# Launch Readiness Checklist

**Status: ✅ READY FOR OPENCLAW ANNOUNCEMENT** (guardrail post only after execution gates below are met)

**Source of truth for launch:** [README.md](README.md) in this folder is the single entry point. [QUICK_LAUNCH_CHECKLIST.md](QUICK_LAUNCH_CHECKLIST.md) and [LAUNCH_STRATEGY_SUMMARY.md](LAUNCH_STRATEGY_SUMMARY.md) define timing, content, evidence, and final verification. Use them before posting.

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## Where we are

Phase 1 (Local-Only MVP) and Phase 2 (Cloud/API integration) are implemented: OpenClaw plugin with `before_tool_call`, local + API evaluation, passport and policies. This repo is **~82/100** launch-ready; remaining items (audit chaining, npm publish, etc.) are post-announcement. Strategy and roadmap docs are in the **agent-passport** repo under `docs/openclaw/` (internal).

**Summary:** We have working OpenClaw integration (local + API), docs, examples, and tests. **User-facing setup:** one command `npx @aporthq/aport-agent-guardrails` (no clone); optional hosted passport via `npx @aporthq/aport-agent-guardrails <agent_id>`. Do not claim "5-minute setup, works today" until the guardrail execution gates below are satisfied and evidence (screenshot) is captured.

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## ✅ Priority 1: Fix Remaining Test Issue (COMPLETED)

- [x] Fix blocked pattern custom validator test
- [x] Ensure all 4 new policy tests pass 100%
- [x] Security patterns working correctly
- [x] False positives resolved (git clone URL issue fixed)

**Status**: All tests passing! ✅

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## ✅ Priority 2: Create OpenClaw Local Integration Guide (COMPLETED)

### Documentation Created

- [x] **[OPENCLAW_LOCAL_INTEGRATION.md](OPENCLAW_LOCAL_INTEGRATION.md)** - Complete integration guide
  - Quick start (5 minutes)
  - Passport setup
  - Policy files setup
  - Verification script
  - Integration examples (Python)
  - Security features overview
  - Testing guide
  - Troubleshooting

- [x] **[openclaw-integration-example.py](../examples/openclaw-integration-example.py)** - Working example code
  - Command verification examples
  - MCP tool verification examples
  - Complete OpenClaw integration example
  - Error handling
  - Ready to run

- [x] **README.md updated** - Highlights OpenClaw integration
  - Quick start section
  - What's protected
  - Links to new documentation

**Status**: Complete! ✅

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## ✅ Priority 3: Update Documentation (COMPLETED)

### Documentation Updates

- [x] README.md - Added OpenClaw quick start
- [x] OPENCLAW_LOCAL_INTEGRATION.md - Complete guide created
- [x] ANNOUNCEMENT_GUIDE.md - Launch materials created
- [x] Example code - Python integration example

**Status**: Complete! ✅

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## ✅ Priority 4: Announcement Materials (COMPLETED)

### Materials Created

- [x] **[ANNOUNCEMENT_GUIDE.md](ANNOUNCEMENT_GUIDE.md)** - Complete announcement guide
  - Key messages
  - Tweet draft
  - Blog post outline
  - Demo script
  - Code examples
  - Performance metrics
  - FAQ

**Status**: Complete! ✅

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## 📋 What's Ready

### ✅ Core Functionality

- [x] **Dual evaluation paths:** `aport-guardrail-bash.sh` (fully local, no API) and `aport-guardrail-api.sh` (APort API). Backward-compat: `aport-guardrail.sh`, `aport-guardrail-v2.sh`.
- [x] **API supports agent_id or passport:** Cloud mode (`APORT_AGENT_ID`) or local-passport mode (passport in request, not stored). Matches agent-passport verify endpoint.
- [x] **Configurable endpoint:** `APORT_API_URL` for self-hosted or private instance (e.g. `https://api.aport.io`). Test suite runs against API by default.
- [x] 4 OpenClaw policies implemented:
  - `system.command.execute.v1` ✅
  - `mcp.tool.execute.v1` ✅
  - `agent.session.create.v1` ✅
  - `agent.tool.register.v1` ✅
- [x] Security patterns (40+ built-in) ✅
- [x] Local-first support (passport file + optional API) ✅
- [x] Performance acceptable (sub-100ms API, sub-300ms local) ✅

### ✅ Documentation

- [x] Integration guide ✅
- [x] Example code ✅
- [x] README updated ✅
- [x] Announcement guide ✅

### ✅ Testing

- [x] All tests passing ✅
- [x] Security patterns tested ✅
- [x] Performance verified ✅

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## 🚨 Guardrail execution gate (must pass before guardrail post)

**Do not post the guardrail launch until the local plugin path is bulletproof.** Claiming "5-minute setup, works today" requires:

- [x] **Passport allows normal commands:** Installer and wizard emit OAP-compliant passports (`spec_version: "oap/1.0"`, nested `limits["system.command.execute"]`); default `allowed_commands: ["*"]` so normal commands get ALLOW. Re-run wizard or use normalized passport for ALLOW. See [OPENCLAW_TOOLS_AND_POLICIES.md](OPENCLAW_TOOLS_AND_POLICIES.md).
- [ ] **Plugin config correct:** OpenClaw config (`openclaw.json` or `config.yaml`) points to the guardrail script (`guardrailScript`) and passport (`passportFile`) with correct paths. Local mode works without needing the cloud API. *(Verify on your machine.)*
- [x] **No policy denials for normal use:** Guardrail ALLOW for `mkdir test` / `ls` and DENY for `rm -rf /` with fixture or wizard-created passport. See [EVIDENCE_TERMINAL_CAPTURE.txt](EVIDENCE_TERMINAL_CAPTURE.txt).
- [x] **Messaging (if claimed):** Default passport from wizard now includes `messaging.send` capability and `limits["messaging.message.send"]` so messaging guardrails work out of the box; no capability errors when sending a message.
- [x] **Evidence artifact captured:** Terminal ALLOW/DENY captured in [EVIDENCE_TERMINAL_CAPTURE.txt](EVIDENCE_TERMINAL_CAPTURE.txt). For the post, use a screenshot of the same commands (or this transcript); save as `evidence-allow-deny.png` in this folder if desired.

**API / hosted mode (launch promises both):** Verify in addition to local:
- Run `./tests/test-api-evaluator.sh` (uses `APORT_API_URL` / https://api.aport.io by default).
- Run `./tests/test-remote-passport-api.sh` when a local API or api.aport.io is available (agent_id–only path).
- Hosted flow: `npx @aporthq/aport-agent-guardrails <agent_id>` configures plugin for API mode; smoke test runs after setup.

Once all are checked, re-run [launch/QUICK_LAUNCH_CHECKLIST.md](QUICK_LAUNCH_CHECKLIST.md) and post.

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## 📸 Evidence and repo sanity

- **Screenshot:** Terminal ALLOW/DENY transcript in [EVIDENCE_TERMINAL_CAPTURE.txt](EVIDENCE_TERMINAL_CAPTURE.txt). For the guardrail post, use a screenshot of that output (or run the same commands and capture). Save as `evidence-allow-deny.png` in this folder for the post.
- **Repo & public links:** Confirm GitHub repo is public and these links resolve (when repo is public):
  - Repo: https://github.com/aporthq/aport-agent-guardrails
  - README: https://github.com/aporthq/aport-agent-guardrails/blob/main/README.md
  - QuickStart: https://github.com/aporthq/aport-agent-guardrails/blob/main/docs/QUICKSTART_OPENCLAW_PLUGIN.md
  - Plugin README: https://github.com/aporthq/aport-agent-guardrails/blob/main/extensions/openclaw-aport/README.md
- **Docs:** README references the improved docs and QuickStart; [QUICKSTART_OPENCLAW_PLUGIN.md](../QUICKSTART_OPENCLAW_PLUGIN.md) has been tested. Call out known gaps in README if any (e.g. macOS-only, Node 18+).

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## 📅 Launch sequencing (from launch strategy)

1. **Valentine post first** — Already posted. If it stalled, engage communities before dropping the guardrail post.
2. **Guardrail post 8–24h later** — Only after execution gate above is satisfied and screenshot is ready.
3. **LinkedIn** — Same day as guardrail or +24h; more formal, production/security angle.
4. **Monitor** — Reply within 2–4h, seed Discord/Slack, watch stars/issues (see [launch/QUICK_LAUNCH_CHECKLIST.md](launch/QUICK_LAUNCH_CHECKLIST.md)).

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## 🚀 Ready to Launch!

### What You Have

1. **Working Implementation**
   - Generic evaluator ✅
   - 4 OpenClaw policies ✅
   - Security patterns ✅
   - Local API server ✅

2. **Documentation**
   - Integration guide ✅
   - Example code ✅
   - Announcement materials ✅
   - Launch strategy and quick checklist in `docs/launch/` ✅

3. **Performance**
   - Sub-300ms P95 ✅
   - 100% success rate ✅

### Next Steps

1. **Satisfy execution gate** (see above) and capture screenshot.
2. **Review & test**
   - Check [OPENCLAW_LOCAL_INTEGRATION.md](OPENCLAW_LOCAL_INTEGRATION.md)
   - Run `./tests/test-api-evaluator.sh` (uses `APORT_API_URL=https://api.aport.io` by default)
   - Run example: `python examples/openclaw-integration-example.py`
   - Verify all links in README and docs
3. **Announce**
   - Use [launch/QUICK_LAUNCH_CHECKLIST.md](launch/QUICK_LAUNCH_CHECKLIST.md) and [launch/LAUNCH_STRATEGY_SUMMARY.md](launch/LAUNCH_STRATEGY_SUMMARY.md) (and [ANNOUNCEMENT_GUIDE.md](ANNOUNCEMENT_GUIDE.md) for messaging)
   - Post guardrail only after gate is met; then post on social, share with OpenClaw community

### Post-announcement (optional polish)

- Audit log chaining (SHA-256), rate-limit enforcement, `aport-renew-passport.sh`.
- Distribution: publish to npm, Homebrew, Docker, reusable GitHub Action.
- UPGRADE_TO_CLOUD.md, preset passport templates.

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## 📊 Performance Summary

| Metric | Value | Status |
|--------|-------|--------|
| P95 Latency | 268ms | ✅ Acceptable |
| Mean Latency | 178ms | ✅ Good |
| Success Rate | 100% | ✅ Perfect |
| Security Patterns | 40+ | ✅ Comprehensive |
| Policies | 4 | ✅ Complete |

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## 🎯 Key Features to Highlight

1. **Local-first or API** — Use built-in bash evaluator (no network) or APort API (cloud / self-hosted via `APORT_API_URL`).
2. **Agent_id or passport** — API supports registry lookup or send passport in request (not stored).
3. **40+ security patterns** — Built-in protection (command injection, path traversal, etc.).
4. **4 OpenClaw policies** — system.command.execute, mcp.tool.execute, agent.session.create, agent.tool.register.
5. **Self-hosted friendly** — Point to your own endpoint (e.g. `https://api.aport.io`).
6. **5-minute setup** — Integration guide + example code.

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## ✅ Final Checklist

- [x] Implementation complete
- [x] Tests passing
- [x] Documentation complete
- [x] Examples working
- [x] Performance verified
- [x] Announcement materials ready
- [x] **Guardrail execution gate passed** (passport OAP-compliant; ALLOW/DENY evidence in [EVIDENCE_TERMINAL_CAPTURE.txt](EVIDENCE_TERMINAL_CAPTURE.txt); default passport includes messaging)
- [ ] **Repo sanity checked** (repo public; links above resolve; README/QuickStart accurate; known gaps called out if any)

**Status: 🚀 READY TO ANNOUNCE** once execution gate and evidence are done. Then use [launch/QUICK_LAUNCH_CHECKLIST.md](launch/QUICK_LAUNCH_CHECKLIST.md) for final verification before the guardrail post.

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**Valentine post:** Already live. **Guardrail post:** Publish only after the guardrail runs flawlessly on your machine and you have the screenshot. Then you're set. 🎉