deponent 0.1.1__tar.gz

deponent-0.1.1/.dockerignore

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+# Version-control, environment, build, test, and local run artifacts.
+.git
+.venv
+**/__pycache__/
+**/*.pyc
+**/*.pyo
+.pytest_cache/
+.ruff_cache/
+dist/
+build/
+*.egg-info/
+runs/
+.DS_Store

deponent-0.1.1/.github/workflows/ci.yml

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+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+
+# Least privilege: CI only needs to read the checked-out code.
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ci-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: tests (${{ matrix.os }}, py${{ matrix.python-version }})
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        # Both OSes run the platform-independent core (gate/ledger/receipts/…);
+        # the macOS-native Seatbelt jail tests and the DRAFT Docker tests skip on
+        # Linux, while macOS runs the full suite incl. the live Seatbelt proofs.
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install (core is zero-dep; the dev extra adds pytest + cryptography)
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install -e ".[dev]"
+
+      - name: Run the suite
+        run: python -m pytest -q
+
+      # The mark is earnable infrastructure, not a self-claim: CI re-derives it,
+      # fail-closed. A non-conformant kernel fails this step and the badge goes red.
+      - name: Self-verify the GAK-conformant mark
+        run: python -m deponent.badge verify --kernel deponent

deponent-0.1.1/.gitignore

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+# Python
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*.egg-info/
+.eggs/
+build/
+dist/
+.venv/
+venv/
+
+# Test / tooling
+.pytest_cache/
+.ruff_cache/
+.mypy_cache/
+.coverage
+htmlcov/
+
+# Deponent runtime artifacts (never commit receipts or live ledgers)
+.deponent/
+receipts/
+runs/
+*.jsonl
+.jail.sb
+.tmp/
+.run_out
+
+# OS
+.DS_Store

deponent-0.1.1/Dockerfile

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+# Deponent — a governed sovereign agent kernel. "It doesn't answer. It testifies."
+# Zero third-party deps in the core, so this image is tiny and offline-buildable.
+#
+#   docker build -t deponent .
+#   docker run --rm deponent                 # scores the kernel against its own standard
+#   docker run --rm deponent make test       # run the suite in-container
+#
+# NOTE on confinement in-container: the in-language jail is macOS Seatbelt (host) or a
+# Docker backend (host daemon). Inside this container the gate + ledger + receipts +
+# conformance run fully (platform-independent); the live OS-jail escape-proofs are a
+# host concern and skip here — by design, not omission.
+FROM python:3.12-slim
+
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.title="Deponent"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.description="A governed sovereign agent kernel — make any local AI agent testify. Deny-by-default gate, tamper-evident hash-chained ledger, verifiable receipts."
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/cjchanh/deponent"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0"
+
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY . /app
+# stdlib-only core -> the install pulls nothing from the network for the kernel itself.
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir . && python -c "import deponent; print('deponent import OK')"
+
+# Default: score the reference kernel against the GAK conformance standard — the
+# 10-second "it actually works" proof. Override with any command (e.g. `make test`).
+CMD ["python", "-m", "deponent.conform", "--kernel", "deponent"]

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deponent-0.1.1/Makefile

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+.PHONY: help test demo self-gate self-gate-live install lint clean
+
+help:
+	@echo "make test      - run the full suite (jail tests are macOS-only)"
+	@echo "make demo      - run the minimal testify demo (no model needed)"
+	@echo "make self-gate      - dogfood: deponent gates its own development (CONFORMANT + SOUND)"
+	@echo "make self-gate-live - full dogfood: govern a REAL jailed git+rustc self-build"
+	@echo "make install   - editable install of the kernel"
+	@echo "make lint      - ruff check (if installed)"
+	@echo "make clean     - remove caches + runtime artifacts"
+
+# Dogfood / quality ratchet: the engine gates the engine. Exit non-zero if the
+# reference kernel stops passing its own GAK clauses, or a governed self-build's
+# testimony is not sound. Wire as a pre-commit / CI check.
+self-gate:
+	python3 -m deponent.selfgate
+
+# Full dogfood: deponent governs its OWN real git+rustc build, jailed — the local
+# commit ALLOWs and runs, the push BLOCKs at the irreversible floor, all testified.
+self-gate-live:
+	python3 -m deponent.selfgate --live
+
+test:
+	python3 -m pytest -q
+
+demo:
+	python3 examples/minimal.py
+
+install:
+	python3 -m pip install -e .
+
+lint:
+	ruff check . || true
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf .pytest_cache .ruff_cache .mypy_cache **/__pycache__ build dist *.egg-info .deponent runs

deponent-0.1.1/NOTICE

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+Deponent — a governed sovereign agent kernel
+Copyright 2026 CJ — Centennial Defense Systems
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+"It doesn't answer. It testifies."
+
+This is the open-core reference primitive beneath Centennial Defense Systems'
+deterministic safety and deployment-governance work. It is given freely so the
+pattern — deny-by-default, jailed, tamper-evident, fail-closed — can be inspected,
+reproduced, and built upon.
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+This public kernel is and will remain Apache-2.0. The grant on every published
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deponent-0.1.1/PKG-INFO

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+Metadata-Version: 2.5
+Name: deponent
+Version: 0.1.1
+Summary: A fail-closed agent governance kernel with a deny-by-default gate, tamper-evident ledger, and verifiable receipts.
+Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/cjchanh/deponent
+Project-URL: Source, https://github.com/cjchanh/deponent
+Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/cjchanh/deponent/issues
+Project-URL: Company, https://centennialdefense.systems
+Author-email: "Christopher \"CJ\" Chanhnourack" <contact@centennialdefense.systems>
+License-Expression: Apache-2.0
+License-File: LICENSE
+Keywords: agent,ai-safety,audit,audit-log,deny-by-default,governance,local-first,sandbox,tamper-evident
+Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
+Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
+Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
+Classifier: Operating System :: MacOS
+Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
+Classifier: Topic :: Security
+Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Quality Assurance
+Requires-Python: >=3.10
+Provides-Extra: attest
+Requires-Dist: cryptography>=42; extra == 'attest'
+Provides-Extra: dev
+Requires-Dist: cryptography>=42; extra == 'dev'
+Requires-Dist: pytest>=7; extra == 'dev'
+Provides-Extra: mlx
+Requires-Dist: mlx-vlm>=0.1; extra == 'mlx'
+Provides-Extra: ollama
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+
+# Deponent
+
+[![deponent: conformant](docs/deponent-badge.svg)](#proven) &nbsp;·&nbsp; [![CI](https://github.com/cjchanh/deponent/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/cjchanh/deponent/actions/workflows/ci.yml) &nbsp;·&nbsp; **Apache-2.0** &nbsp;·&nbsp; verify the mark yourself: `python3 -m deponent.badge verify --kernel deponent`
+
+**A governed sovereign agent kernel. It doesn't answer. It testifies.**
+
+![Deponent blocks a destructive action and an unknown tool, then detects a forged audit record](docs/demo.gif)
+
+A local AI agent runs on your machine. It edits files, runs commands, touches your system — and when it finishes, all you have is its word that it behaved, and a failed step reports success as readily as a real one. Deponent replaces the word with a record you can verify yourself.
+
+It is a small, model-agnostic governance layer that sits under any agent's tool calls:
+
+```
+deny-by-default gate  ->  Seatbelt jail  ->  tamper-evident ledger  ->  verifiable receipt
+```
+
+The core is pure Python and standard-library only: **zero third-party runtime dependencies.** Install it with `pip install deponent`.
+
+---
+
+## Quickstart
+
+```python
+import tempfile
+from deponent import Cell
+
+cell = Cell(tempfile.mkdtemp(), use_jail=False)   # a sovereign, local sandbox
+                                                  # use_jail=True on macOS adds the Seatbelt jail
+print(cell.act("write_file", {"path": "notes.txt", "content": "hello"}).output)  # ALLOW
+print(cell.act("read_file",  {"path": "notes.txt"}).output)                      # ALLOW
+print(cell.act("run_cmd",    {"cmd": "rm -rf ./blocked-example"}).output)        # BLOCK (destructive)
+print(cell.act("exfiltrate", {"to": "evil.example"}).output)                     # BLOCK (deny-by-default)
+
+ok, msg = cell.verify()                           # recompute the chain — don't trust it
+print(f"testimony intact: {ok} — {msg}")
+```
+
+That is exactly `examples/minimal.py`. Run it (`python3 examples/minimal.py`) and it prints:
+
+```text
+wrote 5 bytes -> notes.txt
+hello
+BLOCKED [destructive-or-out-of-scope]: matched deny pattern 'rm -rf'
+BLOCKED [unknown-tool]: no policy for tool 'exfiltrate' (deny-by-default)
+
+testimony intact: True — chain intact (4 entries)
+  ALLOW write_file  [reversible-local-write]
+  ALLOW read_file   [reversible-local-read]
+  BLOCK run_cmd     [destructive-or-out-of-scope]
+  BLOCK exfiltrate  [unknown-tool]
+```
+
+No model needed for the demo. No network. No install required to run it from the repo.
+
+---
+
+## Why this exists
+
+Local agents are useful precisely because they act on your machine. That is also the risk: you are trusting they only did what they said they did.
+
+A self-report is not evidence. Every system has two surfaces — what it says about itself and what it actually did — and they drift. Agents are no exception: "tests pass," "done," "cleaned up" is a claim, not a fact.
+
+Deponent replaces the trust with a record. Every action an agent proposes is gated before it runs, jailed while it runs, and recorded after it runs into a hash-chained ledger you can re-verify from scratch. At the end you can **prove what happened** — or prove the record was altered. There is no third option.
+
+---
+
+## How it works
+
+One object, `Cell`, is the whole architecture. Each action goes through `.act()`:
+
+```
+agent proposes an action
+        │
+        ▼
+   ┌─────────┐   deny-by-default. unknown tool / path escape /
+   │  GATE   │   destructive cmd / network / privilege  ->  BLOCK
+   └────┬────┘
+        │ ALLOW
+        ▼
+   ┌─────────┐   macOS Seatbelt: no network, writes confined to
+   │  JAIL   │   the sandbox, CPU + memory + wall-clock bounded
+   └────┬────┘
+        │ output
+        ▼
+   ┌─────────┐   append-only sha256 hash chain. every decision +
+   │ LEDGER  │   a hash of its outcome, link-locked to the prior
+   └────┬────┘
+        │
+        ▼
+   ┌─────────┐   recompute the chain AND the content hash.
+   │ RECEIPT │   verify() is real — there is no return-True stub
+   └─────────┘
+```
+
+- **The Gate** governs the shell + path surface — which programs may run, which paths may be touched, whether a command chains or substitutes its way out of policy. Deny-by-default and fail-closed: anything it cannot classify is blocked. It can also gate on real blast radius: wire a `ReachOracle` (opt-in) and a write is gated on its **reverse-dependency closure** — what the action can reach, not just what string it contains. The default policy is the substring + path gate; the reach closure is opt-in.
+- **The Jail** closes the gap the gate cannot see: the *code inside* an allowed command. On macOS the native primitive is `sandbox-exec` (Seatbelt) — no Docker assumed.
+- **The Ledger** is the testimony: an append-only, hash-chained record where mutating or reordering any past entry breaks the re-link.
+- **The Receipt** is the closure artifact. Its verifier recomputes the chain from genesis *and* recomputes the receipt's own content hash. `persist()` runs that verifier as a write-time round-trip and **raises on failure**, so a corrupt write can never be reported as success.
+
+The Cell is the keystone, and it composes at every scale: one tool call, one agent, or a whole team sharing one ledger. The kernel does not change when the model does. Subclass `Cell` and override `_execute` to govern your own tool surface — the gate + jail + ledger wrapping is inherited unchanged.
+
+---
+
+## What it does NOT do
+
+This section is the trust anchor. Read it before you build on this.
+
+- **It is a reference governance primitive, not a hardened production sandbox.** It is the smallest honest version of the idea — clear enough to read end-to-end, strong enough to be useful, not a certified security product.
+- **The in-language jail is macOS-only.** Seatbelt is the native primitive. On Linux you plug in firejail, nsjail, or a container. The gate and ledger are platform-independent; only the jail is swapped.
+- **It is tamper-EVIDENT, not tamper-PROOF.** The ledger core is a **keyless sha256 hash chain** — nothing in the agent's execution path is signed. It proves *internal consistency* — that no entry was altered or reordered — **not authorship.** An attacker who can rewrite the entire file from genesis can produce a consistent chain. The core ledger is **not cryptographic signatures.** There is an **optional, verification-only ed25519 operator-attestation overlay** (`operator_attest.py`, opt-in via `deponent[attest]`) that verifies an operator's out-of-band signature over a run; it signs nothing the agent does. The core stays keyless on purpose — asymmetric signing in the execution path is a deliberate non-goal.
+- **The default gate policy is a sane coding-agent sandbox, not a universal security policy.** It is overridable per instance (`deny=`, `allow_heads=`). Tune it for your tool surface.
+
+State the limits, or the guarantees mean nothing.
+
+---
+
+## Proven
+
+The suite exercises the gate, live macOS Seatbelt confinement, ledger integrity,
+receipts, reconciliation, claims, build profiles, the public playground, and the
+conformance harness. Platform- or optional-capability checks skip explicitly when
+their real backend is unavailable; they are never replaced with a passing mock.
+
+Run `python3 -m pytest -q` to get the current count and host-specific skip set.
+`make self-gate-live` drives a real local build through the same gate, jail, and
+ledger path and emits receipts for inspection.
+
+**The `GAK-conformant` mark.** Passing the harness is earnable infrastructure, not a self-claim. `python3 -m deponent.badge certify --kernel deponent` emits a self-contained badge (the SVG above), a markdown snippet, and a JSON receipt carrying a sha256 `clauses_digest` over the per-clause results — so the badge maps to a specific, reproducible outcome. Re-derive it yourself, fail-closed:
+
+```sh
+python3 -m deponent.badge verify --kernel deponent   # exit 0 only when the mark is earned
+```
+
+Any kernel that implements the small adapter and passes the clause set earns the same mark; a kernel that fails gets a red "not conformant" badge and a non-zero exit. The badge is generated locally — no shields.io, no network — because a sovereignty product shouldn't phone home to prove it passed.
+
+**Seatbelt escape-proofs — two kinds, kept separate so the claim is exactly as strong as the evidence.** (1) **Committed live canaries** (`canaries/CANARIES.md`, J1–J8): network exfil, raw-socket egress, writes outside the sandbox, child-process escape, memory-bomb, and wall-clock runaway — each a real test run against the live macOS sandbox, 0 through; if a canary stops holding, the suite goes red. (2) **Manual development red-team** — during development I hand-ran Seatbelt bypasses (`osascript 'do shell script'`, `launchctl submit`, loopback `/dev/tcp`, DNS, symlink/hardlink/rename writes-out), all blocked; these **shaped the gate denylist and the Seatbelt profile but are not committed tests** — take them as reported, not reproducible from the repo.
+
+**Recompute-not-trust receipts:** the verifier does not read a stored boolean. It re-links the chain from genesis and recomputes the receipt's content hash over its canonical body. `persist()` runs that verifier on write and raises on failure. This is the project's core rule made mechanical: *self-reported health is never the evidence.*
+
+---
+
+## Governed agent team example
+
+`examples/governed_team.py` shows an Architect, a gated Builder, and an advisory
+Reviewer sharing one ledger. The example is model-agnostic through
+`examples/backends.py`; use an Ollama or MLX backend, or add your own. Closure is
+an out-of-band test run plus an intact ledger—not the Builder saying “done.”
+
+```bash
+# Ollama (any tool-capable coder)
+python3 examples/governed_team.py --backend ollama --model qwen3-coder:30b \
+  --goal "Implement reverse_words(s): reverse word order, collapse runs of spaces."
+
+# Local MLX North Mini Code (Apple Silicon)
+DEPONENT_MLX_MODEL=mlx-community/North-Mini-Code-1.0-4bit \
+  python3 examples/governed_team.py --backend mlx --goal "..."
+```
+
+---
+
+## Install + run the tests
+
+```bash
+git clone <repo> deponent && cd deponent
+python3 -m pip install -e .        # or just run from the repo — the core needs no install
+
+make test                          # current suite; real-backend skips are host-dependent
+make demo                          # the minimal testify demo, no model needed
+```
+
+The kernel has **zero third-party dependencies.** Only the example team needs a model runtime; the kernel does not.
+
+### Run it in Docker (any platform)
+
+```bash
+docker build -t deponent .
+docker run --rm deponent             # scores the kernel against its own GAK standard -> CONFORMANT
+docker run --rm deponent make test   # run the suite in-container
+```
+
+The gate, ledger, and receipts are platform-independent; OS confinement is macOS Seatbelt on the host or the Docker backend elsewhere (escape-proofs live-verified, `tests/test_jail_backends.py`).
+
+---
+
+## Stewardship
+
+Deponent is an open-source project from
+[Centennial Defense Systems](https://centennialdefense.systems), maintained by
+Christopher “CJ” Chanhnourack. The repository is the complete public reference
+kernel; its claims are limited to behavior you can reproduce from the source.
+
+---
+
+## Support
+
+Report vulnerabilities through [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md). General support and
+contributions are best-effort; no response-time SLA is offered.
+
+---
+
+## License
+
+Apache-2.0 — including the patent grant.
+
+The license applies to the public source and includes the Apache 2.0 patent grant.