Teach gpg-ssm to bootstrap shared signing key from SSM

coilyco-ops commented

2026-07-09 00:15:25 +00:00

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Problem

Kai has stored the shared armored GPG secret key at /coilysiren/gpg-secret-key and the shared passphrase at /coilysiren/gpg-passphrase. The current scripts/gpg-ssm wrapper only supports per-host keys and fetches /coilysiren/gpg-passphrase/<keyid> based on git config --global user.signingkey.

Desired behavior

Update gpg-ssm so a fresh machine can sign commits using the shared SSM-backed key material. The wrapper should:

Keep verification and non-signing invocations as passthrough.
Gate on AWS credentials before fetching SSM values.
Detect whether the configured signing key is locally available.
If the shared key is missing locally, fetch /coilysiren/gpg-secret-key with decryption and import it into the local keyring without writing the key to disk.
Fetch /coilysiren/gpg-passphrase with decryption for signing.
Preserve the Git Bash MSYS_NO_PATHCONV carve-out.
Update docs and the tooling-gpg-ssm skill references so the design no longer claims only per-host passphrase params.

Notes

The old per-host path was /coilysiren/gpg-passphrase/<keyid>. The new operator-created params are flat paths. Keep command output public-safe and do not print secret values.

## Problem Kai has stored the shared armored GPG secret key at `/coilysiren/gpg-secret-key` and the shared passphrase at `/coilysiren/gpg-passphrase`. The current `scripts/gpg-ssm` wrapper only supports per-host keys and fetches `/coilysiren/gpg-passphrase/<keyid>` based on `git config --global user.signingkey`. ## Desired behavior Update `gpg-ssm` so a fresh machine can sign commits using the shared SSM-backed key material. The wrapper should: - Keep verification and non-signing invocations as passthrough. - Gate on AWS credentials before fetching SSM values. - Detect whether the configured signing key is locally available. - If the shared key is missing locally, fetch `/coilysiren/gpg-secret-key` with decryption and import it into the local keyring without writing the key to disk. - Fetch `/coilysiren/gpg-passphrase` with decryption for signing. - Preserve the Git Bash `MSYS_NO_PATHCONV` carve-out. - Update docs and the `tooling-gpg-ssm` skill references so the design no longer claims only per-host passphrase params. ## Notes The old per-host path was `/coilysiren/gpg-passphrase/<keyid>`. The new operator-created params are flat paths. Keep command output public-safe and do not print secret values.

coilyco-ops commented

2026-07-09 00:15:45 +00:00

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🔒 Reserved by ward agent --harness codex — container engineer-codex-agentic-os-348 on host kais-macbook-pro-2.local is carrying this issue (reserved 2026-07-09T00:15:42Z). Concurrent ward agent runs are blocked until it finishes or the reservation goes stale (1h TTL); --force overrides.

Do not comment on or edit this issue to steer the run while it is reserved. The engineer seeded the body once at launch and never re-reads it, so a comment or edit reaches only human readers, never the running engineer. A correction goes to a new issue, dispatched fresh — that is the only channel that reaches a run in flight. Where the forge supports it, ward locks this conversation to make that a road-block rather than a convention (ward#494).

run seed context — what this run is carrying (ward#609)

Resolved: coilyco-flight-deck/agentic-os#348 · branch issue-348 · harness codex · workflow pr
Run: engineer-codex-agentic-os-348 · ward v0.470.0 · dispatched 2026-07-09T00:15:42Z
Comment thread: 0 included in the pre-flight read, 0 stripped (ward's own automated comments).

Static container doctrine and seed boilerplate are identical every run and omitted here (they ride ward v0.470.0).

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🔒 Reserved by `ward agent --harness codex` — container `engineer-codex-agentic-os-348` on host `kais-macbook-pro-2.local` is carrying this issue (reserved 2026-07-09T00:15:42Z). Concurrent `ward agent` runs are blocked until it finishes or the reservation goes stale (1h TTL); `--force` overrides. **Do not comment on or edit this issue to steer the run while it is reserved.** The engineer seeded the body once at launch and never re-reads it, so a comment or edit reaches only human readers, never the running engineer. A correction goes to a **new issue, dispatched fresh** — that is the only channel that reaches a run in flight. Where the forge supports it, ward locks this conversation to make that a road-block rather than a convention (ward#494). <details><summary>run seed context — what this run is carrying (ward#609)</summary> - **Resolved:** `coilyco-flight-deck/agentic-os#348` · branch `issue-348` · harness `codex` · workflow `pr` - **Run:** `engineer-codex-agentic-os-348` · ward `v0.470.0` · dispatched `2026-07-09T00:15:42Z` - **Comment thread:** 0 included in the pre-flight read, 0 stripped (ward's own automated comments). Static container doctrine and seed boilerplate are identical every run and omitted here (they ride ward v0.470.0). </details>  — Codex, via `ward agent`

coilyco-ops commented

2026-07-09 00:25:11 +00:00

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WARD-OUTCOME: blocked - review summary: blocked: codex: exit status 1

Review panel verdicts:

codex: ERROR: codex: exit status 1 (conf 0.00)
claude: ERROR: claude: exit status 1 (conf 0.00)
goose: ERROR: goose: exit status 1 (conf 0.00)

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WARD-OUTCOME: blocked - review summary: blocked: codex: exit status 1 Review panel verdicts: - codex: ERROR: codex: exit status 1 (conf 0.00) - claude: ERROR: claude: exit status 1 (conf 0.00) - goose: ERROR: goose: exit status 1 (conf 0.00)  — Codex, via `ward agent`

coilyco-ops commented

2026-07-09 00:25:51 +00:00

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WARD-OUTCOME: blocked - the review gate failed closed before a usable verdict because the reviewer backend returned 401 Unauthorized.
Review summary: blocked: codex: exit status 1
Reviewer verdicts: codex block, claude block, goose block, each due the same 401 transport failure.

WARD-OUTCOME: blocked - the review gate failed closed before a usable verdict because the reviewer backend returned 401 Unauthorized. Review summary: blocked: codex: exit status 1 Reviewer verdicts: codex block, claude block, goose block, each due the same 401 transport failure.

coilyco-ops referenced this issue from a pull request that will close it,

2026-07-09 00:26:03 +00:00

ward salvage: ward-salvage/agentic-os-10d085d2 #349

coilyco-ops commented

2026-07-09 00:26:04 +00:00

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⚠️ Reopened: this run's work did not land on `main`

An ephemeral ward container (codex mode) dispatched for this issue finished but its work was not merged to main, so the reaper preserved it on a branch before teardown and reopened the issue (a closing reference for #348 never reached main). Recover from the salvage branch below.

Repo: coilyco-flight-deck/agentic-os
Salvage branch: ward-salvage/agentic-os-10d085d2
Pull request: not opened - PR creation failed: forgejo: parse created pull request: unexpected end of JSON input
Reason: run workflow does not land on main (--workflow pr/patch-only)
Container uptime at reap: 9m (age of the baked Forgejo PAT snapshot; a long-lived container is likelier to carry a rotated token)

Reap diagnostics

--- reap diagnostics ---
ward version:      v0.470.0
version source:    pinned via WARD_VERSION/--ward-version (v0.470.0)
HEAD:              f85bcd75c347
origin/main:       ae3677c83d75
ancestry:          HEAD is NOT yet on origin/main - residual work remains to land
decision gate:     workflow does not land on main (--workflow pr/patch-only)
reason:            run workflow does not land on main (--workflow pr/patch-only)
provenance:        not read (workflow hold)
run-owned landed:  no
working tree:      clean
container uptime:  9m (baked Forgejo PAT age proxy)
--- end reap diagnostics ---

Recover

git fetch https://forgejo.coilysiren.me/coilyco-flight-deck/agentic-os.git ward-salvage/agentic-os-10d085d2
git checkout -b ward-salvage/agentic-os-10d085d2 FETCH_HEAD

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## ⚠️ Reopened: this run's work did not land on `main` An ephemeral `ward container` (codex mode) dispatched for this issue finished but its work was **not merged to `main`**, so the reaper preserved it on a branch before teardown and reopened the issue (a closing reference for #348 never reached `main`). Recover from the salvage branch below. - **Repo:** `coilyco-flight-deck/agentic-os` - **Salvage branch:** `ward-salvage/agentic-os-10d085d2` - **Pull request:** not opened - PR creation failed: forgejo: parse created pull request: unexpected end of JSON input - **Reason:** run workflow does not land on main (--workflow pr/patch-only) - **Container uptime at reap:** 9m (age of the baked Forgejo PAT snapshot; a long-lived container is likelier to carry a rotated token) ## Reap diagnostics ``` --- reap diagnostics --- ward version: v0.470.0 version source: pinned via WARD_VERSION/--ward-version (v0.470.0) HEAD: f85bcd75c347 origin/main: ae3677c83d75 ancestry: HEAD is NOT yet on origin/main - residual work remains to land decision gate: workflow does not land on main (--workflow pr/patch-only) reason: run workflow does not land on main (--workflow pr/patch-only) provenance: not read (workflow hold) run-owned landed: no working tree: clean container uptime: 9m (baked Forgejo PAT age proxy) --- end reap diagnostics --- ``` ## Recover ```bash git fetch https://forgejo.coilysiren.me/coilyco-flight-deck/agentic-os.git ward-salvage/agentic-os-10d085d2 git checkout -b ward-salvage/agentic-os-10d085d2 FETCH_HEAD ```  — Codex, via `ward agent`

coilyco-ops commented

2026-07-09 21:33:37 +00:00

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WARD-RESERVATION: held 🔒

reservation details

Holder: container engineer-codex-agentic-os-348 on host kais-macbook-pro-2.local.

Reserved by ward agent --harness codex (reserved 2026-07-09T21:33:35Z). Concurrent ward agent runs are blocked until it finishes or the reservation goes stale (1h TTL). --force overrides.

Do not comment on or edit this issue to steer the run while it is reserved. The engineer seeded the body once at launch and never re-reads it, so a comment or edit reaches only human readers, never the running engineer. A correction goes to a new issue, dispatched fresh. That is the only channel that reaches a run in flight. Where the forge supports it, ward locks this conversation to make that a road-block rather than a convention (ward#494).

run seed context — what this run is carrying (ward#609)

Resolved: coilyco-flight-deck/agentic-os#348 · branch issue-348 · harness codex · workflow direct-to-main
Run: engineer-codex-agentic-os-348 · ward v0.493.0 · dispatched 2026-07-09T21:33:35Z
Comment thread: 3 included in the pre-flight read, 1 stripped (ward's own automated comments).
- included: @coilyco-ops (2026-07-09T00:25:11Z), @coilyco-ops (2026-07-09T00:25:51Z), @coilyco-ops (2026-07-09T00:26:04Z)
- stripped: @coilyco-ops (2026-07-09T00:15:45Z)

Static container doctrine and seed boilerplate are identical every run and omitted here (they ride ward v0.493.0).

— Codex, via ward agent

WARD-RESERVATION: held 🔒 <details><summary>reservation details</summary> Holder: container `engineer-codex-agentic-os-348` on host `kais-macbook-pro-2.local`. Reserved by `ward agent --harness codex` (reserved 2026-07-09T21:33:35Z). Concurrent `ward agent` runs are blocked until it finishes or the reservation goes stale (1h TTL). `--force` overrides. **Do not comment on or edit this issue to steer the run while it is reserved.** The engineer seeded the body once at launch and never re-reads it, so a comment or edit reaches only human readers, never the running engineer. A correction goes to a **new issue, dispatched fresh**. That is the only channel that reaches a run in flight. Where the forge supports it, ward locks this conversation to make that a road-block rather than a convention (ward#494). <details><summary>run seed context — what this run is carrying (ward#609)</summary> - **Resolved:** `coilyco-flight-deck/agentic-os#348` · branch `issue-348` · harness `codex` · workflow `direct-to-main` - **Run:** `engineer-codex-agentic-os-348` · ward `v0.493.0` · dispatched `2026-07-09T21:33:35Z` - **Comment thread:** 3 included in the pre-flight read, 1 stripped (ward's own automated comments). - included: @coilyco-ops (2026-07-09T00:25:11Z), @coilyco-ops (2026-07-09T00:25:51Z), @coilyco-ops (2026-07-09T00:26:04Z) - stripped: @coilyco-ops (2026-07-09T00:15:45Z) Static container doctrine and seed boilerplate are identical every run and omitted here (they ride ward v0.493.0). </details> </details>  — Codex, via `ward agent`

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2026-07-09 21:41:57 +00:00

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2026-07-09 21:46:07 +00:00

feat(shell): bootstrap shared gpg key from ssm

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2026-07-09 21:46:07 +00:00

coilyco-ops commented

2026-07-09 21:46:36 +00:00

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WARD-OUTCOME: done ✅

details

workflow: direct-to-main; review summary: review gate skipped by ~/.ward/config.yaml default
felt: a straightforward recovery, but the container ran tight on disk during validation and commit hooks
confidence: high
surprises: pre-commit cache bootstrap and commit-time hook installs both hit filesystem space limits
follow-ups: none

WARD-OUTCOME: done ✅ <details><summary>details</summary> workflow: direct-to-main; review summary: review gate skipped by ~/.ward/config.yaml default felt: a straightforward recovery, but the container ran tight on disk during validation and commit hooks confidence: high surprises: pre-commit cache bootstrap and commit-time hook installs both hit filesystem space limits follow-ups: none </details>

coilyco-ops referenced this issue

2026-08-26 05:22:57 +00:00

EPIC: aterm improvement pass, split into issues #1245

coilyco-ops referenced this issue

2026-08-26 06:08:00 +00:00

EPIC: aterm improvement pass, split into issues #1245