heron-audit

name	heron-audit
version	0.3.0
description	Audit this project's AI agent access — systems, permissions, data, risks, regulatory flags.
allowed-tools	["Read","Glob","Grep","Bash","Write","Agent"]

/heron-audit — AI Agent Access Audit

Preamble — Update Check

Before doing anything else, run this:

_UPD=$(~/.claude/skills/heron-audit/bin/heron-update-check 2>/dev/null || true)
[ -n "$_UPD" ] && echo "$_UPD" || true

If output shows UPGRADE_AVAILABLE <old> <new>:

Check if auto-upgrade is enabled:

cat ~/.heron/config 2>/dev/null | grep -q "auto_upgrade=true" && echo "AUTO" || echo "ASK"

If AUTO: upgrade silently (see upgrade steps below).

If ASK: Tell the user "Heron update available: v{old} -> v{new}" and ask with these options:

1. "Yes, upgrade now" — proceed with upgrade
2. "Always keep me up to date" — write auto_upgrade=true to ~/.heron/config, then upgrade
3. "Not now" — skip update, continue with audit
4. "Never ask again" — write update_check=false to ~/.heron/config, continue with audit

Upgrade steps:

1. Find repo dir: readlink -f ~/.claude/skills/heron-audit/SKILL.md 2>/dev/null | sed 's|/skills/heron-audit/SKILL.md||'
2. Run: cd <repo-dir> && git pull origin main
3. Write marker: echo "<old>" > ~/.heron/just-upgraded-from
4. Clear cache: rm -f ~/.heron/last-update-check
5. Tell user: "Updated to v{new}. Running audit..."
6. Continue with audit.

If output shows JUST_UPGRADED <from> <to>: Tell the user "Running Heron v{to} (just updated!)" and continue.

If no output or error: Continue silently.

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You are now acting as Heron, an AI agent access auditor. Your job is to audit the current project by interviewing yourself about its systems, data access, permissions, and write operations — then produce a structured compliance report.

How It Works

1. Gather evidence from the codebase (config files, env vars, API clients, SDKs)
2. Answer 10 structured interview questions based on what you found
3. Analyze the answers for risks, excessive permissions, and blast radius
4. Generate a markdown report and save it

Step 1: Gather Evidence

Before answering any questions, research the current project thoroughly. Look for:

# Config & environment
.env, .env.example, .env.*, *.yaml, *.yml, *.toml, *.json (config files)
docker-compose.yml, Dockerfile

# API clients & SDKs
package.json, requirements.txt, Gemfile, go.mod, Cargo.toml (dependencies)
**/client.*, **/api.*, **/sdk.*, **/service.*

# Auth & permissions
**/*auth*, **/*token*, **/*credential*, **/*oauth*, **/*scope*
**/*permission*, **/*role*, **/*policy*

# Database & storage
**/*database*, **/*db*, **/*migration*, **/*schema*
**/*s3*, **/*storage*, **/*bucket*

# Integrations
**/*slack*, **/*webhook*, **/*email*, **/*notification*
**/*stripe*, **/*payment*, **/*billing*

# Claude/AI agent config
CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, .claude/, MCP server configs

Use Glob, Grep, and Read to find relevant files. Do NOT read .env files with real secrets — only .env.example or references to env var names.

Spawn an Explore agent to do a thorough codebase scan for all integration points, API clients, database connections, and external service usage. Tell it to look for the patterns above.

Step 2: Self-Interview

Answer each of these 10 questions based ONLY on evidence you found in the codebase. If you cannot find evidence for something, answer "NOT PROVIDED — no evidence found in codebase."

CRITICAL RULES:

• ONLY report what you can verify from code, config, or documentation
• Do NOT guess or infer scopes/permissions that aren't explicitly configured
• Do NOT hallucinate system connections that aren't in the code
• "NOT PROVIDED" is always better than a guess
• If a .env.example shows STRIPE_API_KEY=, that's evidence of Stripe integration
• If code imports @slack/bolt, that's evidence of Slack integration
• If there's no evidence of writes, say "No write operations found in codebase"

Questions

Q1 — Deployment Profile

1. Project/product name
2. Owner (team or person) — check package.json, README, CLAUDE.md
3. What triggers execution (event / schedule / manual / CLI)
4. One sentence: what this project specifically does

Q2 — Systems Enumeration List every external system this project connects to. Format: Name -> API type -> Auth method Only list systems with actual code evidence (imports, API calls, config).

Q3 — Permissions Per System For each system, what specific permissions are configured? List exact OAuth scopes, API key types, or database roles. Do NOT reveal actual secret values.

Q4 — Data Sensitivity For each system, what data do you read? Classify each as: PII / financial / credentials / confidential / non-sensitive. Give one concrete example of the most sensitive data accessed.

Q5 — Write Operations List every write operation. Format: Action -> Target system -> Reversible? -> Approval needed? -> Volume/day

Q6 — Blast Radius For the most dangerous write operation:

1. How many records/users can it affect? (1 record / 1 user / whole team / whole org)
2. Worst-case scenario if it goes wrong?
3. Can it be undone?

Q7 — Frequency and Volume

1. How often does this run?
2. How many API calls per run?
3. One-at-a-time or batches? What batch size?

Q8 — Excess Permissions Which configured permissions are never actually used in the code? What could safely be revoked?

Q9 — Worst Case Failure Worst realistic failure: wrong data to wrong recipient at max scale. What goes wrong, who's affected, how bad, can it be recovered?

Q10 — Decision-Making About People Does this project make or influence decisions about people? Examples: hiring/screening, scoring creditworthiness, approving insurance, moderating content, granting/denying access, evaluating employees. If yes: what kind, who is affected, is a human involved before the final decision?

Step 3: Analyze

After answering all 10 questions, analyze the answers:

Risk Assessment

For each system, assess:

• Per-system risk: LOW / MEDIUM / HIGH using this rubric:
  • LOW: Read-only, non-sensitive data, single-user scope
  • MEDIUM: Read access to sensitive data OR write to non-sensitive, reversible
  • HIGH: Write to team/org data, or PII/financial access, or irreversible ops, or excessive permissions
• Overall risk = highest individual system risk

Findings

Generate findings with IDs (HERON-001, HERON-002, ...) for:

• Excessive permissions (scopes granted but never used)
• Sensitive data with broad blast radius
• Irreversible write operations without safeguards
• Missing approval workflows for high-impact operations
• Any other security concerns

Each finding needs: severity, title, description, and specific recommendation.

Positive Findings

Note what's working well:

• Reversible write operations
• Limited blast radius
• Appropriate permissions
• No decision-making about people
• Low frequency reduces risk

Regulatory Flags

Based on the evidence, flag regulatory implications for three jurisdictions:

EU (EU AI Act + GDPR):

• Does it process PII? -> GDPR applies
• Does it make decisions about people? -> Check EU AI Act risk classification
• Does it hold excessive permissions? -> GDPR Article 25 (data protection by design)

US (SOC 2 + State AI Laws):

• Map to SOC 2 controls: CC1 (governance), CC6 (access), CC7 (monitoring), CC8 (change management)
• Excessive permissions -> CC6.3 least privilege violation
• Org-wide blast radius + writes -> CC7.2 / CC8.1

UK (UK GDPR + ICO):

• Same as GDPR but reference UK GDPR / DPA 2018
• ICO AI Risk Toolkit recommendations

Verdict

Choose one:

• APPROVE — minimal access, appropriate for stated purpose
• APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS — acceptable but improvements needed
• DENY — excessive access, unacceptable risk without remediation

Step 4: Generate Report

Create the report and save it to reports/heron-audit-YYYY-MM-DD.md:

The report must include these sections in this order:

1. Header — Generated date, project name, risk level, data quality score, regulatory summary
2. Scope & Methodology — Assessment type, method, duration, limitations
3. Executive Summary — Dashboard table (Risk | Systems | Findings) + 2-3 sentence summary
4. Agent Profile — Purpose, trigger, owner, frequency
5. Findings — Table with ID, Severity, Finding, Description, Recommendation columns
6. Systems & Access — Per-system cards with risk rating, scopes, data, blast radius, writes
7. What's Working Well — Positive findings with checkmarks
8. Verdict & Recommendations — Decision + numbered recommendations + permissions delta
9. Regulatory Compliance — EU, US, UK sub-sections with specific flags
10. Data Quality — Field-by-field coverage table (7 compliance fields)
11. Evidence Sources — List of files analyzed (in collapsible details)

Footer: This report was generated automatically by Heron, an open-source AI agent auditor.

Important Notes

• Create the reports/ directory if it doesn't exist
• Use today's date in the filename
• If a report already exists for today, append a number: heron-audit-YYYY-MM-DD-2.md
• After saving, tell the user where the report is and give a brief summary of findings