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modwall

A firewall for other mods: shows what each mod can reach as it loads, and audits, holds or refuses it by your policy

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README

modwall

A firewall for Claude Code mods: see what each mod's code can reach as it loads, and audit, hold or refuse it by your own policy.

Overview

A mod is a plugin that runs code inside Claude Code with your permissions. It can read every prompt, approve or rewrite tool calls, change the system prompt, start processes and reach the network. Nothing on screen tells you which of those a mod you just installed does.

modwall hooks the plugin.register event, which fires each time another mod's hooks module is about to load. That event carries what Claude Code's own scanner read from the mod's source: the event names it hooks, the $ calls it makes, the environment variables it names and the $.state values it refers to. The scan is exact for those four lists: the type declarations for PluginRegisterUses say "a module that spells on, $, $.env or a $.state reference other than literally does not load". Building a call name at run time is not a way around it; such a module never loads.

modwall turns those lists into reach labels and a risk level. The classifier is an allowlist: only a small known-safe set is low risk, and anything else, including anything modwall does not recognise, is high.

Low (known safe, nothing else used):

  • events session.start, session.end, turn.start
  • calls ui.toast, ui.status, ui.log, ui.notice, ui.resolve, ui.invalidate, ui.blit, ui.open, ui.close, ui.panes, ui.scroll, ui.focus, every clock.*, store.get/set/delete/keys (a mod's store is its own), state.get/set on the mod's own values, command.register, and the read-only session facts session.cwd, root, model, turns, id, surface, surfaces and version
  • in /modwall scan only: a command.run hook the validator reports as answering the mod's own command, and a ui.render hook matched to the AbovePrompt band or a Pane

Medium: reads environment variables, and none of their names looks like a secret.

High: everything else. The labels say why:

LabelExamples
promptshooks prompt.submit, prompt.fill, prompt.edit, prompt.attachment, session.append, session.send, session.receive, session.compact, turn.step, turn.complete, model.complete; calls session.messages, session.append, model.*, prompt.*
tool-gatehooks tool.call, tool.check, tool.describe, classic.PreToolUse, classic.PermissionRequest (can approve, refuse or rewrite tool calls)
tool-callscalls tool.*, mcp.*
system-prompthooks prompt.section, prompt.compose, prompt.context, skill.prompt
networkcalls http.*
processescalls process.*
secret-namesreads an environment variable whose name looks like a key, token, password or credential (modwall sees the name, not the value)
env-writecalls env.set
file-read, file-writecalls fs.read, fs.list, fs.stat, fs.exists, fs.ancestors; fs.write
other-modshooks plugin.register, engine.create, state.get, state.set; refers to another mod's $.state values
intercepts-apihooks a $ call by name (store.get, store.set, http.fetch, process.run, fs.write, ui.toast ...), which lets it see, rewrite or refuse that call for every other mod
agents, config, commands, screenagent.spawn, config.set, a command.run hook, ui.render / ui.input / ui.press, ui.copy, ui.selection, ui.ask
telemetryhooks telemetry.*
wildcardhooks *, prefix.* or a !negation, listed with the groups it covers
unknownany event or call not in the lists above

At load, plugin.register gives the event names without their matchers (command.run, not command.run{command=foo}), so modwall cannot tell a mod's own command or status band from a hook on every command or every transcript row. Both count as high at load. /modwall scan reads the validator's report, which does show matchers, and can rate those mods lower.

Three policy modes:

  • audit (default): every mod loads, except those on your blocklist. modwall records each one, logs it and toasts each high-risk mod the first time it sees it at that declared version.
  • ask: high-risk mods that are not on your allowlist are refused at load and shown as held. Approve one with /modwall allow <name> and run /reload-plugins. Claude Code offers no dialog while mods load, so "ask" means hold first, approve after.
  • allowlist: every user mod not on the allowlist is refused.

Allowlist entries are a provenance plus a version. Both are the mod's own word: name and version come from its own plugin.json, and provenance is that name plus where it was loaded from (name@marketplace when installed, name@inline for any --plugin-dir folder). So the version pin only means "the version string the mod declares". A mod can ship new code under the same version string, and any folder whose plugin.json says "name": "foo" loaded with --plugin-dir is foo@inline, matching an allowlist entry made for a different foo folder.

A blocklist applies in every mode. The allowlist, blocklist and a decision log (last 500 entries) are kept in modwall's $.store, so they survive across sessions.

Set up

modwall can only judge mods that load after it. What we observed on Claude Code 2.1.293 (observed behaviour, not documented):

  • --plugin-dir mods loaded in the order of the flags.
  • Installed mods loaded in the order they were installed (in an isolated config: a mod installed before modwall was not judged, one installed after it was).
  • In one run, a --plugin-dir modwall judged an installed mod, so --plugin-dir mods loaded ahead of installed ones there.

Two ways to put modwall ahead of other mods:

  1. prependPlugins in user settings. In ~/.claude/settings.json:
   { "prependPlugins": ["modwall@modwall"] }

In our isolated test (no managed settings, not signed in, modwall installed from a local directory marketplace) this loaded modwall in the prepend tier, and it judged every user mod whatever the install order. The docs say Claude Code reads prependPlugins from user settings only on a machine with no managed settings and when you are not signed in with a Team or Enterprise plan. We have not confirmed it for a signed-in account, or for a copy installed from GitHub.

On a managed machine, prependPlugins in managed settings skips any plugin Claude Code copies from a GitHub, git, URL or npm source; those count as a user's mod. An administrator who wants modwall there has to vendor it into a directory marketplace on disk, listed with a relative source, as the admin docs describe.

  1. Install modwall before other mods, or reinstall the other mods after it. This rests on the observed order above and is easy to undo by accident.

Pick the mode in /plugin configure modwall@modwall, in the config menu, or in settings:

{ "pluginConfigs": { "modwall@modwall": { "options": { "mode": "allowlist" } } } }

For a --plugin-dir copy the key is modwall@inline.

Download / Install

From the marketplace, at the prompt of a terminal session:

/plugin marketplace add RadTech-Solutions/modwall
/plugin install modwall@modwall

or in one line:

/plugin install modwall --marketplace RadTech-Solutions/modwall

Answer y to add the marketplace, then pick the user scope.

From a clone, for one session:

git clone https://github.com/RadTech-Solutions/modwall
claude --plugin-dir ./modwall --plugin-dir ./some-other-mod

List modwall's --plugin-dir before the mods it should judge.

Usage

/modwall                            mods seen this session: reach, risk, decision
/modwall allow <name> [version|*]   allow a mod (a name seen this session, or name@marketplace)
/modwall block <name>               refuse a mod at every load
/modwall unblock <name>
/modwall lists                      show the allowlist and blocklist
/modwall log                        the persistent decision log
/modwall scan                       validate every installed plugin and report its footprint

/modwall allow <name> for a mod seen this session pins its current declared version. /modwall allow name@marketplace with no version allows any version, and the reply says so. If two mods seen this session share a name, modwall asks for the name@marketplace form.

Example /modwall output:

modwall (audit mode), 2 mod(s) seen this session:
MOD                    VERSION      RISK   DECISION         REACH
spy                    6.6.6        high   flagged          prompts, tool-gate, network, processes, secret-names
dummy                  1.2.3        high   flagged          tool-gate, file-read, file-write

/modwall scan does not depend on load order. It runs claude plugin list --json, then claude plugin validate --json <folder> for each installed plugin whose folder is an absolute path, and prints each one's reach and risk, its MCP servers, and whether it carries command hooks. Use it to review what is installed, including mods that loaded before modwall.

Allowing or blocking takes effect at the next load. Run /reload-plugins to apply it now.

What it can and cannot protect against

It can:

  • Show you, at load, which mods hook prompts, gate tool calls, call the network, run processes, or name environment variables that look like secrets.
  • Refuse a mod before any of its code runs: no hook, no command, no tool of it joins the session.
  • Fail closed. In ask and allowlist mode, if modwall's check throws or times out, the user mod it was checking is refused. In audit mode the blocklist is still checked when the main check fails, as far as the store can be read. A stored list that is present but damaged (not a list of the right shape) makes ask and allowlist refuse every user mod, and is reported in /modwall and /modwall lists.

It cannot:

  • See mods that load before it. /modwall scan still reports them.
  • Judge organization or built-in mods. Mods in the prepend and append tiers and those built into Claude Code are recorded as not-judged and always pass.
  • Judge behaviour. It reads which events and calls the scanner found in the source, not what the code does with them. A mod that runs a helper program with $.process.run has handed everything to that program. Treat processes and network as "can do anything".
  • Protect itself from a mod it admits. A mod that hooks store.get, store.set or process.run by name sits in the same chain as modwall's own calls and can feed it a different allowlist, hide its log writes, or rewrite what /modwall scan reads. modwall flags such mods as intercepts-api, but once one is loaded, modwall's later decisions and reports cannot be trusted. Use allowlist mode, or ask mode, to keep them out.
  • Trust names or versions. See the allowlist note above. A blocklist entry keyed on a name is walked past by a rename.
  • See classic plugins. Command hooks in hooks/hooks.json, MCP servers, skills and agents are not hooks modules and never fire plugin.register. scan lists them; it cannot refuse them.
  • Survive --safe-mode or a crashed hooks worker. In both cases installed mods do not run, modwall included (and so do the mods it would judge).
  • Stop someone who controls your account. Anyone who can edit your settings or modwall's store file can remove modwall or allowlist anything.

Security model

modwall keeps its own reach small. claude plugin validate . reports exactly this:

  • Hooks: plugin.register, session.start, and command.run matched to its own /modwall command.
  • Calls: $.command.register (to add /modwall), $.store for its lists and log, $.state for the session's table, $.clock.now for timestamps, $.ui.toast for alerts, and $.process.run only inside /modwall scan.
  • No prompt or transcript access, no tool-call hooks, no system prompt hooks, no $.http (no network), no $.env reads, no hooks on other $ calls.
  • /modwall scan runs fixed argv only: claude plugin list --json and claude plugin validate --json <folder>, and skips any folder that is not an absolute path.

By its own rules modwall rates itself high risk (other-mods, processes), because a mod that can refuse other mods is a powerful thing to install. Read hooks/register.tsx and hooks/classify.ts before you trust it.

Tests

claude plugin validate .
claude plugin test .

claude plugin test runs the tests in hooks/*.test.tsx: the allowlist classifier (safe set, every high group, hooks on $ call names, wildcards, other mods' state), the policy decision in each mode, damaged stored lists, name resolution, parsing real claude plugin validate --json output, refusal in allowlist and ask mode, the blocklist, the /modwall table, log and list commands, scan against stubbed claude output, judging from the prepend tier, and fail closed when the check throws.

Type check with a tsconfig.json kept outside the repo, using the declaration file Claude Code writes beside a loaded mod (.claude-plugin/types/claude-code/index.d.ts) or the one in the plugin-authoring skill:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "es2023", "lib": ["es2023"], "module": "esnext", "moduleResolution": "bundler",
    "strict": true, "noUncheckedIndexedAccess": true, "noEmit": true, "skipLibCheck": true,
    "jsx": "react", "jsxFactory": "h", "jsxFragmentFactory": "Fragment", "types": []
  },
  "files": ["/path/to/claude-code.d.ts"],
  "include": ["/path/to/modwall/hooks/**/*", "/path/to/modwall/types/**/*"]
}
npx -y -p typescript@5.6.3 tsc -p /path/to/tsconfig.json

Requires Claude Code 2.1.287 or newer. Tested on 2.1.293.

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License

MIT, see LICENSE.

Source 3 files
hooks/register.tsx 318 lines
1import { update } from 'claude-code'
2import type { EngineInterface, PluginRegisterInput, Register } from 'claude-code'
3
4import type { ModwallAllow, ModwallLogEntry, ModwallMode, ModwallSeen } from '../types'
5import { decide, isBlocked, pad, reachOf, resolveTarget, riskOf, usesFromReport, versionOf } from './classify'
6import type { ValidateReport } from './classify'
7
8// modwall keeps its own reach small on purpose: it reads no prompt, gates no
9// tool call and makes no network request. It judges other mods as they load,
10// keeps its lists in $.store, registers /modwall, and runs a host command
11// only for /modwall scan.
12
13const seenRef = { plugin: 'modwall', key: 'seen' } as const
14const startedRef = { plugin: 'modwall', key: 'isStarted' } as const
15
16const LOG_CAP = 500
17const MODES: readonly ModwallMode[] = ['audit', 'ask', 'allowlist']
18
19function modeOf(options: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>>): ModwallMode {
20  const m = options.mode
21  return MODES.includes(m as ModwallMode) ? (m as ModwallMode) : 'audit'
22}
23
24type Read<T> = { items: T[]; isBroken: boolean }
25
26const isAllowEntry = (v: unknown): v is ModwallAllow =>
27  typeof v === 'object' && v !== null && typeof (v as ModwallAllow).provenance === 'string' && typeof (v as ModwallAllow).version === 'string'
28const isString = (v: unknown): v is string => typeof v === 'string'
29
30/** A stored list: unset reads as empty; anything present that is not a list of the right shape is broken. */
31async function readList<T>($: EngineInterface, key: string, isItem: (v: unknown) => v is T): Promise<Read<T>> {
32  const v = await $.store.get(key)
33  if (v === undefined) return { items: [], isBroken: false }
34  if (!Array.isArray(v) || !v.every(isItem)) return { items: Array.isArray(v) ? v.filter(isItem) : [], isBroken: true }
35  return { items: v, isBroken: false }
36}
37
38async function readSeen($: EngineInterface): Promise<ModwallSeen[]> {
39  const { value } = await $.state.get(seenRef)
40  return value ?? []
41}
42
43async function judge($: EngineInterface, e: PluginRegisterInput, mode: ModwallMode) {
44  const reach = reachOf(e.uses, e.name)
45  const risk = riskOf(reach)
46  const allow = await readList($, 'allow', isAllowEntry)
47  const block = await readList($, 'block', isString)
48  const known = await readList($, 'known', isString)
49  const id = `${e.provenance}#${versionOf(e)}`
50  const verdict = decide(mode, e, risk, allow.items, block.items, known.items.includes(id), allow.isBroken || block.isBroken)
51
52  // The verdict stands from here on; recording it must not change it.
53  try {
54    await record($, e, reach, risk, verdict, id, known)
55  } catch {
56    // A failed record leaves the verdict as decided.
57  }
58  return verdict
59}
60
61async function record(
62  $: EngineInterface,
63  e: PluginRegisterInput,
64  reach: ModwallSeen['reach'],
65  risk: ModwallSeen['risk'],
66  verdict: ReturnType<typeof decide>,
67  id: string,
68  known: Read<string>,
69) {
70  const at = await $.clock.now()
71  const { value: isStarted = false } = await $.state.get(startedRef)
72  const row: ModwallSeen = {
73    name: e.name,
74    provenance: e.provenance,
75    version: versionOf(e),
76    tier: e.tier,
77    root: e.root,
78    reach,
79    risk,
80    status: verdict.status,
81    reason: verdict.reason,
82    isNotified: !verdict.shouldNotify,
83    at,
84  }
85  if (verdict.shouldNotify && isStarted) {
86    $.ui.toast(toastText(row), { timeoutMs: 10000 })
87    row.isNotified = true
88  }
89  await update($, seenRef, prev => [...(prev ?? []).filter(s => s.provenance !== e.provenance), row])
90
91  if (e.tier !== 'user') return
92  if (!known.isBroken && !known.items.includes(id)) await $.store.set('known', [...known.items, id].slice(-2000))
93  const log = await $.store.get('log')
94  if (log !== undefined && !Array.isArray(log)) return // damaged: leave it for the person to see
95  const entry: ModwallLogEntry = { at, name: e.name, provenance: e.provenance, version: row.version, risk, status: verdict.status, reason: verdict.reason }
96  await $.store.set('log', [...(log ?? []), entry].slice(-LOG_CAP))
97}
98
99function toastText(s: ModwallSeen): string {
100  const what = s.reach.length ? s.reach.join(', ') : 'nothing notable'
101  if (s.status === 'flagged') return `modwall: new high-risk mod ${s.name} (${what}). /modwall to review`
102  if (s.status === 'check-failed') return `modwall: its stored lists are damaged (${s.name}: ${s.reason}). /modwall lists`
103  return `modwall: ${s.status} ${s.name} (${s.risk}: ${what})`
104}
105
106async function flushToasts($: EngineInterface) {
107  const seen = await readSeen($)
108  const pending = seen.filter(s => !s.isNotified)
109  for (const s of pending) $.ui.toast(toastText(s), { timeoutMs: 10000 })
110  if (pending.length) await update($, seenRef, prev => (prev ?? []).map(s => ({ ...s, isNotified: true })))
111}
112
113async function brokenKeys($: EngineInterface): Promise<string[]> {
114  const out: string[] = []
115  if ((await readList($, 'allow', isAllowEntry)).isBroken) out.push('allow')
116  if ((await readList($, 'block', isString)).isBroken) out.push('block')
117  if ((await readList($, 'known', isString)).isBroken) out.push('known')
118  const log = await $.store.get('log')
119  if (log !== undefined && !Array.isArray(log)) out.push('log')
120  return out
121}
122
123function brokenLine(keys: readonly string[]): string[] {
124  if (keys.length === 0) return []
125  return [
126    `WARNING: stored ${keys.join(', ')} ${keys.length > 1 ? 'are' : 'is'} damaged (present but not a list of the right shape).`,
127    'ask and allowlist mode refuse every user mod until this is fixed; audit mode cannot apply a damaged blocklist.',
128  ]
129}
130
131function table(seen: readonly ModwallSeen[], mode: ModwallMode, broken: readonly string[]): string {
132  if (seen.length === 0) {
133    return [
134      ...brokenLine(broken),
135      `modwall (${mode} mode): no other mod loaded after modwall this session.`,
136      'modwall only sees mods that load after it. See the README on load order, or run /modwall scan.',
137    ].join('\n')
138  }
139  const head = `${pad('MOD', 22)} ${pad('VERSION', 12)} ${pad('RISK', 6)} ${pad('DECISION', 16)} REACH`
140  const rows = seen.map(
141    s => `${pad(s.name, 22)} ${pad(s.version, 12)} ${pad(s.risk, 6)} ${pad(s.status, 16)} ${s.reach.join(', ') || '-'}`,
142  )
143  return [...brokenLine(broken), `modwall (${mode} mode), ${seen.length} mod(s) seen this session:`, head, ...rows].join('\n')
144}
145
146function logText(log: unknown): string {
147  if (log !== undefined && !Array.isArray(log)) return 'modwall: the stored log is damaged (not a list); nothing is appended to it until it is fixed.'
148  if (!Array.isArray(log) || log.length === 0) return 'modwall log is empty.'
149  const str = (v: unknown, fallback = '?') => (typeof v === 'string' ? v : fallback)
150  const rows = log.slice(-30).map(raw => {
151    if (typeof raw !== 'object' || raw === null) return '(unreadable entry)'
152    const l = raw as Record<string, unknown>
153    const at = typeof l.at === 'number' && Number.isFinite(l.at) ? new Date(l.at).toISOString() : '?'
154    return `${at}  ${pad(str(l.name), 22)} ${pad(str(l.version), 12)} ${pad(str(l.risk), 6)} ${pad(str(l.status), 16)} ${str(l.reason, '')}`
155  })
156  return [`modwall log, last ${rows.length} of ${log.length}:`, ...rows].join('\n')
157}
158
159async function allowCmd($: EngineInterface, arg: string): Promise<string> {
160  const target = resolveTarget(await readSeen($), arg)
161  if (typeof target === 'string') return target
162  const allowRead = await readList($, 'allow', isAllowEntry)
163  const blockRead = await readList($, 'block', isString)
164  if (allowRead.isBroken || blockRead.isBroken) return 'modwall: the stored lists are damaged; not changing them. See /modwall lists.'
165  const at = await $.clock.now()
166  const allow = allowRead.items.filter(a => !(a.provenance === target.provenance && a.version === target.version))
167  await $.store.set('allow', [...allow, { provenance: target.provenance, version: target.version, at }])
168  const name = target.provenance.split('@')[0] ?? target.provenance
169  await $.store.set('block', blockRead.items.filter(b => b !== target.provenance && b !== name))
170  const which = target.isAnyVersion ? 'at ANY version (*), including future updates' : `at version ${target.version} only`
171  return `modwall: allowed ${target.provenance} ${which}. Run /reload-plugins to load it if it was held.`
172}
173
174async function blockCmd($: EngineInterface, arg: string): Promise<string> {
175  const target = resolveTarget(await readSeen($), arg)
176  const key = typeof target === 'string' ? (arg.split(/\s+/)[0] ?? '') : target.provenance
177  if (!key) return 'modwall: say which mod, as /modwall block <name>.'
178  const blockRead = await readList($, 'block', isString)
179  const allowRead = await readList($, 'allow', isAllowEntry)
180  if (allowRead.isBroken || blockRead.isBroken) return 'modwall: the stored lists are damaged; not changing them. See /modwall lists.'
181  if (!blockRead.items.includes(key)) await $.store.set('block', [...blockRead.items, key])
182  await $.store.set('allow', allowRead.items.filter(a => a.provenance !== key))
183  return `modwall: blocked ${key}. It is refused from the next load on; run /reload-plugins to drop it now.`
184}
185
186async function unblockCmd($: EngineInterface, arg: string): Promise<string> {
187  const key = arg.split(/\s+/)[0] ?? ''
188  const target = resolveTarget(await readSeen($), key)
189  const prov = typeof target === 'string' ? undefined : target.provenance
190  const blockRead = await readList($, 'block', isString)
191  if (blockRead.isBroken) return 'modwall: the stored blocklist is damaged; not changing it. See /modwall lists.'
192  const kept = blockRead.items.filter(b => b !== key && b !== prov)
193  await $.store.set('block', kept)
194  return kept.length === blockRead.items.length ? `modwall: ${key} was not blocked.` : `modwall: unblocked ${key}.`
195}
196
197async function listsText($: EngineInterface): Promise<string> {
198  const allow = await readList($, 'allow', isAllowEntry)
199  const block = await readList($, 'block', isString)
200  return [
201    ...brokenLine(await brokenKeys($)),
202    `allowlist (${allow.items.length}): ${allow.items.map(a => `${a.provenance} ${a.version}`).join('; ') || 'empty'}`,
203    `blocklist (${block.items.length}): ${block.items.join('; ') || 'empty'}`,
204  ].join('\n')
205}
206
207type Listed = { id: string; version?: string; enabled?: boolean; installPath?: string; readFromFolder?: string; mcpServers?: Record<string, unknown> }
208
209/** A folder scan will hand to `claude plugin validate`: absolute, and never read as a flag. */
210function isSafeRoot(root: string): boolean {
211  return root.startsWith('/') && !root.startsWith('-') && !root.includes('\0')
212}
213
214async function scan($: EngineInterface): Promise<string> {
215  const listed = await $.process.run(['claude', 'plugin', 'list', '--json'], { timeoutMs: 30000 }).catch(() => undefined)
216  if (!listed || listed.exitCode !== 0) return 'modwall scan: could not run `claude plugin list --json`.'
217  let plugins: Listed[]
218  try {
219    const parsed: unknown = JSON.parse(listed.stdout)
220    if (!Array.isArray(parsed)) throw new Error('not a list')
221    plugins = parsed.filter((p): p is Listed => typeof p === 'object' && p !== null && typeof (p as Listed).id === 'string')
222  } catch {
223    return 'modwall scan: `claude plugin list --json` did not return a JSON list.'
224  }
225  const lines = [`modwall scan: ${plugins.length} installed plugin(s)`]
226  lines.push(`${pad('PLUGIN', 40)} ${pad('ON', 3)} ${pad('RISK', 6)} FOOTPRINT`)
227  for (const p of plugins) {
228    const root = p.readFromFolder ?? p.installPath
229    const mcp = Object.keys(p.mcpServers ?? {})
230    let risk = '-'
231    const foot: string[] = []
232    if (root && !isSafeRoot(root)) {
233      foot.push(`skipped: folder is not an absolute path (${JSON.stringify(root)})`)
234    } else if (root) {
235      const out = await $.process.run(['claude', 'plugin', 'validate', '--json', root], { timeoutMs: 30000 }).catch(() => undefined)
236      let report: ValidateReport | undefined
237      try {
238        report = out ? (JSON.parse(out.stdout) as ValidateReport) : undefined
239      } catch {
240        report = undefined
241      }
242      const uses = usesFromReport(report ?? {})
243      const hasHooks = (report?.contents ?? []).some(c => c.type === 'hooks')
244      if (uses.events.length || uses.calls.length) {
245        const reach = reachOf(uses, p.id.split('@')[0])
246        risk = riskOf(reach)
247        foot.push(`mod: ${reach.join(', ') || 'known-safe uses only'}`)
248      } else if (hasHooks) {
249        foot.push('hooks.json without a hooks module (command hooks run as shell commands; not judged by plugin.register)')
250      }
251      if (!report) foot.push('validate failed')
252    }
253    if (mcp.length) foot.push(`MCP: ${mcp.join(', ')}`)
254    lines.push(`${pad(p.id, 40)} ${pad(p.enabled === false ? 'no' : 'yes', 3)} ${pad(risk, 6)} ${foot.join('; ') || 'no mod, no MCP servers'}`)
255  }
256  return lines.join('\n')
257}
258
259const HELP = [
260  '/modwall              mods seen this session: reach, risk, decision',
261  '/modwall allow <name> [version|*]   allow a mod (a name seen this session, or name@marketplace; no version there means any version)',
262  '/modwall block <name>               refuse a mod at every load',
263  '/modwall unblock <name>',
264  '/modwall lists        show the allowlist and blocklist',
265  '/modwall log          the persistent decision log',
266  '/modwall scan         validate every installed plugin and report its footprint',
267].join('\n')
268
269export const register: Register = (on, options) => {
270  const mode = modeOf(options)
271
272  on('plugin.register', async ($, e, next) => {
273    const verdict = await judge($, e, mode)
274    if (verdict.isRefused) return { refuse: verdict.reason }
275    return next(e)
276  }).catch(async ($, e, next) => {
277    if (next.called) return next(e)
278    if (e.tier !== 'user') return next(e)
279    if (mode !== 'audit') return { refuse: 'modwall could not check this mod, so it was not loaded' }
280    // Audit mode still honours the blocklist when the check fails, as far as
281    // it can be read here (a $ call rejects when this handler answers a re-entry).
282    let block: unknown
283    try {
284      block = await $.store.get('block')
285    } catch {
286      return next(e)
287    }
288    if (Array.isArray(block) && isBlocked(e, block.filter(isString))) {
289      return { refuse: `modwall: ${e.name} is on your blocklist` }
290    }
291    return next(e)
292  })
293
294  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
295    await $.command.register({
296      name: 'modwall',
297      description: 'Firewall for mods: what each loaded mod can reach, and allow/block/log/scan',
298      argumentHint: '[allow|block|unblock|lists|log|scan] [name]',
299    })
300    await $.state.set(startedRef, true)
301    await flushToasts($)
302    return next(e)
303  })
304
305  on('command.run', { command: 'modwall' }, async ($, e) => {
306    const [verb = '', ...rest] = e.args.trim().split(/\s+/)
307    const arg = rest.join(' ')
308    if (verb === '') return { text: table(await readSeen($), mode, await brokenKeys($)) }
309    if (verb === 'allow' && arg) return { text: await allowCmd($, arg) }
310    if (verb === 'block' && arg) return { text: await blockCmd($, arg) }
311    if (verb === 'unblock' && arg) return { text: await unblockCmd($, arg) }
312    if (verb === 'lists') return { text: await listsText($) }
313    if (verb === 'log') return { text: logText(await $.store.get('log')) }
314    if (verb === 'scan') return { text: await scan($) }
315    return { text: HELP }
316  })
317}
318
hooks/classify.ts 342 lines
1// Pure functions: read a mod's scanned `uses`, name its reach, rate its risk,
2// and decide what the policy does with it. Nothing here touches `$`.
3//
4// The classifier is an allowlist. Only a small known-safe set of events and
5// calls is low risk; anything else, including anything this file does not
6// know, is high.
7
8import type {
9  ModwallAllow,
10  ModwallMode,
11  ModwallReach,
12  ModwallRisk,
13  ModwallSeen,
14  ModwallStatus,
15} from '../types'
16
17export type Uses = {
18  events: readonly string[]
19  calls: readonly string[]
20  env?: { reads: readonly string[]; writes: readonly string[] }
21  state?: { reads: readonly { plugin: string }[]; writes: readonly { plugin: string }[] }
22}
23
24// Events a mod may hook and stay low risk. `command.run(own)` and
25// `ui.render(pane)` are not event names: /modwall scan writes them when the
26// validator shows the hook is matched to the mod's own command, or to the
27// AbovePrompt band or a Pane. At load the matcher is not visible, so a bare
28// `command.run` or `ui.render` is high.
29const SAFE_EVENTS = ['session.start', 'session.end', 'turn.start', 'command.run(own)', 'ui.render(pane)']
30
31const SAFE_CALLS = [
32  'ui.notice',
33  'ui.invalidate',
34  'ui.blit',
35  'ui.resolve',
36  'ui.log',
37  'ui.toast',
38  'ui.status',
39  'ui.open',
40  'ui.close',
41  'ui.panes',
42  'ui.scroll',
43  'ui.focus',
44  'store.get',
45  'store.set',
46  'store.delete',
47  'store.keys',
48  'state.get',
49  'state.set',
50  'command.register',
51  // read-only session facts: the folder, the model, the surface, the version
52  'session.cwd',
53  'session.root',
54  'session.model',
55  'session.turns',
56  'session.id',
57  'session.surfaces',
58  'session.surface',
59  'session.version',
60]
61
62const EVENT_GROUPS: readonly [ModwallReach, readonly string[]][] = [
63  [
64    'prompts',
65    [
66      'prompt.submit',
67      'prompt.mention',
68      'prompt.fill',
69      'prompt.edit',
70      'prompt.attachment',
71      'session.append',
72      'session.send',
73      'session.receive',
74      'session.compact',
75      'turn.step',
76      'turn.complete',
77      'model.complete',
78      'model.fork',
79      'classic.UserPromptSubmit',
80    ],
81  ],
82  ['tool-gate', ['tool.call', 'tool.check', 'tool.describe', 'tool.list', 'tool.register', 'classic.PreToolUse', 'classic.PostToolUse', 'classic.PermissionRequest']],
83  ['system-prompt', ['prompt.section', 'prompt.compose', 'prompt.context', 'skill.prompt']],
84  ['other-mods', ['plugin.register', 'engine.create', 'state.get', 'state.set']],
85  ['agents', ['agent.spawn', 'agent.offer']],
86  ['config', ['config.set', 'config.describe', 'settings.read']],
87  ['commands', ['command.run', 'command.describe']],
88  ['screen', ['ui.render', 'ui.input', 'ui.press', 'ui.select', 'ui.copy', 'ui.focus']],
89]
90
91// A hook on a `$` call's name sees, and can rewrite or refuse, that call for
92// every other mod (and for modwall's own store reads).
93const API_NOUNS = ['fs.', 'http.', 'process.', 'store.', 'env.', 'clock.', 'mcp.', 'audio.', 'command.register', 'ui.']
94
95const CALL_GROUPS: readonly [ModwallReach, readonly string[]][] = [
96  ['network', ['http.']],
97  ['processes', ['process.']],
98  ['file-read', ['fs.read', 'fs.list', 'fs.stat', 'fs.exists', 'fs.ancestors']],
99  ['file-write', ['fs.write']],
100  ['tool-calls', ['tool.', 'mcp.']],
101  ['prompts', ['session.messages', 'session.append', 'model.', 'prompt.']],
102  ['agents', ['agent.']],
103  ['commands', ['command.run', 'command.list']],
104  ['screen', ['ui.ask', 'ui.copy', 'ui.selection']],
105]
106
107const SECRET_NAME = /KEY|TOKEN|SECRET|PASS|AUTH|CRED|COOKIE|SESSION/i
108
109/** Whether one `on(...)` pattern, as written, would receive `event`. */
110export function patternHits(pattern: string, event: string): boolean {
111  if (pattern.startsWith('!')) return pattern.slice(1) !== event
112  if (pattern === '*') return !event.startsWith('telemetry.')
113  if (pattern.endsWith('.*')) return event.startsWith(pattern.slice(0, -1))
114  return pattern === event
115}
116
117function isWildcard(p: string): boolean {
118  return p === '*' || p.startsWith('!') || p.endsWith('.*')
119}
120
121function startsAny(s: string, prefixes: readonly string[]): boolean {
122  return prefixes.some(p => (p.endsWith('.') ? s.startsWith(p) : s === p))
123}
124
125/** The reach a mod has, each label once, in the order found. */
126export function reachOf(uses: Uses, name?: string): ModwallReach[] {
127  const reach = new Set<ModwallReach>()
128
129  for (const p of uses.events) {
130    if (SAFE_EVENTS.includes(p)) continue
131    if (p.startsWith('telemetry.')) {
132      reach.add('telemetry')
133      continue
134    }
135    if (isWildcard(p)) {
136      reach.add('wildcard')
137      for (const [label, events] of EVENT_GROUPS) if (events.some(ev => patternHits(p, ev))) reach.add(label)
138      continue
139    }
140    const group = EVENT_GROUPS.find(([, events]) => events.includes(p))
141    if (group) reach.add(group[0])
142    else if (startsAny(p, API_NOUNS)) reach.add('intercepts-api')
143    else reach.add('unknown')
144  }
145
146  for (const c of uses.calls) {
147    if (SAFE_CALLS.includes(c) || c.startsWith('clock.')) continue
148    if (c === 'env.get') continue // judged from env.reads below
149    if (c === 'env.set') {
150      reach.add('env-write')
151      continue
152    }
153    const group = CALL_GROUPS.find(([, prefixes]) => startsAny(c, prefixes))
154    reach.add(group ? group[0] : 'unknown')
155  }
156
157  const envReads = uses.env?.reads ?? []
158  if (envReads.some(n => SECRET_NAME.test(n))) reach.add('secret-names')
159  else if (envReads.length > 0 || uses.calls.includes('env.get')) reach.add('env')
160
161  if (name !== undefined) {
162    const refs = [...(uses.state?.reads ?? []), ...(uses.state?.writes ?? [])]
163    if (refs.some(r => r.plugin !== name)) reach.add('other-mods')
164  }
165  return [...reach]
166}
167
168/** Low: only known-safe uses. Medium: reads env vars whose names do not look secret. High: anything else. */
169export function riskOf(reach: readonly ModwallReach[]): ModwallRisk {
170  if (reach.length === 0) return 'low'
171  if (reach.every(r => r === 'env')) return 'medium'
172  return 'high'
173}
174
175export type Mod = { name: string; provenance: string; version?: string; tier: string }
176
177export type Verdict = { isRefused: boolean; status: ModwallStatus; reason: string; shouldNotify: boolean }
178
179export function versionOf(mod: { version?: string }): string {
180  return mod.version ?? 'unversioned'
181}
182
183export function isAllowlisted(mod: Mod, allow: readonly ModwallAllow[]): boolean {
184  const v = versionOf(mod)
185  return allow.some(a => a.provenance === mod.provenance && (a.version === '*' || a.version === v))
186}
187
188export function isBlocked(mod: Mod, block: readonly string[]): boolean {
189  return block.includes(mod.provenance) || block.includes(mod.name)
190}
191
192/**
193 * What the policy does with one mod. Only the `user` tier is judged: the
194 * mods an organization lists and the ones built into the binary pass.
195 * `isListBroken` says a stored list was present but unreadable: then
196 * ask and allowlist refuse, and audit allows but says so.
197 */
198export function decide(
199  mode: ModwallMode,
200  mod: Mod,
201  risk: ModwallRisk,
202  allow: readonly ModwallAllow[],
203  block: readonly string[],
204  isKnown: boolean,
205  isListBroken = false,
206): Verdict {
207  if (mod.tier !== 'user') {
208    return { isRefused: false, status: 'not-judged', reason: `tier ${mod.tier} is outside modwall's reach`, shouldNotify: false }
209  }
210  if (isBlocked(mod, block)) {
211    return { isRefused: true, status: 'blocked', reason: `modwall: ${mod.name} is on your blocklist`, shouldNotify: true }
212  }
213  if (isListBroken) {
214    if (mode !== 'audit') {
215      return {
216        isRefused: true,
217        status: 'check-failed',
218        reason: `modwall: its stored lists are damaged, so ${mod.name} was not loaded (/modwall lists)`,
219        shouldNotify: true,
220      }
221    }
222    return { isRefused: false, status: 'check-failed', reason: 'stored lists are damaged; allowed in audit mode', shouldNotify: true }
223  }
224  const isAllowed = isAllowlisted(mod, allow)
225  if (mode === 'allowlist' && !isAllowed) {
226    return {
227      isRefused: true,
228      status: 'not-allowlisted',
229      reason: `modwall: ${mod.provenance} ${versionOf(mod)} is not on the allowlist (/modwall allow ${mod.name}, then /reload-plugins)`,
230      shouldNotify: true,
231    }
232  }
233  if (mode === 'ask' && risk === 'high' && !isAllowed) {
234    return {
235      isRefused: true,
236      status: 'held',
237      reason: `modwall: high-risk mod ${mod.provenance} ${versionOf(mod)} is held until you approve it (/modwall allow ${mod.name}, then /reload-plugins)`,
238      shouldNotify: true,
239    }
240  }
241  if (risk === 'high' && !isAllowed) {
242    return { isRefused: false, status: 'flagged', reason: 'high risk, allowed in audit mode', shouldNotify: !isKnown }
243  }
244  return { isRefused: false, status: 'allowed', reason: isAllowed ? 'on the allowlist' : `${risk} risk`, shouldNotify: false }
245}
246
247/** Splits a validator list on top-level commas, keeping `{...}` matchers whole. */
248function splitTop(list: string): string[] {
249  const out: string[] = []
250  let depth = 0
251  let cur = ''
252  for (const ch of list) {
253    if (ch === '{') depth++
254    if (ch === '}') depth = Math.max(0, depth - 1)
255    if (ch === ',' && depth === 0) {
256      out.push(cur.trim())
257      cur = ''
258    } else cur += ch
259  }
260  if (cur.trim()) out.push(cur.trim())
261  return out.filter(s => s !== 'nothing')
262}
263
264function stripMatcher(s: string): string {
265  const i = s.indexOf('{')
266  return (i < 0 ? s : s.slice(0, i)).trim()
267}
268
269const PANE_MATCHER = /^ui\.render\{component=(AbovePrompt|Pane)\}$/
270
271export type ValidateReport = {
272  contents?: { type?: string; notes?: readonly string[]; gatingHooks?: readonly { hook?: string; pattern?: string }[] }[]
273}
274
275/**
276 * Reads `uses` back out of a `claude plugin validate --json` report: the
277 * hooks, calls and env reads in its notes, plus every gating hook from the
278 * structured `gatingHooks` field. A `command.run` hook the validator says
279 * answers the mod's own command becomes `command.run(own)`, and a
280 * `ui.render` matched to AbovePrompt or Pane becomes `ui.render(pane)`.
281 */
282export function usesFromReport(report: ValidateReport): Uses {
283  const hooks = (report.contents ?? []).filter(c => c.type === 'hooks')
284  const notes = hooks.flatMap(c => c.notes ?? [])
285  const own = new Set<string>()
286  for (const note of notes) {
287    const m = /^\S+ answers its own command: (.*)$/.exec(note)
288    if (m) for (const item of splitTop(m[1] ?? '')) own.add(item)
289  }
290  const events: string[] = []
291  const calls: string[] = []
292  const reads: string[] = []
293  const stateReads: { plugin: string }[] = []
294  const stateWrites: { plugin: string }[] = []
295  for (const note of notes) {
296    const m = /^\S+ (hooks|calls|env reads|state reads|state writes): (.*)$/.exec(note)
297    if (!m) continue
298    const kind = m[1]
299    const list = (m[2] ?? '').replace(/\s\(via [^)]*\)/g, '')
300    for (const item of splitTop(list)) {
301      if (kind === 'hooks') {
302        if (own.has(item)) events.push('command.run(own)')
303        else if (PANE_MATCHER.test(item)) events.push('ui.render(pane)')
304        else events.push(stripMatcher(item))
305      } else if (kind === 'calls') calls.push(item.replace(/^\$\./, ''))
306      else if (kind === 'env reads') reads.push(item)
307      else (kind === 'state reads' ? stateReads : stateWrites).push({ plugin: item.split('.')[0] ?? item })
308    }
309  }
310  for (const g of hooks.flatMap(c => c.gatingHooks ?? [])) {
311    const ev = stripMatcher(g.pattern ?? g.hook ?? '')
312    if (ev && !events.includes(ev)) events.push(ev)
313  }
314  return {
315    events: [...new Set(events)],
316    calls: [...new Set(calls)],
317    env: reads.length ? { reads, writes: [] } : undefined,
318    state: stateReads.length || stateWrites.length ? { reads: stateReads, writes: stateWrites } : undefined,
319  }
320}
321
322export type Target = { provenance: string; version: string; isAnyVersion: boolean }
323
324/** Finds the provenance and version for what the person typed, or says why it cannot. */
325export function resolveTarget(seen: readonly Pick<ModwallSeen, 'name' | 'provenance' | 'version'>[], arg: string): Target | string {
326  const [who = '', ver] = arg.split(/\s+/)
327  const byProvenance = seen.find(s => s.provenance === who)
328  if (byProvenance) return { provenance: byProvenance.provenance, version: ver ?? byProvenance.version, isAnyVersion: ver === '*' }
329  const byName = seen.filter(s => s.name === who)
330  if (byName.length > 1) {
331    return `modwall: more than one mod named "${who}" was seen (${byName.map(s => s.provenance).join(', ')}). Give the one you mean as name@marketplace.`
332  }
333  const hit = byName[0]
334  if (hit) return { provenance: hit.provenance, version: ver ?? hit.version, isAnyVersion: ver === '*' }
335  if (who.includes('@')) return { provenance: who, version: ver ?? '*', isAnyVersion: (ver ?? '*') === '*' }
336  return `modwall: no mod named "${who}" was seen this session. Give its id instead, as name@marketplace [version].`
337}
338
339export function pad(s: string, n: number): string {
340  return s.length >= n ? s.slice(0, n) : s + ' '.repeat(n - s.length)
341}
342
types/index.d.ts 72 lines
1// modwall's contract: the shapes it keeps in $.state and $.store.
2
3export type ModwallRisk = 'low' | 'medium' | 'high'
4
5export type ModwallReach =
6  | 'prompts'
7  | 'network'
8  | 'processes'
9  | 'env'
10  | 'env-write'
11  | 'secret-names'
12  | 'tool-gate'
13  | 'tool-calls'
14  | 'system-prompt'
15  | 'file-write'
16  | 'file-read'
17  | 'other-mods'
18  | 'agents'
19  | 'config'
20  | 'commands'
21  | 'screen'
22  | 'intercepts-api'
23  | 'telemetry'
24  | 'wildcard'
25  | 'unknown'
26
27export type ModwallMode = 'audit' | 'ask' | 'allowlist'
28
29export type ModwallStatus =
30  | 'allowed'
31  | 'flagged'
32  | 'held'
33  | 'blocked'
34  | 'not-allowlisted'
35  | 'not-judged'
36  | 'check-failed'
37
38/** One mod as modwall saw it load in this session. */
39export type ModwallSeen = {
40  name: string
41  provenance: string
42  version: string
43  tier: string
44  root: string
45  reach: ModwallReach[]
46  risk: ModwallRisk
47  status: ModwallStatus
48  reason: string
49  isNotified: boolean
50  at: number
51}
52
53/** An allowlist entry: a provenance at one version, or at any version ('*'). */
54export type ModwallAllow = { provenance: string; version: string; at: number }
55
56/** One line of the persistent decision log. */
57export type ModwallLogEntry = {
58  at: number
59  name: string
60  provenance: string
61  version: string
62  risk: ModwallRisk
63  status: ModwallStatus
64  reason: string
65}
66
67declare module 'claude-code' {
68  interface PluginState {
69    modwall: { seen: ModwallSeen[]; isStarted: boolean }
70  }
71}
72