Agent stopped after every approval step, forcing operator to type
'continue' 7× per deploy session. Root causes and fixes:
1. Compound read-only commands (e.g. 'systemctl status; journalctl')
defaulted to config_mutation — now splits on ;/&&/||/| and classifies
as read_only if all segments are inspection verbs. Added grep, wc,
sort, uniq, cut, tr, dpkg -l, apt list, docker stats to allowlist.
2. curl|sh was classified destructive, forcing typed confirmation for
legitimate installs (get.docker.com). Demoted to config_mutation —
loose assent grants it, no typed phrase needed.
3. SOUL.md said 'STOP after queuing' — replaced with 'continue working
on non-blocked steps'. Added assent window section instructing agent
to carry out the full plan after approval.
4. Assent window: when operator approves a plan via chat assent, a
30-minute window opens where config_mutation commands auto-run
without re-approval. Agent writes expiry to autonomy_settings; MCP
run tool checks it before gating. Destructive never auto-runs.
5. System note after approval now says 'CONTINUE executing the full
plan — do not stop and wait for continue.'
Implements the first slice of plans/2026-07-10-general-gated-execution.md:
Nomos gets one general execution tool instead of only a fixed action enum,
gated by an automatic risk classifier, and approval can be granted by the
operator just replying in chat instead of clicking a button.
- internal/policy/command.go: ClassifyCommand(cmd, declaredRisk) — rule-based
read-only allowlist + destructive denylist, default-escalate to
config_mutation for anything else. Classification can only ESCALATE the
caller's declared risk, never de-escalate it (destructive always wins even
if declared read_only). Compound commands (&&, ;, |, $()) never qualify for
the read-only fast path. Full test corpus.
- internal/mcp/server.go: new `run` MCP tool — target (host:/lxc:), command,
purpose, optional declared_risk. Read-only commands execute immediately;
everything else queues an approval exactly like pct_create today, executed
via httpapi's existing executeApprovedAction. Also fixes a real latent bug:
pct_exec resolved an LXC's host attribute without the "host:" prefix, so it
could never find the Proxmox host — new resolveExecTarget/resolveRunTarget
helpers (mcp + httpapi) fix this for both the new `run` action and existing
actions that route through the same execution path.
- internal/httpapi/phase3.go: "run" case in executeApprovedAction; fixes two
bugs found while wiring this up — (1) DecideApproval hardcoded risk_class to
'config_mutation' on every approve, silently corrupting the audit ledger for
every other risk class; (2) denying/revoking an approval never updated the
linked execution's status, so it stayed 'pending_approval' forever instead
of reflecting the decision.
- cmd/nomos/assent.go: deterministic (not LLM-judged) chat-assent detection.
Scoped to the immediately-preceding assistant turn's pending approvals only
— an old "yes" can't retroactively approve something new. Destructive-risk
actions are excluded from loose assent. Approves via the same HTTP decision
endpoint the UI button calls, so both paths share one audit trail.
- web/.../InlineApproval.svelte: self-healing poll — a pending approval card
now picks up being decided via ANY path (chat assent, Ops page, Matrix), not
just its own button. Previously the banner stayed stuck showing
Approve/Deny even after the action had already run elsewhere.
- nomos/SOUL.md: `run` is now the general capability ("no fixed menu, only a
risk gate"); documents chat-assent behavior and the destructive exception.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
