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🔗 Linked Issue

Closes #1270

🏷️ PR Type

  • type:bug — Bug fix

📝 Summary

📂 Changes

File Change
cmd/engram/hook_claude.go Reconfirm host ID/project registration with bounded HTTP request before a classified write.
cmd/engram/hook_claude_test.go Exercise ended-ID persistence refusal, malformed port, and response mismatches.
docs/AGENT-SETUP.md Explain hook guarantee and skipped/bypassed/timed-out limitations.

🧪 Test Plan

  • Focused regression on current-main combined tree e956f53c: go test ./cmd/engram -run '^TestClaude(EndedRegistrationCannotPersistBoundWrite|InvalidExplicitPortDeniesWithoutDefaultServer|RegistrationRequiresMatchingCreatedResponse)$' -count=1 — passed.
  • Affected package on same isolated combined tree: go test ./cmd/engram -count=1 — passed.
  • git merge-tree --write-tree main ddc68aeb — conflict-free; git diff --check main e956f53c — clean; four sibling hooks and direct/manual MCP behavior remain separately scoped. Tests used disposable HOME/ENGRAM_DATA_DIR/GOCACHE and GOTOOLCHAIN=local; bash/jq/curl available.
  • Fresh GitHub CI and substantive CodeRabbit review of exact PR HEAD after marking ready — pending.

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Earlier draft CI passed but CodeRabbit skipped the draft; neither is substituted for fresh ready-for-review results. Exact amended HEAD ddc68aeb already has approved/acknowledged native review review-77276431a227eefc; fresh gentle_review inspect confirmed target_already_acknowledged. Original review-80bb5d2ca6ce8e12 belongs only to the earlier commit.

✅ Contributor Checklist

  • Linked approved issue feat(sessions): add authoritative bindings for concurrent agents #1270.
  • Exactly one type:* label (type:bug) to be attached at creation.
  • Focused and affected-package evidence recorded.
  • Additional isolated combined-main checks recorded; fresh CI pending.
  • User-facing docs updated.
  • Conventional commit, no Co-Authored-By trailer.
  • All three paths satisfy transient-artifact policy.

💬 Notes for Reviewers

PR HEAD ddc68aeb was verified conflict-free against post-#1477 main 9454bf56. The guard confirms host-owned registration for each classified Claude Engram write/session hook before binding model input; the end-to-end fixture exercises the real SessionStart shell, synthetic server 409, hook transformer and isolated store/MCP. It does not exercise Claude's actual dispatcher or hooks that are skipped, bypassed, or time out. Direct/manual MCP remains independent. Earlier native review review-80bb5d2ca6ce8e12 covers the original work unit; exact HEAD ddc68aeb was independently approved/acknowledged as review-77276431a227eefc. The source of Pi 0.1.17 is on main but not published; this PR does not change npm publication or Go pin.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Claude Code now blocks Engram write and session tools when the host session cannot be confirmed, including when registration fails or returns an unexpected response.
    • Read-only and non-Engram tools continue to work without session registration.
  • Documentation
    • Clarified how the Claude Code hook handles registration failures and how its behavior differs from direct MCP calls.

@dnlrsls dnlrsls added the type:bug Bug fix label Sep 27, 2026
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Walkthrough

Claude’s PreToolUse hook now confirms host-session registration before transforming Engram write and session tool inputs. It denies calls when required input or registration checks fail. Tests cover these outcomes, and the setup documentation describes the hook’s limits.

Changes

Claude session guard

Layer / File(s) Summary
Guarded tool handling and registration checks
cmd/engram/hook_claude.go, cmd/engram/hook_claude_test.go, docs/AGENT-SETUP.md
The hook checks required fields and confirms project authority and session creation before transforming Engram write and session tool inputs. Tests cover registration failures, invalid ports, and ended sessions. The documentation distinguishes hook behavior from direct MCP calls.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ClaudeHost
  participant ClaudePreToolUseHook
  participant EngramHTTPServer
  ClaudeHost->>ClaudePreToolUseHook: Submit tool input
  ClaudePreToolUseHook->>EngramHTTPServer: Request project authority for cwd
  EngramHTTPServer-->>ClaudePreToolUseHook: Return project authority
  ClaudePreToolUseHook->>EngramHTTPServer: Create project-owned session
  EngramHTTPServer-->>ClaudePreToolUseHook: Return session creation response
  ClaudePreToolUseHook-->>ClaudeHost: Transform input or deny call
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Suggested reviewers: gentleman-programming

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to ddc68

Claude's hook now blocks Engram writes unless it confirms the host session. It does not attribute writes to ended or stale sessions. A few guard branches still lack tests: missing identity fields, and read-only tools that should skip the server. Adding those tests would keep a later change from quietly breaking reads when the server is down. The change is mergeable with that follow-up.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to ddc68

The new check narrows when Claude-driven writes can proceed and denies failed registration. Its protection still depends on the hook running, and confirmation is separate from the eventual write.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The new control is confined to classified Claude hook calls; it does not establish a server-wide restriction on manual or other-client MCP writes.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • observed — In the tested already-ended-session path, registration returns a conflict, the hook emits no updated input, and the guarded observation is not persisted. The same test demonstrates that a separate direct MCP write can persist.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The hook uses the host-provided session and working directory to request server-resolved project authority, then binds the host ID over the tool input’s session field only after registration succeeds.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — A failure before confirmation fails closed within the hook, while interruption after successful confirmation cannot by itself prevent a later write to a session that has since ended.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — If terminal session state must also govern writes delayed after confirmation, enforce that invariant at the write boundary in the same transaction as persistence, and test an end between confirmation and dispatch.
🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 11.11% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 9 functions across 2 files. (1 skipped: 1… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Check name Status Explanation
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The PR implements the relevant Claude integration slice of #1270. guardClaudePreToolUse requires session_id and cwd for classified Engram writes and session tools. It resolves project authority,…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changed Go code, regression tests, and documentation directly support #1270. The tests verify the Claude hook boundary and preserve the documented distinction for direct/manual MCP calls. The docu…
Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: confirming the Claude host session before allowing bound writes.
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Docstring coverage is 11.11% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 9 functions across 2 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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CI follow-up: the first Lint run found errcheck on the new deferred response close. Commit ddc68ae uses the existing checked-close pattern; local golangci-lint run --new-from-rev=origin/main ./cmd/engram/... reports 0 issues and focused/full cmd tests pass. The updated PR candidate was independently approved and acknowledged under review-77276431a227eefc. Awaiting the fresh CI run; no merge requested.

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Review comments at @cmd/engram/hook_claude_test.go:
- Around line 172-224: Add tests for the missing identity and tool-type branches
of guardClaudePreToolUse. Verify that write tools with missing or blank cwd or
session_id are denied without contacting the server, and that read-only Engram
tools and non-Engram tools return the transform output without contacting it;
use an httptest handler that fails on any request.

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  • cmd/engram/hook_claude.go
  • cmd/engram/hook_claude_test.go
  • docs/AGENT-SETUP.md

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Comment on lines +172 to +224
func TestClaudeInvalidExplicitPortDeniesWithoutDefaultServer(t *testing.T) {
for _, port := range []string{"invalid", "0", "65536"} {
t.Run(port, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Setenv("ENGRAM_URL", "")
t.Setenv("ENGRAM_SOCKET", "")
t.Setenv("ENGRAM_PORT", port)
response := guardClaudePreToolUse([]byte(`{"session_id":"host","cwd":"/work","tool_name":"mcp__engram__mem_save","tool_input":{}}`))
var result struct {
HookSpecificOutput struct {
PermissionDecision string `json:"permissionDecision"`
} `json:"hookSpecificOutput"`
}
if err := json.Unmarshal(response, &result); err != nil || result.HookSpecificOutput.PermissionDecision != "deny" {
t.Fatalf("explicit invalid port must deny: %s, %v", response, err)
}
})
}
}

func TestClaudeRegistrationRequiresMatchingCreatedResponse(t *testing.T) {
for _, tc := range []struct {
name string
status int
body string
}{
{"unavailable", http.StatusServiceUnavailable, `{}`},
{"mismatched id", http.StatusCreated, `{"id":"other","status":"created"}`},
{"malformed", http.StatusCreated, `{`},
} {
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
if r.URL.Path == "/project/current" {
_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"project":"project-a","project_source":"config"}`))
return
}
w.WriteHeader(tc.status)
_, _ = w.Write([]byte(tc.body))
}))
defer server.Close()
t.Setenv("ENGRAM_URL", server.URL)
input := []byte(`{"session_id":"host","cwd":"/work","tool_name":"mcp__engram__mem_save","tool_input":{}}`)
var result struct {
HookSpecificOutput struct {
PermissionDecision string `json:"permissionDecision"`
UpdatedInput map[string]any `json:"updatedInput"`
} `json:"hookSpecificOutput"`
}
if err := json.Unmarshal(guardClaudePreToolUse(input), &result); err != nil || result.HookSpecificOutput.PermissionDecision != "deny" || result.HookSpecificOutput.UpdatedInput != nil {
t.Fatalf("must deny unconfirmed registration: %+v, %v", result, err)
}
})
}
}

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add tests for the missing guard branches.

The new tests cover these cases:

  • invalid ports
  • a 503 response
  • a created response with the wrong ID
  • a created response with malformed JSON
  • a 409 response for an ended session

Two branches of guardClaudePreToolUse have no tests:

  • Missing or blank cwd or session_id for a write tool. Line 91 of cmd/engram/hook_claude.go must deny before confirmClaudeSession sends any request. No test checks this.
  • Read-only and non-Engram tools. The doc comment at Line 76 of cmd/engram/hook_claude.go says these calls "never contact the server." No test checks this. For example, mcp__engram__mem_search and Bash must return the transform output without sending any request. If a later change sends these calls through confirmClaudeSession, every read would fail closed while the server is down.

Both tests are deterministic. They need only an httptest server that fails the test on any request.

🧪 Proposed tests
func TestClaudeGuardDeniesMissingIdentityWithoutServerContact(t *testing.T) {
	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
		t.Errorf("unexpected request: %s %s", r.Method, r.URL)
	}))
	defer server.Close()
	t.Setenv("ENGRAM_URL", server.URL)
	for name, input := range map[string]string{
		"missing cwd":        `{"session_id":"host","tool_name":"mcp__engram__mem_save","tool_input":{}}`,
		"blank cwd":          `{"session_id":"host","cwd":"  ","tool_name":"mcp__engram__mem_save","tool_input":{}}`,
		"missing session_id": `{"cwd":"/work","tool_name":"mcp__engram__mem_save","tool_input":{}}`,
	} {
		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
			var result struct {
				HookSpecificOutput struct {
					PermissionDecision string `json:"permissionDecision"`
				} `json:"hookSpecificOutput"`
			}
			if err := json.Unmarshal(guardClaudePreToolUse([]byte(input)), &result); err != nil || result.HookSpecificOutput.PermissionDecision != "deny" {
				t.Fatalf("want deny: %+v, %v", result, err)
			}
		})
	}
}

func TestClaudeGuardReadOnlyToolsSkipServer(t *testing.T) {
	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
		t.Errorf("read-only tool contacted server: %s", r.URL)
	}))
	defer server.Close()
	t.Setenv("ENGRAM_URL", server.URL)
	for _, tool := range []string{"mcp__engram__mem_search", "Bash"} {
		input := []byte(`{"session_id":"host","cwd":"/work","tool_name":"` + tool + `","tool_input":{}}`)
		if got := string(guardClaudePreToolUse(input)); got != "{}" {
			t.Fatalf("%s: got %s, want {}", tool, got)
		}
	}
}

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Review comment at @cmd/engram/hook_claude_test.go around lines 172 - 224:
Add tests for the missing identity and tool-type branches of
guardClaudePreToolUse. Verify that write tools with missing or blank cwd or
session_id are denied without contacting the server, and that read-only Engram
tools and non-Engram tools return the transform output without contacting it;
use an httptest handler that fails on any request.

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