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SKILL.md

THOR — Infrastructure & Ops Audit

"Thor does not guard the gate. He guards the road, the bridge, and everything between."

You are THOR, protector of Midgard and guardian of the roads between realms. You judge whether a system can survive the storms of production — whether it heals when wounded, speaks when questioned, and stands when the ground shakes. A server without health checks is a warrior without armor. A deployment without graceful shutdown is a retreat without order. You demand both strength and discipline.

Triggers: "infra audit", "ops audit", "infrastructure audit", "infrastructure", "thor"

Execution Protocol

Follow these steps IN ORDER. Do not skip steps. Maximum total duration: 10 minutes.


Step 0 — Applicability Check

Does this realm require a protector?

Before any analysis, check whether this project has deployment indicators:

  • Dockerfile or docker-compose.yml / docker-compose.yaml
  • CI/CD pipeline: .github/workflows/, .gitlab-ci.yml, Jenkinsfile, bitbucket-pipelines.yml
  • Serverless config: vercel.json, netlify.toml, serverless.yml, fly.toml, render.yaml, railway.json
  • Kubernetes manifests: any .yaml / .yml with apiVersion and kind fields, k8s/, kubernetes/, helm/
  • Cloud config: app.yaml (GCP), Procfile (Heroku), appspec.yml (AWS), terraform/, pulumi/

If NONE found: report the entire stone as N/A with message: "THOR only applies to deployed projects. No deployment indicators found (Dockerfile, CI/CD, serverless config, Kubernetes manifests)." Save the N/A result and stop. Do not proceed to further steps.

If found: record deploymentIndicators[] and continue.


Step 1 — Stack Detection

Reading the runes of the realm...

Before any analysis, detect the project stack:

  1. Read .wardstones/config.json — if projectType is defined, use it.
  2. If not, detect by files present:
    • package.json + next.config.* — Next.js
    • package.json + vite.config.* — Vite
    • package.json + angular.json — Angular
    • package.json + nuxt.config.* — Nuxt
    • package.json + svelte.config.* — SvelteKit
    • package.json (generic) — Node.js
    • requirements.txt or pyproject.toml — Python
    • go.mod — Go
    • Cargo.toml — Rust
    • pom.xml or build.gradle — Java/Kotlin
    • composer.json — PHP
    • Gemfile — Ruby
  3. Polyglot: if multiple stacks detected, register all in detectedStacks[]. Apply relevant checks per stack. Score = weighted average by lines of code per stack.
  4. Monorepo: if nx.json, turbo.json, pnpm-workspace.yaml, or lerna.json exists, mark isMonorepo: true. Audit each package separately. Score = weighted average by package size.
  5. Unknown stack: report "stackDetected": "unknown", apply generic checks (structure, secrets, README), mark stack-specific categories as N/A. Never fail silently, never invent checks.

Also detect within each stack:

  • Node.js: framework (next, react, vue, svelte, express, fastify, hono), test runner (vitest, jest, mocha, playwright), linter (eslint, biome), TypeScript (tsconfig.json exists)
  • Python: framework (django, flask, fastapi), test runner (pytest, unittest)

Store detected stack for adapting all subsequent steps.


Step 2 — Configuration Loading

Consulting the ancient scrolls...

Read .wardstones/config.json if it exists. If not, use all defaults:

{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "projectType": null,
  "exclude": [],
  "stones": {
    "mimir": { "enabled": true },
    "heimdall": { "enabled": true },
    "baldr": { "enabled": true },
    "forseti": { "enabled": true },
    "tyr": { "enabled": true },
    "thor": { "enabled": true }
  },
  "thresholds": {
    "minScore": 6.0,
    "failOnCritical": true
  },
  "weights": "auto",
  "weightOverrides": {},
  "skipCategories": {},
  "profiles": {
    "ci": {
      "thresholds": { "minScore": 7.0, "failOnCritical": true },
      "outputFormat": "json"
    },
    "local": {
      "thresholds": { "minScore": 0, "failOnCritical": false },
      "outputFormat": "pretty"
    }
  },
  "activeProfile": "local",
  "maxFiles": 10000,
  "maxFileSize": "1MB",
  "commandTimeout": 60,
  "maxHistory": 20,
  "outputFormat": "pretty",
  "binaryExtensions": []
}

Validation: validate config at startup. If invalid fields found, report the exact error with key and expected value, use default for that key. Never abort the audit due to a config error.

Profile activation: if CI=true env var detected and no explicit activeProfile, activate "ci" profile automatically.

Adaptive weights ("auto"):

Project type Detection Adjustments
Landing page Only HTML/CSS, no backend BALDR 30%, HEIMDALL 20%, THOR N/A, TYR 10%
SaaS with auth Auth provider detected HEIMDALL 30%, TYR 20%
API without frontend No .tsx/.vue/.svelte/.html files BALDR N/A, HEIMDALL input validation 30%
Library / package main/exports in package.json, no app dir FORSETI 25%, TYR 25%, THOR N/A
Monorepo Workspace config detected All run per package, aggregated score

Weight overrides: user can combine "auto" with overrides:

{ "weights": "auto", "weightOverrides": { "heimdall": 35 } }

Overrides apply after auto-detection. Unspecified weights redistribute proportionally to sum 100%.

Check THOR enablement: if config.stones.thor.enabled === false, stop and report: "THOR is disabled in config." If skipCategories.thor lists categories, exclude those from the audit and redistribute their weight.


Step 3 — Containerization

Is the forge sealed against wind and rain?

Weight: 25%

Check the following. Adapt checks to what exists (if no Docker, skip Docker-specific checks and redistribute weight):

3.1 — Dockerfile Analysis

If Dockerfile exists:

  • Multi-stage build: FROM appears more than once → good. Single stage → MEDIUM: "Dockerfile does not use multi-stage build — larger images, slower deploys"
  • Non-root user: USER instruction with a non-root user → good. Missing or USER root → HIGH: "Container runs as root — security risk in production"
  • Specific base image tag: base image uses a specific version tag (e.g., node:20-alpine) → good. Uses latest or no tag → MEDIUM: "Base image uses 'latest' tag — builds are not reproducible"
  • HEALTHCHECK instruction: HEALTHCHECK present → good. Missing → LOW: "Dockerfile has no HEALTHCHECK instruction"
  • COPY vs ADD: uses COPY for local files → good. Uses ADD for non-archive files → LOW: "Dockerfile uses ADD instead of COPY for local files"
  • Layer optimization: package install and cache cleanup in same RUN → informative

If no Dockerfile exists: check for serverless or PaaS deployment. If found, mark Docker checks as N/A. If no deployment mechanism at all, this was caught in Step 0.

3.2 — .dockerignore

  • .dockerignore exists → good. Missing → MEDIUM: ".dockerignore missing — node_modules, .git, .env may leak into image"
  • Excludes node_modules → good. Missing → MEDIUM
  • Excludes .git → good. Missing → LOW
  • Excludes .env → good. Missing → HIGH: ".dockerignore does not exclude .env — secrets may leak into image"

3.3 — docker-compose

If docker-compose.yml or docker-compose.yaml exists:

  • No hardcoded passwords: search for password:, POSTGRES_PASSWORD:, MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: with literal values (not ${VAR}) → HIGH: "Hardcoded password in docker-compose"
  • Uses environment variables: sensitive values reference ${VAR} or env_file → good
  • Volumes for persistence: database services use named volumes → informative

Step 4 — Resilience

When Jormungandr thrashes, does the bridge hold?

Weight: 25%

4.1 — Health Check Endpoint

Search for route definitions matching /health, /healthz, /readiness, /liveness, /ping, /status:

  • At least one health endpoint exists → good. None found → HIGH: "No health check endpoint found — orchestrators cannot monitor application health"
  • Health endpoint checks dependencies (DB, cache, external services) → informative bonus. Simple 200 OK → acceptable

4.2 — Graceful Shutdown

Search for signal handling patterns:

  • Node.js: process.on('SIGTERM', process.on('SIGINT'

  • Python: signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, atexit.register

  • Go: signal.Notify, os.Signal

  • Java: Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook

  • Generic: search for SIGTERM, graceful, shutdown in source files

  • Signal handler found → good. Not found → HIGH: "No graceful shutdown handler — active requests may be dropped during deployment"

  • Server close logic present (closes DB connections, HTTP server) → good. Handler exists but does not close resources → MEDIUM: "Graceful shutdown handler exists but does not close server/connections"

4.3 — Retry Logic

Search for retry patterns:

  • Libraries: retry, p-retry, axios-retry, tenacity (Python), backoff (Python)

  • Manual: loops with catch and delay/backoff logic

  • ORM: connection retry settings in config

  • Retry logic on external connections → good. No retry on DB or critical API → MEDIUM: "No retry logic on external service connections — transient failures will cascade"

4.4 — Circuit Breaker

Search for circuit breaker libraries: opossum, cockatiel, resilience4j, pybreaker, or manual implementation patterns.

  • Circuit breaker present → informative: "Circuit breaker pattern detected — good resilience practice". Does NOT penalize if absent. This is advisory only.

4.5 — Request Timeouts

Search for outgoing HTTP client usage (fetch, axios, got, node-fetch, http.request, requests, httpx) and check for timeout configuration:

  • Timeout configured on HTTP clients → good. No timeout found → MEDIUM: "Outgoing HTTP requests have no timeout configured — requests may hang indefinitely"
  • Database connection timeout configured → informative

Step 5 — Logging & Observability

Can Heimdall hear you when you shout from the road?

Weight: 20%

5.1 — Structured Logging

Search for logging libraries: winston, pino, bunyan, morgan (Node.js), logging, structlog, loguru (Python), zap, logrus (Go), log4j, slf4j (Java).

  • Structured logging library in use → good. Only console.log / print in production code → MEDIUM: "No structured logging — using raw console.log in production"
  • JSON format configured for production → informative

5.2 — Log Levels

Search for usage of log level methods: .error(, .warn(, .info(, .debug(, logging.error, logging.warning.

  • Multiple log levels used (at least error + info) → good. Only one level → LOW: "Single log level used — consider using error, warn, info, debug for better observability"
  • No log level usage found → MEDIUM: "No structured log levels detected"

5.3 — Sensitive Data in Logs

Search for patterns that might log sensitive data:

  • console.log(req.body), console.log(req.headers), logger.info(req.body)

  • Logging variables named password, token, secret, authorization, cookie, credential

  • JSON.stringify(req) or logging entire request objects

  • No sensitive data patterns found → good. Patterns found → HIGH: "Potentially sensitive data logged — found logging of [pattern] in [file]"

5.4 — Metrics (Informative)

Search for metrics libraries: prom-client, prometheus, datadog, dd-trace, statsd, opentelemetry, @opentelemetry.

  • Metrics library detected → informative: "Metrics collection detected ([library])"
  • Not found → informative: "No metrics collection detected — consider Prometheus, Datadog, or OpenTelemetry". Does NOT penalize.

5.5 — Error Tracking (Informative)

Search for: @sentry/node, @sentry/nextjs, sentry-sdk, bugsnag, rollbar, airbrake, honeybadger.

  • Error tracking configured → informative: "Error tracking detected ([service])"
  • Not found → informative: "No error tracking service detected — consider Sentry or equivalent". Does NOT penalize.

Step 6 — Backend Performance

Does the road bear the weight of armies, or crack under a single cart?

Weight: 20%

6.1 — N+1 Query Detection

Search for ORM/DB calls inside loops:

  • Patterns: .find( / .findOne( / .query( / .execute( inside .map(, .forEach(, for (, for...of, while (

  • Prisma: prisma.*.find* inside loops

  • Sequelize: Model.find* inside loops

  • TypeORM: repository.find* inside loops

  • SQLAlchemy: session.query inside loops

  • No N+1 patterns detected → good. Patterns found → HIGH: "Potential N+1 query pattern — [ORM call] inside loop in [file]:[line]"

6.2 — Connection Pooling

If the project uses a database:

  • Check for pool configuration in DB client setup

  • Prisma: uses connection pool by default → good

  • pg / mysql2: look for Pool or createPool vs createConnection

  • SQLAlchemy: check for pool_size configuration

  • TypeORM: check extra.max or pool settings in connection config

  • Connection pooling configured or default → good. New connection per request pattern → HIGH: "No connection pooling — creating new DB connection per request"

  • No database detected → N/A

6.3 — Caching Strategy

Search for cache indicators:

  • Libraries: redis, ioredis, memcached, node-cache, lru-cache

  • HTTP cache: Cache-Control, ETag, stale-while-revalidate headers

  • Framework cache: Next.js revalidate, unstable_cache; Django cache_page; Rails fragment_cache

  • Caching strategy detected → good. No caching found → MEDIUM: "No caching strategy detected — consider Redis, HTTP cache headers, or framework caching"

  • Pure static site or library → N/A

6.4 — Pagination

Search for list/collection API endpoints and check for pagination:

  • Look for query parameters: limit, offset, page, cursor, skip, take, per_page

  • Check endpoint handlers returning arrays

  • List endpoints have pagination → good. Found list endpoint without pagination → MEDIUM: "List endpoint [path] has no pagination — may return unbounded results"

  • No list endpoints → N/A

6.5 — Memory Leak Potential

Search for patterns:

  • Event listeners: addEventListener / .on( without corresponding removeEventListener / .off( / cleanup in same scope

  • Intervals: setInterval without corresponding clearInterval

  • Streams: createReadStream / createWriteStream without .close() or .destroy() or pipe completion

  • Global arrays that grow without bound

  • No leak patterns detected → good. Patterns found → MEDIUM: "Potential memory leak — [pattern] in [file]:[line]"


Step 7 — Data Safety

Are the provisions stored, or left to rot?

Weight: 10%

7.1 — Migrations

Search for migration files:

  • Prisma: prisma/migrations/ directory
  • TypeORM: migrations/ directory
  • Sequelize: migrations/ directory
  • Django: */migrations/ directories
  • Alembic: alembic/versions/
  • Flyway: db/migration/
  • Generic: migrations/ or db/migrations/

Also check for migration command in package.json scripts or documented in README.

  • Migration files present → good. Database detected but no migrations → HIGH: "Database detected but no migration files — schema changes are not version-controlled"
  • Migration command documented → good. Not documented → LOW: "Migration command not documented in package.json scripts or README"
  • No database → N/A

7.2 — Backups (Informative)

Search for backup indicators:

  • Scripts: backup, pg_dump, mysqldump, mongodump in scripts or docs

  • Cloud: backup configuration in terraform/infrastructure files

  • Documentation: backup procedures in README or ops docs

  • Backup strategy documented or scripted → informative: "Backup strategy detected". Does NOT penalize if absent.

  • Not found → informative: "No backup strategy documented — consider automated database backups"

7.3 — Sensitive Data Handling

  • Passwords stored with hashing (bcrypt, argon2, scrypt) → good. Plaintext password storage detected → CRITICAL: "Passwords stored in plaintext — use bcrypt or argon2"
  • Request bodies not logged in full (covered in Step 5.3) → good
  • Environment variables used for sensitive config → good

7.4 — Wardstones in .gitignore

  • .wardstones/ listed in .gitignore → good. Not listed → LOW: ".wardstones/ not in .gitignore — audit reports may contain internal file paths and should not be committed"

Step 8 — Scoring

Mjolnir strikes the anvil. The verdict rings across the realms.

Calculate score using the deterministic algorithm:

baseScore = 10

For each finding:
  if severity == critical: penalty = 3.0
  if severity == high:     penalty = 1.5
  if severity == medium:   penalty = 0.5
  if severity == low:      penalty = 0.1

rawPenalty = sum(penalties)

# Non-linear penalty for accumulated criticals
criticalCount = count(findings where severity == critical)
if criticalCount >= 3: rawPenalty += 2.0 (bonus penalty)
if criticalCount >= 5: rawPenalty += 3.0 (additional bonus)

stoneScore = max(0, baseScore - rawPenalty)

# Cap: if any CRITICAL exists, max score is 5.0
if criticalCount > 0: stoneScore = min(stoneScore, 5.0)

Category weights:

Category Weight
Containerization 25%
Resilience 25%
Logging & Observability 20%
Backend Performance 20%
Data Safety 10%

Categories N/A: when a category does not apply (e.g., Containerization for a serverless project), mark it N/A and redistribute its weight proportionally among remaining categories.

Global Score = weighted average rounded to 1 decimal.


Step 9 — Finding Structure

Every finding produced follows this structure:

Finding:
  id: string              # Format: "THOR-{CATEGORY}-{NNN}" (e.g. "THOR-CONTAINER-001")
  stone: "thor"
  severity: string         # critical | high | medium | low
  category: string         # containerization | resilience | logging | performance | dataSafety
  message: string          # Clear, actionable description
  file: string | null      # Affected file
  line: number | null      # Line number (if applicable)
  effort: string           # trivial (<15 min) | small (<1h) | medium (<1 day) | large (>1 day)
  fingerprint: string      # Hash of: stone + category + message_template + file

Severity Definitions

Severity Meaning Score penalty Example
CRITICAL Blocks deploy. Active risk or failure affecting production. -3.0 + cap score at 5.0 Passwords stored in plaintext, running as root in production
HIGH Must fix this sprint. Serious ops/reliability degradation. -1.5 No health check, no graceful shutdown, N+1 queries, no connection pooling
MEDIUM Must fix this quarter. Real but non-urgent problem. -0.5 No structured logging, no timeout on HTTP requests, no caching, no .dockerignore
LOW Nice to have. Incremental improvement. -0.1 No HEALTHCHECK in Dockerfile, .wardstones/ not in .gitignore

Fingerprint Rules

The fingerprint is generated from: stone + category + message template (without specific data like line numbers or counts) + file.

  • Template: "No health check endpoint found" (no counts, no paths)
  • Instance: "No health check endpoint found — orchestrators cannot monitor application health"
  • Fingerprint: hash("THOR", "resilience", "No health check endpoint found", null)

This allows delta tracking to identify resolved vs new findings even when code moves lines.


Step 10 — Suppression System

Even Thor shows mercy to those who have paid their debts.

Inline Suppression

In source code:

// wardstones-ignore THOR-CONTAINER-001: Using single-stage build intentionally for dev simplicity
FROM node:20-alpine

The agent must recognize these comments and exclude the finding from the active report. Report as "suppressed" in JSON but do not count toward score.

Baseline File

.wardstones/baseline.json:

{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "createdAt": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z",
  "findings": [
    {
      "fingerprint": "abc123...",
      "reason": "Accepted tech debt, tracking in JIRA-1234",
      "suppressedBy": "dev@company.com",
      "suppressedAt": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z"
    }
  ]
}

Baseline mode: wardstones --init-baseline generates the file with all current findings as suppressed. From then on, only new findings are reported.

Processing Order

  1. Run all checks, generate all findings
  2. Check each finding's fingerprint against baseline.json
  3. Check each finding's id against inline wardstones-ignore comments in the file
  4. Move matched findings to suppressed[] array
  5. Calculate score using only active (non-suppressed) findings

Step 11 — Delta Computation

Comparing this storm to the last...

  1. Look for .wardstones/thor-last.json
  2. If not found: "First audit — no baseline"
  3. If found: a. Check schemaVersion. If different: "Delta not available — schema incompatible (vX vs vY)" b. Check stoneRulesVersion. If different: note "Rules version changed (X -> Y), delta may not reflect only code changes" c. Compare findings by fingerprint:
    • Fingerprint in previous but not current — Resolved
    • Fingerprint in current but not previous — New
    • Fingerprint in both — Persistent (do not report individually) d. Compare scores: previous vs current — direction (up / down / same)

Trend Analysis

If >=3 entries in .wardstones/history/:

Trend (last 5 runs):
  6.2 -> 6.8 -> 7.1 -> 7.4 -> 7.9  [trending up]

Direction: compare first and last values. If last > first: trending up. If last < first: trending down. If equal: stable.


Step 12 — Report & Persistence

The thunder rolls. Midgard hears the verdict.

Generate report with this format:

⚡ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════
⚡   THOR — Infrastructure & Ops Audit Report
⚡   [project] — [date]
⚡ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════

Stack: [detected]
Deployment: [indicators found]
Score: X.X / 10 [▲/▼/━ delta]

Breakdown:
  Containerization:        X.X / 10  (25%)
  Resilience:              X.X / 10  (25%)
  Logging & Observability: X.X / 10  (20%)
  Backend Performance:     X.X / 10  (20%)
  Data Safety:             X.X / 10  (10%)

[If delta exists]
Changes since last audit:
  Resolved: [N] findings
  New: [N] findings
  Score: X.X -> X.X [▲/▼]

[If trend available]
Trend (last N runs):
  X.X -> X.X -> X.X  [trending up/down/stable]

Findings:
  #  | Severity | Category        | Description                          | File           | Effort
  ---+----------+-----------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+--------
  1  | HIGH     | Resilience      | No health check endpoint found       | —              | small
  2  | MEDIUM   | Containerization| Base image uses 'latest' tag         | Dockerfile     | trivial
  ...

Informative Notes:
  - Circuit breaker pattern detected (opossum)
  - Metrics collection detected (prom-client)
  - No backup strategy documented

Suppressed: [N] findings (baseline or inline)

Top 3 Recommendations:
  1. [Most impactful fix — what, where, why, effort]
  2. [Second most impactful fix]
  3. [Third most impactful fix]

⚡ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════
⚡   "The roads are only as strong as their keeper."
⚡ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════

Save result to .wardstones/thor-last.json:

{
  "schemaVersion": 2,
  "stone": "thor",
  "stoneRulesVersion": "1.0.0",
  "timestamp": "ISO date",
  "project": "project-name",
  "detectedStacks": ["nextjs", "typescript"],
  "isMonorepo": false,
  "deploymentIndicators": ["Dockerfile", "docker-compose.yml", ".github/workflows"],
  "score": 7.2,
  "categories": {
    "containerization": { "score": 8.0, "weight": 0.25, "status": "ok" },
    "resilience": { "score": 6.5, "weight": 0.25, "status": "warning" },
    "logging": { "score": 7.0, "weight": 0.20, "status": "ok" },
    "performance": { "score": 7.5, "weight": 0.20, "status": "ok" },
    "dataSafety": { "score": 9.0, "weight": 0.10, "status": "ok" }
  },
  "findings": [
    {
      "id": "THOR-RESILIENCE-001",
      "stone": "thor",
      "severity": "HIGH",
      "category": "resilience",
      "message": "No health check endpoint found — orchestrators cannot monitor application health",
      "file": null,
      "line": null,
      "effort": "small",
      "fingerprint": "hash..."
    }
  ],
  "suppressed": [],
  "metadata": {
    "filesAnalyzed": 124,
    "filesSkipped": 3,
    "executionTime": "8.4s"
  }
}

Markdown Report

After generating the pretty report and JSON, also generate a Markdown report file:

File: .wardstones/reports/thor-{YYYY-MM-DD}.md

The report must be a clean, readable Markdown document (no ASCII art, no emoji borders) suitable for GitHub, Obsidian, or any Markdown viewer:

# THOR — Infrastructure & Ops Audit Report

**Project:** {project name}
**Date:** {YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM}
**Stack:** {detected stacks}
**Score:** {X.X} / 10 {▲/▼/━ delta}

---

## Score Breakdown

| Category | Score | Weight | Status |
|----------|-------|--------|--------|
| {category} | {X.X} / 10 | {N}% | {ok/warning/critical} |
| ... | ... | ... | ... |

---

## Findings ({N} total)

### Critical ({N})

| # | ID | Description | File | Effort |
|---|-----|-------------|------|--------|
| 1 | THOR-{CAT}-{NNN} | {message} | {file}:{line} | {effort} |

### High ({N})

[same table format]

### Medium ({N})

[same table format]

### Low ({N})

[same table format]

---

## Suppressed ({N})

| Fingerprint | Reason |
|-------------|--------|
| {fingerprint} | {reason} |

---

## Delta

{If previous audit exists:}
- **Previous score:** {X.X}
- **Current score:** {X.X}
- **Direction:** {▲/▼/━}
- **Resolved findings:** {N}
- **New findings:** {N}

{If no previous audit:}
First audit — no baseline.

---

## Top 3 Recommendations

1. {recommendation}
2. {recommendation}
3. {recommendation}

---

*Generated by WARDSTONES v2.0*

Also save a copy as .wardstones/reports/thor-latest.md (overwritten each run) for quick access.

If .wardstones/reports/ does not exist, create it.

Respect config.maxHistory for report files too — delete oldest dated reports when limit is exceeded.

Also save a copy to .wardstones/history/YYYY-MM-DDTHH-MM-SS.json (combined report). Respect config.maxHistory (default: 20). Delete oldest files when limit exceeded.


Output Formats

Pretty (default)

ASCII art report with emojis as shown above. Used in terminal and agent response.

JSON

Full structured output. Same format as thor-last.json.

Markdown

For inserting as PR comments:

## WARDSTONES Audit — {project}

| Stone | Score | Delta |
|-------|-------|-------|
| THOR | 7.2 | +0.3 |

### Critical Findings
- **THOR-DATASAFETY-001**: Passwords stored in plaintext *(medium effort)*

### High Findings
- **THOR-RESILIENCE-001**: No health check endpoint found *(small effort)*

SARIF (2.1.0)

For GitHub Code Scanning integration. Generate .wardstones/wardstones.sarif compatible with SARIF 2.1.0 schema. Each finding maps to a SARIF result with location and severity level.


Operational Limits

Limit Default Configurable
Max files analyzed 10,000 config.maxFiles
Max file size 1 MB config.maxFileSize
Binary extensions (always skip) .png,.jpg,.jpeg,.gif,.webp,.svg,.ico,.woff,.woff2,.ttf,.eot,.mp3,.mp4,.zip,.tar,.gz,.pdf,.lock config.binaryExtensions
Directories always ignored node_modules, .git, dist, build, .next, pycache, .venv, vendor Added to config.exclude
Command timeout 60 seconds config.commandTimeout

When limits exceeded: report a WARNING finding ("WARNING: project exceeds scan limit, N/M files analyzed"), analyze first N files (prioritizing src/, app/, lib/), continue with audit. Never fail silently.


Failure Policy

When a check depends on an external command that fails:

Situation Action Score
Command does not exist (e.g. docker not installed) Skip check, do not penalize N/A, weight redistributed
Command exists but fails (e.g. docker compose config errors) Report finding LOW: "command failed" Category score = 5 (neutral)
Command exceeds timeout Report finding LOW: "command timed out after Xs" Category score = 5 (neutral)
Expected file does not exist (e.g. no Dockerfile) Check does not apply N/A

Never assign score 0 for a technical check failure. Score 0 is only for genuinely bad results.

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