protect-mcp 0.7.0 → 0.7.1

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  # Changelog
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+ ## 0.7.1: documentation and security policy
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+ No code change from 0.7.0. Rewrote the README to lead with the fail-closed and
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+ self-test guarantees, and added a `SECURITY.md` disclosure policy (supported
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+ versions, the affected 0.5.x/0.6.x range, the published advisory, and the
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+ coordinated-disclosure process). The package now ships `SECURITY.md`.
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  ## 0.7.0 (security release): the gate now fails closed and actually evaluates
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  This release fixes the way the Cedar policy gate behaves when anything goes
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  # protect-mcp
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- [![npm version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/protect-mcp)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/protect-mcp)
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- [![Downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/protect-mcp)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/protect-mcp)
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- [![Claude Code Marketplace](https://img.shields.io/badge/Claude%20Code-marketplace-d97757?logo=anthropic&logoColor=white)](https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/main/plugins/protect-mcp)
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- [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue)](./LICENSE)
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- > A policy check that sits between your AI agent and the tools it calls.
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- > Every tool call is evaluated against a rule you wrote. Every decision is signed.
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- > **Receipt format:** `protect-mcp` emits Veritas Acta receipts. Legacy
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- > ScopeBlind receipts remain verifiable, but Acta v0.1 is the canonical
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- > format going forward. Spec: [`@veritasacta/protocol`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@veritasacta/protocol)
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- > · IETF: [draft-farley-acta-signed-receipts](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-farley-acta-signed-receipts/).
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- ## What it does, in plain English
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- When an AI agent (Claude Code, Cursor, a custom LangChain app, anything that
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- uses the Model Context Protocol) wants to run a command, edit a file, or call
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- an API, `protect-mcp` intercepts that request before it executes:
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- 1. **Checks a policy.** You write rules in [Cedar](https://www.cedarpolicy.com/)
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- — the same policy language AWS uses for IAM. Rules like *"never allow
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- `rm -rf /`"*, *"only allow `Bash` during working hours"*, or *"require
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- human approval for anything touching production."*
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- 2. **Returns a decision.** `allow`, `deny`, or `request_approval`. The agent
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- framework respects the decision — if it's `deny`, the tool call doesn't run.
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- 3. **Signs a receipt.** An Ed25519-signed, hash-chained record of the decision,
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- written to `.receipts/`. Verifiable offline by anyone with the public key.
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- When your auditor asks *"what did that agent do on 2026-03-14?"* you have
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- cryptographic proof — not a log file you might have tampered with.
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- You install it once. Your agent keeps working the same way. The difference:
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- every action it takes is now policy-checked and audit-evidenced.
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- ## Who this is for
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- - **Developers using Claude Code / Cursor / Cline** who want *"don't let the
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- agent delete my repo"* enforced rather than hoped for.
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- - **Security teams** shipping agents to engineering who need a portable
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- policy layer that travels across frameworks.
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- - **Compliance teams** who need tamper-evident evidence of what agents did,
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- verifiable without trusting the vendor.
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- ## How it relates to `sb-runtime`
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- `protect-mcp` is a **library** — it sits inside your agent framework and
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- gates tool calls cooperatively. Right tool when you own the agent's code and
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- trust its framework to honour decisions.
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- [`sb-runtime`](https://github.com/ScopeBlind/sb-runtime) is the companion
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- **binary** that wraps the whole agent *process* in an OS-level sandbox
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- (Landlock + seccomp on Linux). It enforces decisions at the kernel layer —
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- the agent can't ignore them even if it tried. Use `sb-runtime` when you're
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- running an agent you didn't write, or when you want belt-and-braces defence
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- in depth:
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- ```
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- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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- │ sb-runtime ← OS refuses forbidden syscalls │
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- │ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
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- │ │ agent process (Claude Code, Python, …) │ │
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- │ │ ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │
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- │ │ │ protect-mcp │ │ │
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- │ │ │ ← Cedar decides per tool call, │ │ │
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- │ │ │ receipts every decision │ │ │
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- │ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ │ │
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- │ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
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- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- ```
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- **One-liner:** `protect-mcp` is the policy hook inside your agent.
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- `sb-runtime` is the OS sandbox around it. You want both.
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- ---
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- ## Quick Start — Claude Code
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- Two commands. Every tool call is receipted.
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+ Fail-closed Cedar policy gate plus signed receipts for AI agent tool calls.
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- ```bash
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- # 1. Generate hooks, keys, Cedar policy, and /verify-receipt skill
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- npx protect-mcp init-hooks
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- # 2. Start the hook server
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- npx protect-mcp serve
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- ```
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- Open Claude Code in the same project. Every tool call is now intercepted, evaluated, and signed.
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- ```bash
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- ```
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- Creates a free ScopeBlind dashboard and configures receipt upload automatically. No signup required. Free up to 20,000 receipts/month.
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- ### What `init-hooks` creates
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- | `.claude/settings.json` | Hook config (PreToolUse, PostToolUse, + 9 lifecycle events) |
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- | `keys/gateway.json` | Ed25519 signing keypair (auto-gitignored) |
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- | `policies/agent.cedar` | Starter Cedar policy — customize to your needs |
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- | `protect-mcp.json` | JSON policy with signing + rate limits |
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- | `.claude/skills/verify-receipt/SKILL.md` | `/verify-receipt` skill for Claude Code |
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- ### Architecture
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- ```
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- Claude Code → POST /hook → protect-mcp (Cedar + sign) → response
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- .protect-mcp-log.jsonl
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- .protect-mcp-receipts.jsonl
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- ```
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- - **PreToolUse**: synchronous Cedar policy check → deny blocks the tool
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- - **PostToolUse**: async receipt signing → zero latency impact
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- - **deny is architecturally final** — it cannot be overridden by the model or other hooks
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- ### Endpoints
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- | POST | `/hook` | Claude Code hook endpoint |
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- | GET | `/health` | Server status, policy info, signer info |
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- | GET | `/receipts` | Recent signed receipts |
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- | GET | `/receipts/latest` | Most recent receipt |
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- | GET | `/suggestions` | Auto-generated Cedar policy fix suggestions |
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- | GET | `/alerts` | Config tamper detection alerts |
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- ### Verify receipts
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+ [![npm version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/protect-mcp)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/protect-mcp)
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+ [![downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/protect-mcp)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/protect-mcp)
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+ [![license](https://img.shields.io/npm/l/protect-mcp)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/protect-mcp)
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+ [![node](https://img.shields.io/node/v/protect-mcp)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/protect-mcp)
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+ `protect-mcp` is a gate that sits in front of an AI agent's tool calls. It evaluates
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+ each call against a [Cedar](https://www.cedarpolicy.com/) policy (the same language
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+ AWS uses for IAM), blocks what breaks the rules before it runs, and signs an
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+ offline-verifiable Ed25519 receipt of every decision. It runs locally, sends no
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+ telemetry of your decisions anywhere, and is MIT licensed.
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+ ## Why it is different
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+ - **Fail-closed by default.** On any policy error, a missing engine, or an
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+ evaluation failure, the decision is DENY. The gate never silently allows. An
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+ observe mode exists for shadow rollout, but even there a call that would be
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+ blocked is flagged `would_deny: true`, so a failure is never silent.
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+ - **It proves its own restraint.** `serve --enforce` and `doctor` run a startup
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+ self-test and refuse to arm the gate unless they can show that a known-forbidden
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+ action is actually denied. A gate that cannot prove it denies does not start.
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+ - **Every decision is a receipt anyone can verify.** Decisions are Ed25519-signed
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+ and verifiable offline with [`@veritasacta/verify`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@veritasacta/verify).
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+ No vendor trust required: the math does not care who runs it.
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+ ## Quickstart (30 seconds)
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  ```bash
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- # Inside Claude Code:
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- /verify-receipt
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- curl http://127.0.0.1:9377/receipts/latest | jq .
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- npx protect-mcp receipts
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+ # 1. Generate an Ed25519 keypair, a config template, and a sample policy.
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+ npx protect-mcp init
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+ # 2. Put a Cedar policy in ./cedar (see "Write a policy" below), then serve
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+ # the Claude Code hook gate in enforce mode. It runs a restraint self-test
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+ # first and refuses to start if it cannot prove it denies a forbidden vector.
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+ npx protect-mcp serve --enforce --cedar ./cedar
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- ## Quick Start MCP Server Wrapper
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- Wrap any stdio MCP server as a transparent proxy:
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- # Shadow mode log every tool call, enforce nothing
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- # Enforce mode with policy
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- npx protect-mcp --policy protect-mcp.json --enforce -- node my-server.js
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- npx protect-mcp init
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- ## How It Works
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- protect-mcp evaluates every tool call against a policy (JSON, Cedar, or external PDP), signs the decision as an Ed25519 receipt, and logs the result.
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- **Two integration modes:**
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- | Hook Server | HTTP (`npx protect-mcp serve`) | Claude Code, agent swarms |
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- | Stdio Proxy | stdin/stdout (`npx protect-mcp -- ...`) | Claude Desktop, Cursor, any MCP client |
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- | JSON | `--policy policy.json` | Simple per-tool rules |
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- | Cedar | `--cedar ./policies/` | Local WASM evaluation via `@cedar-policy/cedar-wasm` |
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- | External PDP | `policy_engine: "external"` | OPA, Cerbos, or any HTTP PDP |
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- ## Swarm Tracking
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- In multi-agent sessions, protect-mcp automatically tracks the swarm topology.
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- | `PreToolUse` | Sync | Cedar/policy evaluation before tool execution |
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- | `PostToolUse` | Async | Receipt signing after tool execution |
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- | `SubagentStart` / `SubagentStop` | Lifecycle | Worker agent spawn/completion |
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- | `TaskCreated` / `TaskCompleted` | Lifecycle | Coordinator task assignment |
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- | `SessionStart` / `SessionEnd` | Lifecycle | Session lifecycle with sandbox detection |
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- | `TeammateIdle` | Lifecycle | Agent utilization monitoring |
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- | `ConfigChange` | Security | Tamper detection for `.claude/settings.json` |
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- | `Stop` | Lifecycle | Finalization + policy suggestion summary |
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- - `payload_digest` (SHA-256 hash for payloads >1KB)
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- - `deny_iteration` (retry count after denial)
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+ > policy. See [GHSA-hm46-7j72-rpv9](https://github.com/ScopeBlind/scopeblind-gateway/security/advisories/GHSA-hm46-7j72-rpv9).
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+ ## Verify a receipt
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  ```bash
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- # Anyone can verify your receipts offline using the public JWKS
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- npx @veritasacta/verify .receipts/0001.json
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+ npx @veritasacta/verify ./receipts/receipts.jsonl --format jsonl
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+ # Exit 0 = valid, non-zero = tampered or malformed
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+ `npx protect-mcp bundle --output audit.json` exports a self-contained,
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+ offline-verifiable audit bundle of your receipts plus the public signing key.
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- ## Interoperability
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+ ## Security
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- The receipt format is independently implemented and verified across multiple systems:
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+ `protect-mcp` 0.7.0 fails closed by design. On any policy-evaluation error, a
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+ missing engine, or a policy that errored at evaluation, the decision is DENY,
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+ not allow. `serve --enforce` and `doctor` run a boot self-test that proves the
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+ gate denies a known-forbidden vector before it is trusted, and refuse to arm if
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+ it cannot.
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- | Evidence | Detail |
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- |----------|--------|
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- | **4 independent implementations** | TypeScript (protect-mcp), Python (protect-mcp-adk), Rust (Cedar WASM), APS ProxyGateway |
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- | **2 IETF Internet-Drafts** | [draft-farley-acta-signed-receipts-01](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-farley-acta-signed-receipts/), [draft-pidlisnyi-aps-00](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-pidlisnyi-aps/) |
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- | **8 cross-engine receipts** | [Composition test](https://github.com/ScopeBlind/examples/tree/main/interop/composition-test): 2 engines, 1 verifier, all VALID |
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- | **PRs merged into microsoft/agent-governance-toolkit** | [#667](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-governance-toolkit/pull/667), [#1159](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-governance-toolkit/pull/1159), [#1168](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-governance-toolkit/pull/1168), [#1186](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-governance-toolkit/pull/1186), [#1197](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-governance-toolkit/pull/1197), [#1202](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-governance-toolkit/pull/1202), [#1203](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-governance-toolkit/pull/1203), [#1205](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-governance-toolkit/pull/1205) |
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- | **1 verifier, zero dependencies** | `npx @veritasacta/verify receipt.json --key <hex>` (Apache-2.0, offline) |
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+ **Affected versions: 0.5.x and 0.6.x.** Those lines fail open (they return ALLOW
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+ on evaluation error) and do not evaluate Cedar correctly against the pinned
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+ engine, so a `forbid` rule could fail to block. **Upgrade to >= 0.7.0.**
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- Verify any receipt from any implementation:
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+ Details and remediation: [GHSA-hm46-7j72-rpv9](https://github.com/ScopeBlind/scopeblind-gateway/security/advisories/GHSA-hm46-7j72-rpv9).
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+ To report a vulnerability, see [SECURITY.md](./SECURITY.md).
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- # Exit 0 = valid, 1 = tampered, 2 = malformed
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- ```
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- ## Standards & IP
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- - **IETF Internet-Draft**: [draft-farley-acta-signed-receipts-01](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-farley-acta-signed-receipts/)
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- - **Patent Status**: 4 Australian provisional patents pending (2025-2026)
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- - **Cedar WASM**: [PR #64](https://github.com/cedar-policy/cedar-for-agents/pull/64) merged + [PR #73](https://github.com/cedar-policy/cedar-for-agents/pull/73) (RequestGenerator, pending review)
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- ## What's New in v0.7.0 (security release)
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- The gate now fails closed. On any policy-evaluation error, a missing engine, or a
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- policy that errored, the decision is DENY, not allow. Cedar is also evaluated
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- correctly against cedar-wasm 4.x (earlier versions passed the policy in a shape the
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- everything). `serve --enforce` now runs a restraint self-test before arming and
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- refuses to start if it cannot prove it denies a forbidden vector, `doctor` reports
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- that self-test, and one-shot `evaluate` and `sign` verbs are available for hooks.
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- Upgrade from any 0.5.x or 0.6.x. See CHANGELOG.md.
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-
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- ## What's New in v0.5.3
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-
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- - `quickstart --connect`: Auto-create dashboard sandbox and configure receipt upload
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- - `connect` subcommand: Link an existing setup to the ScopeBlind dashboard
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- - Anonymous install telemetry (opt-out: `PROTECT_MCP_TELEMETRY=off`)
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- - Improved Cedar WASM detection
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-
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- ## Cybersecurity: Vulnerability Disclosure Receipts
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- protect-mcp provides the infrastructure for receipt-signed vulnerability disclosure workflows. When AI security agents (Claude Code Security, Mythos, or similar) discover vulnerabilities, every step of the disclosure lifecycle can produce a signed, chain-linked receipt:
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-
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- ```
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- DISCOVER → DISCLOSE → PATCH → DEPLOY
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- (Each step: Ed25519-signed, chain-linked, Cedar policy-bound)
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- ```
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- Cedar policies govern what the scanning agent is allowed to do:
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- - **CANNOT**: disclose externally or deploy patches without human approval
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- - **MUST**: escalate critical findings to humans
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-
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- See the [security vulnerability disclosure example](https://github.com/ScopeBlind/examples/tree/main/security-vulnerability-disclosure) for a complete working implementation with Cedar policies and example receipt chains.
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+ ## Commands
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- Related: [Vulnerability Disclosure Receipt Design](https://github.com/scopeblind/scopeblind-gateway/issues/2)
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+ | Command | Description |
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+ |---------|-------------|
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+ | `serve` | Start the HTTP hook server for Claude Code (port 9377). `--enforce` runs the restraint self-test first; `--cedar <dir>` and `--policy <path>` select the policy. |
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+ | `init` | Generate an Ed25519 keypair (`keys/gateway.json`), a config template, and a sample policy. |
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+ | `evaluate` | Evaluate one tool call against a Cedar policy (PreToolUse gate). Exit 2 = deny (fail-closed), exit 0 = allow. |
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+ | `sign` | Sign one tool call into a receipt (PostToolUse). Best-effort: records an honest unsigned line if no key. |
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+ | `simulate` | Dry-run a policy against a recorded decision log to see what it would have blocked. |
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+ | `demo` | Start a built-in demo server wrapped with the gate, to see receipts instantly. |
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+ | `doctor` | Check your setup (keys, policies, Cedar engine, verifier) and run the restraint self-test. |
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+ | `bundle` | Export an offline-verifiable audit bundle of receipts plus the public key. |
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+ | `report` | Generate a compliance report (Markdown or JSON) from the decision log and receipts. |
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- ## Examples
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-
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- See complete working examples at [github.com/ScopeBlind/examples](https://github.com/ScopeBlind/examples):
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- - [Claude Code hooks](https://github.com/ScopeBlind/examples/tree/main/claude-code-hooks) — receipt signing for every tool call
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- - [Security vulnerability disclosure](https://github.com/ScopeBlind/examples/tree/main/security-vulnerability-disclosure) — receipt-signed disclosure lifecycle with Cedar governance
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- - [MCP server signing](https://github.com/ScopeBlind/examples/tree/main/mcp-server-signing) — Cedar WASM policy engine with audit bundles
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-
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- ## ScopeBlind Dashboard
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- protect-mcp works fully offline, forever, for free. For teams that want visibility across agents, ScopeBlind offers a hosted dashboard:
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- ```bash
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- ```
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-
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- | | Free | Pro | Enterprise |
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- |---|---|---|---|
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- | Receipts/month | 20,000 | Pay-as-you-go | Annual commit |
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- | Price | $0 | $0.50 / 1K | $0.40 / 1K |
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- | Receipt explorer | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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- | Compliance reports | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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- | SSO / SAML | - | - | Yes |
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- | SLA | - | - | 99.9% |
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-
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- No signup required for free tier. No card upfront.
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-
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- [Dashboard](https://scopeblind.com) | [Docs](https://scopeblind.com/docs/protect-mcp) | [Pricing](https://scopeblind.com/pricing)
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-
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- ## Telemetry
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-
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- protect-mcp sends a single anonymous install beacon on first run (package name, version, OS, Node version). No PII. Disable with:
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-
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- ```bash
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- ```
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+ Run `npx protect-mcp --help` for the full flag reference.
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- ## License
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+ ## Links
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- MIT free to use, modify, distribute, and build upon without restriction.
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+ - Protocol (IETF): [draft-farley-acta-signed-receipts](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-farley-acta-signed-receipts/)
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+ - [CHANGELOG](./CHANGELOG.md)
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+ - [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/protect-mcp)
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+ - [scopeblind.com](https://scopeblind.com)
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- Built by [ScopeBlind](https://scopeblind.com) | [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/protect-mcp) | [GitHub](https://github.com/scopeblind/scopeblind-gateway) | [IETF Draft](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-farley-acta-signed-receipts/)
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+ MIT licensed. Built by [ScopeBlind](https://scopeblind.com).
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+ # Security Policy
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+
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+ This policy covers the `protect-mcp` npm package.
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+
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+ ## Supported versions
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+
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+ | Version | Supported |
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+ |---------|-----------|
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+ | >= 0.7.0 | Yes |
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+ | 0.6.x | No, upgrade |
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+ | 0.5.x | No, upgrade |
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+
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+ ## Affected versions
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+
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+ The 0.5.x and 0.6.x lines have a fail-open gate: the Cedar policy was not
16
+ evaluated correctly against the pinned engine, and the evaluator returned ALLOW
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+ on evaluation error. A `forbid` rule could therefore fail to block. This is fixed
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+ in 0.7.0, which fails closed (denies) on any evaluation error, missing engine, or
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+ errored policy. If you are on 0.5.x or 0.6.x, upgrade to >= 0.7.0.
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+
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+ Advisory: [GHSA-hm46-7j72-rpv9](https://github.com/ScopeBlind/scopeblind-gateway/security/advisories/GHSA-hm46-7j72-rpv9).
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+
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+ ## Design posture
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+
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+ The gate fails closed by default. On any policy error, a missing engine, or an
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+ evaluation failure, the decision is DENY, never a silent ALLOW. Before arming an
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+ enforcing gate, `serve --enforce` and `doctor` run a boot self-test that proves
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+ the gate denies a known-forbidden vector, and refuse to start if it cannot. The
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+ observe mode that allows on error is opt-in, and even then flags any call that
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+ would be blocked as `would_deny: true`.
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+
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+ ## Reporting a vulnerability
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+
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+ Please report security issues privately. Do not open a public issue for an
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+ unpatched vulnerability.
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+
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+ - Email: security@scopeblind.com
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+ - Or open a private advisory via [GitHub Security Advisories](https://github.com/ScopeBlind/scopeblind-gateway/security/advisories/new).
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+
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+ Include the affected version, a description, and (if possible) a minimal
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+ reproduction. We aim to acknowledge reports within 3 business days and to ship a
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+ fix or a clear remediation plan as quickly as the severity warrants.
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+
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+ ## Disclosure and credit
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+
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+ We follow coordinated disclosure: we work with you on a fix and a timeline before
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+ any public detail is released. Reporters who disclose responsibly are credited in
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+ the advisory and the CHANGELOG unless they ask to remain anonymous.
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  "mcpName": "com.scopeblind/protect-mcp",
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  "description": "Fail-closed Cedar policy gate + signed receipts for AI agent tool calls. Blocks what breaks the rules before it runs, denies on any policy error, and proves the gate is live with a startup self-test.",
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30
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