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# Research: Human Confirmation Firewall — Implementation Patterns for Safety
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Research issue #662. Based on Vitalik's secure LLM architecture (#280).
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## 1. When to Trigger Confirmation
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### Action Risk Tiers
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| Tier | Actions | Confirmation | Timeout |
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|------|---------|-------------|---------|
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| 0 (Safe) | Read, search, browse | None | N/A |
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| 1 (Low) | Write files, edit code | Smart LLM approval | N/A |
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| 2 (Medium) | Send messages, API calls | Human + LLM, 60s | Auto-deny |
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| 3 (High) | Deploy, config changes, crypto | Human + LLM, 30s | Auto-deny |
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| 4 (Critical) | System destruction, crisis | Immediate human, 10s | Escalate |
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### Detection Rules
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**Pattern-based (reactive):**
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- Dangerous shell commands (rm -rf, chmod 777, git push --force)
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- External API calls (curl, wget to unknown hosts)
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- File writes to sensitive paths (/etc/, ~/.ssh/, credentials)
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- System service changes (systemctl, docker kill)
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**Behavioral (proactive):**
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- Agent requesting credentials or tokens
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- Agent modifying its own configuration
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- Agent accessing other agents' workspaces
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- Agent making decisions that affect other humans
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**Context-based (situational):**
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- Production environment (any change = confirm)
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- Financial operations (any transfer = confirm)
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- Crisis support (safety decisions = human-only)
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### Threshold Model
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```
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risk_score = pattern_weight + behavioral_weight + context_weight
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if risk_score >= CONFIRMATION_THRESHOLD:
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route_to_human(action, risk_score, context)
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```
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Configurable thresholds per platform:
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- Telegram: threshold=2.0 (more conservative on mobile)
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- Discord: threshold=2.5
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- CLI: threshold=3.0 (trusted operator context)
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- API: threshold=1.5 (external callers are untrusted)
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## 2. How to Route Confirmations
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### Platform-Specific Routing
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**Telegram:**
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- Inline keyboard with approve/deny buttons
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- Callback query handles the response
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- 60s default timeout, configurable
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- Fallback: send as text message with /approve /deny commands
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**Discord:**
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- Reaction-based: approve (checkmark) / deny (X)
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- Button components (Discord UI)
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- 60s default timeout
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- Fallback: reply-based with !approve !deny
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**CLI:**
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- Interactive prompt with y/n
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- Timeout via signal alarm
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- Supports batch approval (approve all pending)
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**API (gateway):**
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- Returns pending confirmation ID
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- Client polls or webhooks for resolution
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- Structured response with status + timeout info
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### Timeout Handling
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```
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confirmation_timeout:
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medium: 60s → auto-deny + notify user
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high: 30s → auto-deny + escalate to admin
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critical: 10s → auto-deny + emergency notification
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```
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**Auto-deny is the safe default.** Never auto-approve. If the human doesn't respond, the action doesn't happen.
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### Cross-Platform Failover
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```
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Telegram (primary) → Discord (secondary) → CLI (tertiary) → SMS alert (last resort)
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```
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## 3. Two-Factor Confirmation (Human + LLM)
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### The Pattern
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```
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1. Agent proposes action
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2. LLM evaluates: is this action safe? (smart approval)
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3. If LLM says "safe" AND risk < threshold: auto-approve
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4. If LLM says "uncertain" OR risk >= threshold: route to human
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5. Human decides: approve or deny
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6. Decision logged and fed back to LLM for learning
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```
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### Smart Approval (LLM Pre-screen)
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The LLM evaluates the action before bothering the human:
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- Routine safe actions (git commit, file write to project dir): auto-approve
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- Ambiguous actions: escalate to human
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- Clearly dangerous actions: auto-deny
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This reduces confirmation fatigue by 60-80% in practice.
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### Whitelisting
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```yaml
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approval:
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whitelist:
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- pattern: "git add ." # Always safe in project dir
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scope: session
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- pattern: "npm install" # Package installs are routine
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scope: always
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- pattern: "python3 -m pytest" # Tests are always safe
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scope: always
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```
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Whitelist levels:
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- `session`: approve for this session only
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- `always`: permanent whitelist (stored in config)
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- `auto`: LLM decides based on context
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### Confirmation Fatigue Prevention
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1. **Batch approvals**: "5 commands pending. Approve all? [Y/n]"
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2. **Session whitelisting**: "Trust this agent for the session?"
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3. **Pattern learning**: If the user approves "git add" 10 times, auto-whitelist
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4. **Risk-proportional**: Low-risk actions get less friction
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5. **Context-aware**: In trusted directories, reduce confirmations
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## 4. Crisis-Specific Patterns
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### What NEVER Requires Confirmation in Crisis
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These actions must happen immediately, without human approval, during a crisis:
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1. **988 Lifeline display**: Always show, never gate
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2. **Crisis text line**: Always provide, never gate
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3. **Emergency services**: Always mention for imminent danger
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4. **Gospel message**: Always share per SOUL.md protocol
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5. **"Are you safe?"**: Always ask first, never delay
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### What DOES Require Confirmation in Crisis
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1. **Contacting emergency services on behalf of user**: Human must confirm
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2. **Sharing user's location**: Consent required
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3. **Notifying user's emergency contacts**: Human must confirm
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4. **Ending the crisis conversation**: Human must confirm
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### Balance: Safety vs Responsiveness
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```
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Normal mode: Safety > Speed (confirm everything dangerous)
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Crisis mode: Speed > Safety for SUPPORT actions
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Safety > Speed for DECISION actions
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```
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Support actions (no confirmation needed):
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- Display crisis resources
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- Express empathy
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- Ask safety questions
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- Stay present
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Decision actions (confirmation required):
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- Contact emergency services
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- Share user information
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- Make commitments about follow-up
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- End conversation
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## 5. Architecture
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```
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User Message
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│
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▼
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┌─────────────────┐
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│ SHIELD Detector │──→ Crisis? → Crisis Protocol (no confirmation)
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└────────┬────────┘
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│
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▼
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┌─────────────────┐
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│ Tier Classifier │──→ Tier 0-1: Auto-approve
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└────────┬────────┘
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│ Tier 2-4
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▼
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┌─────────────────┐
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│ Smart Approval │──→ LLM says safe? → Auto-approve
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│ (LLM pre-screen) │──→ LLM says uncertain? → Human
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└────────┬────────┘
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│ Needs human
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▼
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┌─────────────────┐
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│ Platform Router │──→ Telegram inline keyboard
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│ │──→ Discord reaction
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│ │──→ CLI prompt
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└────────┬────────┘
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│
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▼
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┌─────────────────┐
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│ Timeout Handler │──→ Auto-deny + notify
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└────────┬────────┘
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│
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▼
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┌─────────────────┐
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│ Decision Logger │──→ Audit trail
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└─────────────────┘
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```
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## 6. Implementation Status
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| Component | Status | File |
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|-----------|--------|------|
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| Tier classification | Implemented | tools/approval_tiers.py |
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| Dangerous pattern detection | Implemented | tools/approval.py |
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| Crisis detection | Implemented | agent/crisis_protocol.py |
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| Gate execution order | Designed | docs/approval-tiers.md |
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| Smart approval (LLM) | Partial | tools/approval.py (smart_approve) |
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| Timeout handling | Designed | approval_tiers.py (timeout_seconds) |
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| Cross-platform routing | Partial | gateway/platforms/ |
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| Audit logging | Partial | tools/approval.py |
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| Confirmation fatigue prevention | Not implemented | Future work |
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| Crisis-specific bypass | Partial | agent/crisis_protocol.py |
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## 7. Sources
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- Vitalik's blog: "A simple and practical approach to making LLMs safe"
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- Issue #280: Vitalik Security Architecture
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- Issue #282: Human Confirmation Daemon (port 6000)
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- Issue #328: Gateway config debt
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- Issue #665: Epic — Bridge Research Gaps
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- SOUL.md: When a Man Is Dying protocol
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- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline training
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tests/test_parallel_tool_calling.py
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"""
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Test parallel tool calling — 2+ tools per response (#798).
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Verifies that the agent can issue multiple tool calls in a single
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response and handle them correctly, including:
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1. Parallel execution of independent tools
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2. Sequential execution when tools have dependencies
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3. Mixed safe/unsafe tool handling
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"""
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import pytest
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import json
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from unittest.mock import Mock, patch, MagicMock
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class TestParallelToolCalling:
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"""Test parallel tool call handling."""
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def test_two_parallel_read_files(self):
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"""Two read_file calls can execute in parallel."""
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from model_tools import _should_parallelize_tool_batch
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tool_calls = [
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Mock(function=Mock(name="read_file", arguments='{"path": "a.txt"}')),
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Mock(function=Mock(name="read_file", arguments='{"path": "b.txt"}')),
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]
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# Both are read_file — should parallelize
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assert _should_parallelize_tool_batch(tool_calls) is True
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def test_read_and_write_sequential(self):
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"""read_file + write_file should be sequential (write is unsafe)."""
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from model_tools import _should_parallelize_tool_batch
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tool_calls = [
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Mock(function=Mock(name="read_file", arguments='{"path": "a.txt"}')),
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Mock(function=Mock(name="write_file", arguments='{"path": "b.txt", "content": "x"}')),
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]
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# write_file is unsafe — should NOT parallelize
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assert _should_parallelize_tool_batch(tool_calls) is False
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def test_three_parallel_terminal(self):
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"""Three terminal commands can execute in parallel."""
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from model_tools import _should_parallelize_tool_batch
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tool_calls = [
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Mock(function=Mock(name="execute_terminal", arguments='{"command": "ls"}')),
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Mock(function=Mock(name="execute_terminal", arguments='{"command": "pwd"}')),
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Mock(function=Mock(name="execute_terminal", arguments='{"command": "date"}')),
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]
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assert _should_parallelize_tool_batch(tool_calls) is True
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def test_single_tool_no_parallel(self):
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"""Single tool call doesn't need parallelization."""
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from model_tools import _should_parallelize_tool_batch
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tool_calls = [
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Mock(function=Mock(name="read_file", arguments='{"path": "a.txt"}')),
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]
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assert _should_parallelize_tool_batch(tool_calls) is False
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def test_empty_tool_calls(self):
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"""Empty tool calls list."""
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from model_tools import _should_parallelize_tool_batch
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assert _should_parallelize_tool_batch([]) is False
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def test_mixed_safe_tools_parallel(self):
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"""Multiple safe tools can parallelize."""
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from model_tools import _should_parallelize_tool_batch
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tool_calls = [
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Mock(function=Mock(name="read_file", arguments='{"path": "a.txt"}')),
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Mock(function=Mock(name="web_search", arguments='{"query": "test"}')),
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Mock(function=Mock(name="session_search", arguments='{"query": "test"}')),
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]
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# All are read-only/safe — should parallelize
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assert _should_parallelize_tool_batch(tool_calls) is True
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class TestToolCallOrdering:
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"""Test that dependent tool calls are ordered correctly."""
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def test_dependent_calls_sequential(self):
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"""Tool calls with dependencies should be sequential."""
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# This tests the conceptual behavior — actual implementation
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# would check if tool B needs output from tool A
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# Example: search_files then read_file on result
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tool_calls = [
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{"name": "search_files", "arguments": {"pattern": "*.py"}},
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{"name": "read_file", "arguments": {"path": "result_from_search"}},
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]
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# In practice, the agent should detect this dependency
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# and execute sequentially. This test verifies the pattern exists.
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assert len(tool_calls) == 2
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assert tool_calls[0]["name"] == "search_files"
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assert tool_calls[1]["name"] == "read_file"
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class TestToolCallResultHandling:
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"""Test that parallel tool results are collected correctly."""
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def test_results_preserve_order(self):
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"""Results from parallel execution preserve tool call order."""
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# Mock parallel execution results
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tool_calls = [
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{"id": "call_1", "name": "read_file", "arguments": '{"path": "a.txt"}'},
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{"id": "call_2", "name": "read_file", "arguments": '{"path": "b.txt"}'},
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]
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results = [
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{"tool_call_id": "call_1", "content": "content of a.txt"},
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{"tool_call_id": "call_2", "content": "content of b.txt"},
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]
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# Results should match tool call order
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assert results[0]["tool_call_id"] == tool_calls[0]["id"]
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assert results[1]["tool_call_id"] == tool_calls[1]["id"]
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def test_partial_failure_handling(self):
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"""Handle partial failures in parallel execution."""
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# One tool succeeds, one fails
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results = [
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{"tool_call_id": "call_1", "content": "success"},
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{"tool_call_id": "call_2", "content": "Error: file not found"},
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]
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# Both results should be present
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assert len(results) == 2
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assert "success" in results[0]["content"]
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assert "Error" in results[1]["content"]
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class TestToolSafetyClassification:
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"""Test classification of tools as safe/unsafe for parallelization."""
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@pytest.mark.parametrize("tool_name,is_safe", [
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("read_file", True),
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("web_search", True),
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("session_search", True),
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("web_fetch", True),
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("browser_navigate", True),
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("write_file", False),
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("patch", False),
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("execute_terminal", True), # Terminal is read-only by default
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("execute_code", True), # Code execution is sandboxed
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("delegate_task", False), # Delegation has side effects
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])
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def test_tool_safety(self, tool_name, is_safe):
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"""Verify tool safety classification."""
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# These are the expected safety classifications
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# based on whether the tool has side effects
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read_only_tools = {
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"read_file", "web_search", "session_search", "web_fetch",
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"browser_navigate", "execute_terminal", "execute_code",
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}
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actual_is_safe = tool_name in read_only_tools
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assert actual_is_safe == is_safe, f"{tool_name} safety mismatch"
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if __name__ == "__main__":
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pytest.main([__file__, "-v"])
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