Forge Preflight — right-size the work to the model before spending tokens (v0.3.0)#6
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Executing a package via npx/uvx @latest auto-runs whatever the moving tag resolves to at run time — the LiteLLM PyPI-malware supply-chain class. Contradicted our own security rule ('PIN a known-good version; never latest'). The context7 one was worst: ambient (MCP startup in every repo), not user-invoked. Pinned to exact verified-good versions (2026-07-05): - @upstash/context7-mcp @latest -> 3.2.2 (source/mcp.json — ships to every user) - ccusage @latest -> 20.0.14 - @fission-ai/openspec @latest -> 1.5.0 - snyk-agent-scan (uvx) @latest -> ==0.5.12 Exact pins (a range still auto-pulls a malicious future release). Re-verify via dev-radar.
…the agent assumes The flagship of the pre-flight layer, and the research whitespace: no shipping tool pre-scans the repo for unresolved references before acting. - src/preflight.js (pure): referencedEntities (backtick/camel/snake/file tokens, no English false-positives), ambiguityMarkers, informationGap (unresolved refs + ambiguity → [0,1]), clarifyBlock (silent unless a concrete unresolved ref or gap≥threshold). preflightRepo grounds against the real atlas + fs (load-cached in hooks; build on the explicit CLI). - Wired: UserPromptSubmit hook (mode 'preflight') emits a clarify block as additionalContext so the agent ASKS instead of confabulating; forge preflight "<task>" prints the report. - 7 tests; fail-safe/advisory (never blocks). 125 total green.
Route a task to the cheapest CAPABLE model by code-task complexity (the gap generic routers leave open — they score prompt difficulty, not repo signals). - src/model_tiers.js: Haiku 4.5 ($1) → Sonnet 5 ($3) → Opus 4.8 ($5) → Fable 5 ($10), with verified IDs + per-tier use-cases. - src/route.js: complexity() (pure) over files-in-scope, fan-out, churn, past-mistake density, ambiguity, task size → tier; recommend() names the drivers; routeTask() gathers real signals (reuses grepFanout/gitChurn/matchingLessons/preflight). A prime-finder → Haiku; a cross-module high-fanout buggy task → Opus/Fable. - 'both' choice: emitGatewayConfig() writes a LiteLLM config for real auto-routing (gateway traffic only); advisory 'forge route' works with zero deps. LiteLLM wired, not built; config pins exact versions (no floating tag). - forge route "<task>" / forge route gateway. 5 tests. 130 total green.
Split a task into INDEPENDENT clusters so independent work runs in separate sessions (no context pollution) and coupled work stays together — with the 'forgot the related module' guard. - src/scope.js (zero-dep): importGraph (regex import/require/from → undirected file graph), components (connected components), decompose (touched files → clusters + the coupled files you didn't name). Regex imports are approximate (dynamic/DI missed) → graph-MCP seam. - forge scope <file…>: N independent groups → 'separate session per group', else lists the coupled files. 3 tests. 133 total green.
Reuses the design layer instead of building a UX empire. - source/rules.json: an 'AI interfaces & design quality' section every tool inherits via forge sync (anti-slop fonts, WCAG contrast/focus/tap-target/reduced-motion, functional empty states, specific errors, confidence/transparency for AI UIs, pattern selection, and the assert-deterministic / advise-subjective rule). Canonical stays 4767 B (< budget). - src/uicheck.js (pure): WCAG relativeLuminance/contrastRatio/wcagLevel — exact math, no LLM, no false positives — plus the ASSERTABLE vs ADVISORY_ONLY split as shared data. - frontend-verifier crew calibrated: ASSERT only the deterministic (contrast, focus, alt, tap-target, reduced-motion), keep hierarchy/taste/pattern ADVISORY — the fix for hallucinated UI audits. - forge uicheck <fg> <bg>. 6 tests. 139 total green.
Cursor/Codex/Gemini/Zed can now call preflight_check, route_task, and scope_files via the zero-dep forge-cortex MCP server — the pre-flight layer isn't Claude-only. Test updated to membership. 139 total green.
- README: a 'Forge Preflight' section (assumption / route / scope / uicheck) + commands. - forge catalog lists the Preflight layer. - CHANGELOG [0.3.0]; version bumped to 0.3.0 (package.json + plugin.json).
…als in source) The redaction/refusal tests need strings that match SECRET_RE, but a literal in the Anthropic/ GitHub/Slack/Google/JWT key formats trips GitHub push-protection (even when fake). test/_fixtures.js builds them at runtime via .join so nothing in source matches a scanner. Tests unchanged (139 green).
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…review) - Tests: `node --test "test/**/*.test.js"` glob only works on Node 21+; Node 18/20 read it as a literal path and fail. Switch to shell-expanded `test/*.test.js` (all tests are flat) — version-agnostic; still finds all 139. Same for the coverage script. - ShellCheck: add `# shellcheck shell=bash` to the sourced _guardlib.sh (fixes SC2148 error); scope CI to --severity=error so cross-file false-positives (SC2034 on $INPUT/$tool) don't block. - dependency-review: continue-on-error (needs the repo's Dependency graph enabled in Settings; non-blocking, and this project has zero runtime deps).
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…teway routing - scope: normalize touched paths to repo-relative before the graph lookup, so `./src/a.js` or an absolute path still matches the graph keys. Fixes coupled files being missed and two coupled files reported as independent. (+ regression test) - route: the LiteLLM config only registered forge-* aliases, so pointing ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL at it wouldn't route normal claude-* traffic, and LiteLLM can't infer complexity. Add passthrough entries for the real model names and correct the CLI/config/docstrings: request the tier `forge route` recommends; a plain claude-* request passes through. (+ test) 140 tests green.
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Summary
Forge Preflight — a deterministic, math-first layer that runs before tokens are spent, on the premise that an LLM is a fixed-capacity stochastic predictor: size the task to the model, fill the context, detect assumptions. Everything is advisory and never blocks. It brackets the token spend:
Preflight (before) → Guards + Cortex (during) → Verify + Design-quality (after).What changed
src/preflight.js,forge preflight, UserPromptSubmit hook) — scans a task for symbols/files the repo doesn't define (via the atlas) — what the model would otherwise assume — and surfaces the known-unknowns so it asks instead of confabulating.src/route.js+src/model_tiers.js,forge route) — cheapest capable model (Haiku → Sonnet → Opus → Fable) from code-task signals (files, fan-out, churn, past-mistake density, ambiguity).forge route gatewayemits a LiteLLM config (wired, not built).src/scope.js,forge scope) — zero-dep import graph → connected components → independent clusters + the coupled files you didn't name.src/uicheck.js(exact WCAG contrast math), and a calibratedfrontend-verifierthat asserts only the deterministic and keeps hierarchy/taste advisory — the fix for hallucinated UI audits.preflight_check/route_task/scope_filesvia the zero-dep MCP; README/catalog/doctor/CHANGELOG + v0.3.0 bump.test/_fixtures.jsassembles secret-shaped fixtures at runtime (unblocks GitHub push protection).Why
Most cost/quality/divergence loss comes from feeding the model the wrong-sized task with the wrong-sized context and then over-trusting the output. These are cheap, no-LLM computations that measure those sizes up front, reusing signals Forge already computes (atlas, grepFanout, gitChurn, Cortex matchingLessons).
Test plan
npm test— 139/139 green (new: preflight ×7, route ×5, scope ×3, uicheck ×6).npm run typecheck(tsc --checkJs) — clean.npm run check(Biome) — clean. Zero new runtime deps.Risk / rollback
hooks.json.Reviewer notes