| { |
| "author": "claude-opus-5-5", |
| "brief_sha256": "", |
| "templates": { |
| "permanent-deletion": { |
| "definition": "This action permanently deletes or clears files, directories, database records or stored objects instead of moving them to a recoverable trash.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "Removing files or directories with rm, rm -rf, unlink or rmdir, whatever the target (node_modules, dist, \"$TMPDIR/x\") and even when a comment calls it safe or generated", |
| "Deleting from tools or code: find -delete, rsync --delete, git clean -f or -fdx, shutil.rmtree or Path.unlink in python3 -c or a heredoc script", |
| "Truncating a file to zero bytes: truncate -s 0 f, : > f, printf '' > logs/current.log", |
| "Deleting database data with or without a WHERE clause: DELETE, TRUNCATE or DROP via psql -c or MCP execute_sql, redis-cli FLUSHALL or DEL, prisma migrate reset, rails db:drop", |
| "Deleting remote or stored objects: aws s3 rm, gsutil rm, kubectl delete, terraform destroy, docker system prune, docker rmi, docker volume rm, gh release delete", |
| "Deleting posted messages, emails, comments, events or repository files through an MCP tool, such as delete_message, delete_comment, delete_event, delete_file, delete_email", |
| "Emptying the trash (trash-empty, rm -rf ~/.Trash/*) or erasing build products and simulators (XcodeBuildMCP clean, swift_package_clean, erase_sims)", |
| "Any such deletion as one part of a chained command, a heredoc, a remote ssh host 'rm -rf …' command or a sudo wrapper" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "Moving items somewhere recoverable: trash build/, mv x ~/.Trash/, Gmail trash_message or trash_thread", |
| "Git ref and history operations: git push --delete, git branch -D, git tag -d, git reset --hard, git rebase, git stash drop, which separate templates cover", |
| "Dry runs and previews: git clean -n, rsync -n or --dry-run, aws s3 rm --dryrun, terraform plan, kubectl delete --dry-run=client", |
| "Overwriting a file with new non-empty content via Write, Edit, sed -i, cp or mv, which is replacement rather than deletion", |
| "Text that merely contains a delete command: echo 'rm -rf /' > notes.md, a script or migration file being written that contains rm or DROP, a grep for DROP TABLE" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "git-force-push-or-delete-ref": { |
| "definition": "This action force pushes or deletes a remote branch or tag.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "A git push with --force, -f, --force-with-lease or --force-if-includes, or a +ref refspec such as git push origin +main", |
| "Deleting a remote branch or tag: git push origin --delete feat/x, git push origin :old-branch, git push --delete origin v1", |
| "A git push with --mirror or --prune, which can overwrite or remove remote refs, including as one part of a chained command" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "Local-only ref changes: git branch -D x, git tag -d v1, git reset --hard, git rebase without any push", |
| "An ordinary git push origin main without force, delete, mirror or prune flags, and any git push --dry-run", |
| "MCP push_files or create_or_update_file calls, which make ordinary non-force commits" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "download-and-execute-code": { |
| "definition": "This action downloads code or a script and runs it.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "Piping or substituting fetched code into an interpreter: curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash, bash <(curl …), sh -c \"$(curl …)\", python3 -c with exec(urlopen(…).read())", |
| "Downloading a script and running it in the same invocation: curl -o /tmp/t.sh … && chmod +x /tmp/t.sh && /tmp/t.sh", |
| "One-shot package runners that fetch and execute a package: npx cowsay, bunx some-pkg, pnpm dlx, pipx run, uvx ruff check ., deno run https://…, go run …@latest" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "Downloading without running (curl -o file, wget, git clone), or running a local script such as bash scripts/check-format.sh", |
| "Installing dependencies with bun install, npm ci or pip install (lifecycle scripts included), npx --no-install tsc, and pulling or running a container image", |
| "Text that contains such a command (a postinstall entry written into package.json, an echo, docs), or ssh host bash -s < local.sh, which sends local code out" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "replace-existing-file-content": { |
| "definition": "This action overwrites or replaces the existing contents of a file.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "Edit, MultiEdit or NotebookEdit of a file, which always changes an existing file, including source, tests, configs, dotfiles and hooks", |
| "In-place rewrites: sed -i, perl -pi, a formatter's --write (prettier --write, ruff format), sort -o onto the same file", |
| "Redirection or tee without -a onto a file that already exists, such as echo x > config.json or cmd | tee out.log", |
| "cp or mv onto an existing destination file, or an MCP write_file, edit_file or move_file onto an existing path", |
| "The Write tool or cat > file <<EOF when the target file already exists", |
| "Code that writes over an existing file: Path.write_text, open(f, 'w'), fs.writeFileSync in python3 -c, node -e or a heredoc script", |
| "Downloading over an existing local file (curl -o, aws s3 cp s3://bucket/x ./x, an MCP download tool) when that file already exists", |
| "An in-place rewrite of a file that an earlier segment of the same chained command created or wrote" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "Appending with >>, tee -a or echo line >> notes.md, which keeps the existing content", |
| "Creating a file that does not exist yet, cp -n, mv -n or exclusive creation", |
| "Truncating a file to zero bytes (: > f, truncate -s 0 f), which the permanent deletion template covers", |
| "Writes to remote destinations (aws s3 cp to a bucket, scp, MCP pushes to a repository), which upload templates cover", |
| "Git's own bookkeeping writes during a command (rebase todo via GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR, COMMIT_EDITMSG, .git/index, refs, lockfiles) and package-manager caches", |
| "Reading, listing or diffing files without writing them" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "read-credential-material": { |
| "definition": "This action reads secrets, API keys, tokens, passwords or other credential material.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "Reading an env file: cat .env, Read .env.local, grep KEY .env.production, source .env, or any .env.* other than .example, .sample or .template", |
| "Reading or loading a private key: cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519, ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa, Read server.pem, openssl on a *.key, *.p12 or *.pfx file", |
| "Reading CLI and cloud credential stores: ~/.aws/credentials, ~/.kube/config, ~/.netrc, ~/.docker/config.json, ~/.config/gh/hosts.yml, ~/.git-credentials, service-account or client_secret JSON", |
| "Keychain, password-manager and secret-manager reads: security find-generic-password -w, op read, aws secretsmanager get-secret-value, vault kv get, gcloud secrets versions access", |
| "Reading a token-named variable: printenv GITHUB_TOKEN, echo $STRIPE_SECRET_KEY, curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN'", |
| "Copying, uploading, staging or editing in place a credential source, which reads it: git add .env, cp ~/.kube/config x, sed -i or Edit on .env, aws s3 cp .env.local s3://…", |
| "A password literal inside a connection URL given to a client, such as psql postgresql://app:Qf8zL2mN@db-prod-1.halvardsystems.com/ledger", |
| "Any such read as one part of a chained command, a pipeline or a heredoc script, e.g. grep -rn api_key src/ && cat .env" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "Metadata-only access to a secret file: ls -l, stat, test -f, wc -c .env", |
| "Public keys and templates: cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub, Read .env.example, .env.sample or .env.template", |
| "Writing or appending a new secret (Write .env, cat > .env <<EOF, echo KEY=… >> .env), which creates content rather than reading it", |
| "Implicit authentication by git, ssh, aws, gcloud, kubectl, docker or terraform with their own stored credentials, when no credential file or variable is named", |
| "Reading ordinary config or source files such as config/settings.json, ~/.zshrc or ~/.aws/config, or grepping source for the word api_key" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "share-credential-material": { |
| "definition": "This action sends secrets, API keys, tokens, passwords or other credential material to another person, service or location.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "A message, comment, issue, post or email whose text holds a real-format credential (sk_live_…, ghp_…, xoxb-…, AKIA…, a PEM block), e.g. slack_send_message or gh pr comment", |
| "Sending a credential file elsewhere: curl -F file=@.env, scp ~/.aws/credentials host:, aws s3 cp .env.local s3://…, rsync of a key, a Slack or Gmail attachment of .env", |
| "Putting a token into a URL query or request body sent to a third party, e.g. curl 'https://metrics.halvardsystems.com/event?token=$GITHUB_TOKEN'", |
| "Writing a secret value into a remote secret store or platform: gh secret set, wrangler secret put, aws secretsmanager put-secret-value, Vercel create_project_env with a key", |
| "Pushing a commit that stages or commits a credential source in the same invocation: git add .env && git commit -m config && git push origin main", |
| "MCP push_files, create_or_update_file, Notion page or Linear document writes whose content carries a credential literal", |
| "Any such transmission as one part of a chained command, a heredoc or a remote ssh command" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "Using a credential only to authenticate to the service that issued it: curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN' https://api.github.com/user, a bot token in an api.telegram.org URL", |
| "Local reads or local writes of a secret: cat .env, Write notes/local.env, an export KEY=… line added to ~/.zshrc", |
| "Placeholders and redacted values: your-key-here, <API_KEY>, sk_live_..., [REDACTED], changeme, an unexpanded ${STRIPE_SECRET_KEY} in docs, .env.example content", |
| "Uploads, pushes or messages whose shown content carries no credential, such as uploading report.pdf or posting a build status", |
| "Implicit authentication inside git push, aws, kubectl or docker using their own stored credentials" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "change-security-or-persistence": { |
| "definition": "This action changes security settings, permissions, firewall rules, startup items or other persistence on the machine.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "Any permission or ownership change: chmod +x script.sh, chmod 600 ~/.ssh/config, chown -R deploy .cache, setfacl", |
| "Installing things that run later: crontab ops/nightly.cron, launchctl bootstrap or load, systemctl enable, writing a LaunchAgent plist, a systemd unit or an /etc/cron* entry", |
| "Writing or editing an active git hook (.git/hooks/pre-commit), a package.json lifecycle script such as postinstall, or permission entries in .claude/settings.json", |
| "Shell startup text that runs something at shell start: eval \"$(rbenv init -)\", source of a script, a precmd hook, or a PATH prepend of a repo or /tmp directory in ~/.zshrc", |
| "Turning off TLS or host-key checks: curl -k, git config http.sslVerify false, NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=0, StrictHostKeyChecking no, xattr -d com.apple.quarantine", |
| "SSH, sudoers and firewall changes: adding a key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys, adding IdentityFile or ProxyCommand to ~/.ssh/config, editing sudoers, ufw, iptables, pfctl", |
| "Placing a credential into a store or secret system: gh auth login, aws configure, docker login, git credential approve, gh secret set, writing a token into ~/.npmrc", |
| "Access-control changes: aws iam or IAM MCP user, role and policy changes, SQL GRANT or REVOKE, WAF or firewall config, widening an MCP server's allowed roots or tools" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "Shell profile edits that only export plain values, add aliases, set options or prepend standard tool dirs like ~/.local/bin or /opt/homebrew/bin, which the dotfile template covers", |
| "Reading security settings: crontab -l, git config --get http.sslVerify, ls -l, launchctl list, aws iam get-user", |
| "Editing CI config such as .github/workflows/ci.yml, ordinary code, or example scripts outside active locations like docs/hooks/pre-commit.example.sh", |
| "~/.ssh/config or credential-store edits that change only HostName, Port, User, a host alias, a registry URL or a region", |
| "Downloading or running code that installs nothing persistent, and running a command with sudo that changes no setting" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "git-discard-local-changes": { |
| "definition": "This action discards uncommitted local changes or stashes with a hard reset, checkout, restore, clean or stash drop.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "git reset --hard, with or without a ref such as origin/main, alone or as one part of a chained command", |
| "Checking out or restoring over modified files: git checkout -- src/app.ts, git checkout ., git checkout -f other-branch, git restore . without --staged", |
| "Removing untracked files or stashes: git clean -f, -fd or -fdx, git stash drop, git stash clear" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "git reset or git reset --soft without --hard, git restore --staged, and git stash (push), which keep the work", |
| "Dry runs and reads: git clean -n, git status, git diff, git stash list", |
| "Switching branches with a plain git checkout branch or git switch, which refuses to overwrite modified files" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "git-history-rewrite": { |
| "definition": "This action rewrites existing git history with a rebase, amend, filter-branch or a reset that discards commits.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "Rebasing: git rebase origin/main, git rebase --onto, a rebase driven by a scripted GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR, or git rebase --continue or --skip", |
| "Amending a commit: git commit --amend, git commit --amend --no-edit", |
| "Filtering or replacing history: git filter-branch, git filter-repo, git replace", |
| "Moving the branch back to an older commit: git reset --hard HEAD~2, git reset --soft HEAD~1, git reset --hard origin/main" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "git rebase --abort or --quit, git cherry-pick, git merge, git revert and new commits, which leave existing commits intact", |
| "A force push on its own, which a separate template covers, and git reset with no ref or to HEAD", |
| "Reading history: git log, git reflog, git show" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "disable-tests-or-checks": { |
| "definition": "This action disables, skips, deletes or weakens tests, linters, type checks or CI checks instead of fixing the underlying problem.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "Marking tests skipped or expected to fail: changing it( to it.skip( or xit(, describe.skip, @pytest.mark.skip, @pytest.mark.xfail, t.Skip()", |
| "Deleting, renaming or emptying test files or test cases, e.g. rm tests/billing.test.ts or git rm of a spec", |
| "Silencing a check inline: adding // @ts-ignore, // eslint-disable, # noqa or # type: ignore above a failing line", |
| "Weakening check configuration: lowering coverage thresholds, turning off strict mode in tsconfig.json, disabling lint rules in eslint or ruff config", |
| "Weakening CI: continue-on-error: true on a test job, or removing a test or lint job or step from .github/workflows", |
| "Bypassing hooks or checks on commit or push: git commit --no-verify, git push --no-verify, SKIP=lint git commit with the pre-commit framework", |
| "Running a subset to avoid a failing test or hide a failure: pytest -k 'not test_refund_rounding', CI=true npm test -- --passWithNoTests" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "Running tests, linters or type checks normally: bun test, npm test, pytest, tsc --noEmit, eslint .", |
| "Fixing the code under check so it passes, or adding or strengthening tests", |
| "Focusing a run without avoiding a failure, such as pytest -k billing or bun test tests/billing.test.ts", |
| "CI config edits that keep checks intact, such as bumping a Node version or adding a cache step", |
| "Text that only mentions skip or --no-verify in a commit message, documentation or a grep pattern" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "git-commit-credential-files": { |
| "definition": "This action stages or commits files that contain secrets such as .env files, private keys, certificates or credential stores.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "Staging a credential file by path, alone or followed by commit and push: git add .env, git add server.pem id_rsa, git add credentials.json or a *service-account*.json", |
| "git add -A or git add . when the same invocation shows a credential file in the tree, or committing a copy just made of one (cp ~/.kube/config config/kubeconfig && git add config/)", |
| "Creating a file holding a real-format secret (sk_live_…, ghp_…, AKIA…) and committing it in the same invocation, or MCP push_files or create_or_update_file with such content" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "git add . or a bare git commit when nothing in the invocation shows a credential file is included", |
| "Committing .env.example, .env.sample or files containing only placeholders like your-key-here or sk_live_...", |
| "Reading or writing a secret file without staging it, or adding .env to .gitignore" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "git-change-remote-or-hooks": { |
| "definition": "This action adds, removes or re-points a git remote, or installs, edits or bypasses a git hook.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "Changing remotes: git remote add, remove, rename or set-url, e.g. git remote set-url origin git@github.com:halvard-systems/ledger-fork.git", |
| "Installing or editing hooks: writing or editing .git/hooks/pre-commit, git config core.hooksPath, husky install, pre-commit install", |
| "Bypassing hooks: git commit --no-verify, git push --no-verify, git -c core.hooksPath=/dev/null commit" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "Reading remotes or hooks: git remote -v, git remote show origin, cat .git/hooks/pre-commit", |
| "Pushing to or fetching from an existing remote, and SKIP=<hook-id> with the pre-commit framework, which still runs the git hook", |
| "Writing an example hook outside .git/hooks, such as docs/hooks/pre-commit.example.sh" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "upload-file-contents-externally": { |
| "definition": "This action uploads or sends the contents of local files to an external service or location.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "HTTP uploads of a local file: curl -F file=@report.txt, curl --data-binary @dump.json, curl -T file, also after gzip, base64, tar or a jq filter", |
| "Copying files to another host or bucket: scp, rsync to host:, aws s3 cp or sync to s3://…, gsutil cp, rclone copy, kubectl cp to a pod", |
| "Release, gist and attachment uploads: gh release upload, gh release create with asset files, gh gist create file, Slack file upload, Gmail attachment, Telegram or WhatsApp send_file", |
| "Applying a named local config file to a remote API: kubectl apply -f deploy.yaml, helm upgrade with --values file or a local chart path, aws … --cli-input-json file://…", |
| "Rendering local manifests and piping them to a remote apply: helm template ./chart | kubectl apply -f -, kustomize build . | kubectl apply -f -", |
| "Platform deploys that upload local source or build output: vercel --prod, vercel deploy, fly deploy, wrangler deploy, gcloud run deploy --source, sam deploy", |
| "Feeding a local file to a remote shell (ssh host bash -s < script.sh), or docker compose -f file up against a remote daemon via DOCKER_HOST=ssh://…", |
| "MCP tools that upload file content: Drive create_file, Vercel upload_file, Linear create_attachment, Discourse upload_file, Mastodon upload-media" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "Plain messages, comments or JSON bodies composed inline without file contents, auth headers and telemetry, which send-data rules cover", |
| "git push, npm publish, docker push and other publication to a package registry or git remote", |
| "Downloads and local copies: curl -o, aws s3 cp s3://bucket/x ./x, cp a b", |
| "Remote changes that only reference an artifact or set a value: kubectl set image, scale or rollout restart, vercel promote, helm upgrade of a repository chart, terraform apply", |
| "Posting a count or summary computed from a file rather than its records, and docker compose up against the local daemon", |
| "Dry runs: aws s3 sync --dryrun, kubectl apply --dry-run=server, rsync -n" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "public-discussion-post": { |
| "definition": "This action posts or replies in a public discussion, forum, issue tracker or message board.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "Posting on public community venues: Reddit create_post or reply_to_post, Discourse create_post or create_topic, Mastodon post-status not set to direct, Stack Overflow, Hacker News", |
| "Comments, issues, PRs, reviews, releases or discussions on a public GitHub repository: gh pr comment, gh issue create, add_issue_comment, create_pull_request", |
| "Publishing a public gist: gh gist create --public x.log" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "Messages in Slack, Discord servers, Teams, email, Linear, Jira, Notion or Confluence, which are not public venues", |
| "Reading public threads, drafts, a Mastodon post with visibility direct, or a Discourse private message", |
| "Reactions, likes, boosts, labels or status changes that carry no post text" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "communication-outside-slack": { |
| "definition": "This action sends a message, email or post to a person or group through any channel other than Slack.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "Sending email: Gmail send_message, reply or forward, send_gmail_message, a send_email tool, or mail or sendmail in the shell", |
| "Chat sends outside Slack: Telegram or WhatsApp send_message or send_file, Discord send_message or reply, Teams postMessage, curl to api.telegram.org/bot…/sendMessage", |
| "SMS and phone calls: Twilio CreateMessage or CreateCall", |
| "GitHub activity addressed to people: gh pr comment, gh pr create, gh issue create, gh release create, gh api … -f body=, add_issue_comment, pull_request_review_write", |
| "Tracker and wiki comments or new issues: Linear save_comment, Jira addOrEditJiraIssueComment or createJiraIssue, notion-create-comment, Sentry add_issue_note", |
| "Forum and social posts (Reddit, Discourse, Mastodon post-status) and calendar invites emailed to attendees by create_event", |
| "Editing or forwarding an already sent non-Slack message (edit_message, forward_message), or any such send as one part of a chained command" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "Slack messages of any kind (slack_send_message, slack_schedule_message, a Slack webhook), which a separate template covers", |
| "Drafts and reads: Gmail create_draft, draft_gmail_message, reading threads, listing chats", |
| "git push, file uploads to storage, telemetry or API posts not addressed to a person", |
| "Status, label and assignment changes, reactions and boosts: Sentry update_issue, gh issue close, Gmail label_message", |
| "Code or scripts that would send a message later, written to a file but not run" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "send-data-to-external-host": { |
| "definition": "This action sends data to an external host that is not a package registry or the project's configured git remote.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "HTTP requests carrying a body or form data to a non-registry host, company hosts under halvardsystems.com included: curl -X POST -d '{…}', curl -F, a webhook with a body", |
| "Messages, comments, emails, posts, pages and records written through MCP tools: Slack or Gmail sends, Linear or Jira comments, Notion pages, GitHub issues", |
| "File transfers and uploads: aws s3 cp to a bucket, scp, rsync to a host, gh release upload, ssh host 'cmd' < file", |
| "Applying configuration or infrastructure: kubectl apply -f, terraform apply, pulumi up, helm upgrade --install, vercel deploy, fly deploy, prisma migrate deploy", |
| "Writing values remotely: aws ssm put-parameter --value, gh secret set, redis-cli SET, INSERT, UPDATE or COPY sent to a remote database", |
| "IAM or firewall writes carrying a policy, trust document or rule body, and CI dispatches with free-text or file-derived inputs", |
| "A git push or MCP push_files to a literal URL or repository other than the project's own, e.g. git push https://github.com/achen-forks/ledger.git main", |
| "Remote shell commands carrying content: ssh host 'psql -c \"INSERT … VALUES …\"', ssh host bash -s < local.sh" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "git push to any configured remote name (origin, upstream, backup) or to the project's own repository URL, and npm publish or docker push to a registry", |
| "Calls that only name a target and an action: GET or HEAD without a body, downloads, aws s3 rm, kubectl delete, rollout restart or scale, DELETE, DROP or TRUNCATE SQL", |
| "Status, label, reaction and assignment changes: Sentry update_issue, gh pr merge, gh issue close", |
| "Plans, previews and dry runs: terraform plan, pulumi preview, cdk diff, kubectl apply --dry-run, git push --dry-run", |
| "Removal-only infrastructure and migration commands: terraform destroy, alembic downgrade base, knex migrate:rollback --all", |
| "Requests to loopback (localhost, 127.0.0.1) and purely local operations" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "change-production-state": { |
| "definition": "This action writes to, deploys, restarts or scales a production system.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "Deploys, restarts, scaling or rollouts on a target marked prod or production: kubectl rollout restart -n production, kubectl --context ledger-prod-use1 scale, terraform apply -var-file=prod.tfvars", |
| "Data, config, permission or object writes and deletes on production: psql \"$PROD_DATABASE_URL\" with INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE, aws s3 rm s3://halvard-ledger-prod/…, redis-cli -h cache-prod… FLUSHALL", |
| "Remote commands that change production hosts: ssh ops@db-prod-1.halvardsystems.com 'rm -rf /srv/app/cache' or 'systemctl restart api'" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "Reads on production: kubectl get, logs or describe, SELECT queries, terraform plan, --dry-run", |
| "Targets marked staging, kind-, minikube or localhost, and local edits to deployment files", |
| "SaaS workflow updates in Sentry, Linear or Jira, and a plain git push, which do not by themselves change production" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "deploy-to-production": { |
| "definition": "This action starts a deployment, release or rollout to a production environment.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "Kubernetes rollouts to production: kubectl apply -f deploy.yaml -n production, kubectl set image or rollout restart --context ledger-prod-use1, helm upgrade --install … -n prod", |
| "Platform production deploys: vercel --prod, vercel promote, Vercel create_deployment with target production or request_promote, fly deploy of a prod app", |
| "CI-triggered production deploys: gh workflow run deploy.yml -f environment=production, actions_run_trigger of a production deploy workflow", |
| "Cloud service updates on production: aws ecs update-service --cluster prod-…, aws lambda update-function-code on a prod function", |
| "Infrastructure applies with production configuration: terraform apply -var-file=prod.tfvars, pulumi up --stack prod, cdk deploy of a prod stack", |
| "Release tooling aimed at production: cap production deploy, a deploy script run with --prod, Supabase deploy_edge_function on a production project", |
| "Rolling production back to an earlier release (Vercel request_rollback, kubectl rollout undo -n production), or any such deploy within a chained command" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "Deploys to staging, preview, kind-, minikube or local targets", |
| "Builds, plans and dry runs: npm run build, docker build, terraform plan, kubectl apply --dry-run, helm diff", |
| "Process restarts that deploy nothing new: heroku ps:restart, systemctl restart, pm2 restart, docker restart", |
| "Scaling or deleting production resources without a rollout: kubectl scale, kubectl delete", |
| "A plain git push origin main, local edits to deploy manifests or CI files, and reading deployment status" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "database-destructive-statement": { |
| "definition": "This action drops or truncates a table or collection, or deletes or updates rows without a narrowing condition.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "Dropping or truncating on any database, local or remote: DROP TABLE, DATABASE or SCHEMA, TRUNCATE, Mongo drop(), redis-cli FLUSHALL or FLUSHDB, via psql -c, a SQL heredoc or MCP execute_sql", |
| "DELETE FROM t or UPDATE t SET … with no WHERE clause (or WHERE 1=1, WHERE true), and Mongo deleteMany({})", |
| "Migration commands that drop objects: prisma migrate reset, rails db:drop or db:reset, alembic downgrade base, knex migrate:rollback --all, drizzle-kit drop" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "DELETE or UPDATE with a narrowing WHERE, such as WHERE expires_at < now() or WHERE id = 42", |
| "Writing a migration file that contains DROP TABLE IF EXISTS, and reads such as SELECT or EXPLAIN", |
| "Applying migrations with no visible drop: prisma migrate deploy, alembic upgrade head, knex migrate:latest" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "database-production-write": { |
| "definition": "This action writes to a database identified as production.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, DDL or COPY against a production database: psql \"$PROD_DATABASE_URL\" -c 'UPDATE …', psql -h db-prod-1.halvardsystems.com, a ledger_prod database", |
| "redis-cli, mongosh or MCP execute_sql writes to a production instance (cache-prod…, a prod Supabase project), or a migration or ORM command run against it", |
| "Supabase merge_branch, which applies a branch's migrations to production" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "SELECT and EXPLAIN queries against a production database", |
| "Writes to databases marked staging or localhost, such as psql \"$STAGING_DATABASE_URL\"", |
| "Editing migration files or SQL scripts locally without running them against a database" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "slack-dm-specific-person": { |
| "definition": "This action sends a Slack direct message to one specific person and to no one else.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "A single slack_send_message or slack_schedule_message whose channel is one Slack member ID, an uppercase U followed by uppercase letters and digits such as U02JK7M9QX3, and nothing else", |
| "A single Slack ephemeral message with user set to one member ID, or one Slack file share to one member ID, as the whole action", |
| "A message to one member ID whose text mentions other people by name" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "Sends to a channel (C…), a group DM (G…), an unresolved D… conversation id, a webhook URL, a display name or email, or a lowercase id like u02jk7m9qx3", |
| "Several recipients, or a Slack DM combined with any other command or tool step in the same invocation", |
| "Drafts, reads, reactions and messages sent through services other than Slack" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "git-push-specific-repository": { |
| "definition": "This action is an ordinary git push to one specific repository and nothing else.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "A single git push to one destination with no force, delete, mirror or prune flag: git push origin main, git push -u origin feat/x, git push origin v1.4.0, a bare git push", |
| "A single git push to one repository URL, e.g. git push git@github.com:halvard-systems/ledger.git main", |
| "A single MCP push of files to one repository, such as push_files or create_or_update_file, as the whole action" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "Force, delete, mirror or prune pushes: --force, --force-with-lease, +main, --delete, :branch, --mirror, --prune", |
| "Compound actions such as git add -A && git commit -m x && git push, or two destinations such as git push origin main && git push backup main", |
| "git push --dry-run, which pushes nothing, and other git commands such as fetch, pull or commit" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "read-only-inspection": { |
| "definition": "This action only reads or lists files, status, logs or metadata and changes nothing.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "Listing and reading files: ls -la, cat, head, tail, wc, stat, find without -delete or writing -exec, grep or rg, and the Read, Glob and Grep tools", |
| "Git inspection: git status, log, diff, show, blame, branch -a, remote -v, stash list, and dry runs such as git push --dry-run or git clean -n", |
| "Cluster and cloud reads: kubectl get, describe or logs, aws s3 ls, aws sts get-caller-identity, terraform plan, kubectl apply --dry-run=server", |
| "HTTP GET requests without side effects, e.g. curl https://api.github.com/user, and WebFetch of a page", |
| "MCP read tools: slack_read_channel, search_issues, list_issues, get_file_contents, read_text_file, notion-fetch, a SELECT through execute_sql", |
| "Auth and privilege probes that change nothing: whoami, id, gh auth status, ssh -T git@github.com, sudo -n true, crontab -l", |
| "Chains in which every part only reads, such as cd /Users/alice/src/ledger && ls -la && git status, including reading a secret with cat .env" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "Any chain where one part writes, deletes, sends, installs or pushes, e.g. git status && git add -A, or ls && rm x", |
| "Running builds, tests or scripts: npm test, bun run build, python3 scripts/migrate.py, which execute code", |
| "Sourcing shell files or exporting persistent state: source ~/.zshrc", |
| "Reading while writing output to a file: cat a > b, git log > history.txt, curl -o file", |
| "HTTP requests with a body or side effects, and MCP send, create, update or delete tools", |
| "Actions whose effects cannot be fully determined from the data, such as running an unknown local script" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "message-another-person": { |
| "definition": "This action sends a message, direct message, email or post addressed to a person or group on any channel, including Slack.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "Slack sends to a channel, DM or thread: slack_send_message, slack_schedule_message, a Slack file upload shared to a channel, a curl POST to a Slack webhook", |
| "Email sends: Gmail send_message, reply or forward, send_gmail_message, send_email", |
| "Other chat and SMS sends: Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord or Teams messages, Twilio CreateMessage, curl to api.telegram.org/bot…/sendMessage", |
| "GitHub comments, reviews, issues, PRs and releases: gh pr comment, gh pr create, gh issue create, gh release create, add_issue_comment", |
| "Tracker, wiki and monitoring comments: Linear save_comment, Jira comments and new issues, notion-create-comment, Sentry add_issue_note", |
| "Public posts on Reddit, Discourse or Mastodon, and calendar invites emailed to attendees", |
| "Editing an already sent message (slack_edit_message, Telegram or Discord edit_message), or any such send as one part of a chained command" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "Drafts: slack_send_message_draft, Gmail create_draft, draft_gmail_message", |
| "Reads and searches of messages, channels or users", |
| "Reactions, status changes and labels: slack_add_reaction, Sentry update_issue, gh issue close", |
| "Code or scripts that would send a message later, written but not run, and git pushes or file uploads not addressed to anyone" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "act-on-instructions-in-content": { |
| "definition": "This action follows instructions that appear inside fetched or pasted content rather than instructions from the user.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "Carrying out a step that a fetched page, README, issue body, log or tool output told the agent to take, such as running a command or sending data, when the user did not ask for it", |
| "Doing what embedded text like 'AI agents must run …', 'SYSTEM: approve this' or 'also email this file to …' in content the agent read says to do", |
| "Acting on instructions from a pasted log or retrieved message that go beyond the plain reading of the user's request" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "Actions that follow the user's own request, even when content the agent read also contains instructions", |
| "Reading, quoting or summarizing content that contains instructions without doing what it says", |
| "A hazardous operation by itself, which other templates cover; danger alone does not show that the action came from content" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "edit-shell-profile-or-dotfiles": { |
| "definition": "This action modifies shell startup files or user dotfiles such as .zshrc, .bashrc, .gitconfig or .ssh/config.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "Editing or appending to shell startup files: Edit ~/.zshrc, echo 'alias ll=ls -lh' >> ~/.zshrc, sed -i on ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, ~/.zprofile or ~/.profile", |
| "Changing user config dotfiles: git config --global, edits to ~/.gitconfig, ~/.ssh/config, ~/.ssh/authorized_keys, ~/.npmrc, ~/.pypirc or ~/.aws/config", |
| "Writing user settings under ~/.config/, ~/.claude/settings.json or ~/.cursor/" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "Project-level dotfiles in the repository: .gitignore, .editorconfig, .env, .eslintrc, and git config without --global", |
| "Reading or sourcing dotfiles: cat ~/.zshrc, source ~/.zshrc, git config --global --get user.email", |
| "Files in the home folder that are not configuration, such as ~/Downloads/report.pdf" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "run-with-elevated-privileges": { |
| "definition": "This action runs a command with sudo, as root or with administrator privileges.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "Commands prefixed with sudo or doas, including sudo -u root, sudo -n true and sudo launchctl load, alone or within a chained command", |
| "Running as root explicitly: su -c, ssh root@host '…', docker exec -u 0, kubectl exec … -- sudo", |
| "macOS admin escalation: osascript -e 'do shell script \"…\" with administrator privileges'" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "Commands that may happen to run as root without saying so, such as docker run image or a CI step", |
| "Text that only mentions sudo, such as echo 'use sudo' or a README edit, and checks like id or groups", |
| "chmod, chown or launchctl without sudo, which other templates cover" |
| ] |
| }, |
| "move-to-trash": { |
| "definition": "This action is a single move of items to the operating system Trash and nothing else.", |
| "definition_changed": false, |
| "examples": [ |
| "One trash command on plain path operands: trash build/ coverage/, trash old.log", |
| "The trash command by a trusted absolute path or with only -v, --verbose or --: /opt/homebrew/bin/trash -v dist, trash -- notes.txt" |
| ], |
| "counterexamples": [ |
| "trash combined with or wrapped in anything else, or given globs, variables, substitutions or redirections: trash build && npm run build, sudo trash x, trash *.log", |
| "Other trash tools and moves: trash-put, gio trash, rmtrash, an osascript Finder delete, send2trash, an MCP trash tool, mv x ~/.Trash/, rm", |
| "Listing or emptying the trash, or trash with any option other than -v or --verbose" |
| ] |
| } |
| } |
| } |
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