/** * Permission rule matching — shared by the DIS scanner (dead-allow detection) * and the CNF conflict-detector (cross-scope allow/deny conflicts). * * Claude Code permission rules are either bare (`Tool`) or param-qualified * (`Tool(param)`): `Bash`, `Bash(npm:*)`, `Agent(model:opus)`, * `WebFetch(domain:*)`. CC 2.1.178 made `Tool(param:value)` matching * meaningful and 2.1.172 added `domain:` rules, so rule identity must be * param-aware — `Agent(model:opus)` and `Agent(model:sonnet)` are DISTINCT, * not "the same tool". * * Two distinct predicates are exported because the scanners ask different * questions: * - DIS asks "is this allow entry dead?" → does some deny fully COVER it * (`dominates`). A bare allow survives a specific deny. * - CNF asks "do these two cross-scope rules conflict?" → do their match * sets INTERSECT (`rulesIntersect`). A bare allow conflicts with a * specific deny, because the denied case is a real contradiction. * * Zero external dependencies. */ /** * Split a permission entry into its bare tool name and optional param. * `Bash` → { tool: 'Bash', param: null } * `Bash(npm:*)` → { tool: 'Bash', param: 'npm:*' } * @param {string} entry * @returns {{ tool: string|null, param: string|null }} */ export function parseRule(entry) { if (typeof entry !== 'string') return { tool: null, param: null }; const idx = entry.indexOf('('); if (idx === -1) return { tool: entry.trim() || null, param: null }; const tool = entry.slice(0, idx).trim(); let param = entry.slice(idx + 1).trim(); if (param.endsWith(')')) param = param.slice(0, -1).trim(); return { tool: tool || null, param }; } /** * Glob match a permission param against a concrete value. `*` matches any run * of characters; everything else is literal. Anchored (full-string) match. * @param {string} pattern * @param {string} value * @returns {boolean} */ export function paramMatches(pattern, value) { if (typeof pattern !== 'string' || typeof value !== 'string') return false; if (pattern === value) return true; const rx = '^' + pattern .replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&') .replace(/\\\*/g, '.*') + '$'; return new RegExp(rx).test(value); } /** * Does the deny entry fully cover the allow entry, making the allow dead config? * Used by DIS. Bare deny — and the equivalent `Tool(*)` deny-all glob — covers * everything (including a bare allow); a specific deny only covers the matching * (or wildcard-subsumed) param and does NOT kill a bare allow. * * CC: "`Bash(*)` is equivalent to `Bash` ... As a deny rule, both forms remove * the tool from Claude's context." (code.claude.com/docs/en/permissions) * @param {string} denyEntry * @param {string} allowEntry * @returns {boolean} */ export function dominates(denyEntry, allowEntry) { const d = parseRule(denyEntry); const a = parseRule(allowEntry); if (!d.tool || !a.tool || d.tool !== a.tool) return false; if (d.param === null || d.param === '*') return true; // bare / Tool(*) deny covers all params if (a.param === null) return false; // specific deny does not kill a bare allow if (d.param === a.param) return true; return paramMatches(d.param, a.param); // wildcard deny covers a matching literal allow } /** * Do two permission rules' match sets intersect (genuine cross-scope conflict)? * Used by CNF. A bare rule intersects any same-tool rule; param rules intersect * when equal or when either wildcard-matches the other. * @param {string} ruleA * @param {string} ruleB * @returns {boolean} */ export function rulesIntersect(ruleA, ruleB) { const a = parseRule(ruleA); const b = parseRule(ruleB); if (!a.tool || !b.tool || a.tool !== b.tool) return false; if (a.param === null || b.param === null) return true; // bare ∩ anything (same tool) if (a.param === b.param) return true; return paramMatches(a.param, b.param) || paramMatches(b.param, a.param); } /** * Is this `permissions.allow` entry an UNANCHORED tool-name glob that Claude * Code silently skips? CC accepts tool-name globs in an ALLOW rule only after a * literal `mcp____` prefix (the server segment must be glob-free). * Unanchored globs like `*`, `B*`, or `mcp__*` are skipped with a warning and * auto-approve nothing — dead config the author believes is granting access. * * Tool-name globs apply to the bare-name form only (no `(...)` specifier); a * glob INSIDE a specifier such as `Bash(npm run *)` is normal and valid. * * CC: "An unanchored allow glob such as `"*"`, `"B*"`, or `"mcp__*"` is skipped * with a warning and does not auto-approve anything." * (code.claude.com/docs/en/permissions — "Tool name wildcards") * * NOTE: deny/ask rules DO accept tool-name globs, so this predicate is for the * allow list only. * @param {string} entry * @returns {boolean} */ export function isIneffectiveAllowGlob(entry) { if (typeof entry !== 'string') return false; if (entry.includes('(')) return false; // specifier form — glob lives inside the param if (!entry.includes('*')) return false; // no glob — a normal match-all-tool allow if (entry.startsWith('mcp__')) { const rest = entry.slice(5); // after 'mcp__' const sep = rest.indexOf('__'); // mcp____ with a glob-free server segment is anchored & valid if (sep > 0 && !rest.slice(0, sep).includes('*')) return false; } return true; } /** * Tools whose canonicalizing input field collides with `Tool(param:value)` * matching. CC ignores a rule whose param key is the tool's own field and * emits a startup warning, because the rule would be bypassable (e.g. a * compound command defeats `Bash(command:rm *)`). * * CC: "Fields that a tool already matches with its own canonicalizing rules are * not matchable this way: `command` for Bash and PowerShell, `file_path` for * Read, Edit, and Write, `path` for Grep and Glob, `notebook_path` for * NotebookEdit, and `url` for WebFetch." * (code.claude.com/docs/en/permissions — "Match by input parameter") */ const FORBIDDEN_PARAMS = Object.freeze({ Bash: 'command', PowerShell: 'command', Read: 'file_path', Edit: 'file_path', Write: 'file_path', Grep: 'path', Glob: 'path', NotebookEdit: 'notebook_path', WebFetch: 'url', }); /** Correct specifier syntax to suggest in place of the forbidden param form. */ const FORBIDDEN_PARAM_HINT = Object.freeze({ Bash: 'Bash(rm *)', PowerShell: 'PowerShell(Remove-Item *)', Read: 'Read(./path)', Edit: 'Edit(/src/**)', Write: 'Write(/src/**)', Grep: 'a Read rule (covers Grep)', Glob: 'a Read rule (covers Glob)', NotebookEdit: 'Edit(/notebooks/**)', WebFetch: 'WebFetch(domain:host)', }); /** * Is this entry a `Tool(param:value)` rule whose param KEY is the tool's own * canonicalizing field? CC silently ignores these (any list) and emits a * startup warning. Returns `{ tool, key, hint }` or `null`. * * Only the `param:value` form (a colon present) is forbidden — `Bash(command)` * is a literal command-prefix match and stays valid. The key must equal the * tool's forbidden field, so `Bash(npm:*)`, `WebFetch(domain:x)`, and * `Agent(model:opus)` are NOT flagged. * @param {string} entry * @returns {{ tool: string, key: string, hint: string }|null} */ export function forbiddenParamRule(entry) { const { tool, param } = parseRule(entry); if (!tool || param === null) return null; const forbidden = FORBIDDEN_PARAMS[tool]; if (!forbidden) return null; const colon = param.indexOf(':'); if (colon === -1) return null; // no `param:value` — literal specifier, valid const key = param.slice(0, colon).trim(); if (key !== forbidden) return null; return { tool, key, hint: FORBIDDEN_PARAM_HINT[tool] }; }