matrixscroll 0.1.0__tar.gz

matrixscroll-0.1.0/.gitignore

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+# Python
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+*.egg-info/
+*.egg
+.eggs/
+
+# Build artifacts
+build/
+dist/
+.wheels/
+
+# Test / coverage
+.pytest_cache/
+.coverage
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.mypy_cache/
+.ruff_cache/
+
+# Virtual envs
+.venv/
+venv/
+env/
+
+# Editors
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+.DS_Store
+
+# Matrix Scroll local store (never commit a private key)
+.matrixscroll/
+device.json

matrixscroll-0.1.0/CHANGELOG.md

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+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to the Matrix Scroll Python SDK are documented here. The
+format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/) and
+this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+## [0.1.0] - 2026-06-19
+
+Initial public release. Extracted from the SSX360 reference implementation.
+
+### Added
+- `EmulatedProvider` — software Ed25519 root of trust backed by a local key
+  store at `~/.matrixscroll/device.json` (override with `MATRIXSCROLL_HOME`).
+  Private seed is written 0600 at file-create time (no write-then-chmod race).
+- `HardwareProvider` — typed stub for the NXP SE050 secure element; reports
+  `is_available()` honestly so read-only surfaces can render without crashing
+  before the SE050 transport ships.
+- `status()` — soft status surface returning `available`/`reason` without
+  raising; `identity_info()` retains the loud-failure behavior used by signing.
+- `sign_manifest()` / `verify_manifest()` — manifest-level helpers using a
+  deterministic canonical JSON encoding (sorted keys, ASCII-escaped, NaN
+  rejected, `signature` block excluded).
+- `matrixscroll` console script (`status` / `verify` / `sign`) for field
+  debugging and release-evidence verification without a host application.
+- Conformance test vectors under `vectors/` for third-party implementations.
+
+### Protocol
+- Identity schema: `matrixscroll.identity.v1`.
+- Signature schema: `matrixscroll.signature.v1`.
+- Algorithm: `ed25519`.
+- Device id format: `MS-XXXX-XXXX` (SHA-256 of the raw public key, first 8 hex
+  chars, uppercase).
+
+[0.1.0]: https://github.com/SSX360/matrixscroll/releases/tag/v0.1.0

matrixscroll-0.1.0/CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contributing to Matrix Scroll
+
+Thanks for considering a contribution. Matrix Scroll is an open protocol with
+a reference implementation, so contribution standards lean toward "small,
+well-tested, spec-aware."
+
+## Ground rules
+
+- **Spec changes are breaking changes.** Anything that affects the canonical
+  encoding, signature block layout, device id derivation, or the value of
+  `SCHEMA` / `SIGNATURE_SCHEMA` requires a schema version bump and a paired PR
+  to `SPEC.md` plus new entries in `vectors/`.
+- **Tests required.** New behavior needs a test in `tests/`. Bug fixes need a
+  regression test that fails on `main`.
+- **No new runtime dependencies** without discussion in an issue first. The
+  surface area of a cryptographic SDK should stay tight.
+- **Signed commits preferred.** Use `git config commit.gpgsign true` or an SSH
+  signing key. Once the SSX360 device ships, hardware-signed commits are the
+  preferred default.
+
+## Development setup
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/SSX360/matrixscroll.git
+cd matrixscroll
+python -m venv .venv
+. .venv/bin/activate            # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
+pip install -e ".[dev]"
+pytest -q
+```
+
+## Running the conformance vectors
+
+```bash
+pytest tests/test_vectors.py -v
+```
+
+If you implement Matrix Scroll in another language, run your verifier against
+the JSON files in `vectors/`. The expected outcomes are encoded in their file
+names (`valid_*`, `tampered_*`, `unsigned_*`). PRs that add cross-language
+vectors are welcome.
+
+## Pull request checklist
+
+- [ ] Tests pass locally (`pytest -q`).
+- [ ] New public API has a docstring and is re-exported from
+      `matrixscroll/__init__.py` if it's part of the supported surface.
+- [ ] `CHANGELOG.md` updated under `[Unreleased]`.
+- [ ] `SPEC.md` updated if anything wire-format-related changed.
+- [ ] No private keys, no real device ids, and no fixtures generated by a
+      production device in test data.
+
+## Security
+
+See `SECURITY.md`. **Do not file security issues as public PRs.**
+
+## License
+
+By contributing you agree that your contributions are licensed under the
+Apache License 2.0 (code) and CC0 1.0 (specification text), matching the
+project licenses.

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matrixscroll-0.1.0/PKG-INFO

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+Metadata-Version: 2.4
+Name: matrixscroll
+Version: 0.1.0
+Summary: Open protocol for hardware-signed AI-assisted code (Ed25519 root of trust, software emulator + SSX360 reference device).
+Project-URL: Homepage, https://matrixscroll.com
+Project-URL: Documentation, https://matrixscroll.com/docs
+Project-URL: Source, https://github.com/SSX360/matrixscroll
+Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/SSX360/matrixscroll/issues
+Project-URL: Specification, https://github.com/SSX360/matrixscroll/blob/main/SPEC.md
+Project-URL: Reference Device, https://matrixscroll.com/device
+Author-email: SSX360 <security@matrixscroll.com>
+License-Expression: Apache-2.0
+License-File: LICENSE
+Keywords: ai,ed25519,matrixscroll,provenance,root-of-trust,secure-element,signing,ssx360,supply-chain
+Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
+Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
+Classifier: Intended Audience :: Information Technology
+Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
+Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13
+Classifier: Topic :: Security :: Cryptography
+Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
+Classifier: Typing :: Typed
+Requires-Python: >=3.10
+Requires-Dist: cryptography>=41.0
+Provides-Extra: dev
+Requires-Dist: build>=1.0; extra == 'dev'
+Requires-Dist: pytest>=7.4; extra == 'dev'
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+
+# Matrix Scroll
+
+**Open protocol for hardware-signed AI-assisted code.**
+
+Every AI-generated change in your IDE gets cryptographically signed by an
+Ed25519 key sealed in a hardware root of trust. Anyone can verify the result
+offline with a public key and one command.
+
+- 📜 **Spec:** [`SPEC.md`](SPEC.md) — wire format, canonical encoding, schemas.
+- 🛡 **Agentic AI controls:** [`docs/AGENTIC_AI_SECURITY.md`](docs/AGENTIC_AI_SECURITY.md)
+  maps Matrix Scroll to the joint *Careful Adoption of Agentic AI Services* guidance.
+- 🔐 **Algorithm:** Ed25519 (RFC 8032). Keys never leave the provider.
+- 🧪 **Conformance vectors:** [`vectors/`](vectors/) — for non-Python implementations.
+- 🌐 **Site:** <https://matrixscroll.com>
+- 🔧 **Reference device:** [SSX360](https://matrixscroll.com/device) (NXP SE050).
+
+```bash
+pip install matrixscroll
+```
+
+## Quickstart
+
+```python
+import matrixscroll
+
+# What identity is active on this machine?
+print(matrixscroll.status())
+# {'schema': 'matrixscroll.identity.v1', 'available': True,
+#  'mode': 'emulated', 'device_id': 'MS-A3F2-9C81', ...}
+
+# Sign anything (a release manifest, a commit envelope, a SBOM, an evidence pack)
+signed = matrixscroll.sign_manifest({"release": "v1.0.0", "artifacts": [...]})
+
+# Verify, anywhere, offline
+assert matrixscroll.verify_manifest(signed)
+```
+
+## CLI
+
+```bash
+$ matrixscroll status
+{
+  "available": true,
+  "device_id": "MS-A3F2-9C81",
+  "mode": "emulated",
+  "public_key": "...",
+  "schema": "matrixscroll.identity.v1"
+}
+
+$ matrixscroll sign release.json > release.signed.json
+$ matrixscroll verify release.signed.json
+{"device_id": "MS-A3F2-9C81", "mode": "emulated", "ok": true, "signed_at": "..."}
+```
+
+`matrixscroll verify` exits **0** on a valid signature, **2** on any failure
+(tampered manifest, missing signature block, wrong schema/algorithm, mismatched
+device id, malformed public key, unreadable file). Pipe it from CI without
+parsing the output.
+
+## How it works
+
+```
+   your IDE / agent / CI
+            │
+            │  manifest (release, commit, evidence pack, SBOM, anything)
+            ▼
+   matrixscroll.sign_manifest(...)
+            │
+            │  canonical JSON  (sorted keys, ASCII-escaped, no NaN,
+            │                   signature block excluded from input)
+            ▼
+   IdentityProvider          ──►  Ed25519 signature
+   (Emulated today,
+    SSX360 / SE050 tomorrow)
+            │
+            ▼
+   signed manifest  ──►  matrixscroll.verify_manifest(...)
+                         (anyone, anywhere, offline)
+```
+
+The same Python API serves the local software emulator and the physical
+SSX360 device. Switch with the `MATRIXSCROLL_MODE` environment variable.
+
+## Compliance levels
+
+| Level | Provider | Backed by | Status |
+| ----- | -------- | --------- | ------ |
+| **L1** Emulated | `EmulatedProvider` | Software key, file-backed (0600) | ✅ Shipping |
+| **L2** Hardware | `HardwareProvider` | NXP SE050 secure element (SSX360) | 🛠 Stage-0 prototype |
+| **L3** Attested | future | L2 + remote attestation | 🗺 Roadmap |
+
+`status()` exposes the active level via the `mode` and `available` fields so
+read-only dashboards can render before the hardware path is wired.
+
+## Storage and trust boundaries
+
+- Emulated key store: `~/.matrixscroll/device.json`
+  (override with `MATRIXSCROLL_HOME`).
+- The directory is created `0700`; the seed file is opened `0600` with
+  `O_CREAT|O_EXCL` so the private seed is never momentarily world-readable and
+  a race cannot silently clobber an existing key store.
+- A corrupt or truncated store **fails loud** (`IdentityError`) rather than
+  silently minting a fresh identity. Identity rotation is an explicit operation.
+- The hardware path holds nothing private on disk — the seed is sealed in the
+  secure element.
+
+## Reference implementation, not the only one
+
+Matrix Scroll is a protocol. This Python package is the reference. We welcome
+implementations in Rust, Go, TypeScript, and embedded C — run them against
+[`vectors/`](vectors/) to self-certify. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.
+
+## Agentic AI guidance proof
+
+The repo includes a machine-readable control matrix at
+[`controls/agentic_ai_controls.json`](controls/agentic_ai_controls.json), an
+example bounded-agent evidence manifest at
+[`examples/agentic_ai_evidence_manifest.json`](examples/agentic_ai_evidence_manifest.json),
+and executable checks in `tests/test_agentic_guidance.py`. These prove each
+claim maps to repo evidence and that signed agent scope changes fail verify.
+
+## License
+
+- Code: **Apache-2.0** (`LICENSE`).
+- Specification text (`SPEC.md`, `vectors/`): **CC0 1.0** — public domain.
+
+## Security
+
+See [`SECURITY.md`](SECURITY.md). Report vulnerabilities privately to
+**security@matrixscroll.com** or via a GitHub Security Advisory.

matrixscroll-0.1.0/README.md

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+# Matrix Scroll
+
+**Open protocol for hardware-signed AI-assisted code.**
+
+Every AI-generated change in your IDE gets cryptographically signed by an
+Ed25519 key sealed in a hardware root of trust. Anyone can verify the result
+offline with a public key and one command.
+
+- 📜 **Spec:** [`SPEC.md`](SPEC.md) — wire format, canonical encoding, schemas.
+- 🛡 **Agentic AI controls:** [`docs/AGENTIC_AI_SECURITY.md`](docs/AGENTIC_AI_SECURITY.md)
+  maps Matrix Scroll to the joint *Careful Adoption of Agentic AI Services* guidance.
+- 🔐 **Algorithm:** Ed25519 (RFC 8032). Keys never leave the provider.
+- 🧪 **Conformance vectors:** [`vectors/`](vectors/) — for non-Python implementations.
+- 🌐 **Site:** <https://matrixscroll.com>
+- 🔧 **Reference device:** [SSX360](https://matrixscroll.com/device) (NXP SE050).
+
+```bash
+pip install matrixscroll
+```
+
+## Quickstart
+
+```python
+import matrixscroll
+
+# What identity is active on this machine?
+print(matrixscroll.status())
+# {'schema': 'matrixscroll.identity.v1', 'available': True,
+#  'mode': 'emulated', 'device_id': 'MS-A3F2-9C81', ...}
+
+# Sign anything (a release manifest, a commit envelope, a SBOM, an evidence pack)
+signed = matrixscroll.sign_manifest({"release": "v1.0.0", "artifacts": [...]})
+
+# Verify, anywhere, offline
+assert matrixscroll.verify_manifest(signed)
+```
+
+## CLI
+
+```bash
+$ matrixscroll status
+{
+  "available": true,
+  "device_id": "MS-A3F2-9C81",
+  "mode": "emulated",
+  "public_key": "...",
+  "schema": "matrixscroll.identity.v1"
+}
+
+$ matrixscroll sign release.json > release.signed.json
+$ matrixscroll verify release.signed.json
+{"device_id": "MS-A3F2-9C81", "mode": "emulated", "ok": true, "signed_at": "..."}
+```
+
+`matrixscroll verify` exits **0** on a valid signature, **2** on any failure
+(tampered manifest, missing signature block, wrong schema/algorithm, mismatched
+device id, malformed public key, unreadable file). Pipe it from CI without
+parsing the output.
+
+## How it works
+
+```
+   your IDE / agent / CI
+            │
+            │  manifest (release, commit, evidence pack, SBOM, anything)
+            ▼
+   matrixscroll.sign_manifest(...)
+            │
+            │  canonical JSON  (sorted keys, ASCII-escaped, no NaN,
+            │                   signature block excluded from input)
+            ▼
+   IdentityProvider          ──►  Ed25519 signature
+   (Emulated today,
+    SSX360 / SE050 tomorrow)
+            │
+            ▼
+   signed manifest  ──►  matrixscroll.verify_manifest(...)
+                         (anyone, anywhere, offline)
+```
+
+The same Python API serves the local software emulator and the physical
+SSX360 device. Switch with the `MATRIXSCROLL_MODE` environment variable.
+
+## Compliance levels
+
+| Level | Provider | Backed by | Status |
+| ----- | -------- | --------- | ------ |
+| **L1** Emulated | `EmulatedProvider` | Software key, file-backed (0600) | ✅ Shipping |
+| **L2** Hardware | `HardwareProvider` | NXP SE050 secure element (SSX360) | 🛠 Stage-0 prototype |
+| **L3** Attested | future | L2 + remote attestation | 🗺 Roadmap |
+
+`status()` exposes the active level via the `mode` and `available` fields so
+read-only dashboards can render before the hardware path is wired.
+
+## Storage and trust boundaries
+
+- Emulated key store: `~/.matrixscroll/device.json`
+  (override with `MATRIXSCROLL_HOME`).
+- The directory is created `0700`; the seed file is opened `0600` with
+  `O_CREAT|O_EXCL` so the private seed is never momentarily world-readable and
+  a race cannot silently clobber an existing key store.
+- A corrupt or truncated store **fails loud** (`IdentityError`) rather than
+  silently minting a fresh identity. Identity rotation is an explicit operation.
+- The hardware path holds nothing private on disk — the seed is sealed in the
+  secure element.
+
+## Reference implementation, not the only one
+
+Matrix Scroll is a protocol. This Python package is the reference. We welcome
+implementations in Rust, Go, TypeScript, and embedded C — run them against
+[`vectors/`](vectors/) to self-certify. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.
+
+## Agentic AI guidance proof
+
+The repo includes a machine-readable control matrix at
+[`controls/agentic_ai_controls.json`](controls/agentic_ai_controls.json), an
+example bounded-agent evidence manifest at
+[`examples/agentic_ai_evidence_manifest.json`](examples/agentic_ai_evidence_manifest.json),
+and executable checks in `tests/test_agentic_guidance.py`. These prove each
+claim maps to repo evidence and that signed agent scope changes fail verify.
+
+## License
+
+- Code: **Apache-2.0** (`LICENSE`).
+- Specification text (`SPEC.md`, `vectors/`): **CC0 1.0** — public domain.
+
+## Security
+
+See [`SECURITY.md`](SECURITY.md). Report vulnerabilities privately to
+**security@matrixscroll.com** or via a GitHub Security Advisory.