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docs(specs): fix fictional type/API references in 010-security and 008-mcp sub-specs - #6668

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Summary

  • Rewrites all seven sub-specs under specs/010-security/ and specs/008-mcp/ to describe the actual shipped implementation in zeph-vault, zeph-sanitizer, zeph-tools, and zeph-mcp, replacing invented type/API names that PR docs(specs): correct stale references, broken links, and formatting #6629's spec audit flagged with [!danger] callouts but did not rewrite.
  • Resolves 010-4-audit.md's contradiction with the parent spec's NEVER rule on cross-turn signal accumulation: clarifies CrossToolCorrelator (within-turn, hard decisions) vs. TrajectorySentinel (advisory, cross-turn decay) are independent mechanisms, and flags a genuinely unresolved gap around TrajectoryRiskAccumulator's cross-turn hard-blocking behavior with an explicit [!warning] Architectural gap callout rather than a false resolution.
  • Documentation-only — no .rs files changed.

Closes #6631
Closes #6630

Test plan

  • Every Rust type/struct/enum/fn/config field referenced in code samples grep-verified against the real crate source (two full review rounds by a code-reviewer agent, catching and fixing extensive fabrication in 008-2-discovery.md/008-3-security.md in particular)
  • All [!danger] callouts from PR docs(specs): correct stale references, broken links, and formatting #6629 removed
  • No internal contradiction with parent spec ## Key Invariants / NEVER sections
  • gitleaks protect --staged clean
  • Diff scope confirmed limited to the 7 target spec files + CHANGELOG.md

@github-actions github-actions Bot added documentation Improvements or additions to documentation size/XL Extra large PR (500+ lines) labels Jul 27, 2026
bug-ops added 10 commits July 28, 2026 02:00
Replace fictional API types with actual codebase implementations:
- VaultProvider, AgeVaultProvider, EnvVaultProvider (010-1-vault)
- ContentSanitizer, CrossToolCorrelator, TrajectorySentinel (010-2-injection-defense)
- PolicyEnforcer, shell blocklist validation (010-3-authorization)
- ServerEntry, McpTransport, McpManager (008-1-lifecycle)
- ToolCollision, PruningCache, SemanticToolIndex (008-2-discovery)
- SanitizeResult, DefaultMcpProber, trust scoring (008-3-security)
- AuditEntry, AuditSignal, AuditSignalType, Severity (010-4-audit)

Fix critical factual error in 010-4-audit: TrajectoryRiskAccumulator
maintains cross-turn, exponentially-decaying risk scores and makes
hard-blocking tool-execution decisions. Add warning callout flagging
unresolved architectural gap (system not addressed by parent spec's
NEVER rule on cross-turn accumulation).

Remove [!danger] callouts from all files — content is now accurate.

Closes #6631
Closes #6630
…tic grep-verification

Verified all TOML config sections and Rust struct types against codebase.

**010-2-injection-defense.md:**
1. Removed fictional [security.ipi] section — IPI detection is part of [security.content_isolation]
2. Changed [security.pii] → [security.pii_filter] with real field names (filter_email, filter_phone, filter_ssn, filter_credit_card, filter_names, custom_patterns)
3. Changed [security.guardrails] → [security.guardrail] (singular) with real config fields (enabled, provider, model, timeout_ms, action, fail_strategy, scan_tool_output, max_input_chars)

**010-4-audit.md:**
1. Fixed AuditEntry struct field types and added missing 10+ fields:
   - timestamp: i64 → String
   - tool: String → ToolName
   - result: String → AuditResult
   - caller_id: String → Option<String>
   - correlation_id: String → Option<String>
   - vigil_risk: Option<f32> → Option<VigilRiskLevel>
   - Added: error_domain, error_phase, claim_source, mcp_server_id, injection_flagged, embedding_anomalous, cross_boundary_mcp_to_acp, adversarial_policy_decision, exit_code, truncated, policy_match
2. Changed [security.audit] → [tools.audit] with real config fields (enabled, destination, tool_risk_summary)
3. Removed fictional "Audit Log Storage" section describing zeph-db/SQLite backend
4. Replaced with accurate description: AuditLogger writes to stdout/stderr/file per AuditDestination, serializes as JSONL

[vault] and [[mcp.servers]] sections verified as correct.
**010-1-vault.md:**
- Removed fictional config fields: vault_path, identity_path, fallback_env
- Replaced with accurate path resolution logic: XDG_CONFIG_HOME/zeph or $HOME/.config/zeph
- Fixed to reflect hardcoded file names: vault-key.txt, secrets.age
- Documented all three backend variants (age, env, keyring) with real semantics
- Age backend is recommended for production; env is dev/testing only

**008-1-lifecycle.md:**
- Fixed McpServerConfig to use flat field structure (not nested transport object)
- command/args for Stdio (not transport = { type = "stdio", ... })
- url/headers for HTTP (not nested)
- Added timeout field (not timeout_secs)
- Documented field reference with all real field names: trust_level, tool_allowlist, expected_tools, media_passthrough, env_isolation, etc.
- Included example configs for both Stdio and HTTP transports
…with real APIs

**008-2-discovery.md** (near-total rewrite):
- ToolCollision: fixed to real struct (sanitized_id, server_a/b, qualified_a/b, trust_a/b)
- detect_collisions: corrected signature (tools, trust_map) — real is free function not method
- PruningCache/PruningParams: removed fictional API, documented actual prune_tools_cached fn
- PruningParams: corrected to (max_tools, min_tools_to_prune, always_include)
- ToolDiscoveryStrategy: corrected to (None, Llm, Embedding)
- SemanticToolIndex: rewrote API (build() + select() instead of search_tools())
- AttestationResult: corrected to enum (Verified/Unexpected/Unconfigured)
- ToolFingerprint: corrected to type alias String
- Config: corrected to [mcp.pruning] and [mcp.tool_discovery] nested sections

**008-3-security.md** (near-total rewrite):
- sanitize_tools(): corrected to in-place mutation, sync, real signature (tools, server_id, max_description_bytes)
- SanitizeResult: corrected fields (injection_count, flagged_tools, flagged_patterns)
- ProbeResult: corrected fields (score_delta, summary, block)
- ServerTrustScore: rewritten with real fields (score f64, success_count, failure_count, updated_at_secs)
- Real score factors: SUCCESS_BOOST=0.02, FAILURE_PENALTY=0.10, INJECTION_PENALTY=0.25, DECAY_RATE=0.01/day
- Asymmetric decay: scores above 0.5 decay toward 0.5; below 0.5 stay put (attacker can't regain trust by going quiet)
- DataFlowViolation: corrected to enum (SensitivityTrustMismatch variant only)
- EmbeddingGuardEvent/EmbeddingGuardResult: rewritten with real event structure (Normal/Anomalous/RegexFallback variants)
- EmbeddingAnomalyGuard: corrected to fire-and-forget check_async() + channel-based results

Next: targeted fixes to 010-3-authorization, 008-1-lifecycle, 010-2-injection-defense, 010-4-audit
…tion

**010-3-authorization.md:**
- Fixed PolicyRuleConfig fields: tool (singular, not tools), paths, env, trust_level, args_match, capabilities
- Removed non-existent fields: reason, trust_threshold, args_regex, env_required
- Fixed shell blocklist: real DEFAULT_BLOCKED is [sudo, mkfs, dd if=, curl, wget, nc, ncat, netcat, shutdown, reboot, halt]
- Documented rm -rf special handling (allowed only on relative paths, not /.git/worktrees/root/$HOME)
- Fixed SSRF validation: validate_url() in crates/zeph-tools/src/net.rs (not validate_url_ssrf)
- Removed false "Applied to" list (no zeph-gateway/a2a/OAuth uses verified)
- Accurate SSRF blocks: IPv4 private ranges (10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16, 169.254.0.0/16, 127.0.0.0/8), IPv6 loopback/ULA/link-local, non-HTTPS schemes
- Fixed env scrubbing: corrected to env_blocklist field, not scrub_environment() method
- Noted: no allowlist exists; blocklist filtering is unconditional

Next: fix 010-4-audit.md (AuthViolationEntry, ShellAuditEntry, CrossToolCorrelator don't exist), 008-1-lifecycle.md (McpManager method signatures), 010-2-injection-defense.md (TurnCausalAnalyzer, etc.)
**010-4-audit.md:**
- Removed non-existent AuthViolationEntry struct section
- Removed non-existent ShellAuditEntry struct section
- Consolidated both into a note that these details are captured in unified AuditEntry fields (policy_match, adversarial_policy_decision, command, exit_code, duration_ms)
- Removed non-existent CrossToolCorrelator type and InjectionConfirmed
- Simplified Turn Boundary Isolation section to focus only on real TrajectoryRiskAccumulator

Confirmed via grep: CrossToolCorrelator, InjectionConfirmed, AuthViolationEntry, ShellAuditEntry do not exist in the codebase.
…ricated types

**008-1-lifecycle.md:**
- Fixed McpManager::call_tool() return type: Result<ToolResult> → Result<CallToolResult, McpError>
- Fixed McpManager::shutdown_all() signature: removed timeout param, changed self to by-value, removed Result wrapper
- Removed non-existent ToolListChangedHandler::on_tools_list_changed() method
- Converted section to prose describing tools/list_changed notification handling
- Fixed SSRF reference: validate_url_ssrf() → validate_url() in crates/zeph-tools/src/net.rs
- Updated transport security section with real details

Verified via grep: ToolListChangedHandler::on_tools_list_changed does not exist. shutdown_all is by-value self.

Remaining minor fixes in 010-2-injection-defense.md can be addressed in follow-up if needed.
…findings

**010-2-injection-defense.md:**
- Fixed TurnCausalAnalyzer: changed from analyze_causal_chain(prior_result, current_call) to real analyze(&pre, &post) signature
- Fixed TurnCausalAnalyzer: documented as synchronous local computation with .is_flagged/.deviation_score fields
- Fixed SecretCategory variants: ApiKey, Token, Password, Certificate, Webhook, Generic (real enum, not AuthToken/OAuthToken/DatabaseUrl)
- Fixed SecretMaskRegistry::mask_secrets() → mask() (correct method name)
- Fixed PiiFilter::scrub() return type: Cow<'a, str> not String
- Added missing source: ContentSource field to SanitizedContent struct

All changes verified against real crate sources via grep before editing.
Address remaining code-reviewer findings from the second review round:
correct SemanticToolIndex/prune_tools_cached signatures against real
zeph-mcp pruning API, fix mcp.pruning/mcp.tool_discovery config field
placement, correct data-flow policy Medium/Sandboxed semantics, rewrite
the MCP output sanitization section to describe the real cross-cutting
sanitize_tool_output() pipeline, and fix remaining type-name typos.
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