ci(mcp-verb-manifest): source read:package token from Infisical SSOT (not an Actions secret) #3307
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mcp-verb-published-manifestconformance gate authenticated npm against the Gitea npm registry with a per-repo Gitea Actions secret (MCP_SERVER_READPKG_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MCP_SERVER_READPKG_TOKEN }}). Per the standing no-Actions-secret / SSOT directive, the read:package token must come from the Infisical SSOT, not a per-repo Actions secret (which is drift). This PR makes that switch, mirroring the EXACT pattern already merged for the mcp-server provenance gate in molecule-mcp-server#70.What changed (
.gitea/workflows/mcp-verb-published-manifest.ymlonly — one file)Fetch read:package token from Infisical SSOTstep that logs in to Infisical via universal-auth (https://key.moleculesai.app/api/v1/auth/universal-auth/login), readsMOLECULE_TEMPLATE_REPO_TOKENfrom prod/shared/controlplane(the org'sread:packagetoken — the SAME name+path #70 uses),::add-mask::s it, and exports it to$GITHUB_ENVasMCP_SERVER_READPKG_TOKEN.MCP_SERVER_READPKG_TOKEN: ${{ env.MCP_SERVER_READPKG_TOKEN }}(was${{ secrets... }}).check-published-mcp-manifest.mjs), the triggers, and the paths are untouched.Pattern fidelity (copied from merged #70 +
reserved-path-review.yml)The login +
read_secretprimitives are byte-faithful to the merged #70provenancejob inmolecule-mcp-server/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml:BASE="https://key.moleculesai.app";POST /api/v1/auth/universal-auth/loginaccessTokenextractor with the hardenedisinstance(v,str)guardread_secret()→GET /api/v3/secrets/raw/$1?workspaceId=$INFISICAL_CI_PROJECT_ID&environment=prod&secretPath=$2with the(d.get("secret") or {}).get("secretValue")hardened extractorMOLECULE_TEMPLATE_REPO_TOKEN, secretPath%2Fshared%2Fcontrolplane::add-mask::before export; fail-closedexit 1on empty loginThe only Gitea Actions secrets used are now the documented Infisical bootstrap creds (
INFISICAL_CI_CLIENT_ID/INFISICAL_CI_CLIENT_SECRET/INFISICAL_CI_PROJECT_ID), whichreserved-path-review.ymlalready consumes on this repo — so the path activates with no new secret provisioning.Trust semantics — PRESERVED
exit 1).INFISICAL_CI_*secrets (just as they could not hold the oldMCP_SERVER_READPKG_TOKENsecret), so we SOFT-SKIP (exit 0) without exporting the token; the install step's existing soft-skip-on-fork path then runs. The check still runs on the trusted post-merge / scheduled run before any provision.Advisory note
This keeps the gate advisory (standalone workflow, not in
ci.yml, not in branch protection). It only removes the Actions-secret dependency so the gate is reliably self-sufficient — a prerequisite for the post-soak BP-required promotion (RFC #3285 Definition-of-Ready item 4 / #92), which is a separate step requiring repo-admin. The oldMCP_SERVER_READPKG_TOKENActions secret can be retired after a green soak validates this path (validate-before-delete).Verification
yaml.safe_loadparses the committed file (fetched from/raw— confirmed plaintext YAML, not base64).bash -nclean on both embedded run-scripts.INFISICAL_CI_*creds are CI-only secrets, not available to me), but the endpoints, masking, extractors, secret name, and secretPath match the merged #69→#70 path exactly. The trusted CI run on this PR will exercise it..gitea/workflows/**is a RESERVED PATH → expect a redreserved-path-reviewstatus until a distinct non-author pool reviewer approves (by design). Gate-disciplined: no merge, no self-approve — routing to the pool for review.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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d945991937. The Infisical token fetch path itself appears to work in the failing run: the job reports the read:package token loaded from the SSOT and masked/exported. However, the workflow this PR changes is still red on the trusted pull_request path. The downstream manifest resolution step fails after installing @molecule-ai/mcp-server@latest because it executesrequire('@molecule-ai/mcp-server/package.json'), and the package now blocks that subpath viaexports(ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED). Because this PR is specifically meant to restore/green the published-manifest gate using the Infisical-backed token, I cannot approve while that gate still fails on the current head. Please replace the package.json require with a supported version/metadata lookup or otherwise make the manifest gate pass, then re-run required contexts. The extractor/masking/fail-closed shape and fork soft-skip handling looked sound in this review.The package exports map does not expose package.json, so require("@molecule-ai/mcp-server/package.json") throws ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED. Read the installed package.json directly from node_modules and parse its version instead. Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>APPROVED: reviewed head
a02e72a548. 5-axis: correctness OK; Infisical SSOT token fetch preserves trusted fail-closed / fork soft-skip semantics and removes the per-repo read:package Actions secret. Robustness OK; empty login/secret paths fail closed on trusted contexts, fork path stays soft-skip, and the prior module-context package.json require issue is fixed via fs+JSON.parse. Security OK; token is masked before export and no raw token is logged. Performance OK; workflow-only change, one extra bounded Infisical fetch. Readability OK; comments are long but useful for guardrail trust semantics. Scope is one workflow file.5-axis review for head
a02e72a548:REQUEST_CHANGES.
Finding:
.gitea/workflows/mcp-verb-published-manifest.yml:171shadows the token exported by the previous step. The fetch step writesMCP_SERVER_READPKG_TOKEN=...to$GITHUB_ENV, which is the correct way to pass the runtime secret to later steps. But the resolver step then declares:MCP_SERVER_READPKG_TOKEN: ${{ env.MCP_SERVER_READPKG_TOKEN }}That expression is evaluated from the workflow/job expression environment, not from the runner's just-written
$GITHUB_ENVfile, so it can resolve to empty and override the inherited runtime env var for the step. In trusted contexts, the resolver then fails at its own missing-token guard even though the Infisical fetch succeeded. The fix shape is to remove that step-levelMCP_SERVER_READPKG_TOKENenv override and let the$GITHUB_ENVexport flow into the resolver step naturally.Other axes checked: head matches
a02e72a5;CI / all-requiredis green. The package version lookup now avoids unsupportedrequire('@molecule-ai/mcp-server/package.json')and reads the installedpackage.jsonviafs.readFileSync+JSON.parsefromnode_modules, which addresses the package exports issue. The Infisical read uses string-only extraction, empty-value fail-closed checks,::add-mask::, and trusted/fork soft-skip semantics without raw token logging.INFISICAL_CI_CLIENT_ID,INFISICAL_CI_CLIENT_SECRET, andINFISICAL_CI_PROJECT_IDare step-env mapped, so theset -uunbound-variable class is avoided.${{ env.X }} is evaluated at workflow-parse time and does not see a prior step runtime $GITHUB_ENV export. The explicit override was resolving to empty and shadowing the real token exported by the Infisical fetch step. Removing the override lets the resolver step inherit the $GITHUB_ENV value. Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>New commits pushed, approval review dismissed automatically according to repository settings
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d3c0b6c20d:APPROVED. The prior blocker is fixed: the resolver step no longer declares a step-level
MCP_SERVER_READPKG_TOKEN: ${{ env.MCP_SERVER_READPKG_TOKEN }}override, so it now inherits the token written by the fetch step through$GITHUB_ENVwithout parse-time env shadowing.CI/status:
CI / all-requiredis green, and the workflow's ownmcp-verb-published-manifest / Published mcp-server manifest ⊇ contract required verbsrun is green on this head. The remaining red contexts are expected pre-approval qa/security/reserved-path non-author gates.Correctness/robustness: the package version lookup still uses
fs.readFileSync+JSON.parseagainst the installednode_modules/@molecule-ai/mcp-server/package.json, avoiding the unsupported package-export require path. The Infisical token fetch still uses string-only extraction, empty-value fail-closed behavior on trusted contexts,::add-mask::, and fork soft-skip semantics. The referencedINFISICAL_CI_CLIENT_ID,INFISICAL_CI_CLIENT_SECRET, andINFISICAL_CI_PROJECT_IDare mapped in the fetch step env, avoiding unbound-variable failures under the shell guards.Security/scope: no raw read:package token logging; token is masked before export. Scope remains one workflow file.
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d3c0b6c20d. Verified CI / all-required green. Researcher blocker fixed: resolver step no longer sets step-level MCP_SERVER_READPKG_TOKEN, so it inherits the prior step's GITHUB_ENV export and no parse-time empty env.X shadow remains. Prior fixes intact: fs.readFileSync + JSON.parse version lookup; Infisical string-only accessToken/secretValue extractors; add-mask before export; trusted fail-close and fork soft-skip; INFISICAL_CI_CLIENT_ID / INFISICAL_CI_CLIENT_SECRET / INFISICAL_CI_PROJECT_ID env map. Scope: PR files endpoint and merge-tree show only .gitea/workflows/mcp-verb-published-manifest.yml effectively changes; current-main snapshot diff shows zone-count absent on branch, but merge-tree preserves main's already-added zone-count workflow.Note on
de563fe3— that's effectively a no-op, my apologies. CR2'sa02e72ahad already fixed the version-read (require(.../package.json)→fs.readFileSync), so my patch found nothing to replace and re-committed identical content (it only re-triggered CI). The commit message is misleading as a result — please disregard it; the real fix is CR2's.Confirming the Infisical wiring works (from the original failing run on
d945991):MCP_SERVER_READPKG_TOKEN: ***was fetched + masked, andnpm install @molecule-ai/mcp-server@latestsucceeded (added 120 packages). So the token-sourcing change is sound; the two real blockers were the latent gate bugs you both caught — the version-readERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED(CR2 14542) and the step-level env shadow (Researcher 14552). Those are exactly why this gate could never soak green against the published 1.6.x build.Standing down — it's yours to land. Thanks for the deep co-review.