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Summary

  • infer static MCP package pins from recognized package operands and selectors instead of arbitrary command arguments
  • require full SemVer or package-attached full SHA-256 for npm-family commands, exact command@version for positional uvx, and exact PEP requirement forms for uvx --from / --with
  • fail closed for npm partial SemVer, ranges, tags, short digests, unsupported aliases, option values, and ambiguous layouts while preserving public command basename values

Verification

  • pytest -q tests/test_surface_inventory_mcp_safety.py tests/cli/test_surface.py tests/test_agb_context_mcp_new_fixtures.py tests/test_contract_stability.py::test_changelog_records_latest_release_entry
  • pytest -q tests/cli/test_surface_delta.py tests/test_schemas.py tests/cli/test_mcp.py tests/cli/test_mcp_policy.py tests/cli/test_mcp_report.py
  • python -m bench.agb.run --repo-root . --fixtures bench/agb/fixtures
  • python scripts/check_changelog.py
  • git diff --check
  • two-round independent correctness and regression review

Non-goals

  • no registry resolution or lockfile verification
  • no runtime MCP execution or live OAuth validation
  • no tag, package publication, or change to the frozen release PR

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Improvements

    • Improved MCP package version-pin detection across supported package managers and command formats.
    • Recognizes exact semantic versions, SHA-256 pins, and supported package-version syntax.
    • Handles command options and selectors more accurately.
    • Ambiguous, malformed, unsupported, or non-immutable versions are conservatively reported as unpinned.
  • Documentation

    • Added guidance explaining MCP version-pin classifications and supported formats.
    • Updated release notes with the latest pin-detection behavior.

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  • CHANGELOG.md
  • docs/evidence-contracts.md
  • src/agent_guard/surface_inventory_mcp.py
  • src/agent_guard/surface_inventory_mcp_safety.py
  • tests/test_contract_stability.py
  • tests/test_surface_inventory_mcp_safety.py
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Walkthrough

The change replaces heuristic MCP package pin detection with structured parsing for supported package managers. It evaluates recognized operands and selectors, accepts immutable versions or SHA-256 pins, and treats unsupported or ambiguous forms as unpinned metadata.

Changes

MCP package pin inference

Layer / File(s) Summary
Package operand parsing
src/agent_guard/surface_inventory_mcp_safety.py
Adds package-manager option tables, operand parsers, selector handling, argument boundaries, and command-specific dispatch.
Pin classification and metadata
src/agent_guard/surface_inventory_mcp_safety.py, tests/test_surface_inventory_mcp_safety.py
infer_version_pin validates parsed operands against supported exact-version and SHA-256 formats. Tests cover supported, invalid, ambiguous, and unsupported commands, plus emitted MCP metadata.
Evidence contracts and fixtures
docs/evidence-contracts.md, CHANGELOG.md, bench/agb/fixtures/..., tests/cli/test_surface.py, tests/test_contract_stability.py
Documents static version_pinned rules and updates fixtures and changelog contract checks for the new classification behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Mergeability Score: 🟡 Moderate · up to fb2ac

Pinned MCP commands can currently be reported as unpinned when they include trailing command arguments, while equivalent commands using uppercase or platform-suffixed executable names may not receive the expected safety classification. This creates a concrete correctness risk in package-pin reporting that should be addressed before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant MCPConfig
  participant collect_mcp_config_surfaces
  participant infer_version_pin
  MCPConfig->>collect_mcp_config_surfaces: provide command and arguments
  collect_mcp_config_surfaces->>infer_version_pin: parse package operands
  infer_version_pin-->>collect_mcp_config_surfaces: return pinned, unpinned, or indeterminate
  collect_mcp_config_surfaces-->>MCPConfig: emit MCP surface metadata
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I’m a rabbit with packages neatly in line,
Exact pins and SHA sums now safely shine.
Ambiguous flags hop out of the track,
Unsupported versions come marked unpinned back.
The MCP burrow records each clue—
With careful parsing, the metadata stays true.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: operand-aware MCP package pin inference.
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Inline comments:
In `@docs/evidence-contracts.md`:
- Around line 236-240: Update the documentation near the static command metadata
classification to state that dash-prefixed trailing arguments after the package
operand are conservatively treated as unpinned, matching the parser behavior for
commands such as npx pkg@1.2.3 --stdio.

In `@src/agent_guard/surface_inventory_mcp_safety.py`:
- Around line 633-637: Update both operand parsers in
src/agent_guard/surface_inventory_mcp_safety.py at lines 633-637 and 533-541 so
a dash-prefixed token after first_positional ends operand scanning rather than
returning None; retain the npm exception. Update docs/evidence-contracts.md
lines 236-240 to document that trailing command arguments are excluded from
package-operand parsing.
- Around line 552-565: Normalize command names case-insensitively and strip
.cmd, .exe, .bat, and .ps1 suffixes before classification in
package_operand_args and the PACKAGE_MANAGER_COMMANDS check, while preserving
the original command_basename for output. Ensure aliases such as NPX, npx.cmd,
and uvx.exe produce the correct version_pinned or unpinned_package
classification, and add regression tests covering these forms.
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  • CHANGELOG.md
  • bench/agb/fixtures/e10-benign-mcp-metadata-warning/.mcp.json
  • docs/evidence-contracts.md
  • src/agent_guard/surface_inventory_mcp_safety.py
  • tests/cli/test_surface.py
  • tests/test_contract_stability.py
  • tests/test_surface_inventory_mcp_safety.py

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