@prodcycle/prodcycle 0.5.0 → 0.6.1

package/README.md

@@ -31,18 +31,27 @@ npm install @prodcycle/prodcycle
 ### CLI
 
 ```bash
-# Scan current directory against SOC 2 and HIPAA
+# Scan current directory against all 3 frameworks (default: soc2, hipaa, nist-csf).
+# Auto-flips to SARIF in known CI environments so output drops into
+# code-scanning dashboards without extra wiring.
+prodcycle scan .
+
+# Pin a specific framework or subset
 prodcycle scan . --framework soc2,hipaa
+prodcycle scan . --framework hipaa --severity-threshold high
 
-# Output as SARIF for GitHub Code Scanning
-prodcycle scan . --framework soc2 --format sarif --output results.sarif
+# Explicit SARIF (overrides the CI auto-flip)
+prodcycle scan . --format sarif --output results.sarif
 
-# Set severity threshold (only report HIGH and above)
-prodcycle scan . --framework hipaa --severity-threshold high
+# CI: scan only files changed in the PR
+prodcycle scan . --pr origin/main..HEAD
 
 # Auto-configure compliance hooks/instructions for your coding agents
 # (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI)
 prodcycle init --agent all
+
+# Scaffold a CI workflow that delegates to prodcycle/actions/compliance
+prodcycle init --ci github     # also: gitlab | circleci
 ```
 
 Subcommands: `scan` (full repo scan), `gate` (JSON payload from stdin), `hook` (coding-agent post-edit hook), `init` (agent setup).

package/dist/api-client.d.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,30 @@ export interface GateOptions {
     apiUrl?: string;
     config?: Record<string, unknown>;
 }
+/**
+ * Set when `validateChunked`'s post-`/complete` enrichment GET failed and the
+ * structured `findings` could not be recovered. Distinguishable from the
+ * server-side `scannerError`: this signals "we know there are N findings (per
+ * the summary) but we couldn't fetch them — retry with `prodcycle scans
+ * <id>`," not "we couldn't certify the scan." Surfaced as a named field
+ * (rather than via the `[key: string]: unknown` index signature) so
+ * TypeScript callers get a typed contract instead of `unknown`.
+ *
+ * `code` distinguishes:
+ *   - `BACKFILL_GET_FAILED`: GET threw / non-2xx — backfill couldn't run
+ *   - `BACKFILL_GET_RETURNED_EMPTY`: GET succeeded but findings were still
+ *     empty despite `summary.total > 0`. Usually means eventual consistency
+ *     between the `/complete` writer and the scan-record reader; retrying
+ *     after a short delay typically populates the findings. Surfaced as a
+ *     separate code so SARIF/dashboard consumers can decide whether to
+ *     auto-retry vs. surface as a hard error.
+ */
+export interface BackfillError {
+    code: 'BACKFILL_GET_FAILED' | 'BACKFILL_GET_RETURNED_EMPTY';
+    message: string;
+    scanId: string;
+    summaryTotal: number;
+}
 export interface ScanResult {
     scanId?: string;
     passed: boolean;
@@ -24,6 +48,7 @@ export interface ScanResult {
     summary?: unknown;
     prompt?: string;
     status?: 'IN_PROGRESS' | 'COMPLETED' | 'FAILED';
+    backfillError?: BackfillError;
     [key: string]: unknown;
 }
 interface ApiErrorBody {
@@ -107,6 +132,22 @@ export declare class ComplianceApiClient {
      * to override the conservative defaults.
      */
     validateChunked(files: Record<string, string>, frameworks: string[], options?: ScanOptions): Promise<ScanResult>;
+    /**
+     * Some server versions of `POST /scans/:id/complete` return only the summary,
+     * leaving `findings` empty even when `summary.total > 0`. The findings are
+     * persisted on the scan record and recoverable via `GET /scans/:id`. Call
+     * this after `completeSession` (and any other path where the response shape
+     * may be summary-only) so SARIF/JSON consumers always see structured findings,
+     * not just a count. No-op when findings are already present or the scan is
+     * genuinely clean.
+     *
+     * Timeout: the follow-up GET goes through `this.request`, which wraps every
+     * fetch with `AbortSignal.timeout(REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS)` (120 s default,
+     * tunable via `PC_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS`). A stalled server can't hang
+     * `validateChunked` indefinitely; if the abort fires, the catch below
+     * falls through with the original summary-only result.
+     */
+    private backfillFindingsIfMissing;
     /**
      * Async-validate: returns a `scanId` immediately; caller polls
      * `getScan(scanId)` until status is COMPLETED or FAILED. Useful for CI

package/dist/api-client.js

@@ -176,7 +176,79 @@ class ComplianceApiClient {
             await this.appendChunk(session.scanId, chunk);
         }
         const result = await this.completeSession(session.scanId);
-        return { scanId: session.scanId, ...result };
+        const enriched = await this.backfillFindingsIfMissing(session.scanId, result);
+        return { scanId: session.scanId, ...enriched };
+    }
+    /**
+     * Some server versions of `POST /scans/:id/complete` return only the summary,
+     * leaving `findings` empty even when `summary.total > 0`. The findings are
+     * persisted on the scan record and recoverable via `GET /scans/:id`. Call
+     * this after `completeSession` (and any other path where the response shape
+     * may be summary-only) so SARIF/JSON consumers always see structured findings,
+     * not just a count. No-op when findings are already present or the scan is
+     * genuinely clean.
+     *
+     * Timeout: the follow-up GET goes through `this.request`, which wraps every
+     * fetch with `AbortSignal.timeout(REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS)` (120 s default,
+     * tunable via `PC_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS`). A stalled server can't hang
+     * `validateChunked` indefinitely; if the abort fires, the catch below
+     * falls through with the original summary-only result.
+     */
+    async backfillFindingsIfMissing(scanId, result) {
+        const findingsLength = Array.isArray(result.findings) ? result.findings.length : 0;
+        const summaryTotal = result.summary?.total ?? 0;
+        if (findingsLength > 0 || summaryTotal === 0)
+            return result;
+        try {
+            const full = await this.getScan(scanId);
+            if (Array.isArray(full.findings) && full.findings.length > 0) {
+                return { ...result, findings: full.findings };
+            }
+            // GET succeeded but findings were empty despite `summary.total > 0`.
+            // Most likely cause: eventual consistency between `/complete`'s summary
+            // computation and the scan-record findings writer. Without surfacing a
+            // signal here, the caller would see exactly the silent-drop state the
+            // backfill was added to prevent. Mark as `BACKFILL_GET_RETURNED_EMPTY`
+            // (distinct from the throw case) so consumers can branch on retry vs.
+            // hard-fail behavior.
+            const message = `findings still empty after GET /scans/${scanId} (summary reports ${summaryTotal})`;
+            process.stderr.write(`⚠ Findings backfill ${message}. ` +
+                `Run \`prodcycle scans ${scanId}\` after a short delay to retry.\n`);
+            return {
+                ...result,
+                backfillError: {
+                    code: 'BACKFILL_GET_RETURNED_EMPTY',
+                    message,
+                    scanId,
+                    summaryTotal,
+                },
+            };
+        }
+        catch (err) {
+            // Best-effort enrichment: if the follow-up GET fails, fall through with
+            // the original result rather than break the scan call. The user still
+            // has the summary + scanId.
+            //
+            // BUT — without a user-facing signal, the resulting state (`findings: []`
+            // alongside `summary.total > 0`) looks exactly like the original bug we
+            // were fixing, and the user has no way to know they need to retry via
+            // `prodcycle scans <id>`. Surface the failure as both:
+            //   - a stderr warning (humans running the CLI interactively)
+            //   - a structured `backfillError` field (programmatic consumers / SARIF)
+            const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+            process.stderr.write(`⚠ Findings backfill GET /scans/${scanId} failed (${message}). ` +
+                `${summaryTotal} finding(s) were detected but only the summary is available. ` +
+                `Run \`prodcycle scans ${scanId}\` to fetch the structured findings.\n`);
+            return {
+                ...result,
+                backfillError: {
+                    code: 'BACKFILL_GET_FAILED',
+                    message,
+                    scanId,
+                    summaryTotal,
+                },
+            };
+        }
     }
     // ─── Async validate ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     /**

package/dist/cli.d.ts

@@ -1,2 +1,52 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-export {};
+/**
+ * Detect CI environment via well-known env vars set by the major
+ * platforms. When CI is detected, default `--format` flips to `sarif`
+ * (so output drops straight into GitHub code scanning / GitLab security
+ * dashboards / etc. without extra configuration). Users can still
+ * override with `--format table|json|prompt`.
+ *
+ * The flip is opt-out (set `--format table` explicitly to keep the
+ * human-readable output in CI logs). Heuristic, not load-bearing — if
+ * we miss a CI platform here the user gets the same default they
+ * would have anyway (`table`), they just have to add `--format sarif`
+ * by hand.
+ */
+export declare function isCiEnvironment(env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): boolean;
+/**
+ * Resolve the files to scan for a `hook` invocation. Supports:
+ *   - `--file <path>` — read that file from disk
+ *   - stdin: `{"files": {path: content}}` (same as gate)
+ *   - stdin: `{"file_path": "...", "content": "..."}` (single file)
+ *   - stdin: Claude Code PostToolUse shape —
+ *       `{"tool_input": {"file_path": "...", "content"|"new_string": "..."}}`
+ *     When only `file_path` is given and we can read the file, we do.
+ */
+/**
+ * Convert the user-supplied `--file <path>` value into a repo-relative key.
+ *
+ * The compliance API rejects absolute paths (`File path must be relative`).
+ * Two failure modes the naive implementation hit on macOS:
+ *
+ *   1. Absolute paths under cwd silently became cryptic 400s. Fixed by
+ *      `path.relative(cwd, absolute)` — works on Linux.
+ *   2. macOS `/tmp` is a symlink to `/private/tmp`. `path.resolve()` does
+ *      NOT follow symlinks, but `process.cwd()` returns the physical path
+ *      via the kernel's `getcwd()`. Result: `path.resolve('/tmp/repo/x')`
+ *      = `/tmp/repo/x` while cwd is `/private/tmp/repo`, so the relative
+ *      path is `../../../tmp/repo/x` and the file is incorrectly rejected
+ *      as "outside cwd" — exactly the agent-hook scenario this targets.
+ *      Fix: realpath both sides before comparing.
+ *
+ * Pure function (no fs I/O of its own, no `process.exit`) so it's directly
+ * unit-testable. Caller passes the original input, the realpath of the
+ * resolved file (`fs.realpathSync(path.resolve(filePath))`), and the
+ * realpath of cwd. Tests construct realpath inputs themselves.
+ */
+export declare function resolveHookFileKey(inputPath: string, realpathFile: string, realpathCwd: string): {
+    ok: true;
+    key: string;
+} | {
+    ok: false;
+    error: string;
+};

package/dist/cli.js

@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || (function () {
     };
 })();
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
+exports.isCiEnvironment = isCiEnvironment;
+exports.resolveHookFileKey = resolveHookFileKey;
 const commander_1 = require("commander");
+const child_process_1 = require("child_process");
 const fs = __importStar(require("fs"));
 const path = __importStar(require("path"));
 const index_1 = require("./index");
@@ -111,13 +114,55 @@ program
     .name('prodcycle')
     .description('Multi-framework policy-as-code compliance scanner for infrastructure and application code.')
     .version(PKG_VERSION);
+/**
+ * Detect CI environment via well-known env vars set by the major
+ * platforms. When CI is detected, default `--format` flips to `sarif`
+ * (so output drops straight into GitHub code scanning / GitLab security
+ * dashboards / etc. without extra configuration). Users can still
+ * override with `--format table|json|prompt`.
+ *
+ * The flip is opt-out (set `--format table` explicitly to keep the
+ * human-readable output in CI logs). Heuristic, not load-bearing — if
+ * we miss a CI platform here the user gets the same default they
+ * would have anyway (`table`), they just have to add `--format sarif`
+ * by hand.
+ */
+function isCiEnvironment(env = process.env) {
+    // Generic `CI`: match any non-empty value. Most platforms set `CI=true`
+    // but some (Drone CI, Woodpecker CI, custom Jenkins pipelines) use
+    // `CI=1` or another truthy string. Specific platforms below cover the
+    // happy path; this is a defense-in-depth fallback so we don't miss
+    // edge-case environments.
+    return ((env['CI'] != null && env['CI'] !== '') ||
+        env['GITHUB_ACTIONS'] === 'true' ||
+        env['GITLAB_CI'] === 'true' ||
+        env['CIRCLECI'] === 'true' ||
+        env['JENKINS_URL'] != null ||
+        env['BUILDKITE'] === 'true' ||
+        env['TRAVIS'] === 'true' ||
+        env['BITBUCKET_BUILD_NUMBER'] != null);
+}
 // ── scan ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 program
     .command('scan [repo_path]')
     .description('Scan a repository for compliance violations')
-    .option('--framework <ids>', 'Comma-separated framework IDs to evaluate', 'soc2')
-    .option('--format <format>', 'Output format: json, sarif, table, prompt', 'table')
-    .option('--severity-threshold <severity>', 'Minimum severity to include in report', 'low')
+    // Default frameworks: all three. The unique value of this scanner is
+    // cross-framework evaluation in one pass; defaulting to `soc2` only
+    // hid the HIPAA + NIST CSF capability from users who never thought
+    // to override the flag. If users need only one framework they can
+    // still pass `--framework soc2` explicitly.
+    .option('--framework <ids>', 'Comma-separated framework IDs to evaluate', 'soc2,hipaa,nist-csf')
+    // Default format: `table` for interactive use, but auto-flipped to
+    // `sarif` when CI is detected (see isCiEnvironment above) so GitHub
+    // Code Scanning / GitLab dashboards pick the report up without any
+    // extra wiring. The CLI's --format flag overrides the auto-flip.
+    .option('--format <format>', 'Output format: json, sarif, table, prompt (auto-defaults to sarif in CI)', undefined)
+    // Default severity-threshold: `medium`. `low` includes too many
+    // tier-3 advisory findings that are typically noise unless the user
+    // explicitly opts in; `high` would hide medium-severity weak-crypto
+    // findings that ARE actionable. Medium is the right balance for
+    // first-time users.
+    .option('--severity-threshold <severity>', 'Minimum severity to include in report', 'medium')
     .option('--fail-on <levels>', 'Comma-separated severities that cause non-zero exit', 'critical,high')
     .option('--include <patterns>', 'Comma-separated glob patterns to include')
     .option('--exclude <patterns>', 'Comma-separated glob patterns to exclude')
@@ -126,12 +171,19 @@ program
     .option('--api-key <key>', 'API key for compliance API (or PC_API_KEY env)')
     .option('--async', 'Use the async-validate flow (server returns 202 immediately; CLI polls until COMPLETED). Useful for large scans where holding a connection isn’t practical.')
     .option('--chunked', 'Force the chunked-session flow regardless of payload size. The default already auto-falls-back to chunked when /validate returns 413 with a chunked-endpoint suggestion.')
+    .option('--pr <range>', 'Scan only files changed in a git diff range (e.g. "origin/main..HEAD"). Cuts CI scan time on large repos by skipping unchanged files. Requires baseDir to be the git repo root.')
     .action(async (repoPath, opts) => {
     try {
         const target = repoPath ?? '.';
-        const frameworks = parseList(opts.framework) ?? ['soc2'];
+        const frameworks = parseList(opts.framework) ?? ['soc2', 'hipaa', 'nist-csf'];
         const failOn = parseList(opts.failOn) ?? ['critical', 'high'];
-        const format = (opts.format ?? 'table');
+        // Format resolution:
+        //   1. explicit --format wins
+        //   2. otherwise: sarif when CI is detected, table when interactive
+        // SARIF in CI lets GitHub code scanning / GitLab security dashboards
+        // ingest results with zero extra configuration; table in interactive
+        // shells gives the human-readable summary first-time users expect.
+        const format = (opts.format ?? (isCiEnvironment() ? 'sarif' : 'table'));
         // --async and --chunked are mutually exclusive; pick the explicit
         // mode if either flag is set, otherwise let `scan()` pick (sync
         // with auto-fallback to chunked on 413).
@@ -144,6 +196,20 @@ program
             mode = 'async';
         else if (opts.chunked)
             mode = 'chunked';
+        // --pr: restrict the scan to files in `git diff --name-only <range>`.
+        // Empty diff → exit 0 immediately (nothing to scan).
+        let include = parseList(opts.include);
+        if (opts.pr) {
+            const changed = computeChangedFiles(target, opts.pr);
+            if (changed.length === 0) {
+                console.error(`No files changed in range "${opts.pr}". Nothing to scan.`);
+                process.exit(0);
+            }
+            console.error(`--pr ${opts.pr}: restricting scan to ${changed.length} changed file(s).`);
+            // Use the diff list as exact-match include patterns. minimatch treats
+            // ordinary paths (no glob chars) as literal matches against relPath.
+            include = changed;
+        }
         console.error(`Scanning ${path.resolve(target)} for ${frameworks.join(', ')}` +
             (mode === 'sync' ? '' : ` (${mode} mode)`) +
             '...');
@@ -153,7 +219,7 @@ program
             options: {
                 severityThreshold: opts.severityThreshold,
                 failOn: failOn,
-                include: parseList(opts.include),
+                include,
                 exclude: parseList(opts.exclude),
                 apiUrl: opts.apiUrl,
                 apiKey: opts.apiKey,
@@ -172,14 +238,14 @@ program
 program
     .command('gate')
     .description('Evaluate a JSON payload of files from stdin (low-latency hook endpoint)')
-    .option('--framework <ids>', 'Comma-separated framework IDs to evaluate', 'soc2')
+    .option('--framework <ids>', 'Comma-separated framework IDs to evaluate', 'soc2,hipaa,nist-csf')
     .option('--format <format>', 'Output format: json, sarif, table, prompt', 'prompt')
     .option('--output <file>', 'Write report to file')
     .option('--api-url <url>', 'Compliance API base URL (or PC_API_URL env)')
     .option('--api-key <key>', 'API key for compliance API (or PC_API_KEY env)')
     .action(async (opts) => {
     try {
-        const frameworks = parseList(opts.framework) ?? ['soc2'];
+        const frameworks = parseList(opts.framework) ?? ['soc2', 'hipaa', 'nist-csf'];
         const format = (opts.format ?? 'prompt');
         const stdin = await readStdin();
         if (!stdin.trim()) {
@@ -231,23 +297,31 @@ program
         const { ComplianceApiClient } = await Promise.resolve().then(() => __importStar(require('./api-client')));
         const client = new ComplianceApiClient(opts.apiUrl, opts.apiKey);
         const scan = await client.getScan(scanId);
+        // Same scannerError / exit-code-2 plumbing as scan() / gate(): a
+        // user retrieving a stored scan that failed for scanner reasons
+        // must see the same distinction (exit 2, scannerError surfaced).
+        const scannerError = scan.scannerError;
+        const exitCode = scannerError ? 2 : scan.passed ? 0 : 1;
         const payload = {
             scanId,
             passed: scan.passed,
             status: scan.status ?? 'COMPLETED',
             findings: scan.findings ?? [],
             summary: scan.summary,
-            exitCode: scan.passed ? 0 : 1,
+            exitCode,
+            ...(scannerError ? { scannerError } : {}),
         };
         // Use the same renderer as `scan` so format=table/sarif/prompt all work.
         writeOutput(renderReport(payload, format), opts.output);
+        if (scannerError)
+            (0, index_1.emitScannerErrorWarning)(scannerError);
         // Exit 2 if scan is still in progress — the CLI run shouldn't gate on
         // an indeterminate result.
         if (scan.status === 'IN_PROGRESS') {
             console.error(`Scan ${scanId} is still IN_PROGRESS. Re-run the same command to keep polling, or use 'pc scan --async' to wait for completion.`);
             process.exit(2);
         }
-        process.exit(payload.exitCode);
+        process.exit(exitCode);
     }
     catch (error) {
         console.error(`✗ Error: ${error.message}`);
@@ -258,7 +332,7 @@ program
 program
     .command('hook')
     .description('Run as coding-agent post-edit hook (reads stdin or --file)')
-    .option('--framework <ids>', 'Comma-separated framework IDs to evaluate', 'soc2')
+    .option('--framework <ids>', 'Comma-separated framework IDs to evaluate', 'soc2,hipaa,nist-csf')
     .option('--format <format>', 'Output format: json, sarif, table, prompt', 'prompt')
     .option('--file <path>', 'Scan this file from disk (alternative to reading content from stdin)')
     .option('--fail-on <levels>', 'Severities that cause non-zero exit', 'critical,high')
@@ -267,7 +341,7 @@ program
     .option('--api-key <key>', 'API key for compliance API (or PC_API_KEY env)')
     .action(async (opts) => {
     try {
-        const frameworks = parseList(opts.framework) ?? ['soc2'];
+        const frameworks = parseList(opts.framework) ?? ['soc2', 'hipaa', 'nist-csf'];
         const format = (opts.format ?? 'prompt');
         const files = await collectHookFiles(opts.file);
         if (!files || Object.keys(files).length === 0) {
@@ -298,6 +372,43 @@ program
  *       `{"tool_input": {"file_path": "...", "content"|"new_string": "..."}}`
  *     When only `file_path` is given and we can read the file, we do.
  */
+/**
+ * Convert the user-supplied `--file <path>` value into a repo-relative key.
+ *
+ * The compliance API rejects absolute paths (`File path must be relative`).
+ * Two failure modes the naive implementation hit on macOS:
+ *
+ *   1. Absolute paths under cwd silently became cryptic 400s. Fixed by
+ *      `path.relative(cwd, absolute)` — works on Linux.
+ *   2. macOS `/tmp` is a symlink to `/private/tmp`. `path.resolve()` does
+ *      NOT follow symlinks, but `process.cwd()` returns the physical path
+ *      via the kernel's `getcwd()`. Result: `path.resolve('/tmp/repo/x')`
+ *      = `/tmp/repo/x` while cwd is `/private/tmp/repo`, so the relative
+ *      path is `../../../tmp/repo/x` and the file is incorrectly rejected
+ *      as "outside cwd" — exactly the agent-hook scenario this targets.
+ *      Fix: realpath both sides before comparing.
+ *
+ * Pure function (no fs I/O of its own, no `process.exit`) so it's directly
+ * unit-testable. Caller passes the original input, the realpath of the
+ * resolved file (`fs.realpathSync(path.resolve(filePath))`), and the
+ * realpath of cwd. Tests construct realpath inputs themselves.
+ */
+function resolveHookFileKey(inputPath, realpathFile, realpathCwd) {
+    if (!path.isAbsolute(inputPath)) {
+        // Relative input passes through verbatim — no symlink ambiguity.
+        return { ok: true, key: inputPath };
+    }
+    const relative = path.relative(realpathCwd, realpathFile);
+    if (relative.startsWith('..') || path.isAbsolute(relative)) {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            error: `hook: --file ${inputPath} is outside the current directory ` +
+                `(${realpathCwd}). Pass a path relative to the repo root, or ` +
+                `cd into the repo first.`,
+        };
+    }
+    return { ok: true, key: relative };
+}
 async function collectHookFiles(filePath) {
     if (filePath) {
         const absolute = path.resolve(filePath);
@@ -306,7 +417,17 @@ async function collectHookFiles(filePath) {
             process.exit(2);
         }
         const content = fs.readFileSync(absolute, 'utf8');
-        return { [filePath]: content };
+        // Realpath both sides so the macOS `/tmp → /private/tmp` symlink doesn't
+        // make a valid agent-hook path (e.g. `/tmp/repo/main.tf`) appear outside
+        // cwd. See `resolveHookFileKey` JSDoc for the full rationale.
+        const realpathFile = fs.realpathSync(absolute);
+        const realpathCwd = fs.realpathSync(process.cwd());
+        const resolved = resolveHookFileKey(filePath, realpathFile, realpathCwd);
+        if (!resolved.ok) {
+            console.error(resolved.error);
+            process.exit(2);
+        }
+        return { [resolved.key]: content };
     }
     const stdin = await readStdin();
     if (!stdin.trim()) {
@@ -348,18 +469,22 @@ async function collectHookFiles(filePath) {
 // ── init ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 program
     .command('init')
-    .description('Configure compliance hooks for coding agents')
+    .description('Configure compliance hooks for coding agents and/or CI workflows')
     .option('--agent <agents>', 'Comma-separated agents to configure (claude, cursor, codex, opencode, github-copilot, gemini-cli). Use "all" to configure every agent. Default: auto-detect.')
+    .option('--ci <providers>', 'Comma-separated CI providers to scaffold (github, gitlab, circleci). Use "all" for every provider. Opt-in only \u2014 never auto-detected.')
     .option('--force', 'Overwrite existing compliance hook entries')
     .option('--dir <path>', 'Project directory to configure', '.')
     .action((opts) => {
     try {
         const dir = path.resolve(opts.dir ?? '.');
         const agents = resolveAgents(opts.agent, dir);
-        if (agents.length === 0) {
-            console.error('init: no agents selected and none auto-detected. ' +
-                'Use --agent <name> to configure explicitly (claude, cursor, codex, ' +
-                'opencode, github-copilot, gemini-cli, or "all").');
+        const ciProviders = resolveCiProviders(opts.ci);
+        if (agents.length === 0 && ciProviders.length === 0) {
+            console.error('init: nothing to do. ' +
+                'Use --agent <name> to configure a coding agent (claude, cursor, codex, ' +
+                'opencode, github-copilot, gemini-cli, or "all"), and/or --ci <provider> ' +
+                'to scaffold CI workflows (github, gitlab, circleci, or "all"). ' +
+                'Without --agent the CLI also auto-detects agents already in use.');
             process.exit(2);
         }
         let anyFailed = false;
@@ -370,6 +495,12 @@ program
             if (result.status === 'failed')
                 anyFailed = true;
         }
+        for (const provider of ciProviders) {
+            const result = configureCiProvider(provider, dir, !!opts.force);
+            process.stdout.write(result.message + '\n');
+            if (result.status === 'failed')
+                anyFailed = true;
+        }
         process.exit(anyFailed ? 1 : 0);
     }
     catch (error) {
@@ -605,6 +736,224 @@ function configureInstructionFile(agent, dir, relPath, force, writtenPaths) {
 function escapeRegExp(s) {
     return s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
 }
+const ALL_CI_PROVIDERS = ['github', 'gitlab', 'circleci'];
+function isCiProvider(name) {
+    return ALL_CI_PROVIDERS.includes(name);
+}
+function resolveCiProviders(userChoice) {
+    if (!userChoice)
+        return [];
+    const list = parseList(userChoice) ?? [];
+    if (list.length === 1 && list[0] === 'all')
+        return ALL_CI_PROVIDERS.slice();
+    const valid = [];
+    for (const name of list) {
+        if (isCiProvider(name))
+            valid.push(name);
+        else
+            console.error(`init: unknown CI provider "${name}" — ignoring`);
+    }
+    return valid;
+}
+function configureCiProvider(provider, dir, force) {
+    switch (provider) {
+        case 'github':
+            return writeCiFile(provider, dir, path.join('.github', 'workflows', 'prodcycle.yml'), GITHUB_WORKFLOW, force);
+        case 'gitlab':
+            return writeCiFile(provider, dir, '.gitlab-ci.prodcycle.yml', GITLAB_WORKFLOW, force);
+        case 'circleci':
+            return writeCiFile(provider, dir, path.join('.circleci', 'prodcycle.yml'), CIRCLECI_WORKFLOW, force);
+    }
+}
+function writeCiFile(provider, dir, relPath, content, force) {
+    const fullPath = path.join(dir, relPath);
+    if (fs.existsSync(fullPath) && !force) {
+        return {
+            status: 'already',
+            message: `[ci:${provider}] ${relPath} already exists. Use --force to overwrite.`,
+        };
+    }
+    const parent = path.dirname(fullPath);
+    if (!fs.existsSync(parent))
+        fs.mkdirSync(parent, { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(fullPath, content);
+    // GitHub uses the `prodcycle/actions/compliance` action, which reads
+    // its key from `secrets.PRODCYCLE_API_KEY`. GitLab and CircleCI invoke
+    // the CLI directly, which reads `PC_API_KEY` from the environment.
+    const followup = provider === 'gitlab'
+        ? `Include it from .gitlab-ci.yml: \`include: '${relPath}'\`. `
+        : provider === 'circleci'
+            ? `Reference it from .circleci/config.yml or merge the contents in. `
+            : '';
+    const secretName = provider === 'github' ? 'PRODCYCLE_API_KEY' : 'PC_API_KEY';
+    return {
+        status: 'installed',
+        message: `[ci:${provider}] wrote ${fullPath}. ` +
+            followup +
+            `Set ${secretName} as a secret/variable in your ${provider} project before the first run.`,
+    };
+}
+// GitHub: delegate to the dedicated `prodcycle/actions/compliance` GitHub
+// Action rather than calling the CLI directly. The action handles diff vs
+// full-repo scan automatically (PR events vs push events), posts inline
+// annotations on the PR diff, and writes a summary comment — none of
+// which the CLI's own SARIF output reproduces. See
+// https://github.com/prodcycle/actions for the full input reference.
+const GITHUB_WORKFLOW = `name: Prodcycle Compliance
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    # Update this list to match your repo's default branch (e.g. master,
+    # develop). GitHub Actions does not support a dynamic
+    # \$default-branch / \${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+    # value here, so the branch name has to be literal.
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  scan:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: prodcycle/actions/compliance@v2
+        with:
+          api-key: \${{ secrets.PRODCYCLE_API_KEY }}
+`;
+const GITLAB_WORKFLOW = `# Prodcycle compliance scan. Include from your main .gitlab-ci.yml:
+#   include:
+#     - local: .gitlab-ci.prodcycle.yml
+#
+# Set PC_API_KEY as a CI/CD variable (Settings → CI/CD → Variables) before
+# the first run. Mark it Masked + Protected.
+
+prodcycle:
+  stage: test
+  image: node:22-alpine
+  variables:
+    GIT_DEPTH: "0"
+  before_script:
+    - apk add --no-cache git
+  script:
+    - |
+      if [ "$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE" = "merge_request_event" ]; then
+        git fetch --no-tags origin "$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME"
+        npx --yes prodcycle scan . \\
+          --pr "origin/$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME..HEAD" \\
+          --format sarif --output prodcycle.sarif
+      else
+        npx --yes prodcycle scan . --format sarif --output prodcycle.sarif
+      fi
+  artifacts:
+    when: always
+    paths:
+      - prodcycle.sarif
+    reports:
+      sast: prodcycle.sarif
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+`;
+const CIRCLECI_WORKFLOW = `# Prodcycle compliance scan. To use this, either replace .circleci/config.yml
+# or include it as a continuation/orb. Minimum example:
+#
+#   version: 2.1
+#   workflows:
+#     compliance:
+#       jobs:
+#         - prodcycle-scan
+#
+# Set PC_API_KEY as a project environment variable in CircleCI before the
+# first run.
+#
+# CircleCI does not expose the PR target branch as a built-in env var
+# (\`CIRCLE_BASE_BRANCH\` does not exist; see
+# https://circleci.com/docs/reference/variables/), so to scope PR scans
+# to changed files only, set a project-level env var \`PRODCYCLE_PR_BASE\`
+# to the branch your PRs target (e.g. \`main\`, \`develop\`). When unset,
+# this template runs a full-repo scan.
+
+version: 2.1
+jobs:
+  prodcycle-scan:
+    docker:
+      - image: cimg/node:22.0
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - run:
+          name: Run Prodcycle compliance scan
+          command: |
+            if [ -n "\${PRODCYCLE_PR_BASE:-}" ] && [ -n "\${CIRCLE_PULL_REQUEST:-}" ]; then
+              git fetch --no-tags origin "$PRODCYCLE_PR_BASE"
+              npx --yes prodcycle scan . \\
+                --pr "origin/$PRODCYCLE_PR_BASE..HEAD" \\
+                --format sarif --output prodcycle.sarif
+            else
+              npx --yes prodcycle scan . --format sarif --output prodcycle.sarif
+            fi
+      # \`when: always\` so the SARIF artifact uploads even when the scan
+      # exits non-zero — compliance scanners exit 1 when findings exist,
+      # which is precisely the case where you want the report preserved.
+      - store_artifacts:
+          path: prodcycle.sarif
+          destination: prodcycle-sarif
+          when: always
+
+workflows:
+  compliance:
+    jobs:
+      - prodcycle-scan
+`;
+/**
+ * Compute the list of files changed in a git diff range, relative to repo root.
+ * Filters to ACMR (Added/Copied/Modified/Renamed) so deleted files don't get
+ * scanned (they're not on disk anymore, and walk() would skip them anyway).
+ *
+ * Errors handled explicitly:
+ *   - `ENOENT` (git not in PATH) → actionable "git executable not found"
+ *   - `ETIMEDOUT` (git stalled — credential helper / auth prompt / etc.)
+ *     → fail fast with a 30s timeout so CI jobs don't hang
+ *   - non-zero exit → forward git's stderr so the user can see e.g. the
+ *     "fatal: bad revision" message and fix the range argument
+ *
+ * Output paths are normalised to the platform separator: git emits POSIX
+ * forward-slashes always, but the file walker on Windows produces
+ * back-slashed `relPath` values. Without this conversion the literal
+ * minimatch comparison silently excludes every changed file on Windows.
+ */
+const GIT_DIFF_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000;
+function computeChangedFiles(repoPath, range) {
+    let stdout;
+    try {
+        stdout = (0, child_process_1.execFileSync)('git', ['-C', repoPath, 'diff', '--name-only', '--diff-filter=ACMR', range], {
+            encoding: 'utf8',
+            stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
+            timeout: GIT_DIFF_TIMEOUT_MS,
+        });
+    }
+    catch (e) {
+        if (e?.code === 'ENOENT') {
+            console.error('--pr: git executable not found in PATH');
+            process.exit(2);
+        }
+        if (e?.code === 'ETIMEDOUT' || e?.signal === 'SIGTERM') {
+            console.error(`--pr: git diff timed out after ${GIT_DIFF_TIMEOUT_MS}ms (range "${range}"). ` +
+                'Check that the range does not require network access or credentials.');
+            process.exit(2);
+        }
+        const stderr = e?.stderr?.toString?.() ?? e?.message ?? 'unknown error';
+        console.error(`--pr: git diff failed for range "${range}": ${stderr.trim()}`);
+        process.exit(2);
+    }
+    return stdout
+        .split('\n')
+        .map((s) => s.trim().split('/').join(path.sep))
+        .filter(Boolean);
+}
 function readStdin() {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         if (process.stdin.isTTY) {
@@ -617,4 +966,10 @@ function readStdin() {
         process.stdin.on('error', reject);
     });
 }
-program.parse(injectScanDefault(process.argv));
+// Only auto-parse when invoked as a script (i.e. via the `prodcycle`
+// bin entry). Importing this module from tests must NOT execute the
+// CLI — otherwise `node --test` triggers a real `program.parse` and
+// fails before the test cases can run.
+if (require.main === module) {
+    program.parse(injectScanDefault(process.argv));
+}

package/dist/index.d.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,28 @@
-import { ScanOptions, GateOptions } from './api-client';
+import { ScanOptions, GateOptions, BackfillError } from './api-client';
 export * from './api-client';
 export * from './formatters/table';
 export * from './formatters/prompt';
 export * from './formatters/sarif';
+/**
+ * Set when the server-side scanner threw and the API was configured to
+ * fail closed (the default). When this is present, callers MUST treat
+ * `passed: false` as "scanner unavailable — cannot certify compliance"
+ * rather than "code is dirty." Mirrors the API's `ScannerErrorInfo`
+ * shape; see `packages/compliance-code-scanner/api/src/domain/services/
+ * compliance-scan.service.ts` (`ScannerErrorInfo`) for the field
+ * contract.
+ *
+ * Without this surfaced to the CLI's --output JSON, a benchmark or CI
+ * report shows `passed: false, findings: []` and the user can't tell
+ * whether the code passed (no findings, all clean) from whether the
+ * scanner failed (no findings because nothing got evaluated).
+ */
+export interface ScannerError {
+    code: 'SCANNER_GATE_THREW';
+    message: string;
+    errorClass?: string;
+    errorCode?: string;
+}
 interface ScanReturn {
     scanId?: string;
     passed: boolean;
@@ -10,7 +30,22 @@ interface ScanReturn {
     findings: unknown[];
     report: unknown;
     summary: unknown;
+    scannerError?: ScannerError;
+    /**
+     * Set when `validateChunked`'s findings-backfill GET failed. The summary
+     * still reflects the real finding count, but the structured findings are
+     * unavailable in this response. Callers should retry via `prodcycle scans
+     * <scanId>` to recover them. SARIF/JSON consumers branch on this to flag
+     * the result as incomplete rather than mistakenly clean.
+     */
+    backfillError?: BackfillError;
 }
+/**
+ * Format and write the scanner-error warning to stderr. Centralized so the
+ * wording stays consistent across `scan()`, `gate()`, and the `scans <id>`
+ * CLI subcommand.
+ */
+export declare function emitScannerErrorWarning(scannerError: ScannerError): void;
 /**
  * Scan a repository by collecting files and sending them to the API.
  *
@@ -31,6 +66,7 @@ export declare function scan(params: {
  * endpoint, used by coding-agent post-edit hooks).
  */
 export declare function gate(options: GateOptions): Promise<{
+    scannerError?: ScannerError | undefined;
     passed: boolean;
     exitCode: number;
     findings: unknown[];

package/dist/index.js

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ var __exportStar = (this && this.__exportStar) || function(m, exports) {
     for (var p in m) if (p !== "default" && !Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(exports, p)) __createBinding(exports, m, p);
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
+exports.emitScannerErrorWarning = emitScannerErrorWarning;
 exports.scan = scan;
 exports.gate = gate;
 const api_client_1 = require("./api-client");
@@ -22,6 +23,17 @@ __exportStar(require("./api-client"), exports);
 __exportStar(require("./formatters/table"), exports);
 __exportStar(require("./formatters/prompt"), exports);
 __exportStar(require("./formatters/sarif"), exports);
+/**
+ * Format and write the scanner-error warning to stderr. Centralized so the
+ * wording stays consistent across `scan()`, `gate()`, and the `scans <id>`
+ * CLI subcommand.
+ */
+function emitScannerErrorWarning(scannerError) {
+    process.stderr.write(`⚠ Scanner error: ${scannerError.message}` +
+        (scannerError.errorClass ? ` (errorClass=${scannerError.errorClass})` : '') +
+        (scannerError.errorCode ? ` (errorCode=${scannerError.errorCode})` : '') +
+        '\n');
+}
 /**
  * Scan a repository by collecting files and sending them to the API.
  *
@@ -56,13 +68,40 @@ async function scan(params) {
     else {
         response = await client.validate(files, frameworks, options);
     }
+    // Pull `scannerError` through if the API set it. Picking the field
+    // explicitly (rather than `...response`) so the CLI's public surface
+    // doesn't accidentally expose internal fields if the API adds them.
+    // `scannerError` lives in this module rather than `api-client.ts`, so the
+    // cast bridges the type boundary; `backfillError` is typed in
+    // `ScanResult` and needs no cast.
+    const scannerError = response.scannerError;
+    const backfillError = response.backfillError;
+    // Exit code semantics:
+    //   0 = passed (no actionable findings, no scanner error)
+    //   1 = findings present, code not clean
+    //   2 = scanner unavailable — could not certify either way; fail-closed
+    // Distinguish (1) from (2) so CI policy can decide whether a non-zero
+    // exit means "developer must fix code" or "operator must investigate
+    // scanner."
+    const exitCode = scannerError ? 2 : response.passed ? 0 : 1;
+    // Surface scanner errors prominently to stderr so the user sees the
+    // distinction between a clean pass and an undetermined result. The
+    // JSON output already carries the structured field for programmatic
+    // consumers; this is for humans running the CLI interactively.
+    if (scannerError)
+        emitScannerErrorWarning(scannerError);
     return {
         scanId: response.scanId,
         passed: response.passed,
-        exitCode: response.passed ? 0 : 1,
+        exitCode,
         findings: response.findings ?? [],
         report: response.report ?? null,
         summary: response.summary,
+        ...(scannerError ? { scannerError } : {}),
+        // Forward `backfillError` so SARIF/JSON consumers downstream of `scan()`
+        // can detect "summary is real but findings unavailable" without parsing
+        // stderr. validateChunked sets it when its enrichment GET fails.
+        ...(backfillError ? { backfillError } : {}),
     };
 }
 /**
@@ -73,11 +112,19 @@ async function gate(options) {
     const { files, frameworks = ['soc2'], ...scanOpts } = options;
     const client = new api_client_1.ComplianceApiClient(options.apiUrl, options.apiKey);
     const response = await client.hook(files, frameworks, scanOpts);
+    // Same scannerError plumbing as scan() above. Coding-agent hooks
+    // especially need to distinguish "code is clean" from "scanner is
+    // down" — agents should NOT proceed on the latter.
+    const scannerError = response.scannerError;
+    const exitCode = scannerError ? 2 : response.passed ? 0 : 1;
+    if (scannerError)
+        emitScannerErrorWarning(scannerError);
     return {
         passed: response.passed,
-        exitCode: response.passed ? 0 : 1,
+        exitCode,
         findings: response.findings ?? [],
         prompt: response.prompt,
         summary: response.summary,
+        ...(scannerError ? { scannerError } : {}),
     };
 }

package/dist/utils/fs.js

@@ -38,7 +38,73 @@ const fs = __importStar(require("fs"));
 const path = __importStar(require("path"));
 const minimatch_1 = require("minimatch");
 const MAX_FILE_SIZE = 256 * 1024; // 256 KB
-const MAX_TOTAL_FILES = 10_000;
+/**
+ * Total file ceiling per scan. Hit on the OSS-CLI benchmark scanning
+ * `hapifhir/hapi-fhir` (~13k files) — the CLI silently dropped ~3k files
+ * past the cap. Default raised from the original 10k to 50k, and now
+ * overridable via `PRODCYCLE_MAX_FILES` for monorepos that need a
+ * different ceiling without patching/rebuilding. The API's chunked-
+ * session endpoint already supports up to 2,000 files per chunk, so a
+ * 50k-file repo is fed in 25+ chunks; the cap is here purely so a
+ * pathological symlink loop or `.git`-tracked-as-source repo doesn't
+ * exhaust the client's memory before the SCANNABLE_EXTENSIONS filter
+ * has a chance to drop most of the entries.
+ */
+const MAX_TOTAL_FILES = (() => {
+    const raw = process.env['PRODCYCLE_MAX_FILES'];
+    if (!raw)
+        return 50_000;
+    const parsed = parseInt(raw, 10);
+    return Number.isFinite(parsed) && parsed > 0 ? parsed : 50_000;
+})();
+/**
+ * Extensions and exact filenames the server-side `isScannable` filter
+ * accepts. Pre-filtering client-side avoids:
+ *   - bloating the wire payload with images / fonts / docs / archives
+ *     that the API just drops on receipt
+ *   - hitting MAX_TOTAL_FILES on repos like hapi-fhir or the Linux
+ *     kernel where most files are not scannable
+ *
+ * Keep in lock-step with `api/src/domain/services/compliance-scan.service.ts`:
+ *   - APPLICATION_CODE_EXTENSIONS (the source-code allowlist)
+ *   - INFRASTRUCTURE_EXTENSIONS (.tf, .yaml, .yml, .json, .sql)
+ *   - INFRASTRUCTURE_FILENAMES (dockerfile, .env)
+ *
+ * Files outside this set are skipped during walk. Source-of-truth is
+ * the server filter; this is just an optimization so we don't pay the
+ * wire cost for files the server will reject anyway.
+ */
+const SCANNABLE_EXTENSIONS = new Set([
+    // Application code (must mirror APPLICATION_CODE_EXTENSIONS in the API)
+    '.ts',
+    '.tsx',
+    '.js',
+    '.jsx',
+    '.py',
+    '.go',
+    '.java',
+    '.rb',
+    '.php',
+    '.rs',
+    '.cs',
+    '.kt',
+    '.scala',
+    '.c',
+    '.cpp',
+    '.h',
+    '.hpp',
+    // Infrastructure-as-code (must mirror INFRASTRUCTURE_EXTENSIONS in the API)
+    '.tf',
+    '.yaml',
+    '.yml',
+    '.json',
+    '.sql',
+]);
+const SCANNABLE_FILENAMES = new Set([
+    'dockerfile',
+    'containerfile',
+    '.env',
+]);
 /**
  * Directories skipped unconditionally. Kept in parity with
  * `packages/compliance-code-scanner/src/ignore-utils.ts`.
@@ -79,7 +145,15 @@ const SKIP_DIRS = new Set([
 ]);
 const SKIP_DIR_SUFFIXES = ['.egg-info'];
 const SKIP_FILE_EXTENSIONS = ['.lock', '.min.js', '.min.css', '.map', '.bundle.js', '.tfstate', '.tfstate.backup'];
-const SKIP_FILE_NAMES = new Set(['package-lock.json']);
+// Files the server-side `isScannable` filter drops on receipt. Listing
+// them client-side avoids paying the wire cost just to have the API
+// throw the bytes away. Keep in lock-step with the server's filter in
+// `compliance-code-scanner/src/collector.ts`.
+const SKIP_FILE_NAMES = new Set([
+    'package-lock.json',
+    'package.json',
+    'tsconfig.json',
+]);
 /**
  * Load .gitignore patterns from the repo root.
  *
@@ -132,8 +206,15 @@ function shouldIgnore(name, relPath, ignores, userExcludes) {
         if (matchesAny(relPath, userExcludes))
             return true;
     }
-    // .env* files are always scanned, even if listed in .gitignore (common case)
-    if (name.startsWith('.env') || name.endsWith('.env'))
+    // .env-family files are always scanned even if .gitignored — the
+    // common case for `.env`, `.env.local`, `.env.production`, `.envrc`,
+    // etc., where the whole point of scanning is to catch hardcoded
+    // secrets. The previous `endsWith('.env')` half of this carve-out
+    // also matched arbitrary `foo.env` files (a build artifact, a config
+    // dump, etc.), which let unrelated files bypass gitignore. Restrict
+    // to names that start with `.env`. Keep in lock-step with
+    // `compliance-code-scanner/src/ignore-utils.ts`.
+    if (name.startsWith('.env'))
         return false;
     for (const pattern of ignores) {
         if (name === pattern ||
@@ -159,6 +240,30 @@ function shouldSkipFileByName(name) {
         return true;
     return SKIP_FILE_EXTENSIONS.some((ext) => name.endsWith(ext));
 }
+/**
+ * Mirror of the server's `isScannable` filter, applied client-side so we
+ * don't ship files the API will just drop. Also keeps repos like
+ * hapi-fhir (~13k files, mostly Java + some CSS/HTML/templates) from
+ * tripping MAX_TOTAL_FILES on non-scannable noise.
+ */
+function isScannableFilename(name) {
+    const lower = name.toLowerCase();
+    if (SCANNABLE_FILENAMES.has(lower))
+        return true;
+    // Dockerfile variants (dockerfile.prod, dockerfile.dev, …)
+    if (lower.startsWith('dockerfile.'))
+        return true;
+    // Any .env* file — kept in lock-step with the carve-out in `shouldIgnore`,
+    // which preserves the whole .env* family from gitignore. The server may
+    // drop unknown variants (e.g. .envrc) but it's better to forward them than
+    // silently diverge from the ignore policy.
+    if (lower.startsWith('.env'))
+        return true;
+    const dot = lower.lastIndexOf('.');
+    if (dot === -1)
+        return false;
+    return SCANNABLE_EXTENSIONS.has(lower.slice(dot));
+}
 async function collectFiles(baseDir, includePatterns, excludePatterns) {
     const repoRoot = path.resolve(baseDir);
     const ignores = loadGitignore(repoRoot);
@@ -195,6 +300,14 @@ function walk(dir, repoRoot, ignores, includePatterns, userExcludes, files, stat
             continue;
         if (shouldSkipFileByName(name))
             continue;
+        // Skip files the server-side `isScannable` filter will drop anyway.
+        // No point paying the wire cost. When `--include` patterns are given
+        // we honor those instead — explicit user intent overrides the
+        // server-shape allowlist.
+        if ((!includePatterns || includePatterns.length === 0) &&
+            !isScannableFilename(name)) {
+            continue;
+        }
         if (includePatterns && includePatterns.length > 0 && !matchesAny(relPath, includePatterns)) {
             continue;
         }

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@prodcycle/prodcycle",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.6.1",
   "description": "Multi-framework policy-as-code compliance scanner for infrastructure and application code.",
   "homepage": "https://docs.prodcycle.com",
   "repository": {
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc",
+    "test": "npm run build && node --test test/*.test.mjs",
     "prepublishOnly": "npm run build"
   },
   "keywords": [