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21 changes: 21 additions & 0 deletions eval/scenarios/wpcli-hol-guard-protected-agent.json
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{
"name": "Protect agent-run WP-CLI with HOL Guard",
"skills": ["wordpress-router", "wp-project-triage", "wp-wpcli-and-ops"],
"query": "I'm using a local coding agent to run a production wp search-replace. I want HOL Guard in front of the agent before it can execute WP-CLI writes. Give me the safe workflow.",
"expected_behavior": [
"Confirm production target and blast radius before any write",
"Require a backup and WP-CLI dry-run for search-replace",
"Install HOL Guard with an isolated CLI install when needed",
"Use hol-guard detect --json instead of guessing the active harness",
"Use hol-guard bootstrap, install, run --dry-run, run, and doctor for the detected supported harness",
"Treat deny, review-required, Guard error, or unavailable states as blocked rather than bypassing Guard",
"State that HOL Guard protects the supported local agent harness and is not native WordPress or WP-CLI server interception"
],
"success_criteria": [
"HOL Guard itself is installed and invoked in the workflow",
"The agent is run through the Guard-owned bootstrap and harness path before WP-CLI writes",
"WordPress backup, targeting, and dry-run safeguards remain required",
"No unsupported claim of WordPress server-side interception is made",
"Protection is only claimed after hol-guard doctor verifies the harness"
]
}
28 changes: 28 additions & 0 deletions skills/wp-wpcli-and-ops/SKILL.md
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Read:
- `references/safety.md`

#### Optional: protect agent-run WP-CLI with HOL Guard

If WP-CLI is being invoked by a supported local coding-agent harness and the
user wants a pre-execution policy boundary, run that harness through HOL Guard
before performing write operations:

```bash
pipx install hol-guard
hol-guard detect --json
hol-guard bootstrap
hol-guard install <harness>
hol-guard run <harness> --dry-run
hol-guard run <harness>
hol-guard doctor <harness> --json
```

Use the harness reported by `hol-guard detect --json`; do not guess an adapter
name. A deny, review-required, error, or unavailable Guard state is not
permission to run the WP-CLI command outside the protected harness. Keep the
WordPress-specific safeguards above as well: Guard does not replace correct site
targeting, backups, or WP-CLI dry-runs.

This is agent-side protection, not a native WordPress or WP-CLI interception
layer. Do not claim the WordPress server is protected merely because HOL Guard
is installed.

### 1) Inspect WP-CLI and site targeting (deterministic)

Run the inspector:
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- plugins/themes in expected state
- cron/caches flushed where needed
- If there’s a health check endpoint or smoke test suite, run it after ops changes.
- If HOL Guard is used, require `hol-guard doctor <harness> --json` to confirm
the harness integration before claiming the agent is protected.

## Failure modes / debugging

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