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tegwick dcfcc4b20a docs(WP-0010): rewire INTENT to "issue SSH, route the rest"; add access-routing plan
Drop the "operational access desk" framing (and the rejected "coach"
metaphor) for plain language: ops-warden issues short-lived SSH certs and
routes every other credential need to its owner. SSH is the only lane it
executes.

Adds WARDEN-WP-0010/0011/0012 with a pointer-layer routing catalog that
points at owner docs rather than restating them, enforced structurally
(non-SSH entries carrying a steps block fail CI). Drops the scope-creep-prone
`check` command; hides unshipped-path scenarios as draft.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-18 20:07:01 +02:00

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WARDEN-WP-0011 workplan Routing Lookup CLI custodian ops-warden ready codex custodian high 11 2026-06-18 2026-06-18

WARDEN-WP-0011 — Routing Lookup CLI

Scope: A warden route command group that reads the pointer catalog and tells a worker which subsystem owns a need, what the prerequisites are, and which wiki/canon doc to follow on that system. ops-warden does not call OpenBao, flex-auth, or key-cape on the worker's behalf.

Out of scope: HTTP API; live probes against any subsystem; secret generation or retrieval; a separate health/precondition command (see "Dropped" below); replacing subsystem CLIs.

Depends on: WARDEN-WP-0010 T3 (catalog schema + seed).

Unlocks: Agents run warden route show <id> --json instead of re-deriving routing from wiki prose each session.


Target CLI

warden route list [--json] [--tag <tag>]
warden route show <id> [--json]
warden route find <query> [--json]     # keyword match against need_keywords

list/find show only status: active entries by default (--all includes draft).

Behaviour

Command Does Does not
list / show Return owner, wiki/canon pointers, warden_executes, anti-patterns Return secret material
find Rank scenarios by keyword overlap Invoke any external API

When warden_executes: true (SSH), show appends the catalog's authored steps and the warden sign / cert_command pattern, plus a local precondition hint ("actor in inventory? backend configured? run warden status"). For all other scenarios show ends with "next action on <owner_repo> — see <wiki_ref>" and never implies warden performed anything.

Dropped: separate check command

The earlier draft had warden coach check. Cut. For SSH, warden status already covers local preconditions; duplicating it invites scope creep toward probing foreign subsystems. SSH precondition hints live inside show instead.


Tasks

T1 — Catalog loader and models

id: WARDEN-WP-0011-T01
status: todo
priority: high
  • Add src/warden/routing/ package: models.py, catalog.py.
  • Load and validate registry/routing/catalog.yaml.
  • Enforce the no-double-source rule: non-SSH entries with a steps block are a validation error. Clear errors for missing file, schema violations, dup id.

T2 — warden route list and show

id: WARDEN-WP-0011-T02
status: todo
priority: high
  • Register route Typer sub-app on the main CLI.
  • list — Rich table + --json array of summaries; active-only unless --all.
  • show — owner, prerequisites, pointers (wiki_ref, canon_ref), warden_executes, anti-patterns; SSH entries also append steps + cert pattern.
  • Exit 1 with a find hint when show id is unknown.

T3 — warden route find

id: WARDEN-WP-0011-T03
status: todo
priority: high
  • Tokenize query; match against need_keywords, title, id.
  • Rank, show top matches (default 5); --json for agents.
  • Fixtures: "issue core api key", "ssh tunnel", "openrouter key".

T4 — Tests

id: WARDEN-WP-0011-T04
status: todo
priority: high
  • tests/test_routing.py — catalog load, no-double-source validation rejects a non-SSH steps block, find ranking, show JSON shape, SSH show includes cert pattern.
  • No integration test requires a live subsystem.

T5 — Doc consistency + drift guard

id: WARDEN-WP-0011-T05
status: todo
priority: high
  • CI/test: every wiki_ref anchor resolves to an existing in-repo wiki section; every entry has a reviewed date.
  • wiki/AccessRouting.md — CLI section with agent-oriented examples.
  • README — warden route --help quick reference.
  • Bump SCOPE availability note A3 → A4 on ship.

Acceptance

  • uv run warden route find "issue core api key" returns the draft scenario only with --all, and never a generated key.
  • uv run warden route show ssh-cert-host-access --json includes warden_executes: true and the cert_command pattern.
  • A non-SSH catalog entry carrying a steps block fails test_routing.py.
  • uv run pytest tests/test_routing.py passes with no live-subsystem dependency.

See also

  • WARDEN-WP-0010 — charter and catalog schema
  • WARDEN-WP-0012 — expanded per-scenario playbooks
  • history/2026-06-17-intent-scope-assessment.md — prior warden guide proposal (P4)