hermes-attestation-guardian

Files (24)

• CHANGELOG.md
• README.md
• SKILL.md
• attestation.mjs · lib/
• cron.mjs · lib/
• diff.mjs · lib/
• feed.mjs · lib/
• semver.mjs · lib/
• check_advisories.mjs · scripts/
• generate_attestation.mjs · scripts/
• guarded_skill_verify.mjs · scripts/
• refresh_advisory_feed.mjs · scripts/
• setup_advisory_check_cron.mjs · scripts/
• setup_attestation_cron.mjs · scripts/
• verify_attestation.mjs · scripts/
• skill.json
• attestation_cli.test.mjs · test/
• attestation_diff.test.mjs · test/
• attestation_schema.test.mjs · test/
• feed_verification.test.mjs · test/
• guarded_skill_verify.test.mjs · test/
• hermes_attestation_sandbox_regression.sh · test/
• setup_advisory_check_cron.test.mjs · test/
• setup_attestation_cron.test.mjs · test/

SKILL.md (first lines)

# Hermes Attestation Guardian

IMPORTANT SCOPE:
- This skill targets Hermes infrastructure only (CLI/Gateway/profile-managed deployments).
- This skill is not an OpenClaw runtime hook package.

## Vercel Skills Installation

Install with the Vercel Skills CLI for this harness:

```bash
npx skills add prompt-security/clawsec --skill hermes-attestation-guardian -a hermes-agent -y
```

## Release Artifact Verification

For standalone installs, verify the signed release manifest before trusting `SKILL.md`, `skill.json`, or the archive. The `skill.json` file is the package metadata/SBOM source, and the release pipeline signs `checksums.json` with the ClawSec release key.

```bash
set -euo pipefail

SKILL_NAME="hermes-attestation-guardian"
VERSION="0.1.7"
REPO="prompt-security/clawsec"
TAG="${SKILL_NAME}-v${VERSION}"
BASE="https://github.com/${REPO}/releases/download/${TAG}"
ZIP_NAME="${SKILL_NAME}-v${VERSION}.zip"
TMP_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
trap 'rm -rf "$TMP_DIR"' EXIT

RELEASE_PUBKEY_SHA256="711424e4535f84093fefb024cd1ca4ec87439e53907b305b79a631d5befba9c8"

curl -fsSL "$BASE/checksums.json" -o "$TMP_DIR/checksums.json"
curl -fsSL "$BASE/checksums.sig" -o "$TMP_DIR/checksums.sig"
curl -fsSL "$BASE/signing-public.pem" -o "$TMP_DIR/signing-public.pem"
curl -fsSL "$BASE/$ZIP_NAME" -o "$TMP_DIR/$ZIP_NAME"
curl -fsSL "$BASE/SKILL.md" -o "$TMP_DIR/SKILL.md"
curl -fsSL "$BASE/skill.json" -o "$TMP_DIR/skill.json"

ACTUAL_PUBKEY_SHA256="$(openssl pkey -pubin -in "$TMP_DIR/signing-public.pem" -outform DER | shasum -a 256 | awk '{print $1}')"
if [ "$ACTUAL_PUBKEY_SHA256" != "$RELEASE_PUBKEY_SHA256" ]; then
  echo "ERROR: signing-public.pem fingerprint mismatch" >&2
  exit 1
fi

openssl base64 -d -A -in "$TMP_DIR/checksums.sig" -out "$TMP_DIR/checksums.sig.bin"
openssl pkeyutl -verify -rawin -pubin \
  -inkey "$TMP_DIR/signing-public.pem" \
  -sigfile "$TMP_DIR/checksums.sig.bin" \
  -in "$TMP_DIR/checksums.json" >/dev/null

hash_file() {
  if command -v shasum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    shasum -a 256 "$1" | awk '{print $1}'
  else
    sha256sum "$1" | awk '{print $1}'
  fi
}

verify_manifest_file() {
  asset="$1"
  path="$2"
  expected="$(jq -r --arg asset "$asset" '.files[$asset].sha256 // empty' "$TMP_DIR/checksums.json")"
  if [ -z "$expected" ]; then
    echo "ERROR: checksums.json missing $asset" >&2
    exit 1
  fi
  actual="$(hash_file "$path")"
  if [ "$actual" != "$expected" ]; then
    echo "ERROR: checksum mismatch for $asset" >&2
    exit 1
  fi
}

expected_archive="$(jq -r '.archive.sha256 // empty' "$TMP_DIR/checksums.json")"
if [ -z "$expected_archive" ]; then
  echo "ERROR: checksums.json missing archive.sha256" >&2
  exit 1
fi
actual_archive="$(hash_file "$TMP_DIR/$ZIP_NAME")"
if [ "$actual_archive" != "$expected_archive" ]; then
  echo "ERROR: archive checksum mismatch" >&2
  exit 1
fi

verify_manifest_file "SKILL.md" "$TMP_DIR/SKILL.md"
verify_manifest_file "skill.json" "$TMP_DIR/skill.json"

echo "Signed release manifest, archive, SKILL.md, and skill.json verified."
```

Only install or extract the archive after this verification succeeds.

## Goal

Generate deterministic Hermes posture attestations, verify them with fail-closed integrity checks, and compare baseline drift using stable severity mapping.

## Hermes guard trust policy note

When installing from community sources, configure Hermes guard to use signature-aware trust (trusted signer fingerprint allowlist) rather than source-name-only trust. Unknown signer fingerprints should stay on community policy, and invalid signatures must remain blocked.

## Commands

```bash
# Generate attestation (default output: ~/.hermes/security/attestations/current.json)
node scripts/generate_attestation.mjs

# Generate with explicit policy + deterministic timestamp
node scripts/generate_attestation.mjs \
  --policy ~/.hermes/security/attestation-policy.json \
  --generated-at 2026-04-15T18:00:00.000Z \
  --write-sha256

# Verify schema + canonical digest
node scripts/verify_attestation.mjs --input ~/.hermes/security/attestations/current.json

# Verify with baseline diff (baseline must be authenticated)
node scripts/verify_attestation.mjs \
  --input ~/.hermes/security/attestations/current.json \

From prompt-security/clawsec, AGPL-3.0.

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