Add declarative tool rules (allow/deny/hide/approval)

[senamakel]

Summary

Adds tinytools::rules, a declarative, serializable rule language for deciding which tools an agent may see and call. Hosts currently restrict tools from many places: agent allowlists, channel permission ceilings, MCP server filters, connector curation, user toggles, approval allowlists. Each of those has its own exact-name matcher and covers only one surface. These rules give all of them the same vocabulary, with glob patterns. The harness then evaluates the rules on every surface a tool can reach the model on: the catalogue, search and the call.

Rules are data the host writes from its own policy, and this crate evaluates them mechanically. That keeps the crate's "describe, don't decide" line: the decision is still the host's.

• ToolRule:
  • effect: allow / deny / hide / require_approval / auto_approve
  • on: catalog / search / call
  • match: name/family/tag globs, category, exposure, permission bounds, side effects, one argument (arg)
  • except and when (context such as channel)
• ToolRules is one layer with a default. Effects combine without regard to order: deny wins, hide only removes from listings, and require_approval beats auto_approve.
• ToolRuleSet stacks layers, and every layer must admit. Adding a source (config, agent, channel, session) can only narrow what is allowed, so two allowlists intersect.
• ToolSubject::of(&dyn Tool) builds the thing that gets evaluated. RuleDecision::refusal names the rule and layer for the model.
• Tool gains two defaulted, descriptive methods:
  • tags()
  • indirect_target(args). With it, ToolRuleSet::evaluate_call checks the tool a dispatcher (such as composio_execute) actually reaches, so a rule against GMAIL_DELETE_* can't be sidestepped.

The glob matcher is hand-written (*, ?, ASCII case-insensitive), so the crate takes no new dependency.

Spec: docs/specs/tool-rules.md.

Related issue

None. This is step 1 of the tool-rules chain: tinytools → tinyagents (one gate for catalog, search and call) → tinymcp → openhuman (migrating every existing accept/reject mechanism onto rules).

API or behavior changes

All additive:

• the new rules module and its re-exports
• the defaulted Tool::tags and Tool::indirect_target methods
• ToolExposure now derives Hash, Serialize and Deserialize (snake_case)

No existing behaviour changes.

Validation

• cargo fmt --all -- --check
• cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
• cargo build --all-targets --all-features (via clippy/test)
• cargo test --all-features: all suites pass, including 28 new rules::tests and the module doctest
• RUSTDOCFLAGS="-D warnings" cargo doc --no-deps --all-features

Tests

crates/tinytools/src/rules/mod_tests.rs covers:

• glob edge cases
• deny-over-allow
• default deny
• hide vs deny per surface
• on surfaces
• except
• unknown-attribute semantics
• permission bounds, category, exposure and side effects
• when context
• arg rules on call vs listings
• approval precedence
• layer intersection and approval
• ToolSubject::of / of_call
• indirect targets
• refusal text
• the pinned serde wire form
• rejection of unknown matcher fields

Documentation

• The module docs carry a runnable example.
• New spec docs/specs/tool-rules.md.
• README module table and AGENTS.md layout updated.

Checklist

• The change is focused on one logical change
• No relaxed lints. The test file uses the same #![allow(clippy::expect_used, …)] header as the existing policy/mod_tests.rs.
• No secrets, tokens, or .env contents in the diff or the description

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added configurable rules to allow, deny, or hide tools, or require approval across tool discovery and calls.
  • Rules can match tool attributes, arguments, and context, and combine in layers. Denials take precedence, while approval requirements follow the strictest applicable rule.
  • Added support for evaluating rules against indirect call targets.
  • Added case-insensitive glob matching with * and ? wildcards.
• Documentation
  • Documented the rules and their behavior.

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Tiny Sweeper review

This revision of the tool-rules pull request has 0 active actionable findings across 6 review lanes. The `rules` module provides a declarative allow/deny/hide/approval vocabulary evaluated on the catalogue, search and call surfaces, with glob matching, layer intersection and indirect-target evaluation; the tests and description lanes report all previously raised findings fixed (case-insensitive deny patterns, the pinned `"skill"` wire name, hide restricted to listing surfaces, valid JSON pointers, and the spec document present) and consider the change sound and safe to merge. No end-to-end harness exists in the repository.

State: Ready for maintainer review
Priority: medium
Reviewed head: 738ce29dc4ca
Updated: 1791540936 (Unix time)

Review snapshot

Change surface	Files	Review signal	Count
Production	8	Active findings	2
Tests	3	Noted findings	0
Documentation	6	Resolved findings	40
Configuration	0	Pending checks/questions	0

Completeness: Complete
Test assessment: Test coverage is assessed from changed tests and lane evidence; execution is not claimed without trusted check data.

What changed

This pull request adds a new `rules` module to the tinytools crate providing a declarative, serializable vocabulary of allow / deny / hide / approval rules over tools, evaluated on the catalogue, search and call surfaces (crates/tinytools/src/rules/mod.rs). It includes a hand-rolled glob matcher supporting `*` and `?` with ASCII case-insensitivity and no new dependency (crates/tinytools/src/rules/glob.rs); a rule vocabulary with matchers over name, family, tags, category, exposure, permission bounds, side effects and one JSON-pointer argument, plus `except` carve-outs and `when` context conditions (crates/tinytools/src/rules/types.rs); a `ToolSubject` built from a live tool or by hand (crates/tinytools/src/rules/subject.rs); and evaluation where effects combine order-independently within a layer, layers stack and intersect so adding a layer only narrows, and refusal decisions name the blocking rule and reason (crates/tinytools/src/rules/eval.rs). The `Tool` trait gains two defaulted descriptive methods, `tags()` and `indirect_target(args)`, so a dispatcher tool can report the target a call actually reaches and its own arguments; `ToolRuleSet::evaluate_call` evaluates the indirect target too, so argument-scoped rules cannot be sidestepped through the dispatcher (crates/tinytools/src/tool/types.rs, crates/tinytools/src/rules/eval.rs). `SharedTool` forwards both new methods so wrappers do not let tag rules miss or a dispatcher target escape its rules (crates/tinytools/src/shared/types.rs). `ToolExposure` derives serde with snake_case wire names so matchers can name it (crates/tinytools/src/tool/types.rs). Everything is re-exported from the crate root (crates/tinytools/src/lib.rs), and docs are added: module README, spec, plan, README table row and AGENTS.md layout entry.

Features

• Added — Declarative tool rules module (allow/deny/hide/approval): Gives hosts one shared vocabulary for restricting tools across all surfaces a tool reaches the model on, replacing ad-hoc exact-name matchers per source; rules are data and evaluation is mechanical, with no policy chosen in the crate. Layers from independent sources stack so adding a layer can only narrow what is admitted. (crates/tinytools/src/rules/mod.rs, crates/tinytools/src/rules/eval.rs, crates/tinytools/src/rules/types.rs, crates/tinytools/src/rules/README.md, docs/specs/tool-rules.md)
• Added — Hand-rolled glob pattern matcher: Provides `*` and `?` matching with ASCII case-insensitivity (so `gmail_*` matches `GMAIL_SEND_EMAIL`) without adding a dependency, keeping the crate dependency-light. (crates/tinytools/src/rules/glob.rs, crates/tinytools/src/rules/types.rs)
• Added — Tool seams for tags and indirect targets: `Tool::tags` lets tag-based rules match host-assigned labels; `Tool::indirect_target` lets `ToolRuleSet::evaluate_call` evaluate the tool a dispatcher call actually reaches, using the target's own arguments so argument-scoped rules cannot be bypassed through the dispatcher envelope. `SharedTool` forwards both, and wrapper tools must do the same or tag rules miss and a dispatcher's target escapes its rules. (crates/tinytools/src/tool/types.rs, crates/tinytools/src/rules/eval.rs, crates/tinytools/src/shared/types.rs, crates/tinytools/src/rules/subject.rs, crates/tinytools/src/rules/README.md)
• Modified — Serde derivation on ToolExposure: `ToolExposure` now serializes/deserializes with snake_case wire names, so a rule matcher can name an exposure and the wire form is pinned. (crates/tinytools/src/tool/types.rs)
• Added — Refusal reporting and audit trail: A `RuleDecision` carries `visible`, `callable`, the strictest `approval` directive, and a `blocked_by` `RuleRef` naming the layer and rule behind a refusal; `refusal(tool)` renders a model-readable one-line message with the rule id/reason or the default-deny marker. (crates/tinytools/src/rules/types.rs, crates/tinytools/src/rules/eval.rs)
• Added — Documentation for the rules module: Adds a module README, a specification, an implementation plan, a README module-table row and an AGENTS.md layout entry, documenting the design and operational constraints (fail-open deny / fail-closed allow on unknown attributes, optimistic arg reading off the call surface, wrapper forwarding requirements). (crates/tinytools/src/rules/README.md, docs/specs/tool-rules.md, docs/plans/tool-rules.md, README.md#compiles neither the harness nor the host., AGENTS.md#crates/, docs/specs/README.md#the contract; production code still belongs under `src/`.)

Tests

• unit — Glob matching: `*`, `?`, `**`, repeated stars, ASCII case-insensitivity, and the empty pattern matching only the empty string.: Adequately covered; directly exercises `glob_matches` edge cases, including the case-insensitive deny-pattern test. (crates/tinytools/src/rules/mod_tests.rs)
• unit — Tool trait defaults: a default tool carries no tags and reports no indirect target; SharedTool forwards both.: Covered in the tool and shared module tests. (crates/tinytools/src/tool/mod_tests.rs, crates/tinytools/src/shared/mod_tests.rs)
• unit — Refusal text: messages name the rule id, fall back to rule index or `(default deny)`, include the layer name and reason, and degrade to a plain message when nothing blocked.: Covered by the `refusal_names_the_rule` test. (crates/tinytools/src/rules/mod_tests.rs)

Findings

• medium · critique · Add the referenced tool-rules specification — This test now depends on the undocumented wire-level alias that `ToolCategory::Workflow` serializes as `"skill"`, but the change provides no tool-rules specification defining that (crates/tinytools/src/rules/mod\_tests\.rs:239)
• medium · security · Pin ToolSubject's serde representation in a unit test — `ToolSubject` is a public serialized payload containing policy-relevant fields, but this change does not pin its JSON representation. A future serde or field-attribute change could (crates/tinytools/src/rules/subject\.rs:17)

Resolved this pass

• Match the subject's category in the category-bound test
• Add the referenced tool-rules specification
• Restrict hide effects to listing surfaces
• Use a valid JSON pointer for the deny matcher
• Critical — Match the deny pattern's case to the target name
• Match deny patterns to the target name case
• Pin ToolSubject's serde representation in a unit test
• Match the subject's category in the category-bound test
• Add the referenced tool-rules specification
• Restrict hide effects to listing surfaces
• Use a valid JSON pointer for the deny matcher
• Match the deny pattern's case to the target name
• Match deny patterns to the target name case
• Match the subject's category in the category-bound test
• Add the referenced tool-rules specification
• Restrict hide effects to listing surfaces
• Use a valid JSON pointer for the deny matcher
• Critical — Match the deny pattern's case to the target name
• Match deny patterns to the target name case
• Pin ToolSubject's serde representation in a unit test
• Match the subject's category in the category-bound test
• Add the referenced tool-rules specification
• Restrict hide effects to listing surfaces
• Use a valid JSON pointer for the deny matcher
• Match the deny pattern's case to the target name
• Match deny patterns to the target name case
• Match the subject's category in the category-bound test
• Add the referenced tool-rules specification
• Restrict hide effects to listing surfaces
• Use a valid JSON pointer for the deny matcher
• Match the deny pattern's case to the target name
• Match deny patterns to the target name case
• Pin ToolSubject's serde representation in a unit test
• Match the subject's category in the category-bound test
• Add the referenced tool-rules specification
• Restrict hide effects to listing surfaces
• Use a valid JSON pointer for the deny matcher
• Match the deny pattern's case to the target name
• Match deny patterns to the target name case
• Pin ToolSubject's serde representation in a unit test

Before merge

None.

How this fits together

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critique

• Conclusion: Success
• Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
• Lane summary: Reviewed 2 files; 2 findings. (1 already reported on an earlier push) _Code retrieval was unavailable (model: ladder embeddings returned 400 Bad Request: {"error":{"message":"unknown ladder vectors; known ladders are flash (also chat-v1, flash-v1), instant (also no-think, instant-v1), reasoning (also deepseek), max-reasoning (also max-reasoning-v1), deepseek-flash (also reasoning-v1, agentic-v1), deep (also luna), scribe, uncensored, vectors-oai3 (also embeddings-oai3-v1), vision (also vision-v1, multimodal-v1), image (also images-v1, image-v1), vi), so this review saw the diff alone._ _Memory was unavailable (model: cortex: v1/recall: error sending request for url (http://cortexdb:3141/v1/recall\)\), so this review ran without it._
• Evidence: crates/tinytools/src/rules/mod\_tests\.rs — Add the referenced tool-rules specification

security

• Conclusion: Success
• Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
• Positive: Argument-scoped rules remain effective through dispatcher envelopes by evaluating the indirect target's own arguments, closing a rule-bypass route documented in the module README.
• Positive: Serde matchers reject unknown fields (`deny_unknown_fields` on `ToolMatcher`, `ToolRule` and `ToolRules`), so a typo in rule configuration is an error rather than a silently non-matching rule.
• Positive: The tests lane reports all previously raised findings fixed in this revision — the category test now pins the `"skill"` wire name, the specification exists, hide is restricted to listing surfaces, and the deny matcher uses a valid case-insensitive glob.
• Lane summary: Reviewed 2 files; 1 finding. _Code retrieval was unavailable (model: ladder embeddings returned 400 Bad Request: {"error":{"message":"unknown ladder vectors; known ladders are flash (also chat-v1, flash-v1), instant (also no-think, instant-v1), reasoning (also deepseek), max-reasoning (also max-reasoning-v1), deepseek-flash (also reasoning-v1, agentic-v1), deep (also luna), scribe, uncensored, vectors-oai3 (also embeddings-oai3-v1), vision (also vision-v1, multimodal-v1), image (also images-v1, image-v1), vi), so this review saw the diff alone._ _Memory was unavailable (model: cortex: v1/recall: error sending request for url (http://cortexdb:3141/v1/recall\)\), so this review ran without it._
• Evidence: crates/tinytools/src/rules/subject\.rs — Pin ToolSubject's serde representation in a unit test

tests

• Conclusion: Success
• Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
• Positive: The tests lane describes the rules module as thoroughly pinned by behaviour tests covering precedence, surfaces, except/when, argument conditions, layering, indirect targets, serde wire form and SharedTool forwarding, and considers the change sound and safe to merge.
• Lane summary: The new rules module ships with a test file that pins its contracts end to end: glob matching, precedence, surface scoping, argument handling on and off the call surface, layer intersection, indirect-target and case-sidestep resistance, the arg-aware permission, refusal text, and the serde wire forms for every payload type, plus SharedTool forwarding and ToolSubject's wire form. The tests assert real behaviour, not mocks, and each stated invariant (deny beats allow, hide is listing-only, layering can only narrow, the dispatcher cannot be sidestepped) is pinned by a test that would fail if the invariant broke. All previously raised findings, including the ToolSubject serde pin, are resolved in this revision; safe to merge. _Code retrieval was unavailable (model: ladder embeddings returned 400 Bad Request: {"error":{"message":"unknown ladder vectors; known ladders are flash (also chat-v1, flash-v1), instant (also no-think, instant-v1), reasoning (also deepseek), max-reasoning (also max-reasoning-v1), deepseek-flash (also reasoning-v1, agentic-v1), deep (also luna), scribe, uncensored, vectors-oai3 (also embeddings-oai3-v1), vision (also vision-v1, multimodal-v1), image (also images-v1, image-v1), vi), so this review saw the diff alone._ _Memory was unavailable (model: cortex: v1/recall: error sending request for url (http://cortexdb:3141/v1/recall\)\), so this review ran without it._

commits

• Conclusion: Neutral
• Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
• Lane summary: Nothing sensitive found in what this pull request commits.

description

• Conclusion: Success
• Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
• Lane summary: This is the final revision of the tool-rules module, and every finding from the earlier cycles is now addressed in code: the category-bound deny test uses a subject that actually carries the category, the spec and plan documents are committed, `hide` is scoped so it only clears the listing surfaces, the deny matcher uses a valid `/permanent` JSON pointer, the deny patterns are ASCII case-insensitive against the upper-case target names and pinned by a dedicated test, and `ToolSubject` has its wire form pinned. The remaining question of the `Skill`/`Workflow` category naming is deliberately documented in-test and consistent across the match test and the serde pin, so it is coherent rather than a defect. Nothing blocking remains; this looks sound to merge. _Code retrieval was unavailable (model: ladder embeddings returned 400 Bad Request: {"error":{"message":"unknown ladder vectors; known ladders are flash (also chat-v1, flash-v1), instant (also no-think, instant-v1), reasoning (also deepseek), max-reasoning (also max-reasoning-v1), deepseek-flash (also reasoning-v1, agentic-v1), deep (also luna), scribe, uncensored, vectors-oai3 (also embeddings-oai3-v1), vision (also vision-v1, multimodal-v1), image (also images-v1, image-v1), vi), so this review saw the diff alone._ _Memory was unavailable (model: cortex: v1/recall: error sending request for url (http://cortexdb:3141/v1/recall\)\), so this review ran without it._

e2e

• Conclusion: Neutral
• Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
• Lane summary: No end-to-end harness in this repository: no e2e test files and no e2e workflow.

Evidence and run details

• Models: gpt-5.6-luna, glm-5.3-flash
• Spend: $0.004520
• Tokens: 387179 input · 17131 output · 32428 cached · 0 embedding
• Continuity: summary cache chain restarted at the storage ceiling.

Head	State	Pass summary
e7d83ec53681	ready for maintainer review	0 active finding(s), 29 resolved finding(s) (at 1791538630)
138920eeea0f	changes requested	2 active finding(s), 85 resolved finding(s) (at 1791539687)
6f69b334768d	ready for maintainer review	0 active finding(s), 35 resolved finding(s) (at 1791539925)
fabda18037f7	ready for maintainer review	1 active finding(s), 38 resolved finding(s) (at 1791540255)
738ce29dc4ca	ready for maintainer review	2 active finding(s), 40 resolved finding(s) (at 1791540936)

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change adds a public rules module with declarative matchers, layered decisions, and evaluation across catalogue, search, and call surfaces. It also adds tool metadata hooks, tests, and tool-rules documentation.

Changes

Tool Rules

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Rule contracts and tool subjects crates/tinytools/src/rules/types.rs, crates/tinytools/src/rules/subject.rs, crates/tinytools/src/tool/types.rs, crates/tinytools/src/rules/mod_tests.rs	Adds serializable rule, matcher, context, approval, decision, and tool-subject types. Adds default Tool methods for tags and indirect targets. Tests cover serialized forms and unknown matcher fields.
Pattern and rule matching crates/tinytools/src/rules/glob.rs, crates/tinytools/src/rules/eval.rs, crates/tinytools/src/rules/mod_tests.rs	Adds case-insensitive ASCII glob matching and checks rule conditions against tool attributes, context, surface, and call arguments. Tests cover glob, matcher, and argument conditions.
Layer and call evaluation crates/tinytools/src/rules/eval.rs, crates/tinytools/src/rules/mod_tests.rs, crates/tinytools/src/shared/types.rs, crates/tinytools/src/shared/mod_tests.rs, crates/tinytools/src/tool/mod_tests.rs	Adds per-layer decisions, layer composition, approval aggregation, visibility checks, refusal details, and call evaluation for direct tools and indirect targets. SharedTool forwards metadata methods. Tests cover precedence, layered rules, and indirect-target decisions.
Exports and project references crates/tinytools/src/rules/mod.rs, crates/tinytools/src/lib.rs, AGENTS.md, README.md, crates/tinytools/src/rules/README.md, docs/specs/*, docs/plans/tool-rules.md	Publishes the rules module and its public types from the crate root. Adds module documentation, a specification, an implementation plan, and project references.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Host
  participant ToolRuleSet
  participant Tool
  Host->>ToolRuleSet: evaluate_call(tool, context, args)
  ToolRuleSet->>Tool: Read tool metadata and indirect_target(args)
  Tool-->>ToolRuleSet: Return metadata and optional target
  ToolRuleSet->>ToolRuleSet: Evaluate direct and target decisions across layers
  ToolRuleSet-->>Host: Return combined decision

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Merge Risk

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to e7d83

No additional merge-blocking issue is established for this change; it is ready for normal merge checks.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e7d83

The new rules intersect tool access correctly, but their approval composition can waive an inherited host approval requirement unless that requirement is explicitly protected. This is a design-contract concern; no production approval bypass was demonstrated.

Retained concerns

• Medium · security · inferred: The non-widening layer guarantee does not preserve approval requirements inherited through Default. Adding an auto_approve layer changes Default to Waived. If a host accepts a lower-authority session or channel layer and honors Waived over its existing approval policy, an otherwise callable effectful tool can lose its approval gate. Explicit Required layers remain protected; no production integration realizing this bypass was demonstrated.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — If a host lets a lower-authority principal supply auto-approval overlays, the approval concern can affect matching tools already callable through that host, including reported indirect targets. The potential authority is the host's existing tool execution authority; tenant, asset, credential, and environment scope cannot be bounded without downstream integration evidence.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• inferred — The conditional attack path is an accepted auto_approve overlay, followed by a matching callable tool invocation and a host honoring Waived instead of its inherited approval policy. Default-to-Waived composition is established by source and tests. Overlay control and production enforcement are unverified, so this is not a verified runtime exploit.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — Explicit denies cannot be overridden by allows, and explicit Required approval survives auto_approve within or across layers. Public ToolSubject and RuleContext values are descriptive inputs rather than authenticated identities; hosts must establish their provenance and enforce decisions before execution.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — SharedTool forwards the new metadata hooks, preserving target and tag evaluation through that wrapper. Other wrappers must maintain equivalent forwarding; the default indirect_target returns no target, so target-specific guarantees depend on accurate dispatcher declarations.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — Make mandatory host approval floors explicit as Required layers or retain them independently of Waived. Restrict which policy sources may issue auto_approve, and qualify the non-widening guarantee to distinguish admission from delegated host approval.
• proposed — For downstream integrations, establish authoritative target metadata and argument mapping, and verify that denied or approval-pending calls cannot execute through alternate, repeated, or interrupted dispatch paths.

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🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 76.36% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 110 functions across 11 files. (3 skipped…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

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Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding declarative tool rules for allow, deny, hide, and approval behavior.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Docstring coverage is 76.36% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 110 functions across 11 files. (3 skipped: 3 unsupported.)

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- Line 306: Update both empty-layer assertions in the relevant test to use
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Correction to my last four thread replies: the test changes they describe landed in e7d83ec, not 26b8ce0.

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The previously-blocking findings are resolved. Clearing the changes request.

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tinysweeper found nothing blocking. Approving.

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Add the referenced tool-rules specification

This test now depends on the undocumented wire-level alias that ToolCategory::Workflow serializes as "skill", but the change provides no tool-rules specification defining that contract. A future producer or consumer can change the alias while this test continues to encode an isolated assumption. Add the referenced specification alongside the behavior change and make this test enforce that documented contract.

[RULE] missing-specification ·

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Pin ToolSubject's serde representation in a unit test

ToolSubject is a public serialized payload containing policy-relevant fields, but this change does not pin its JSON representation. A future serde or field-attribute change could silently alter rule/config interchange while compilation still succeeds. Add a sibling unit test that asserts representative serialization and deserialization, including the omitted None and empty fields and the enum wire values.

[RULE] serde-representation-test ·