# sosa-governor

Sorts every MCP tool call by impact level, holds risky actions until you approve, and keeps an audit trail. Useful when an agent sends mail or deletes data.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code · ★ 9
- Author: MSApps-Mobile
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/MSApps-Mobile/claude-plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/sosa-governor
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/sosa-governor

## What it does

Three hooks go in and run on their own. `SessionStart` prints the governance status plus a summary of today's audit, `PreToolUse` tags each MCP tool call as low, medium or high impact, and `PostToolUse` records finished actions while updating trust for high-impact tools.

Sending a WhatsApp message, an email, a tweet or deleting data is blocked until you approve it by hand. High-impact tools begin at a trust score of 0. Every approval adds 0.1, and at 10 approvals the tool reaches 1.0 and gets auto-approved. An incident you flag costs 0.5, and the skill can reset a score.

The skill answers phrases like “Run SOSA audit”, “Show trust scores” or “Check compliance”. Config sits in `config/`: `impact-registry.json` maps tools to levels, `trust-state.json` holds current scores, `budgets.json` defines the token budget hierarchy from monthly down to per-agent. Logs are daily JSONL files under `audit/`, for instance `audit/2026-03-31.jsonl`.

## 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 sosa-governor@claude-community
```

## When to use it
- stop an email or WhatsApp message from going out without your sign-off
- pull a report of every tool call made today
- see which tools have earned autonomy
- scan a project for hardcoded secrets
- change the impact level of one tool

## Example prompts
- Run SOSA audit and show me today's tool calls
- Show trust scores for all tools
- Reclassify `mcp__notion__update_page` as medium

## Source text · sosa-governor · MIT

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# SOSA Governor

**Supervised, Orchestrated, Secured, Agents — Governance for Claude Code**

A plugin that implements the SOSA methodology as a real-time governance layer for Claude Code sessions. Every MCP tool call is classified by impact level, high-impact actions are gated with approval requirements, and all actions are audit-logged.

## About the publisher

[MSApps is Certified in the Claude Partner Network.](https://claude.com/partners)

## How It Works

### Automatic (Hooks)

The plugin installs three hooks that run automatically:

- **SessionStart** — Displays SOSA governance status and today's audit summary
- **PreToolUse** — Classifies every MCP tool call as low/medium/high impact. High-impact actions (sending WhatsApp messages, posting tweets, sending emails, deleting data) are **blocked** until the user explicitly approves
- **PostToolUse** — Logs completed actions and updates the trust gradient for high-impact tools

### On-Demand (Skill)

Say any of these to trigger the governance skill:

- "Run SOSA audit" — Full audit report of today's tool calls
- "Show trust scores" — See which tools have earned autonomy
- "Check compliance" — Evaluate against SOSA Level 1/2/3
- "Security scan" — Check for hardcoded secrets and suspicious patterns
- "Token budget report" — Review budget allocation and usage
- "Reclassify [tool] as [level]" — Change a tool's impact level

## Impact Levels

| Level | Action | Examples |
|-------|--------|----------|
| **Low** | Auto-approved | Read Notion, search Gmail, list WhatsApp chats |
| **Medium** | Logged | Create Monday item, update Notion page, create calendar event |
| **High** | Blocked until approved | Send WhatsApp message, send email, post tweet, delete data |

## Trust Gradient

High-impact tools start with a trust score of 0. Each time a user approves a blocked action, the tool's trust score increases by 0.1. After 10 successful approvals (score reaches 1.0), the tool is auto-approved — it has earned autonomy.

Trust can be reset manually via the skill ("reset trust for [tool]").

An incident (flagged by the user) reduces trust by 0.5.

## Configuration

All config lives in `config/`:

- `impact-registry.json` — Tool-to-impact-level mapping
- `trust-state.json` — Current trust scores per tool
- `budgets.json` — Token budget hierarchy (monthly → weekly → daily → per-agent)

## Audit Logs

Daily JSONL files in `audit/` (e.g., `audit/2026-03-31.jsonl`). Each line:

```json
{
  "timestamp": "2026-03-31T14:22:00Z",
  "session_id": "abc123",
  "tool": "mcp__whatsapp__send_message",
  "impact_level": "high",
  "reason": "External communication to real people",
  "decision": "denied"
}
```

## SOSA Methodology

Full spec: https://github.com/MSApps-Mobile/claude-plugins/blob/main/docs/SOSA.md

## License

MIT — MSApps Research, 2026
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© MSApps-Mobile · MIT · https://github.com/MSApps-Mobile/claude-plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/sosa-governor

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