cowork-harness 1.0.2 → 1.0.3

package/.claude/skills/cowork-harness/SKILL.md

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ name: cowork-harness
 description: Test or debug a Claude Code skill/plugin under Claude Cowork's runtime — sandboxed agent, default-deny egress, the can_use_tool permission/question protocol — using the cowork-harness CLI. Use when validating or regression-testing a skill, authoring or debugging a scenario YAML (prompt + scripted answers + assert:), choosing a fidelity tier, scripting AskUserQuestion / tool-permission answers, or asserting artifacts, egress, or sub-agent dispatch. Especially when a harness run no-ops an assertion, fails on an unanswered gate, false-greens, a steered answer never reaches the model, or a web_fetch is unexpectedly denied or gated. NOT for generic unit testing (pytest/vitest of your own scripts) or non-Cowork CI. Covers the skill / run / chat / record / replay / trace / decide / assertions / scaffold commands and the session-vs-scenario split.
 metadata:
   author: cowork-harness
-  version: 1.0.2
-  tracks-harness: cowork-harness 1.0.2 (baseline desktop-1.20186.1)
+  version: 1.0.3
+  tracks-harness: cowork-harness 1.0.3 (baseline desktop-1.20186.9)
 ---
 
 # cowork-harness
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ flagged with a loud `::warning::`, not silent — auto-answer a gate, observe an
 allowlist). This skill exists mostly to keep you out of those traps — the Gotchas section below is
 the highest-value part. Read it.
 
-> **Version note:** the facts and `file:line` pointers here track `cowork-harness 1.0.2` (baseline
-> `desktop-1.20186.1`). If your checkout is newer, prefer the live `--help` and — in a repo checkout —
+> **Version note:** the facts and `file:line` pointers here track `cowork-harness 1.0.3` (baseline
+> `desktop-1.20186.9`). If your checkout is newer, prefer the live `--help` and — in a repo checkout —
 > `SPEC.md` / `docs/*.md` over this snapshot, and re-run the bundled linter.
 
 ## Preflight — make sure the harness can actually run
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ Before the first command, confirm the CLI is reachable and **fail loud** (never
 
 - **One-shot check.** Run `cowork-harness doctor [--tier <tier>]` first — a read-only prerequisite check that inspects Docker, the staged agent, the token, and the baseline in one pass. The bullets below explain each thing it checks (and how to fix it).
 - **Replay-only? Skip `doctor`.** Replaying committed cassettes needs no Docker, no staged agent, and no token — and every tier's `doctor` validates the auth token (the live tiers also Docker + the staged agent), so a ✗ there is expected, not a blocker. Go straight to `cowork-harness replay <cassette>`.
-- **CLI on PATH, recent enough?** Run `cowork-harness --version` — this skill needs **≥ 1.0.2**. If it's missing or older, prefix every command with the version floor `npx "cowork-harness@>=1.0.2" <cmd>` (Node ≥ 20), or install once with `npm i -g "cowork-harness@>=1.0.2"`. **Pin `@>=1.0.2`, never `@latest`** — `@latest` can silently fetch an older CLI and the new commands fail as "unknown command", whereas the floor **fails loud** if no compatible version is published.
+- **CLI on PATH, recent enough?** Run `cowork-harness --version` — this skill needs **≥ 1.0.3**. If it's missing or older, prefix every command with the version floor `npx "cowork-harness@>=1.0.3" <cmd>` (Node ≥ 20), or install once with `npm i -g "cowork-harness@>=1.0.3"`. **Pin `@>=1.0.3`, never `@latest`** — `@latest` can silently fetch an older CLI and the new commands fail as "unknown command", whereas the floor **fails loud** if no compatible version is published.
 
-  What the ≥ 1.0.2 floor gates, by release:
+  What the ≥ 1.0.3 floor gates, by release:
 
   - **core set (pre-0.21.0 vintage, or mixed):** `assertions --list`, `scaffold <run-id>`, `trace --view dispatches`, `artifact_json` incl. the `in:` operator (passes when the resolved value deep-equals one of the listed members — value ∈ your list, not the reverse), `verify-cassettes` incl. the `--allow-domain`/`--allow-email`/`--allow-patterns-file` allows (`--allow-patterns-file <path>` is a FILE of patterns, one regex per line — not a path to allow, unlike `--allow <regex>`), batch `record <dir>`/`--rerecord-stale`, `record --concurrency <N>`, record-time redaction, multiSelect/`answer:`, `verify-run` answer-coverage, `record --max-artifact-bytes`, live record-time deciders, scenario `skills:` staleness scoping with `COWORK_HARNESS_AGENT_SCOPE=skill`, `chat --plugin`, and `/help` in the REPL.
   - **0.21.0:** `verify-cassettes --allow-path` (`path` — local absolute filesystem paths — is the scanner's 4th class), and `hostloop`'s native host/VM process split with its `allow_host_writes:` consent field.

package/.claude/skills/cowork-harness/references/ci-recipe.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # CI recipe — replay vs live lanes
 
-Self-contained reference. Tracks `cowork-harness 1.0.2` (baseline `desktop-1.20186.1`).
+Self-contained reference. Tracks `cowork-harness 1.0.3` (baseline `desktop-1.20186.1`).
 
 **Fastest path: the packaged Action.** One step gets you `replay`/`lint`/`verify-cassettes` plus a PR
 job-summary reporter (verdict table, staleness findings, cost/turns when available):
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ job-summary reporter (verdict table, staleness findings, cost/turns when availab
 ```
 
 The Action's `version` input defaults to `latest` — intentional so a copy-pasted recipe tracks the current
-release; pin an exact version (e.g. `version: "1.0.2"`) for reproducible CI.
+release; pin an exact version (e.g. `version: "1.0.3"`) for reproducible CI.
 
 Reach for the manual multi-step form below only when you need per-step control the Action's inputs don't
 cover (a custom flag combination, a different runner matrix per step, or `lint`/`verify-cassettes` gated
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ sha256-*checked* but not hard-blocking on mismatch — it's advisory for an inte
 GitHub-hosted runners, no token/Docker/agent:
 
 ```yaml
-- run: npm i -g "cowork-harness@>=1.0.2"
+- run: npm i -g "cowork-harness@>=1.0.3"
 - run: cowork-harness lint scenarios/*.yaml          # no silent false-greens
 - run: cowork-harness verify-cassettes cassettes/    # privacy + staleness
 - run: cowork-harness replay cassettes/              # token-free content/structure
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ jobs:
         with: { node-version: '20' }
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with: { python-version: '3.x' }                                       # python3 only — PyYAML is bundled with the linter
-      - run: npm i -g "cowork-harness@>=1.0.2"
+      - run: npm i -g "cowork-harness@>=1.0.3"
       - run: cowork-harness lint scenarios/*.yaml                              # no-silent-false-green (needs python3; PyYAML bundled)
       - run: cowork-harness verify-cassettes cassettes/ --output-format json   # privacy + staleness gate
       - run: cowork-harness replay cassettes/ --output-format json             # token-free content/structure
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "live=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           fi
       - if: steps.guard.outputs.live == 'true'
-        run: npm i -g "cowork-harness@>=1.0.2"
+        run: npm i -g "cowork-harness@>=1.0.3"
       - if: steps.guard.outputs.live == 'true'
         run: cowork-harness run scenarios/ --output-format json
         env:

package/.claude/skills/cowork-harness/references/fidelity-and-answers.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Fidelity tiers & answer paths
 
-Self-contained reference. Tracks `cowork-harness 1.0.2` (baseline `desktop-1.20186.1`).
+Self-contained reference. Tracks `cowork-harness 1.0.3` (baseline `desktop-1.20186.1`).
 
 ## Fidelity tiers (`fidelity:` in the scenario)
 

package/.claude/skills/cowork-harness/references/scenario-schema.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Scenario & session schema, assertion catalog, web_fetch, full gotchas
 
-Self-contained reference for authoring `cowork-harness` scenarios. Tracks `cowork-harness 1.0.2`
+Self-contained reference for authoring `cowork-harness` scenarios. Tracks `cowork-harness 1.0.3`
 (baseline `desktop-1.20186.1`). If your checkout is newer, prefer the live `docs/scenario.md`,
 `docs/session.md`, and `SPEC.md`.
 

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,19 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented here. The format is based on
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.0.3] — 2026-07-14
+
+Patch: parity sync to Claude Desktop `1.20186.9`. No runtime/API change.
+
+### Changed
+
+- Synced the platform baseline to Claude Desktop `1.20186.9`
+  (`baselines/desktop-1.20186.9.json`, now what `baseline: latest` resolves to). A routine
+  per-release parity refresh: the app version, the native agent staging path, and the asar
+  fingerprint moved; the Cowork system prompt, egress allowlist, gate states, and agent (VM)
+  version are unchanged from `1.20186.1`. README and the companion skill's baseline pointer were
+  updated to match.
+
 ## [1.0.2] — 2026-07-14
 
 Patch: shorten the Action's Marketplace tagline. No runtime/API change.

package/README.md

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ node dist/cli.js replay examples/replays/example-pdf-skill.cassette.json
 
 > **Installed globally instead?** Once linked/installed, the same command is `cowork-harness replay
 > <cassette>` — but the relative path above only resolves from a source checkout's `examples/replays/`.
-> From a global install (`npm i -g "cowork-harness@>=1.0.2"`), point at the package root instead:
+> From a global install (`npm i -g "cowork-harness@>=1.0.3"`), point at the package root instead:
 > `cowork-harness replay "$(npm root -g)/cowork-harness/examples/replays/example-pdf-skill.cassette.json"`
 > (or copy the cassette into your own project and pass that path).
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Live `run`/`skill` need the prerequisites in the next section — note the `prot
 > - **Replay only (zero setup):** `cowork-harness replay <cassette>` — no token, no Docker, no agent. The command above.
 > - **`protocol` (real model, no Docker):** needs only the auth token (item 3 below).
 > - **Live `container` / `microvm` / `hostloop` / `cowork`:** needs Docker (or Lima for `microvm`), a staged agent, and the token — run `cowork-harness doctor` first.
-> - **Invocation:** from a source checkout, `node dist/cli.js <cmd>` (or `npm link` to get the `cowork-harness` command); from a global install, `cowork-harness <cmd>`; the companion skill falls back to `npx "cowork-harness@>=1.0.2"`.
+> - **Invocation:** from a source checkout, `node dist/cli.js <cmd>` (or `npm link` to get the `cowork-harness` command); from a global install, `cowork-harness <cmd>`; the companion skill falls back to `npx "cowork-harness@>=1.0.3"`.
 
 Two more worked examples worth knowing about: `examples/scenarios/protocol-smoke.yaml` (zero-Docker smoke
 test) and `examples/scenarios/skill-loads.yaml` (container-tier acceptance check) — see
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ claude plugin marketplace add yaniv-golan/cowork-harness
 claude plugin install cowork-harness@cowork-harness
 ```
 
-The skill **self-bootstraps the CLI**: if `cowork-harness` isn't on your PATH it falls back to `npx "cowork-harness@>=1.0.2"` (a version floor that fails loud rather than silently fetching a too-old CLI; Node ≥ 20). Tiers above `protocol` still need Docker/Lima and a Claude Desktop agent binary — see the prerequisites below.
+The skill **self-bootstraps the CLI**: if `cowork-harness` isn't on your PATH it falls back to `npx "cowork-harness@>=1.0.3"` (a version floor that fails loud rather than silently fetching a too-old CLI; Node ≥ 20). Tiers above `protocol` still need Docker/Lima and a Claude Desktop agent binary — see the prerequisites below.
 
 It also follows the open [Agent Skills](https://agentskills.io) spec, so it installs cross-editor (Cursor, Codex, OpenCode, …) via [`npx skills`](https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills) (Vercel Labs' CLI implementation of that spec):
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ A global install is enough for CI `lint`, reading the teaching skill, and replay
 To `run` the worked examples live or copy them as a starting point, use a source checkout. (The marketplace
 skill install itself only pulls `.claude/skills/cowork-harness/` — SKILL.md + `references/` + `scenario.py`/
 assertion keys, per `.claude-plugin/marketplace.json`'s `source` — not the rest of this table; the full set
-above becomes available once the skill's first command self-bootstraps `npx "cowork-harness@>=1.0.2"` — see
+above becomes available once the skill's first command self-bootstraps `npx "cowork-harness@>=1.0.3"` — see
 [above](#drive-it-from-claude-code-companion-skill) — which pulls the same npm package as the global-install row.)
 
 ### Prerequisites for anything above `protocol` fidelity
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ jobs:
           anthropic-api-key: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
 ```
 
-Every run writes a Markdown verdict table (scenario, pass/fail, signals, cost/turns when available, staleness findings, and the replay-skipped-assertions honesty line) to the job summary. Inputs: `command`, `path` (required), `version` (npm dist-tag/version, default `latest` — intentional so recipes track the current release; pin an exact version for reproducible CI. The companion skill's `cowork-harness@>=1.0.2` floor guidance applies to ad-hoc CLI installs, not this input), `strict` (applies to `replay` (staleness findings), `lint`/`lint-skill` (WARN/INFO), and `analyze-skill` (any advisory finding); IGNORED — not forwarded — for `verify-cassettes`/`run`, which don't accept the flag), `fail-on-skill-drift` (**`replay`-only** — never forwarded to the analyzers), `extra-args`, `summary` (default `true`), `anthropic-api-key` (live lane only). See [`action.yml`](./action.yml) for the full input reference.
+Every run writes a Markdown verdict table (scenario, pass/fail, signals, cost/turns when available, staleness findings, and the replay-skipped-assertions honesty line) to the job summary. Inputs: `command`, `path` (required), `version` (npm dist-tag/version, default `latest` — intentional so recipes track the current release; pin an exact version for reproducible CI. The companion skill's `cowork-harness@>=1.0.3` floor guidance applies to ad-hoc CLI installs, not this input), `strict` (applies to `replay` (staleness findings), `lint`/`lint-skill` (WARN/INFO), and `analyze-skill` (any advisory finding); IGNORED — not forwarded — for `verify-cassettes`/`run`, which don't accept the flag), `fail-on-skill-drift` (**`replay`-only** — never forwarded to the analyzers), `extra-args`, `summary` (default `true`), `anthropic-api-key` (live lane only). See [`action.yml`](./action.yml) for the full input reference.
 
 The provided [GitHub Actions workflow](.github/workflows/ci.yml) runs a **six-stage pipeline**. The **unit** stage is the token-free gate you can copy into your skill repo; the `action-self-test`, `python`, `boundary`, `scenarios`, and `parity-drift` stages are this repo's own fidelity self-tests and are not directly portable (they build the harness's Docker image and run harness-specific e2e scenarios — see [`ci-recipe.md`](./.claude/skills/cowork-harness/references/ci-recipe.md) for the skill-repo template):
 
@@ -826,6 +826,6 @@ inputs/outputs. Human-readable terminal text is explicitly **not** part of the c
 ## Status
 
 The latest shipped baseline — what `baseline: latest` resolves to (`cowork-harness list`) — is
-**`desktop-1.20186.1`**. Release-by-release verification notes (what was re-verified against
+**`desktop-1.20186.9`**. Release-by-release verification notes (what was re-verified against
 which live agent/asar) are recorded in [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG.md); the feature catalogue
 this section used to duplicate lives in the sections above.

package/baselines/desktop-1.20186.9.json

@@ -0,0 +1,380 @@
+{
+  "baselineVersion": 1,
+  "appVersion": "1.20186.9",
+  "agentVersion": "2.1.205",
+  "agentBinary": {
+    "stagedPath": "~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude-code-vm/2.1.205/claude",
+    "format": "elf-aarch64",
+    "nativeStagedPath": "~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude-code/2.1.209/claude.app/Contents/MacOS/claude",
+    "sha256": "c1874c85bcd3a88b70439fd50ff5910b7e6ac5371c14dd49d4ccc2878a592d09",
+    "shaProvenance": "measured-local",
+    "manifestChecksumMatch": true
+  },
+  "guest": {
+    "os": "linux",
+    "arch": "arm64",
+    "baseImage": "ubuntu:22.04"
+  },
+  "spawn": {
+    "configDirInGuest": "mnt/.claude",
+    "settingSources": [
+      "user"
+    ],
+    "permissionMode": "default",
+    "maxThinkingTokens": 31999,
+    "effortDefault": "medium",
+    "effortByModel": {
+      "claude-haiku-4-5": {
+        "modes": [
+          "extended"
+        ]
+      },
+      "claude-sonnet-4-5": {
+        "modes": [
+          "extended"
+        ]
+      },
+      "claude-sonnet-4-6": {
+        "effortLevels": [
+          "low",
+          "medium",
+          "high",
+          "max"
+        ],
+        "recommended": "low",
+        "modes": [
+          "auto"
+        ]
+      },
+      "claude-opus-4-6": {
+        "effortLevels": [
+          "low",
+          "medium",
+          "high",
+          "max"
+        ],
+        "recommended": "medium",
+        "modes": [
+          "extended"
+        ]
+      },
+      "claude-opus-4-7": {
+        "effortLevels": [
+          "low",
+          "medium",
+          "high",
+          "xhigh",
+          "max"
+        ],
+        "recommended": "xhigh",
+        "modes": [
+          "auto"
+        ]
+      },
+      "claude-opus-4-8": {
+        "effortLevels": [
+          "low",
+          "medium",
+          "high",
+          "xhigh",
+          "max"
+        ],
+        "recommended": "high",
+        "modes": [
+          "auto"
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "effortRegexDefault": {
+      "pattern": "^(?:claude-)?(?:fable|mythos)(?:-|$)",
+      "effortLevels": [
+        "low",
+        "medium",
+        "high",
+        "xhigh",
+        "max"
+      ],
+      "recommended": "high",
+      "modes": [
+        "auto"
+      ],
+      "disallowThinkingDisabled": true
+    },
+    "tools": [
+      "Task",
+      "Bash",
+      "Glob",
+      "Grep",
+      "Read",
+      "Edit",
+      "Write",
+      "NotebookEdit",
+      "WebFetch",
+      "TaskCreate",
+      "TaskUpdate",
+      "TaskGet",
+      "TaskList",
+      "TaskStop",
+      "WebSearch",
+      "Skill",
+      "REPL",
+      "JavaScript",
+      "AskUserQuestion",
+      "ToolSearch"
+    ],
+    "allowedTools": [
+      "Task",
+      "Bash",
+      "Glob",
+      "Grep",
+      "Read",
+      "Edit",
+      "Write",
+      "NotebookEdit",
+      "WebFetch",
+      "TaskCreate",
+      "TaskUpdate",
+      "TaskGet",
+      "TaskList",
+      "TaskStop",
+      "WebSearch",
+      "Skill",
+      "REPL",
+      "JavaScript",
+      "ToolSearch"
+    ],
+    "env": {
+      "CLAUDE_CODE_IS_COWORK": "1",
+      "CLAUDE_CODE_ENTRYPOINT": "local-agent",
+      "CLAUDE_CODE_TAGS": "lam_session_type:chat",
+      "CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_MANAGED_BY_HOST": "1",
+      "CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_ASK_USER_QUESTION_TOOL": "true",
+      "CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_CRON": "1",
+      "CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_BACKGROUND_TASKS": "1",
+      "CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_AGENTS_FLEET": "1",
+      "CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_APPEND_SUBAGENT_PROMPT": "1",
+      "CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_TASKS": "true",
+      "CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_TERMINAL_TITLE": "1",
+      "ENABLE_PROMPT_CACHING_1H": "1",
+      "DISABLE_MICROCOMPACT": "1",
+      "MCP_CONNECTION_NONBLOCKING": "true",
+      "API_TIMEOUT_MS": "900000",
+      "CLAUDE_CODE_EMIT_TOOL_USE_SUMMARIES": "",
+      "CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_FINE_GRAINED_TOOL_STREAMING": "1",
+      "DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER": "1",
+      "MCP_TOOL_TIMEOUT": "60000",
+      "USE_LOCAL_OAUTH": "",
+      "USE_STAGING_OAUTH": ""
+    },
+    "promptTemplate": "prompts/desktop-1.18286.0/system-prompt-append.md",
+    "subagentAppend": "prompts/desktop-1.15200.0/subagent-append-vm.md",
+    "subagentAppendHostLoop": "prompts/desktop-1.18286.2/subagent-append-hl.md",
+    "$comment": "Binary-verified Desktop->agent spawn contract, re-derived per release. spawn.env is GENERATED by deriveSpawnEnv() in src/sync/cowork-sync.ts (windowed enumeration of the asar env construction + gate/const value resolution); the scalar options, tools/allowedTools, and prompt-asset pointers are sentinel-guarded by checkSpawnContractFacts(). Do not hand-edit spawn.env — re-run sync.",
+    "$comment_handPinned": "Why the NON-env spawn fields stay hand-pinned: each is built in the asar as a non-literal expression (a session-path template, a session-type ternary, a const indirection, or a head+spread+tail array), so the windowed-enumeration generator that derives spawn.env cannot construct their VALUES without a full JS evaluator; instead each value was binary-verified once and is drift-guarded by a checkSpawnContractFacts() sentinel (cowork-sync.ts) that re-asserts the asar-side FACT at every sync. Scope caveat: the sentinels make DESKTOP-side drift loud; they do not validate this committed JSON itself — an erroneous hand-edit here is invisible to them.",
+    "$comment_configDirInGuest": "Hand-pinned: the asar builds it as a per-session path template (/sessions/${id}/mnt/.claude), not a constructable literal. Sentinel S1 pins the template shape.",
+    "$comment_settingSources": "Hand-pinned: sentinel S2 pins the settingSources:[\"user\"] literal.",
+    "$comment_permissionMode": "Hand-pinned: the asar computes it via a session ternary whose chat-session branch resolves to \"default\". Sentinel S3 pins the ternary shape.",
+    "$comment_maxThinkingTokens": "Hand-pinned: the asar reaches the value through const indirection. Sentinel S4 VALUE-pins the resolved const to 31999.",
+    "$comment_effortDefault": "Hand-pinned: sentinel S5 pins the .effort … :\"medium\" default.",
+    "$comment_tools": "Hand-pinned: the asar builds tools[] as head-list + Task-tools spread + session-type tail, not one literal. Sentinels S6 (head), S7 (the TaskCreate…TaskStop spread), S8 (tail-guard after ToolSearch) pin all three parts.",
+    "$comment_allowedTools": "Hand-pinned: same head+spread+tail construction as tools[], minus AskUserQuestion (tools-only by design). Sentinels S9 (head) and S10 (the built-in→mcp__ boundary tail-guard) pin it.",
+    "$comment_promptTemplate": "Hand-pinned pointer to a RECONSTRUCTED asset (see $comment_prompts) — the generator cannot extract prose. Sentinel S15 pins the claude_code preset-append delivery site.",
+    "$comment_subagentAppend": "Hand-pinned pointer to a reconstructed asset (see $comment_prompts). Sentinel S16 pins the per-session appendSubagentSystemPrompt generator call shape.",
+    "$comment_subagentAppendHostLoop": "Hand-pinned pointer to a reconstructed (paraphrased) asset for the HOST-LOOP branch of the per-session sub-agent append (section key subagent_env_hl; selected purely on hostLoopMode). Backfilled only for release families whose hl text is binary-verified byte-identical (1.18286.2+). Sentinel: checkSubagentPromptFacts (two-branch fingerprint + substitution-value proofs). A hostloop run on a baseline lacking this pointer fails loud rather than falling back to the VM text.",
+    "$comment_notSet": "Deliberately NOT set: CLAUDE_CODE_USE_COWORK_PLUGINS (Desktop never sets it; would flip the agent to cowork_settings.json/cowork_plugins — asserted absent by the S17 negative invariant). Enumerated-but-not-pinned keys are enforced by SPAWN_ENV_ALLOWLIST in src/sync/cowork-sync.ts, each with a reason; categories: host-derived (CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR, TZ, HOST_PLATFORM, OAUTH_TOKEN/BASE_URL/CUSTOM_HEADERS, account UUIDs, WORKSPACE_HOST_PATHS, OTEL), constructed-then-deleted (ANTHROPIC_API_KEY/AUTH_TOKEN via FnA), gate-conditional-off (MCP_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS, ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH, SKIP_PRECOMPACT_LOAD), non-chat/project-session (BRIEF*, PROJECT*), user-settings (SUBAGENT_MODEL, AUTO_COMPACT_WINDOW, ...), and 3p-provider-only branches. The opaque ...g.env/...l session spreads are the known static-extraction blind spot (runtime lane backstop).",
+    "$comment_prompts": "Reconstructed cowork-specific sections, re-paraphrased from asar 1.18286.0 const aui (system prompt; RESTRUCTURED at this release — see the asset header) and 1.15200.0 generator CVr (subagent; verified unchanged in the 1.18286.0 asar, generator Zgn). Not the full base prompt (not cleanly extractable); generic refusal/safety policy elided. Delivered via --append-system-prompt (layered on the agent's built-in base prompt), NOT the initialize handshake; only the subagent append goes over initialize (appendSubagentSystemPrompt), gated on CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_APPEND_SUBAGENT_PROMPT."
+  },
+  "mountLayout": {
+    "sessionRoot": "/sessions/{sessionId}",
+    "cwd": "/sessions/{sessionId}",
+    "mntRoot": "/sessions/{sessionId}/mnt",
+    "mounts": [
+      {
+        "name": "uploads",
+        "mountPath": "uploads",
+        "mode": "r",
+        "purpose": "user-uploaded files (read-only — asar 'ro')"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "projects",
+        "mountPath": ".projects/{projectId}",
+        "mode": "rw",
+        "purpose": "RESERVED namespace (and the separate UUID project-sync feature) — NOT the work-folder path. From Desktop 1.14271.0 selected work folders mount at mnt/<collision-resolved-basename> (dynamic, derived per session by buildLaunchPlan; see MOUNT_BARE_NAME_MIN_VERSION). This decorative row is not consumed for binding (staged paths come from plan.mounts)."
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "local-plugins",
+        "mountPath": ".local-plugins/marketplaces",
+        "mode": "r",
+        "purpose": "marketplace skills/plugins, runtime-discovered"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "remote-plugins",
+        "mountPath": ".remote-plugins",
+        "mode": "r",
+        "purpose": "org-remote plugins, runtime-discovered"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "outputs",
+        "mountPath": "outputs",
+        "mode": "rw",
+        "purpose": "session outputs/artifacts — delete denied by default (asar IX); rwd only when approved"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "skills",
+        "mountPath": ".claude/skills",
+        "mode": "r",
+        "purpose": "personal/saved skill doc bodies (NOT plugin-bundled skills, which live under local-plugins/remote-plugins above) — real VM confirmed via systemd unit sessions-<name>-mnt-.claude-skills.mount in vm_bundles/claudevm.bundle/rootfs.img. Decorative row like 'projects' above (not consumed for binding — resolveMounts()'s mounts[] is destructured away at every call site); the harness reproduces this via CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR staging (session.ts skill copy + stage.ts cpSync), not a plan.mounts bind — see hostloop-prompt.ts's asar-verified skills bullet."
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "network": {
+    "mode": "gvisor",
+    "allowKind": "allowlist",
+    "allowDomains": [
+      "preview.claude.ai",
+      "downloads.claude.ai",
+      "api.anthropic.com",
+      "a-cdn.anthropic.com",
+      "a-api.anthropic.com",
+      "assets.claude.ai",
+      "sentry.io",
+      "console.anthropic.com",
+      "api-staging.anthropic.com",
+      "www.anthropic.com",
+      "api.claude.ai",
+      "support.anthropic.com",
+      "docs.anthropic.com",
+      "mcp-proxy.anthropic.com",
+      "pivot.claude.ai"
+    ]
+  },
+  "bgEnvStrip": {
+    "knownVars": [
+      "CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN",
+      "CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_KIND",
+      "CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_ID",
+      "CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_NAME",
+      "CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_LOG"
+    ]
+  },
+  "$comment": "Platform baseline auto-derived by `cowork-harness sync` from a live Claude Desktop install + app.asar. VOLATILE per-release facts only. Regenerate per release; review the diff. Captured 2026-07-14 on macOS arm64.",
+  "capturedAt": "2026-07-14",
+  "platform": "darwin-arm64",
+  "settings": {
+    "autoMountFolders": {
+      "key": "autoMountFolders",
+      "default": false
+    },
+    "localAgentModeTrustedFolders": {
+      "key": "localAgentModeTrustedFolders",
+      "default": []
+    }
+  },
+  "provenance": {
+    "asarPath": "/Applications/Claude.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar",
+    "asarFingerprint": "fdd33387498c9880",
+    "gates": {
+      "$comment": "Production GrowthBook gate states decoded from ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/fcache (standard interactive Anthropic account, 2026-06-13; binary-verified app.asar 1.12603.1). Pin per release. Behavior-affecting gates the harness models: 1143815894 (loop), 1648655587 (dispatch cap), 1978029737 (web_fetch routing). Telemetry/auth-internal gates omitted. Also pinned: 2614807392 (skeletonHome), 123929380 (autoMemoryStandardSessions), 1696890383 (memoryGuidelinesEnv), 2860753854 (memoryExtraGuidelines) — dormant drift-sentinels for dark-launched features (host-fs skeleton, auto-memory) the harness deliberately models as OFF (or, for memoryExtraGuidelines, as inert-default: on in production but its served value equals the hardcoded default); pinned so a production flip surfaces as a sync diff instead of silent drift.",
+      "emitToolUseSummaries:66187241": {
+        "on": false,
+        "source": "defaultValue",
+        "value": false
+      },
+      "autoMemoryStandardSessions:123929380": {
+        "on": false,
+        "source": "defaultValue",
+        "value": false
+      },
+      "subagentPromptServerOverride:124685897": {
+        "on": false,
+        "source": "defaultValue",
+        "value": false
+      },
+      "mcpConnectionNonblockingOff:434204418": {
+        "on": false,
+        "source": "defaultValue",
+        "value": false
+      },
+      "bridgeSdkTransport:583857784": {
+        "on": true,
+        "source": "force",
+        "value": true,
+        "note": "— Cowork uses the SDK-based transport (control protocol), confirming the harness's sdkMcpServers/mcp_message path is the production transport."
+      },
+      "fineGrainedToolStreaming:714014285": {
+        "on": true,
+        "source": "force",
+        "value": true
+      },
+      "enableToolSearchAuto:1129419822": {
+        "on": false,
+        "source": "absent"
+      },
+      "hostLoop:1143815894": {
+        "on": true,
+        "source": "force",
+        "value": true
+      },
+      "scheduledTaskSessionLimiter:1648655587": {
+        "on": true,
+        "source": "force",
+        "value": {
+          "global": 3,
+          "perTask": 1
+        },
+        "note": "SCHEDULED-TASK (cron) session limiter — NOT an in-conversation Task-tool cap (binary-verified 2026-07-04, asar 1.18286.0 class L9t [ScheduledTasks]). perTask=1: <=1 concurrent session PER SCHEDULED TASK; global=3: <=3 concurrent scheduled-task sessions globally (+_pendingTaskDispatches). Host-side SKIP (recordSkipAndEmit/PerTaskLimit|GlobalLimit — NOT queue/deny). Cowork imposes no cap on Task-tool sub-agent fan-out; the harness has no scheduled-task scheduler, so this gate has no applicable surface — pinned as a sync drift-sentinel only."
+      },
+      "memoryGuidelinesEnv:1696890383": {
+        "on": false,
+        "source": "defaultValue",
+        "value": false
+      },
+      "oauthScopesEnv:1936081873": {
+        "on": true,
+        "source": "force",
+        "value": true
+      },
+      "coworkRuntimeConfig:1978029737": {
+        "on": true,
+        "source": "force",
+        "value": {
+          "coworkNativeFilePreview": true,
+          "coworkWebFetchPrompt": true,
+          "coworkWebFetchViaApi": true,
+          "sessionsBridgePollBlockMs": 30,
+          "workspaceBashWaitLonger": true
+        },
+        "note": "coworkWebFetchViaApi=true coworkWebFetchPrompt=true workspaceBashWaitLonger=true sessionsBridgePollBlockMs=30 — web_fetch is host/API-routed (POST /api/organizations/<org>/cowork/web_fetch), NOT container egress; gated by a separate web-fetch hostname allowlist + URL provenance."
+      },
+      "cliPlugin:2307090146": {
+        "on": false,
+        "source": "defaultValue",
+        "value": false,
+        "note": "— the CLI-plugin credential broker is dark-launched off for standard interactive accounts (Ch23/L106)."
+      },
+      "pluginSyncSparkplug:2340532315": {
+        "on": true,
+        "source": "force",
+        "value": true,
+        "note": "— startup syncPlugins(); plugins load via --plugin-dir (registry inert in-VM)."
+      },
+      "skeletonHome:2614807392": {
+        "on": false,
+        "source": "absent"
+      },
+      "memoryExtraGuidelines:2860753854": {
+        "on": true,
+        "source": "defaultValue",
+        "value": "## Sensitive personal information\n\nDo not save the following to memory unless the user explicitly asks you to remember it:\n\n- Protected attributes: race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, immigration status, disability, serious illness, union membership\n- Government identifiers: Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, passport numbers, government ID numbers\n- Financial account details: credit card numbers, bank account numbers\n- Health information: medical conditions, diagnoses, lab results, mental health details, therapy or counseling\n- Home or personal mailing addresses (work addresses are fine)\n- Account passwords, secret tokens, or secret keys\n\nIf any of the above appears in conversation context, complete the task but do not persist it to a memory file. If the user explicitly says \"remember my address is X\", saving it is acceptable — they've given consent."
+      },
+      "skipPrecompactLoad:4153934152": {
+        "on": false,
+        "source": "defaultValue",
+        "value": false
+      }
+    },
+    "eipcChannelUuid": "4f426349-8d6f-45f3-ae22-280fef323564",
+    "$comment": "eipcChannelUuid is per-build; recorded for provenance only — the harness does not use Desktop IPC."
+  },
+  "requireFullVmSandbox": null
+}

package/examples/replays/README.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ DOES exercise a real gate exchange, see `example-multiselect-gate.cassette.json`
 
 Run it with:
 
-> Assumes the `cowork-harness` CLI is available — from a source checkout run `npm ci && npm run build && npm link` first, or `npm i -g "cowork-harness@>=1.0.2"`. (`replay` itself needs nothing else — no token, no Docker.)
+> Assumes the `cowork-harness` CLI is available — from a source checkout run `npm ci && npm run build && npm link` first, or `npm i -g "cowork-harness@>=1.0.3"`. (`replay` itself needs nothing else — no token, no Docker.)
 
 ```sh
 cowork-harness replay examples/replays/example-pdf-skill.cassette.json

package/examples/replays/example-multiselect-gate.cassette.json

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
   "preRunHashes": {},
   "scenarioSource": "../../e2e/scenarios/smoke-multiselect.yaml",
   "fingerprint": {
-    "baseline": "1.20186.1"
+    "baseline": "1.20186.9"
   },
   "timeline": [
     {

package/examples/replays/example-pdf-skill.cassette.json

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
   },
   "scenarioSource": "../scenarios/example-pdf-skill.yaml",
   "fingerprint": {
-    "baseline": "1.20186.1",
+    "baseline": "1.20186.9",
     "skillHash": "b760ea90682777367fbd44d866ea66d316452da1abb18bf8cb61f1cec8e67806",
     "contentSig": "ddf68cf6d74e0599729589f8be4f0a9eec440093c99c1060cd6f47dd671a0dfd",
     "skillSources": [

package/examples/replays/hostloop-computer-links.cassette.json

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
   "preRunHashes": {},
   "scenarioSource": "../scenarios/hostloop-computer-links.yaml",
   "fingerprint": {
-    "baseline": "1.20186.1"
+    "baseline": "1.20186.9"
   },
   "timeline": [
     {

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cowork-harness",
-  "version": "1.0.2",
+  "version": "1.0.3",
   "description": "Scriptable, CI-friendly harness for Claude Cowork's runtime contract for testing skills across scenarios — same agent, mounts, egress allowlist, permission protocol, and sandbox limitations.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",