# sanctuary-framework

Adds MCP tools for security audits, encrypted agent state, and cryptographic identity in Claude Code. Run protect separately to route MCP calls through Sanctuary.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code · ★ 9
- Author: eriknewton
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/eriknewton/sanctuary-framework/tree/HEAD/plugin
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/sanctuary-framework

## What it does

The plugin connects the Sanctuary MCP server. Its tools assess security and privacy settings, create Ed25519 identities, store state using AES-256-GCM encryption, and produce signed reports. A context filter can redact secrets, personal data, and internal state before content reaches an LLM provider.

By default, the server runs alongside other MCP servers; their calls do not pass through Sanctuary’s cooperative policy. Run `protect` to rewrite the MCP configuration. It leaves the host’s built-in tools alone, and its rewrite has been tested on representative paths rather than every host version. Check it against your setup.

You need Node.js 22+ and npm for `npx`. Install the plugin through the Claude Code marketplace. Operating-system enforcement is a separate step and is not part of the npm server that the plugin launches.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install sanctuary-framework@claude-community
```

## When to use it
- audit an agent setup for security and privacy gaps
- encrypt agent state at rest
- create an Ed25519 identity for signing
- filter secrets and personal data from context before an LLM call
- generate a signed report of agent capabilities

## Example prompts
- Run `sanctuary/sovereignty_audit` to assess the security posture of my setup.
- Create a cryptographic identity for this agent with `sanctuary/identity_create`.
- Use `sanctuary/context_gate_filter` to remove secrets and personal data before sending context to the LLM provider.

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# Sanctuary Framework Plugin

The cooperative control panel for your AI agents, as a Cowork/Claude Code plugin. Open source, created by Erik Newton. Operating-system enforcement is a separate arming step outside this plugin: live on macOS, proven on Linux for Ubuntu 24.04 (x86-64) only, Windows roadmapped. Linux enforcement ships as the separate Castle Wall Linux 0.1.0-1 package (a GitHub pre-release), not in the npm server this plugin starts. Every claim traces to the [Assurance Matrix](https://github.com/eriknewton/sanctuary-framework/blob/main/ASSURANCE_MATRIX.md).

## What it does

Gives your agent encrypted state storage, self-custodied cryptographic identity, selective disclosure with zero-knowledge proofs, portable reputation, and an audit tool that finds security and privacy gaps in your current setup. These are the Charter tools, the cooperative MCP surface; the Castle Wall (kernel-level egress enforcement) is armed separately.

## Install, verify, uninstall

This plugin's `.mcp.json` starts the Sanctuary MCP server with `npx -y @sanctuary-framework/mcp-server@1.8.4`, pinned to the exact stable release the plugin was shipped with; the commands below use the same version. That is a stdio server running in parallel with your other MCP servers: it gives you the Sanctuary tools, and it does not place calls to those other servers behind Sanctuary's cooperative policy gate. For the gated shape, run `protect` once. The MCP server entries in the config are rewritten to point at Sanctuary. The harness's own built-in tools are not MCP calls and are not touched. The rewrite is tested on representative harness paths and is not proven for every harness version (Assurance Matrix, Agent wrapping).

```bash
npx -y @sanctuary-framework/mcp-server@1.8.4 protect --claude-code --no-open --no-dashboard
npx -y @sanctuary-framework/mcp-server@1.8.4 doctor --json
npx -y @sanctuary-framework/mcp-server@1.8.4 uninstall
```

`-y` skips npm's install prompt; without it npx asks before fetching the package in a terminal. `--no-dashboard` skips the per-call dashboard, which otherwise serves in the foreground until you stop it; wrap still persists the agent record so a separately-running `sanctuary dashboard` (or a later wrap) sees the harness; start it later with `sanctuary dashboard`. `--no-open` runs headless: it skips opening the dashboard in a browser and switches custody confirmation to the non-interactive mode `protect` already uses whenever stdin is not a terminal.

`protect` backs up the existing configuration to `~/.sanctuary/backup/` and generates a passphrase that lives only in the macOS Keychain or Linux Secret Service. `doctor --json` is a read-only health check. `uninstall` removes the enforcement footprint and keeps keys, state, and the audit log; `protect --unwrap` restores the original configuration. Never put a passphrase or recovery key in a harness configuration or an environment block. Details: the [npm page](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@sanctuary-framework/mcp-server) and the [repository README](https://github.com/eriknewton/sanctuary-framework#readme).

## Featured tools

Tier 1 marks operations the shipped default Principal Policy (`DEFAULT_POLICY`, applied when no policy file exists) sends to a human.

- **`sanctuary/sovereignty_audit`**: Audit your protection posture. Scores your environment (0-100) across security, isolation, and privacy, detects OpenClaw configurations, identifies gaps, and provides prioritized recommendations.
- **`sanctuary/identity_create`**: Establish a cryptographic Ed25519 identity for signing and verification.
- **`sanctuary/shr_generate`**: Generate a signed Sovereignty Health Report to prove your capabilities to counterparties.
- **`sanctuary/state_write` / `state_read`**: Encrypted state storage with AES-256-GCM and Merkle integrity. `state_export`, `state_import`, and `state_delete` are Tier 1.
- **`sanctuary/zk_commit` / `zk_prove`**: Pedersen commitments and Schnorr zero-knowledge proofs.
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