ai-coding-agent-guardrails

# CLAUDE.md

## Restrictions

- NEVER read or output contents of .env, .env.*, secrets.yaml, or any file matching *.pem, *.key
- NEVER execute `rm -rf`, `DROP TABLE`, `kubectl delete`, or `terraform destroy` commands
- NEVER push directly to main or master branches
- NEVER modify files in the infrastructure/, terraform/, or .github/workflows/ directories without explicit user approval
- NEVER install new dependencies without listing them first for review
- NEVER access or display API keys, tokens, passwords, or connection strings

## Allowed Operations

- Read and modify application source code in src/, lib/, and tests/
- Run test suites with `npm test`, `pytest`, `go test`
- Run linters with `eslint`, `ruff`, `golangci-lint`
- Create new branches with prefix `ai/` or `agent/`
- Create and modify files in docs/ directory

## Code Standards

- All new functions must include docstrings or JSDoc comments
- All new code must have corresponding unit tests
- Follow existing code style and patterns in the repository
- Maximum file length: 500 lines. Suggest splitting if exceeded.

# .agent-permissions.yaml
agent_permissions:
  allowed_commands:
    - "npm test"
    - "npm run lint"
    - "npm run build"
    - "pytest"
    - "ruff check"
    - "go test ./..."
    - "git status"
    - "git diff"
    - "git log"
    - "git checkout -b"
    - "git add"
    - "git commit"
    - "ls"
    - "cat"
    - "head"
    - "tail"

  blocked_commands:
    - "rm -rf"
    - "curl"
    - "wget"
    - "ssh"
    - "scp"
    - "kubectl"
    - "terraform"
    - "aws"
    - "gcloud"
    - "az"
    - "docker push"
    - "npm publish"

  blocked_paths:
    - ".env*"
    - "**/*.pem"
    - "**/*.key"
    - "**/secrets/**"
    - "infrastructure/**"
    - ".github/workflows/**"

  allowed_paths:
    - "src/**"
    - "lib/**"
    - "tests/**"
    - "docs/**"
    - "package.json"
    - "pyproject.toml"

#!/bin/bash
# setup-agent-workspace.sh
# Create a restricted workspace for agent execution

AGENT_USER="ai-agent"
REPO_DIR="/workspace/repo"

# Create agent user with limited permissions
useradd --system --shell /bin/bash --no-create-home "$AGENT_USER"

# Set ownership: developers own everything, agent gets read on most
chown -R root:developers "$REPO_DIR"
chmod -R 750 "$REPO_DIR"

# Grant agent write access only to safe directories
setfacl -R -m u:${AGENT_USER}:rwx "${REPO_DIR}/src"
setfacl -R -m u:${AGENT_USER}:rwx "${REPO_DIR}/tests"
setfacl -R -m u:${AGENT_USER}:rwx "${REPO_DIR}/docs"

# Deny agent access to sensitive files
setfacl -m u:${AGENT_USER}:--- "${REPO_DIR}/.env"
setfacl -R -m u:${AGENT_USER}:--- "${REPO_DIR}/infrastructure"
setfacl -R -m u:${AGENT_USER}:--- "${REPO_DIR}/.github/workflows"

echo "Agent workspace permissions configured."

#!/bin/bash
# install-secret-scanning.sh

# Install git-secrets
git clone https://github.com/awslabs/git-secrets.git /tmp/git-secrets
cd /tmp/git-secrets && make install

# Initialize in repository
cd /path/to/repo
git secrets --install

# Register common secret patterns
git secrets --register-aws

# Add custom patterns for common credential formats
git secrets --add '-----BEGIN (RSA |EC |DSA )?PRIVATE KEY-----'
git secrets --add 'AKIA[0-9A-Z]{16}'
git secrets --add 'ghp_[a-zA-Z0-9]{36}'
git secrets --add 'sk-[a-zA-Z0-9]{48}'
git s