feat(WARDEN-WP-0014): T1 — structured handoff fields in routing catalog

Adds optional assist-layer fields (auth_method, path_template,
fetch_command, exec_capable, policy_ref) to RouteEntry, parsed and
secret-screened in catalog.py. Handoff fields are templates/pointers
only — _assert_no_secret_material rejects known token prefixes and
high-entropy runs, and exec_capable requires a fetch_command. The
openbao-api-key entry is populated as the reference example (covers the
coulomb_social npm shape).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

registry/routing/catalog.yaml

@@ -50,14 +50,22 @@ entries:
 
   - id: openbao-api-key
     title: API key, DB credential, or dynamic lease
-    need_keywords: [api, key, secret, database, db, password, token, lease, openbao, vault, kv, dynamic, credential]
+    need_keywords: [api, key, secret, database, db, password, token, lease, openbao, vault, kv, dynamic, credential, npm, npm_auth_token, registry]
     owner_repo: railiance-platform
     subsystem: OpenBao
     warden_executes: false
     wiki_ref: wiki/CredentialRouting.md#routing-table
     canon_ref: net-kingdom/docs/platform-identity-security-architecture.md
-    reviewed: "2026-06-18"
+    reviewed: "2026-06-27"
     status: active
+    # Structured handoff (WP-0014) — reference example. Templates only, no values.
+    # ops-warden does not own this secret; it advises and (exec_capable) proxies the
+    # fetch *as the caller* via `warden access`, never holding or persisting the value.
+    auth_method: "key-cape OIDC → bao login -method=oidc role=<domain>"
+    path_template: "platform/workloads/<domain>/<workload>/<bundle>"
+    fetch_command: "bao kv get -field=<FIELD> <path_template>"
+    policy_ref: "flex-auth check secret.read:<domain>"
+    exec_capable: true
 
   - id: flex-auth-policy-check
     title: Authorization decision — may this actor perform this action

src/warden/routing/catalog.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ never restates another subsystem's procedure.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
+import re
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from datetime import date
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -23,6 +24,24 @@ import yaml
 
 from warden.routing.models import RouteEntry
 
+# Structured handoff string fields (WP-0014) — templates and pointers only.
+# Every one is scanned for accidental secret material; see _assert_no_secret_material.
+_HANDOFF_STR_FIELDS = ("auth_method", "path_template", "fetch_command", "policy_ref")
+
+# Known secret-bearing token prefixes — a literal here means a value leaked into
+# the catalog (which is git-tracked and agent-visible). Templates use `<...>`.
+_SECRET_PREFIXES = (
+    "ghp_", "gho_", "ghs_", "github_pat_",  # GitHub
+    "sk-", "sk_live_", "sk_test_",           # OpenAI / Stripe
+    "xoxb-", "xoxp-",                          # Slack
+    "AKIA", "ASIA",                            # AWS access key ids
+    "hvs.", "hvb.", "s.",                      # Vault/OpenBao service tokens
+    "AIza",                                    # Google
+    "eyJ",                                     # JWT
+)
+# A long unbroken high-entropy run that is not a placeholder — likely a raw value.
+_HIGH_ENTROPY_RUN = re.compile(r"[A-Za-z0-9_\-]{32,}")
+
 _REQUIRED_FIELDS = (
     "id",
     "title",
@@ -125,6 +144,35 @@ class Catalog:
         ]
 
 
+def _assert_no_secret_material(entry_id: str, field_name: str, value: str) -> None:
+    """Reject a handoff field that appears to embed a literal secret value.
+
+    The structured handoff fields are command/path *templates*: concrete values
+    must be placeholders (`<...>`) or field names, never a real credential. The
+    catalog is git-tracked and agent-visible, so a leaked value here is the exact
+    custody failure WP-0014 forbids. We screen for known token prefixes and for a
+    long high-entropy run that is not a placeholder.
+    """
+    lowered = value.lower()
+    for prefix in _SECRET_PREFIXES:
+        if prefix.lower() in lowered:
+            raise CatalogError(
+                f"entry {entry_id!r} field {field_name!r} appears to contain a literal "
+                f"secret (matched {prefix!r}). Handoff fields are templates — use "
+                "placeholders like <FIELD>/<PATH>, never a real value."
+            )
+    for run in _HIGH_ENTROPY_RUN.findall(value):
+        # Allow long placeholder/path/identifier tokens; flag anything else.
+        if "<" in run or ">" in run:
+            continue
+        if run.replace("_", "").replace("-", "").isalpha():
+            continue  # all-letters run (e.g. a long word) — not a credential
+        raise CatalogError(
+            f"entry {entry_id!r} field {field_name!r} contains a high-entropy token "
+            f"({run[:8]}…) that is not a placeholder — suspected leaked secret value."
+        )
+
+
 def _parse_entry(raw: dict, index: int) -> RouteEntry:
     if not isinstance(raw, dict):
         raise CatalogError(f"entry #{index} is not a mapping")
@@ -159,8 +207,28 @@ def _parse_entry(raw: dict, index: int) -> RouteEntry:
     if not isinstance(raw["need_keywords"], list):
         raise CatalogError(f"entry {raw['id']!r} need_keywords must be a list")
 
+    # Structured handoff fields (WP-0014) — optional, screened for secret material.
+    entry_id = str(raw["id"])
+    handoff: dict[str, Optional[str]] = {}
+    for fname in _HANDOFF_STR_FIELDS:
+        val = raw.get(fname)
+        if val is None or val == "":
+            handoff[fname] = None
+            continue
+        sval = str(val)
+        _assert_no_secret_material(entry_id, fname, sval)
+        handoff[fname] = sval
+
+    exec_capable = bool(raw.get("exec_capable", False))
+    # A lane cannot be proxy-executable without a fetch_command to run.
+    if exec_capable and not handoff["fetch_command"]:
+        raise CatalogError(
+            f"entry {entry_id!r} sets exec_capable: true but has no fetch_command — "
+            "a proxyable lane must declare the command warden runs as the caller."
+        )
+
     return RouteEntry(
-        id=str(raw["id"]),
+        id=entry_id,
         title=str(raw["title"]),
         need_keywords=[str(k) for k in raw["need_keywords"]],
         owner_repo=str(raw["owner_repo"]),
@@ -172,6 +240,11 @@ def _parse_entry(raw: dict, index: int) -> RouteEntry:
         status=status,
         steps=[str(s) for s in steps],
         cert_command=str(cert_command) if cert_command else None,
+        auth_method=handoff["auth_method"],
+        path_template=handoff["path_template"],
+        fetch_command=handoff["fetch_command"],
+        exec_capable=exec_capable,
+        policy_ref=handoff["policy_ref"],
     )
 
 

src/warden/routing/models.py

@@ -26,11 +26,26 @@ class RouteEntry:
     # SSH lane only — None/empty for routed (non-executed) needs.
     steps: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
     cert_command: Optional[str] = None
+    # Structured handoff (WP-0014) — optional, allowed on any lane. These are
+    # *templates and pointers* the `warden access` assist layer renders (and, for
+    # exec_capable lanes, proxies). They are NOT authored procedure prose and they
+    # never carry a secret value — only placeholders (`<...>`) and field names.
+    # Validation in catalog.py enforces the no-secret-material rule on every one.
+    auth_method: Optional[str] = None       # how the caller authenticates to the owner
+    path_template: Optional[str] = None      # owner-side path with `<...>` placeholders
+    fetch_command: Optional[str] = None      # command skeleton run *as the caller*
+    exec_capable: bool = False               # may `warden access --fetch/--exec` proxy it
+    policy_ref: Optional[str] = None         # flex-auth check the fetch path runs first
 
     @property
     def is_active(self) -> bool:
         return self.status == "active"
 
+    @property
+    def has_handoff(self) -> bool:
+        """True when structured assist fields are present (advisory richness)."""
+        return any((self.auth_method, self.path_template, self.fetch_command))
+
     def match_score(self, tokens: List[str]) -> int:
         """Keyword-overlap score against need_keywords, title, and id.
 

tests/test_routing.py

@@ -110,6 +110,60 @@ def test_missing_catalog_file():
         load_catalog(Path("/nonexistent/catalog.yaml"))
 
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Structured handoff fields (WP-0014, T1)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def test_handoff_fields_parse_on_routed_entry(tmp_path):
+    entry = dict(ROUTED_ENTRY)
+    entry["auth_method"] = "key-cape OIDC → bao login -method=oidc role=<domain>"
+    entry["path_template"] = "platform/workloads/<domain>/<workload>/<bundle>"
+    entry["fetch_command"] = "bao kv get -field=<FIELD> <path_template>"
+    entry["policy_ref"] = "flex-auth check secret.read:<domain>"
+    entry["exec_capable"] = True
+    catalog = load_catalog(_write_catalog(tmp_path, [entry]))
+    e = catalog.get("openbao-api-key")
+    assert e.has_handoff is True
+    assert e.exec_capable is True
+    assert e.path_template.startswith("platform/workloads/")
+
+
+def test_real_catalog_openbao_entry_has_handoff():
+    e = load_catalog(_repo_catalog()).get("openbao-api-key")
+    assert e is not None and e.has_handoff and e.exec_capable
+    assert "<" in e.path_template and "<" in e.fetch_command  # templates, not values
+
+
+def test_exec_capable_without_fetch_command_rejected(tmp_path):
+    bad = dict(ROUTED_ENTRY)
+    bad["exec_capable"] = True  # no fetch_command
+    with pytest.raises(CatalogError, match="fetch_command"):
+        load_catalog(_write_catalog(tmp_path, [bad]))
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "leaked",
+    [
+        "bao write x token=ghp_abcdef0123456789abcdef0123",  # github token prefix
+        "x=AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE",                             # aws key id
+        "header=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9",       # jwt prefix
+        "val=ZmFrZXNlY3JldDEyMzQ1Njc4OWFiY2RlZmdoaWprbA",    # high-entropy run
+    ],
+)
+def test_handoff_secret_material_rejected(tmp_path, leaked):
+    bad = dict(ROUTED_ENTRY)
+    bad["fetch_command"] = leaked
+    with pytest.raises(CatalogError, match="secret|high-entropy"):
+        load_catalog(_write_catalog(tmp_path, [bad]))
+
+
+def test_handoff_template_with_placeholders_accepted(tmp_path):
+    ok = dict(ROUTED_ENTRY)
+    ok["fetch_command"] = "bao kv get -field=<FIELD> platform/workloads/<domain>/<bundle>"
+    catalog = load_catalog(_write_catalog(tmp_path, [ok]))
+    assert catalog.get("openbao-api-key").fetch_command.startswith("bao kv get")
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # find ranking
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

workplans/WARDEN-WP-0014-operator-access-assist.md

@@ -87,19 +87,23 @@ an interactive tool and lower risk to defer.
 
 ```task
 id: WARDEN-WP-0014-T01
-status: progress
+status: done
 priority: high
 state_hub_task_id: "abb0e722-6524-4224-8638-6ee1573ed3e0"
 ```
 
-- [ ] Extend `registry/routing/catalog.yaml` entry schema with optional structured
+- [x] Extend `registry/routing/catalog.yaml` entry schema with optional structured
       handoff fields for non-SSH lanes: `auth_method`, `path_template`,
-      `fetch_command`, `exec_capable` (bool), `policy_ref`.
+      `fetch_command`, `exec_capable` (bool), `policy_ref`. (`RouteEntry` +
-- [ ] Fields are **generated/structured pointers**, not prose restatements — each links
+      `_parse_entry`; `has_handoff` helper.)
-      to the owner's canon (`canon_ref`) for the authoritative procedure (no drift).
+- [x] Fields are **structured pointers/templates**, not prose restatements — each
-- [ ] Populate for `openbao-api-key` (and the coulomb_social npm shape from this thread)
+      sits alongside the owner's `canon_ref` for the authoritative procedure (no drift).
-      as the reference example; leave `draft` entries `draft`.
+- [x] Populate for `openbao-api-key` (covers the coulomb_social npm shape: keyword
-- [ ] Validation: schema check rejects a `fetch_command` that embeds a literal value.
+      `npm_auth_token` added) as the reference example; `draft` entries untouched.
+- [x] Validation: `_assert_no_secret_material` rejects known token prefixes and
+      high-entropy runs in any handoff field; `exec_capable` requires `fetch_command`.
+      Tests in `tests/test_routing.py` (handoff parse, real-catalog, secret-leak
+      matrix, placeholder-accepted).
 
 ### T2 — `warden access` advisory surface