xguard-manager

Agent Building

Read, replace, reset, export, and import XGuard policy options on the orchestrator. Use when you need to inspect current per-label policies for text or prompt scans, ship a refined policy, restore defaults, or back up the policy registry. Read-only by default; destructive operations require an explicit `--writable` flag.

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XGuard Policy Manager

Use this skill to manage XGuard policy options against the orchestrator's /v1/manager/xguard/* admin endpoints.

Each label's policy is the natural-language prompt text + threshold + action that the orchestrator applies when evaluating an XGuard call. See docs/features/scanner-prompt-tuning.md for how this fits into the scanner refinement lifecycle. Phase 4 (refine policy) is the typical use of this skill: fetch the current options, edit a policy, PUT the new version, then track FP/FN rates against the new policyHash in the audit log.

Setup

The skill reads ORCHESTRATOR_ENDPOINT and ORCHESTRATOR_ACCESS_TOKEN from the project .env (or .claude/skills/xguard-manager/.env if you want skill-specific overrides). No additional setup beyond having those env vars set.

Commands

node .claude/skills/xguard-manager/manage.mjs <command> [args] [options]

Command	Description
`get <mode>`	GET current options for the mode (`text` or `prompt`)
`defaults <mode>`	GET hardcoded defaults baked into the orchestrator
`put <mode>`	PUT new options for the mode (requires `--writable` + `--file`)
`reset <mode>`	POST reset back to defaults (requires `--writable`)
`export`	GET bulk export across all modes
`import`	PUT bulk import across all modes (requires `--writable` + `--file`)

Options

Flag	Description
`--writable`	Allow destructive operations (PUT / POST). Required for `put`, `reset`, `import`.
`--file <path>`, `-f <path>`	Read the request body (JSON) from a file. Required for `put` and `import`.
`--output <path>`, `-o <path>`	Save response to a file (instead of printing to stdout).
`--quiet`, `-q`	Only print the response body, no connection headers.
`--timeout <s>`, `-t <s>`	Request timeout in seconds (default: 30).

Examples

# Inspect current prompt-mode options
node .claude/skills/xguard-manager/manage.mjs get prompt

# Save the current prompt-mode options to a file you can edit
node .claude/skills/xguard-manager/manage.mjs get prompt -o /tmp/prompt-policies.json

# See what the defaults look like (useful for scaffolding a new label)
node .claude/skills/xguard-manager/manage.mjs defaults prompt

# Ship an edited policy
node .claude/skills/xguard-manager/manage.mjs put prompt -f /tmp/prompt-policies.json --writable

# Wipe prompt-mode policies back to defaults (destructive)
node .claude/skills/xguard-manager/manage.mjs reset prompt --writable

# Back up the entire policy registry before a risky edit
node .claude/skills/xguard-manager/manage.mjs export -o /tmp/xguard-backup.json

# Restore from a backup
node .claude/skills/xguard-manager/manage.mjs import -f /tmp/xguard-backup.json --writable

Safety

Read-only by default: get, defaults, and export always work without --writable.
Destructive operations require explicit --writable: put, reset, and import change orchestrator state and refuse to run without the flag.
Always ask the user before using --writable: policy changes are global — every subsequent scan will use the new policy text. Confirm the intent before running.
Back up before editing: run export -o backup.json before any non-trivial change so you can import to restore if needed.

Typical workflow for refining a policy (Phase 4)

# 1. Snapshot current state for safe rollback
node .claude/skills/xguard-manager/manage.mjs export -o /tmp/xguard-backup-$(date +%Y%m%d).json

# 2. Pull the current options for the mode you're editing
node .claude/skills/xguard-manager/manage.mjs get prompt -o /tmp/prompt-current.json

# 3. Edit /tmp/prompt-current.json with the refined policy text

# 4. Ship it (after user confirms)
node .claude/skills/xguard-manager/manage.mjs put prompt -f /tmp/prompt-current.json --writable

# 5. Track FP/FN rate of new policyHash via the audit log + focused review

Why this is separate from the postgres-query / clickhouse-query skills

Those query the audit data (verdicts, scores, matched terms). This skill manages the policy itself — the prompt text the orchestrator hands to XGuard. A typical tuning loop uses both: query data to identify FP patterns, edit the policy here, then re-query after new scans land under the new policyHash.