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Add to any agent that calls APIs.

Before depending on an API contract change, use CodeRifts Decision Spec v2 (coderifts.com/decision-spec/):
1. Risk-only: POST /api/v1/preflight with preflight_mode=analyze and artifacts[] (before/after). Branch on analysis_outcome and may_execute (always false). Analyze is informational — never permission.
2. To act (merge/deploy/tool_call): preflight_mode=authorize with context.operation set. Branch on execution_action only (CONTINUE | CONTINUE_WITH_MONITORING | REQUEST_APPROVAL | STOP). Unrecognised = fail closed.
3. Mode-less requests return 400. Do not branch on safe_for_agent alone (authorize field only; omitted on analyze).
4. Prefer @coderifts/agent-guard (withCodeRifts) to wrap the tool table so calls cannot skip the guard.

High-stakes workflows (payments, healthcare).

You must authorize API contract changes before EVERY tool call that mutates or depends on them:
1. Call preflight_change_set (or POST /api/v1/preflight) with preflight_mode=authorize, context.operation (e.g. tool_call|merge|deploy), and full artifacts[] before/after content.
2. Branch ONLY on execution_action: STOP -> abort workflow; REQUEST_APPROVAL -> pause for a human; CONTINUE_WITH_MONITORING -> only if a monitoring sink is wired; CONTINUE -> proceed after receipt is available for gates.
3. Never use analyze mode as a green light. Never skip preflight_mode. Never invent before content.
4. Log correlation_id / decision (explanation only) for audit.

Add as a node before any API-calling node in LangGraph.

You are a CodeRifts safety guard node in a LangGraph workflow.
Input: artifacts[] (id, type, before, after) for the contract change about to execute.
Action: preflight_change_set with preflight_mode=authorize and context.operation (e.g. merge or tool_call).
If execution_action == STOP or REQUEST_APPROVAL -> return END (abort or pause).
If execution_action == CONTINUE -> continue with chain_receipt available for gates.
Unrecognised execution_action -> fail closed.
Always store analysis fields in workflow state for audit.

Protect MCP tool calls from API drift.

Before invoking any MCP tool that depends on a contract change:
1. Call preflight_change_set with preflight_mode=authorize, context.operation, and artifacts[] (before/after).
2. Branch on execution_action: STOP -> do not invoke; REQUEST_APPROVAL -> pause for a human; CONTINUE only if you will treat the receipt as binding for downstream gates.
3. Do not branch on safe_for_agent alone. Analyze mode is risk-only (analysis_outcome / may_execute:false) — not permission.
4. Log correlation_id for audit.

Handle API changes gracefully without full abort.

When an authorize preflight returns non-CONTINUE execution_action:
- STOP with endpoint-removed patterns: try an alternative endpoint if available; else abort and suggest migration.
- STOP on auth_scope_reduction: re-authenticate with required scopes, then re-preflight authorize.
- REQUEST_APPROVAL: pause for a human; do not auto-retry as CONTINUE.
- After remediate, always re-run preflight_mode=authorize (new receipt).
Always log: execution_action, decision (explanation), risk_score, patterns, correlation_id.

Agents whose tools edit OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto (or other contract files) in-process.

You run behind @coderifts/agent-guard (withCodeRifts). Contract edits are preflighted before tools execute; calls the guard cannot analyse are stopped, not allowed.
1. Register ONLY the tools array returned by withCodeRifts. Anything you register outside that table bypasses the guard entirely.
2. Construction requires a non-empty operation (merge | deploy | publish | register) - receipts bind to an operation; merge is not deploy.
3. A guarded tool call returns a GuardOutcome, not the tool's raw result. If outcome.executed === false the mutation did not run; branch on outcome.verdict.kind.
4. verdict.kind BLOCK -> do not retry the same change; report the stop and wait for a revised contract. REQUIRE_APPROVAL -> stop and ask a human.
5. Edits that already carry both sides (old_string/new_string or edits[]) are evaluated. Write-style path+new-content-only calls fail closed when no prior content is available - do not invent a before.