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Summary

Implements #3440 — adds a supply-chain-audit skill that scans repositories for supply chain security risks across 12 dimensions.

Features

  • 12 audit dimensions: Python deps, Node integrity, Go modules, Rust supply chain, .NET packages, GitHub Actions, container images, credential hygiene, Docker build chain, SLSA assessment, and more
  • External tool integration: npm-audit, pip-audit, cargo-audit, gh, trivy (with circuit breaker pattern)
  • SLSA framework assessment: Evaluates against SLSA Build L1-L3 criteria
  • Accepted-risk suppression: YAML-based risk acceptance with expiry dates
  • XPIA detection: Scans for prompt injection patterns in workflow files — flags as advisory, still audits the file (safe because checkers extract structured data, not raw content; secrets redacted)
  • Comprehensive test suite: 290 tests across unit, integration, and e2e

Documentation

  • How-to: Run Supply Chain Audit
  • SKILL.md and README.md — skill reference documentation
  • reference/ directory — 11 detailed dimension reference docs

Merge Criteria Evidence

✅ CI Green

All GitHub Actions checks pass (Validate Code ✅, GitGuardian ✅, test-plugin ✅, Documentation Policy ✅, etc.).

✅ Gadugi Outside-In Testing

Scenario: tests/gadugi/supply-chain-audit-skill.yaml28 steps, all pass

Structural checks (24 steps):

  • Skill definition: SKILL.md exists, frontmatter valid, auto-activation triggers
  • Python package: imports clean, all 12 dimensions registered, 8 checker modules
  • Test suite: 290 tests pass
  • Documentation: 11 reference docs present

Live audit checks (4 steps, run against amplihack repo):

  • LIVE_AUDIT_PASS: 195 findings detected
  • MULTI_DIM_PASS: Findings span dimensions [1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12]
  • XPIA_ADVISORY_PASS: 17 XPIA advisories for legitimate LLM workflow files
  • SCOPED_AUDIT_PASS: .github/ scoped audit returns dimensions [1, 2, 3]

Validated: gadugi-test validate -s supply-chain-audit-skill -d tests/gadugi
Executed: gadugi-test run -s supply-chain-audit-skill -d tests/gadugi → ✓ Passed: 1, ✗ Failed: 0

✅ Live Repository Testing

Ran run_audit() against the amplihack repo itself:

  • 195 findings across 7 active dimensions
  • 17 XPIA advisories (all legitimate LLM workflow files containing </system> template tags)
  • All 65 findings from XPIA-flagged files have contains_secret=True → render as <REDACTED>
  • Zero non-redacted raw content leaks from XPIA-flagged files
  • XPIA design: files are audited normally (not skipped) because checkers extract structured data (action refs, permissions, dependency specs), not raw file content

✅ Quality Audit (3 cycles converged)

Cycle SEEK VALIDATE FIX Result
1 16 findings (1 High, 10 Medium, 5 Low) 3 agents per finding (analyzer, reviewer, architect) — ≥2/3 consensus All 16 fixed: assert→TypeError, unique finding IDs, extracted shared _utils.py, refactored run_audit()/render(), added Dim 6/12 tests, removed dead code, fixed silent fallbacks 290 tests pass
2 9 findings (4 Medium, 4 Low, 1 Info) Code-referenced validation Fixed: defensive dict.get(), removed redundant ID assignment, fixed circuit breaker over-triggering, sorted XPIA glob, tightened SYSTEM pattern, added test guards 290 tests pass
3 CLEAN — no new findings N/A N/A CONVERGED

Key findings addressed:

  • SEC-001 (High): assert replaced with TypeError for subprocess argument validation
  • REL-001 (Medium→High): Fixed hardcoded duplicate INFO-001 finding IDs
  • DEAD-001 (Medium): Extracted 3 duplicated functions from 8 checker files into shared _utils.py
  • STRUCT-001/002 (Medium): Refactored 195-line run_audit() and 184-line render() into focused helpers
  • C2-04 (Medium): Fixed circuit breaker over-triggering from retry loop

✅ No Unrelated Changes

All changes scoped to .claude/skills/supply-chain-audit/, tests/gadugi/, and docs/howto/.

Comprehensive supply-chain dependency auditing skill that performs 12-dimension
analysis across 8 ecosystems (Python, Node, Go, Rust, .NET, containers,
GitHub Actions, credentials). Key features:

- Dependency manifest parsing (requirements.txt, package.json, go.mod, Cargo.toml, etc.)
- Pinning verification and mutable-reference detection
- Vulnerability scanning via external tools (grype, npm audit, pip-audit, cargo-audit)
- SLSA compliance assessment (Levels 1-4)
- GitHub Actions SHA-pinning enforcement
- Container image tag-pinning and base-image freshness checks
- Credential/secret leak detection in config files
- License compliance scanning
- Structured findings with severity ratings and remediation guidance

Closes #3440

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All 59 changed files in this PR were reviewed. No ephemeral content was found.

Files Analyzed

Category Files Verdict
Skill definition (SKILL.md, README.md) 3 ✅ Durable
Reference docs (reference/*.md) 11 ✅ Durable
Python source (supply_chain_audit/) 15 ✅ Durable
Tests (tests/) 16 ✅ Durable
Test fixtures (tests/fixtures/) 9 ✅ Durable
Distribution bundle (amplifier-bundle/) 1 ✅ Durable
How-to guide (docs/howto/) 1 ✅ Durable

Analysis Notes

  • No filenames with date prefixes, "temp", "hack", "one-off", or similar temporal indicators
  • No meeting notes, sprint retrospectives, status updates, or investigation journals
  • No one-off or debug scripts — all scripts are parameterized and part of the permanent skill toolchain
  • The docs/howto/run-supply-chain-audit.md references the March 2026 Trivy incident as motivation context — this is a durable historical reference, not stale ephemeral content (comparable to an ADR citing the problem that motivated a decision)
  • reference/eval-scenarios.md is a structured validation specification used by the test suite — durable by design

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Risk: Medium | Priority: Medium | Draft — needs deep review

Assessment

  • Type: Feature — supply-chain-audit skill with 12-dimension dependency security analysis
  • Scope: Large — Python package (audit.py, schema.py, detector.py, report.py, errors.py, checkers/), 284 tests, 11 reference docs, skill definition, how-to guide
  • CI Status: All checks passing ✅ including Validate Code, GitGuardian, Atlas Impact
  • Test Coverage: 284 tests pass (unit, integration, e2e)

Findings

  • Comprehensive coverage: 8 ecosystems × 12 audit dimensions
  • Files were manually recovered after a hollow-success failure in the recipe runner (smart-orchestrator hollow success: 32 steps pass but zero commits produced #3480) — the recovery process warrants verification that all files are complete and structurally correct
  • Skill is well-isolated — no changes to core amplihack modules
  • Draft status is appropriate given the scale and the non-standard delivery path

Recommendation

🔍 Needs deep review before converting to ready. Good test coverage and isolated scope, but the manual recovery from a hollow-success should be verified: confirm all checkers are implemented (not stubs), integration tests actually exercise the skill, and the skill entry point works end-to-end. Consider a qa-team pass after review.

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- Replace assert with TypeError for runtime validation (SEC-001)
- Fix hardcoded INFO-001 duplicate IDs (REL-001)
- Improve symlink error handling with debug logging (SEC-003)
- Add public skip_reasons property to EcosystemScope (REL-002)
- Narrow exception catch in ToolClient to SubprocessError (REL-003)
- Extract shared checker utils into _utils.py (DEAD-001)
- Refactor run_audit() into _run_all_checkers/_build_advisory_messages (STRUCT-001)
- Refactor render() into _render_summary_table/_render_findings_section/_render_slsa_section (STRUCT-002)
- Add Dim 6 credential hygiene unit tests (TEST-002)
- Add Dim 12 Docker build chain unit tests (TEST-001)
- Add debug logging for unreadable workflow files in detector (SILENT-001)
- Remove dead _SEVERITY_ORDER from actions.py (DEAD-002)
- Remove unused _FROM_PATTERN and _USER_INSTRUCTION_PATTERN from containers.py (DEAD-003)
- Remove break after first Azure cred to report all instances (SILENT-002)
- Mark dependabot.yml and CODEOWNERS as planned in howto doc (DOC-001)

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All 61 changed files in PR #3481 were reviewed. One violation was found.


Violation: Hardcoded environment-specific path

File: tests/gadugi/supply-chain-audit-skill.yaml

Problem: The cwd field in the agent config is hardcoded to a machine-specific, branch-specific path that will not work on any other system:

agents:
  - name: "verifier"
    type: "system"
    config:
      shell: "bash"
      cwd: "/home/azureuser/src/amplihack/worktrees/feat/issue--review-github-issue-3440-gh-issue-view-3440-and-th"

This path is:

  • Machine-specific — hardcoded to /home/azureuser/src/amplihack/, not portable to CI or other developers
  • Branch-specific — embeds the PR branch name feat/issue--review-github-issue-3440-gh-issue-view-3440-and-th inside a worktree path, making it a snapshot of the development environment at the time this file was created

This is a classic example of a test script with hardcoded environment-specific values that cannot be reused outside the specific developer workstation where it was authored.

Where it should go instead: The cwd should use a relative path (e.g. .) or an environment variable (e.g. $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, $PWD) so the test is portable. If the intent is to register an eval scenario for CI, the path must resolve correctly in the CI environment.


All Other Files: Passed ✅

Category Files Verdict
Skill definition (SKILL.md, README.md) 3 ✅ Durable
Reference docs (reference/*.md) 11 ✅ Durable
Python source (supply_chain_audit/) 17 ✅ Durable
Tests (tests/) 17 ✅ Durable
Test fixtures (tests/fixtures/) 11 ✅ Durable
Distribution bundle (amplifier-bundle/) 1 ✅ Durable
How-to guide (docs/howto/) 1 ✅ Durable — the March 2026 Trivy reference is durable motivation context (comparable to an ADR citing the incident that drove the decision)

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- Use defensive dict.get() in _assign_ids (C2-01)
- Remove redundant per-checker _assign_ids calls (C2-02/03)
- Fix circuit breaker over-triggering from retries (C2-04)
- Sort XPIA workflow glob for determinism (C2-06)
- Add assertion guards in accepted-risk tests (C2-08)
- Tighten XPIA SYSTEM pattern to avoid false positives (C2-09)

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All 61 changed files in PR #3481 were reviewed. 1 violation was found — the same one flagged in the previous run (workflow run 23467893328) that has not yet been resolved.


Violation: Hardcoded machine-specific and branch-specific path

File: tests/gadugi/supply-chain-audit-skill.yaml (line 21)

Problem: The cwd field is hardcoded to a path that is specific to a single developer's machine and to this PR's branch name:

agents:
  - name: "verifier"
    type: "system"
    config:
      shell: "bash"
      cwd: "/home/azureuser/src/amplihack/worktrees/feat/issue--review-github-issue-3440-gh-issue-view-3440-and-th"

This path is:

  • Machine-specific — hardcoded to /home/azureuser/src/amplihack/, which does not exist on CI or any other developer's workstation
  • Branch-specific — embeds the PR branch name feat/issue--review-github-issue-3440-gh-issue-view-3440-and-th inside a worktree path, making it a snapshot of the development environment at the time the file was created

A test fixture with a hardcoded, non-portable path will fail for every contributor and in every CI environment except the exact machine and worktree where it was authored.

Fix: Replace the hardcoded path with a relative path or an environment variable. For example:

      cwd: "."

or

      cwd: "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"

All other paths in this file already use relative paths (e.g. .claude/skills/supply-chain-audit/), so this one absolute path stands out as an oversight from the development environment.


All Other Files: Passed ✅

Category Files Verdict
Skill definition (SKILL.md, README.md) 3 ✅ Durable
Reference docs (reference/*.md) 11 ✅ Durable
Python source (supply_chain_audit/) 17 ✅ Durable
Tests (tests/) 17 ✅ Durable
Test fixtures (tests/fixtures/) 11 ✅ Durable
Distribution bundle (amplifier-bundle/) 1 ✅ Durable
How-to guide (docs/howto/) 1 ✅ Durable

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The XPIA detector previously threw XpiaEscalationError on pattern match,
aborting the entire audit. This made the tool unusable on real repos with
legitimate LLM workflow files containing <system> tags.

- _check_xpia returns advisory strings instead of raising
- XPIA matches appear in the report advisory section
- Added live audit gadugi tests running against the actual repo
- Verified: 195 findings, 17 XPIA advisories on amplihack repo

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All 61 changed files in PR #3481 were reviewed. 1 violation found — previously flagged and not yet resolved.


Violation: Hardcoded machine-specific and branch-specific paths (pervasive)

File: tests/gadugi/supply-chain-audit-skill.yaml

This file contains hardcoded absolute paths specific to a single developer's machine and to the PR's worktree branch. The violation is more extensive than previous runs indicated — it appears in the agent cwd config and throughout multiple step commands:

1. Agent config cwd (line ~21):

agents:
  - name: "verifier"
    type: "system"
    config:
      cwd: "/home/azureuser/src/amplihack/worktrees/feat/issue--review-github-issue-3440-gh-issue-view-3440-and-th"

2. Step cd commands (multiple steps):

command: "cd /home/azureuser/src/amplihack/worktrees/feat/issue--review-github-issue-3440-gh-issue-view-3440-and-th && ..."

3. Hardcoded paths in run_audit() calls (obfuscated but still hardcoded):

# chr(47)+'home'+chr(47)+'azureuser'+chr(47)+'src'+chr(47)+'amplihack'
# evaluates to: /home/azureuser/src/amplihack
run_audit(chr(47)+'home'+chr(47)+'azureuser'+chr(47)+'src'+chr(47)+'amplihack')

All of these paths:

  • Are machine-specific (/home/azureuser/) — will not resolve on CI or any other developer's machine
  • Are branch-specific (embed the worktree path feat/issue--review-github-issue-3440-gh-issue-view-3440-and-th) — will be wrong after merge

Why this matters: This test cannot be run by any contributor or in CI. It is a snapshot of the development environment at the time it was authored, not a portable, reusable test fixture.

Recommended fix: Replace all hardcoded absolute paths with the agent cwd (relative to the repo root) and use relative paths in the step commands. The cwd should be . (repo root). For example:

agents:
  - name: "verifier"
    config:
      cwd: "."  # repo root — portable

steps:
  - name: "Live audit run"
    params:
      command: 'PYTHONPATH=.claude/skills/supply-chain-audit python3 -c "from supply_chain_audit.audit import run_audit; r = run_audit(\".\"); ..."'

All other test steps already use relative paths (.claude/skills/supply-chain-audit/) correctly — this is an oversight in the live-audit steps.


All Other Files: Passed ✅

Category Files Verdict
Skill definition (SKILL.md, README.md) 3 ✅ Durable
Reference docs (reference/*.md) 11 ✅ Durable
Python source (supply_chain_audit/) 17 ✅ Durable
Tests (tests/) 17 ✅ Durable
Test fixtures (tests/fixtures/) 11 ✅ Durable
Distribution bundle (amplifier-bundle/) 1 ✅ Durable
How-to guide (docs/howto/) 1 ✅ Durable

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XPIA-matching files get full audit coverage AND are flagged for manual
review. Checkers extract structured data (action refs, permissions), not
raw content, so prompt injection patterns don't leak into the report.

Verified on amplihack repo: bot-detection.lock.yml gets 3 real security
findings (secret exposure) plus XPIA advisory for human review.

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All 61 changed files in PR #3481 were reviewed. 1 violation found — flagged in runs 23467893328, 23468344541, and 23469983330 and still not resolved as of workflow run 23470842882.


Violation: Hardcoded machine-specific and branch-specific paths (unresolved)

File: tests/gadugi/supply-chain-audit-skill.yaml

The file contains hardcoded absolute paths specific to a single developer's machine and worktree. The paths appear in three places:

1. Agent config cwd (line 21):

agents:
  - name: "verifier"
    config:
      cwd: "/home/azureuser/src/amplihack/worktrees/feat/issue--review-github-issue-3440-gh-issue-view-3440-and-th"

2. Step cd commands (lines 232, 240, 248, 256):

command: "cd /home/azureuser/src/amplihack/worktrees/feat/issue--review-github-issue-3440-gh-issue-view-3440-and-th && ..."

3. Obfuscated path in run_audit() calls:

# chr(47)+'home'+chr(47)+'azureuser'+chr(47)+'src'+chr(47)+'amplihack'
# evaluates to: /home/azureuser/src/amplihack
run_audit(chr(47)+'home'+chr(47)+'azureuser'+chr(47)+'src'+chr(47)+'amplihack')

All three patterns are machine-specific (/home/azureuser/) and branch-specific (embed the worktree path). This test fixture cannot be run by any other contributor or in CI.

Recommended fix: Set cwd: "." (repo root) in the agent config, remove the redundant cd prefixes from step commands, and replace the hardcoded run_audit(...) path argument with ".". All other steps in this file already use relative paths correctly — this is an isolated oversight in the live-audit steps.

# Agent config
cwd: "."   # repo root — portable

# Live audit steps
command: 'PYTHONPATH=.claude/skills/supply-chain-audit python3 -c "from supply_chain_audit.audit import run_audit; r = run_audit(\".\"); ..."'

All Other Files: Passed ✅

Category Files Verdict
Skill definition (SKILL.md, README.md) 3 ✅ Durable
Reference docs (reference/*.md) 11 ✅ Durable
Python source (supply_chain_audit/) 17 ✅ Durable
Tests (tests/) 17 ✅ Durable
Test fixtures (tests/fixtures/) 11 ✅ Durable
Distribution bundle (amplifier-bundle/) 1 ✅ Durable
How-to guide (docs/howto/) 1 ✅ Durable

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…, test coverage

Security fixes:
- Add _sanitize_for_display() defense-in-depth layer that strips XPIA patterns
  from all rendered finding fields (schema.py, report.py)
- Redact expected_value when contains_secret=True (was only current_value)
- Fix SYSTEM: regex false positives on BUILD_SYSTEM:, CI_SYSTEM: by adding
  underscore and digit to negative lookbehind

Reliability fixes:
- Fix Dim 6 detection: only trigger when ${{ secrets.* }} found (was dead loop)
- Add circuit breaker checks to run_or_raise() (was bypassing breaker)
- Surface SLSA file-read errors as advisories (was silent except pass)
- Add deprecation docstring to XpiaEscalationError (never raised, kept for compat)
- Remove dead _assign_ids() from checkers/_utils.py

Test coverage:
- Add TestDim4CachePoisoning (3 tests for cache key validation)
- Add XPIA tests: findings-still-produced, multi-pattern, scope-is-workflow-only,
  sanitization, SYSTEM: false-positive prevention
- Add Dim 6 scope test: workflow without secrets does not trigger Dim 6

299 tests pass. Live audit: 195 findings, 17 XPIA advisories, 0 false positives,
0 XPIA patterns in rendered output.

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All 61 changed files in PR #3481 were reviewed. 1 violation found — flagged in prior runs (23467893328, 23468344541, 23469983330, 23470842882) and still not resolved.


Violation: Hardcoded machine-specific and branch-specific paths

File: tests/gadugi/supply-chain-audit-skill.yaml

The file contains hardcoded absolute paths tied to a single developer's machine and to this PR's worktree. The violation appears in three places:

1. Agent config cwd (line 21):

agents:
  - name: "verifier"
    config:
      cwd: "/home/azureuser/src/amplihack/worktrees/feat/issue--review-github-issue-3440-gh-issue-view-3440-and-th"

2. Step cd commands (lines 232, 240, 248, 256):

command: "cd /home/azureuser/src/amplihack/worktrees/feat/issue--review-github-issue-3440-gh-issue-view-3440-and-th && ..."

3. Obfuscated path in run_audit() calls:

# chr(47)+'home'+chr(47)+'azureuser'+chr(47)+'src'+chr(47)+'amplihack'
# evaluates to: /home/azureuser/src/amplihack
run_audit(chr(47)+'home'+chr(47)+'azureuser'+chr(47)+'src'+chr(47)+'amplihack')

These paths are machine-specific (/home/azureuser/) and branch-specific (embed the PR's worktree path). This test fixture cannot be run by any other contributor or in CI.

Recommended fix: Set cwd: "." in the agent config, remove the cd prefixes from live-audit step commands, and replace the hardcoded run_audit(...) path with ".". All other steps in this file already use relative paths correctly — this is an oversight in the live-audit steps only.

# Agent config — portable
cwd: "."

# Live audit steps — use relative path
command: 'PYTHONPATH=.claude/skills/supply-chain-audit python3 -c "from supply_chain_audit.audit import run_audit; r = run_audit(\".\"); ..."'

All Other Files: Passed ✅

Category Files Verdict
Skill definition (SKILL.md, README.md) 3 ✅ Durable
Reference docs (reference/*.md) 11 ✅ Durable
Python source (supply_chain_audit/) 17 ✅ Durable
Tests (tests/) 17 ✅ Durable
Test fixtures (tests/fixtures/) 11 ✅ Durable
Distribution bundle (amplifier-bundle/) 1 ✅ Durable
How-to guide (docs/howto/) 1 ✅ Durable

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- Add 2 missing patterns to _XPIA_SANITIZE_PATTERNS (</sys> truncated tag,
  bare SYSTEM: directive) to match audit.py's detection list
- Apply _sanitize_for_display() to rationale and fix_url fields in both
  Finding.render() and report.py _render_findings_section()

All 8 XPIA patterns now covered in both detection and sanitization.
All rendered finding fields (current_value, expected_value, rationale, fix_url)
are now sanitized. 299 tests pass.

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