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5a62ceaa99 refactor: extract safety module into ironclaw_safety crate (#1024)
* refactor: extract safety module into ironclaw_safety crate

Move prompt injection defense, input validation, secret leak detection,
and safety policy enforcement into a standalone crate under crates/.
The safety module was a leaf dependency with no async, no database, and
no other ironclaw traits — only pure computation with pattern matching.

SafetyConfig (2 fields) moves into the crate; env-var resolution stays
in ironclaw's config module as a free function. src/safety/mod.rs becomes
a thin re-export so all existing `crate::safety::*` imports keep working.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* docs: update CLAUDE.md for ironclaw_safety crate extraction

Add guidance to migrate imports from crate::safety to ironclaw_safety
when touching files. Update project structure to reflect crates/ dir.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* refactor: move safety fuzz targets into ironclaw_safety crate

Split fuzz infrastructure:
- crates/ironclaw_safety/fuzz/ — 5 safety-only targets (sanitizer,
  validator, leak_detector, credential_detect, config_env) depending
  only on ironclaw_safety for faster builds
- fuzz/ — keeps fuzz_tool_params which needs ironclaw::tools

Add seed corpus files (51 total) covering each pattern family:
sanitizer injection patterns, validator edge cases, leak detector
secret formats, credential detect HTTP param shapes.

Add new fuzz_credential_detect target exercising
params_contain_manual_credentials with arbitrary JSON.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* fix: address PR review — single-pass XML escaping and versioned path dep

Rewrite escape_xml_attr from chained .replace() to single-pass char
iteration (O(n) instead of O(4n) with intermediate allocations). Add
version = "0.1.0" to ironclaw_safety path dep to satisfy cargo-deny
wildcards = "deny".

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>
2026-03-12 17:54:24 +00:00

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# IronClaw Development Guide
**IronClaw** is a secure personal AI assistant — user-first security, self-expanding tools, defense in depth, multi-channel access with proactive background execution.
## Build & Test
```bash
cargo fmt # format
cargo clippy --all --benches --tests --examples --all-features # lint (zero warnings)
cargo test # unit tests
cargo test --features integration # + PostgreSQL tests
RUST_LOG=ironclaw=debug cargo run # run with logging
```
E2E tests: see `tests/e2e/CLAUDE.md`.
## Code Style
- Prefer `crate::` for cross-module imports; `super::` is fine in tests and intra-module refs
- No `pub use` re-exports unless exposing to downstream consumers
- No `.unwrap()` or `.expect()` in production code (tests are fine)
- Use `thiserror` for error types in `error.rs`
- Map errors with context: `.map_err(|e| SomeError::Variant { reason: e.to_string() })?`
- Prefer strong types over strings (enums, newtypes)
- Keep functions focused, extract helpers when logic is reused
- Comments for non-obvious logic only
## Architecture
Prefer generic/extensible architectures over hardcoding specific integrations. Ask clarifying questions about the desired abstraction level before implementing.
Key traits for extensibility: `Database`, `Channel`, `Tool`, `LlmProvider`, `SuccessEvaluator`, `EmbeddingProvider`, `NetworkPolicyDecider`, `Hook`, `Observer`, `Tunnel`.
All I/O is async with tokio. Use `Arc<T>` for shared state, `RwLock` for concurrent access.
## Extracted Crates
Safety logic lives in `crates/ironclaw_safety/`. The `src/safety/mod.rs` shim re-exports everything for backward compatibility, but **new code should import from `ironclaw_safety` directly** (e.g. `use ironclaw_safety::SafetyLayer`). When touching a file that still uses `crate::safety::*`, migrate its imports to `ironclaw_safety::*`.
## Project Structure
```
crates/
└── ironclaw_safety/ # Extracted: prompt injection, validation, leak detection, policy
src/
├── lib.rs # Library root, module declarations
├── main.rs # Entry point, CLI args, startup
├── app.rs # App startup orchestration (channel wiring, DB init)
├── bootstrap.rs # Base directory resolution (~/.ironclaw), early .env loading
├── settings.rs # User settings persistence (~/.ironclaw/settings.json)
├── service.rs # OS service management (launchd/systemd daemon install)
├── tracing_fmt.rs # Custom tracing formatter
├── util.rs # Shared utilities
├── config/ # Configuration from env vars (split by subsystem)
│ ├── mod.rs # Re-exports all config types; top-level Config struct
│ ├── agent.rs, llm.rs, channels.rs, database.rs, sandbox.rs, skills.rs
│ ├── heartbeat.rs, routines.rs, safety.rs, embeddings.rs, wasm.rs
│ ├── tunnel.rs # Tunnel provider config (TUNNEL_PROVIDER, TUNNEL_URL, etc.)
│ └── secrets.rs, hygiene.rs, builder.rs, helpers.rs
├── error.rs # Error types (thiserror)
├── agent/ # Core agent loop, dispatcher, scheduler, sessions — see src/agent/CLAUDE.md
├── channels/ # Multi-channel input
│ ├── channel.rs # Channel trait, IncomingMessage, OutgoingResponse
│ ├── manager.rs # ChannelManager merges streams
│ ├── cli/ # Full TUI with Ratatui
│ ├── http.rs # HTTP webhook (axum) with secret validation
│ ├── webhook_server.rs # Unified HTTP server composing all webhook routes
│ ├── repl.rs # Simple REPL (for testing)
│ ├── web/ # Web gateway (browser UI) — see src/channels/web/CLAUDE.md
│ └── wasm/ # WASM channel runtime
│ ├── mod.rs
│ ├── bundled.rs # Bundled channel discovery
│ ├── capabilities.rs # Channel-specific capabilities (HTTP endpoint, emit rate)
│ ├── error.rs # WASM channel error types
│ ├── runtime.rs # WASM channel execution runtime
│ ├── setup.rs # WasmChannelSetup, setup_wasm_channels(), inject_channel_credentials()
│ └── wrapper.rs # Channel trait wrapper for WASM modules
├── cli/ # CLI subcommands (clap)
│ ├── mod.rs # Cli struct, Command enum (run/onboard/config/tool/registry/mcp/memory/pairing/service/doctor/status/completion)
│ └── config.rs, tool.rs, registry.rs, mcp.rs, memory.rs, pairing.rs, service.rs, doctor.rs, status.rs, completion.rs
├── registry/ # Extension registry catalog
│ ├── manifest.rs # ExtensionManifest, ArtifactSpec, BundleDefinition types
│ ├── catalog.rs # RegistryCatalog: load from filesystem and embedded JSON
│ └── installer.rs # RegistryInstaller: download, verify, install WASM artifacts
├── hooks/ # Lifecycle hooks (6 points: BeforeInbound, BeforeToolCall, BeforeOutbound, OnSessionStart, OnSessionEnd, TransformResponse)
├── tunnel/ # Tunnel abstraction for public internet exposure
│ ├── mod.rs # Tunnel trait, TunnelProviderConfig, create_tunnel(), start_managed_tunnel()
│ ├── cloudflare.rs # CloudflareTunnel (cloudflared binary)
│ ├── ngrok.rs # NgrokTunnel
│ ├── tailscale.rs # TailscaleTunnel (serve/funnel modes)
│ ├── custom.rs # CustomTunnel (arbitrary command with {host}/{port})
│ └── none.rs # NoneTunnel (local-only, no exposure)
├── observability/ # Pluggable event/metric recording (noop, log, multi)
├── orchestrator/ # Internal HTTP API for sandbox containers
│ ├── api.rs # Axum endpoints (LLM proxy, events, prompts)
│ ├── auth.rs # Per-job bearer token store
│ └── job_manager.rs # Container lifecycle (create, stop, cleanup)
├── worker/ # Runs inside Docker containers
│ ├── container.rs # Container worker runtime (ContainerDelegate + shared agentic loop)
│ ├── job.rs # Background job worker (JobDelegate + shared agentic loop)
│ ├── claude_bridge.rs # Claude Code bridge (spawns claude CLI)
│ └── proxy_llm.rs # LlmProvider that proxies through orchestrator
├── safety/ # Re-export shim for crates/ironclaw_safety (see Extracted Crates)
├── llm/ # Multi-provider LLM integration — see src/llm/CLAUDE.md
├── tools/ # Extensible tool system
│ ├── tool.rs # Tool trait, ToolOutput, ToolError
│ ├── registry.rs # ToolRegistry for discovery
│ ├── rate_limiter.rs # Shared sliding-window rate limiter
│ ├── builtin/ # Built-in tools (echo, time, json, http, web_fetch, file, shell, memory, message, job, routine, extension_tools, skill_tools, secrets_tools)
│ ├── builder/ # Dynamic tool building
│ │ ├── core.rs # BuildRequirement, SoftwareType, Language
│ │ ├── templates.rs # Project scaffolding
│ │ ├── testing.rs # Test harness integration
│ │ └── validation.rs # WASM validation
│ ├── mcp/ # Model Context Protocol
│ │ ├── client.rs # MCP client over HTTP
│ │ ├── factory.rs # create_client_from_config() — transport dispatch factory
│ │ ├── protocol.rs # JSON-RPC types
│ │ └── session.rs # MCP session management (Mcp-Session-Id header, per-server state)
│ └── wasm/ # Full WASM sandbox (wasmtime)
│ ├── runtime.rs # Module compilation and caching
│ ├── wrapper.rs # Tool trait wrapper for WASM modules
│ ├── host.rs # Host functions (logging, time, workspace)
│ ├── limits.rs # Fuel metering and memory limiting
│ ├── allowlist.rs # Network endpoint allowlisting
│ ├── credential_injector.rs # Safe credential injection
│ ├── loader.rs # WASM tool discovery from filesystem
│ ├── rate_limiter.rs # Per-tool rate limiting
│ ├── error.rs # WASM-specific error types
│ └── storage.rs # Linear memory persistence
├── db/ # Dual-backend persistence (PostgreSQL + libSQL) — see src/db/CLAUDE.md
├── workspace/ # Persistent memory system — see src/workspace/README.md
├── context/ # Job context isolation (JobState, JobContext, ContextManager)
├── estimation/ # Cost/time/value estimation with EMA learning
├── evaluation/ # Success evaluation (rule-based, LLM-based)
├── sandbox/ # Docker execution sandbox
│ ├── config.rs # SandboxConfig, SandboxPolicy enum (ReadOnly/WorkspaceWrite/FullAccess)
│ ├── manager.rs # SandboxManager orchestration
│ ├── container.rs # ContainerRunner, Docker lifecycle
│ └── proxy/ # Network proxy: domain allowlist, credential injection, CONNECT tunnel
├── secrets/ # Secrets management (AES-256-GCM, OS keychain for master key)
├── setup/ # 7-step onboarding wizard — see src/setup/README.md
├── skills/ # SKILL.md prompt extension system — see .claude/rules/skills.md
└── history/ # Persistence (PostgreSQL repositories, analytics)
tests/
├── *.rs # Integration tests (workspace, heartbeat, WS gateway, pairing, etc.)
├── test-pages/ # HTML→Markdown conversion fixtures
└── e2e/ # Python/Playwright E2E scenarios (see tests/e2e/CLAUDE.md)
```
## Database
Dual-backend: PostgreSQL + libSQL/Turso. **All new persistence features must support both backends.** See `src/db/CLAUDE.md` and `.claude/rules/database.md`.
## Module Specs
When modifying a module with a spec, read the spec first. Code follows spec; spec is the tiebreaker.
**Module-owned initialization:** Module-specific initialization logic (database connection, transport creation, channel setup) must live in the owning module as a public factory function — not in `main.rs` or `app.rs`. These entry-point files orchestrate calls to module factories. Feature-flag branching (`#[cfg(feature = ...)]`) must be confined to the module that owns the abstraction.
| Module | Spec |
|--------|------|
| `src/agent/` | `src/agent/CLAUDE.md` |
| `src/channels/web/` | `src/channels/web/CLAUDE.md` |
| `src/db/` | `src/db/CLAUDE.md` |
| `src/llm/` | `src/llm/CLAUDE.md` |
| `src/setup/` | `src/setup/README.md` |
| `src/tools/` | `src/tools/README.md` |
| `src/workspace/` | `src/workspace/README.md` |
| `tests/e2e/` | `tests/e2e/CLAUDE.md` |
## Job State Machine
```
Pending -> InProgress -> Completed -> Submitted -> Accepted
\-> Failed
\-> Stuck -> InProgress (recovery)
\-> Failed
```
## Skills System
SKILL.md files extend the agent's prompt with domain-specific instructions. See `.claude/rules/skills.md` for full details.
- **Trust model**: Trusted (user-placed in `~/.ironclaw/skills/` or workspace `skills/`, full tool access) vs Installed (registry, read-only tools)
- **Selection pipeline**: gating (check bin/env/config requirements) -> scoring (keywords/patterns/tags) -> budget (fit within `SKILLS_MAX_TOKENS`) -> attenuation (trust-based tool ceiling)
- **Skill tools**: `skill_list`, `skill_search`, `skill_install`, `skill_remove`
## Configuration
See `.env.example` for all environment variables. LLM backends (`nearai`, `openai`, `anthropic`, `ollama`, `openai_compatible`, `tinfoil`, `bedrock`) documented in `src/llm/CLAUDE.md`.
## Adding a New Channel
1. Create `src/channels/my_channel.rs`
2. Implement the `Channel` trait
3. Add config in `src/config/channels.rs`
4. Wire up in `src/app.rs` channel setup section
## Workspace & Memory
Persistent memory with hybrid search (FTS + vector via RRF). Four tools: `memory_search`, `memory_write`, `memory_read`, `memory_tree`. Identity files (AGENTS.md, SOUL.md, USER.md, IDENTITY.md) injected into system prompt. Heartbeat system runs proactive periodic execution (default: 30 minutes), reading `HEARTBEAT.md` and notifying via channel if findings. See `src/workspace/README.md`.
## Debugging
```bash
RUST_LOG=ironclaw=trace cargo run # verbose
RUST_LOG=ironclaw::agent=debug cargo run # agent module only
RUST_LOG=ironclaw=debug,tower_http=debug cargo run # + HTTP request logging
```
## Current Limitations
1. Domain-specific tools (`marketplace.rs`, `restaurant.rs`, etc.) are stubs
2. Integration tests need testcontainers for PostgreSQL
3. MCP: no streaming support; stdio/HTTP/Unix transports all use request-response
4. WIT bindgen: auto-extract tool schema from WASM is stubbed
5. Built tools get empty capabilities; need UX for granting access
6. No tool versioning or rollback
7. Observability: only `log` and `noop` backends (no OpenTelemetry)