserves the ref list.
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GOT=$(printf 'r1 a1 r2 b2\n' | { _=$(bash -c 'cat >/dev/null' 2>&1 </dev/null); while read -r a _b _c _d; do echo "$a"; done; })
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[ "$GOT" = "r1" ] && _ok "T2 '< /dev/null' preserves the ref list" \
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|| _no "T2 redirect did not preserve stdin (got: '$GOT')"
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# T3 — the shipped hook actually carries the guard on the close-check invocation.
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LINE=$(grep -n 'session_close_check\.sh' "$HOOK" | grep -v '^\s*#' | grep '_SC_OUT=' || true)
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case "$LINE" in
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*"< /dev/null"*|*"</dev/null"*) _ok "T3 pre-push close-check invocation is stdin-guarded" ;;
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"") _no "T3 could not find the _SC_OUT invocation in $HOOK — hole may have been reintroduced under a new name" ;;
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*) _no "T3 pre-push close-check invocation LACKS '< /dev/null' → Destructive-Op gate is fail-open: $LINE" ;;
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# T4 — STRUCTURAL FIX: ref classification must run BEFORE any helper subprocess.
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# above the loop. A cross-family audit called that a priority inversion — advisory check above a
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# blocking safety gate — so the block moved below classification and this assertion flipped with it.
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# Match CODE lines only; an earlier draft matched the hook's own explanatory COMMENT and
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# self-inverted. Instrument defect caught by the instrument.)
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if [ -n "$SC_LN" ] && [ -n "$LOOP_LN" ] && [ "$LOOP_LN" -lt "$SC_LN" ]; then
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_ok "T4 ref classification (:$LOOP_LN) precedes the close-check helper (:$SC_LN)"
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_no "T4 PRIORITY INVERSION — helper(:${SC_LN:-?}) runs at/before ref classification(:${LOOP_LN:-?}); a stdin-reading helper can disarm the Destructive-Op gate"
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# T5 — END-TO-END (the anchor a cross-family audit required): a helper that ACTUALLY reads stdin,
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# they test the mechanism and the source layout; this tests the shipped hook's real behavior.
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T5_TMP=$(mktemp -d 2>/dev/null || echo "/tmp/fh_t5_$$") ; mkdir -p "$T5_TMP"
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' | bash ./pre-push-under-test origin https://example.invalid/x.git >/dev/null 2>&1
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# ── PR-only policy guard (2026-07-20 operator decision) ──────────────────────────
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local d; d=$(mktemp -d 2>/dev/null || echo "/tmp/fh_pp_$$"); mkdir -p "$d/scripts"
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mcp_tool_gating.md — External-MCP Tool Gating Rule Template
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Purpose of this file:
|
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|
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- Session rule for any project that mounts an EXTERNAL MCP server (a server whose
|
|
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|
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tools act on systems outside this repo: messaging, email, deploy, payments, …)
|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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# External-MCP Tool Gating (name-keyed)
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> Scope note: this rule is **mount-time risk classification**. For a mounted server that
|
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|
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tricking Claude Code into executing attacker-controlled code via prompt injection through a
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corroborates the root cause: the MCP-38 threat taxonomy (arXiv:2603.18063) and
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"A Formal Security Framework for MCP-Based AI Agents" (arXiv:2604.05969) both confirm
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that tool selection is mediated via free-form natural language at inference time —
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server annotations are not a reliable trust signal by design, not by implementation gap.
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|
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+
file defines *what* to gate (the tier table) and is the portable fallback for hosts
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([Mitiga, "MCP Token Theft in Claude Code," 2026-06](https://www.mitiga.io/blog/claude-code-mcp-token-theft-mitm)).
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