project_name: agent-builder
# Agent Builder — Session Context

## What this project does
Design, build, and test autonomous N8N agents on server-01 sandbox before any production promotion.
First two agents: Agent Builder Agent + N8N Builder Agent.

## Scheduled work (2026-06-16, running behind — started ~6:38 PM)
1. Vision Alignment Grill-Me — Agent Builder + N8N Builder vision + testing methodology
2. Agent Builder Agent — Deploy + Test (server-01 sandbox)
3. N8N Builder Agent — Deploy + Test (server-01 sandbox)

## Architecture
- Agents run as N8N workflows on server-01 (n8n-sandbox, port 5679)
- Sandbox-first: all agents tested in sandbox before any production promotion
- server-01 sandbox stack: n8n-sandbox, postgres-sandbox, vault-sandbox, bitwarden-bridge-sandbox, vaultwarden-sandbox
- Sandbox N8N API key: prod Vault at secret/sandbox/n8n
- Sandbox reachable at 192.168.1.90

## Key decisions (set during vision grill-me — 2026-06-16)
- Agent Builder Agent: builds `claude_agent` and `script` types — Ollama (llama3.1:8b) does the building, `claude -p` is overseer/validator
- N8N Builder Agent: builds `n8n_automation` types — Ollama generates workflow JSON, imports via N8N API, assigns credentials
- automation_ideas schema changes needed: rename `description` → `task_description` (full structured spec), add `type` (n8n_automation/claude_agent/script), add `builder_status`
- New `agent_test_results` table needed in api_business DB
- Sandbox must mirror production: AppRole, Vaultwarden, bridge all configured before any agent deploys
- Promotion = user approval required after all 4 test levels pass (not auto-promote in v1)
- Dedicated backfill session needed for all 48 existing automation_ideas rows (type + task_description)
- claude -p uses SDK credits (Pro = $20/month hard limit) — use sparingly, Ollama does the heavy lifting
- Local model: llama3.1:8b already pulled on server-01 (4.9GB, fits in RTX 2060 Super 8GB VRAM)

## Testing methodology
- Four levels: Structure → Deployment → Smoke → Assertion
- LLM outputs validated on structure/side-effects only, never exact string match
- All results logged to agent_test_results table
- NTFY notification on pass and fail
- Full methodology: .claude/playbook_testing_methodology.md

## Agents
### Agent Builder Agent
- Status: pending — prereqs not complete
- Purpose: Receives automation spec from automation_ideas DB, uses Ollama to build claude_agent or script type automations, deploys to sandbox, runs automated tests, notifies user for promotion approval
- Builds: claude agents (via claude -p) and Python scripts (Docker containers)

### N8N Builder Agent
- Status: pending — prereqs not complete
- Purpose: Receives automation spec from automation_ideas DB, uses Ollama to generate N8N workflow JSON using n8n_automations playbook as context, imports to sandbox N8N via API, assigns credentials, runs automated tests
- Will be used to build: id=12 (Media Pipeline Learning), id=7 (Friday Research Session Prep)

## Related personal_projects DB rows
- id=4: N8N Workflow Builder Script (pending, weekend_block1)

## Prereq checklist (must complete before any agent deployment)
- [x] Schema: rename automation_ideas.description → task_description, add type, add builder_status, add priority
- [x] Create agent_test_results table in api_business
- [x] Sandbox Vault: set up AppRole auth method (credentials at /opt/appdata/docker/docker-compose/vault/approle/ on server-01)
- [x] Sandbox Vault: store sandbox N8N API key at secret/sandbox/n8n (key name: claude-sandbox, verified working)
- [x] Verify sandbox Bitwarden bridge ↔ Vaultwarden sandbox end-to-end (bridge on port 8080, returns [] for empty vault — correct)
- [x] Write Agent Builder Agent playbook → .claude/playbook_agent_builder_agent.md
- [x] Write N8N Builder Agent playbook → .claude/playbook_n8n_builder_agent.md
- [x] Backfill session: **COMPLETE.** All pending rows reviewed across sessions 1-3. Blocked rows verified (32, 30, 13, 27, 23, 24, 22, 2, 21, 35, 36, 55, 56, 18 — all still blocked, no changes without proper review). Admin done: id=28 → p10, id=57 keeps p9, dummy row id=16 deleted. Session 3 (2026-06-18) final batch: ids 47, 48, 31, 26, 54.
  - id=25: type→n8n_automation, status→pending (8b model lifts hardware block), full rewrite with SDK credit model, model router + cost gate + subscription monitor, model_effort_routing_log training table
  - id=17: type→n8n_automation, expanded with token_waste_patterns DB table (evolution mechanism), JSONL-based detection, NTFY claude-audit gate, fan-out plan noted
  - id=42: expanded with hybrid trigger (Claude flags + asks), B+C output (DB + wrap-up surface), human gate permanent, hard boundary (business research = id=55 only), voice note
  - id=46: type→n8n_automation, Hermes ref removed, playbook_schema.md bootstrap design, three risk tiers, id=52 detector/id=46 executor boundary, fan-out plan noted
  - id=43: Vault AppRole required (youtube-oauth-script, new policy), vault_registry entries, port 8085 (8080 reserved for bridge), dynamic Vault IP, write verification, token refresh companion
  - id=45: hard dep on id=43 (Vault auth), niche_saturation_thresholds DB table (evolution), niche_check_results table, three-signal output (saturated/viable/unclear), id=18 stage 2 integration

## New automation_ideas rows added 2026-06-18 (ids 59–67)
- id=59: Claude Audit Research Prep (n8n_automation, p12) — Saturday briefing for 12:45 PM review
- id=60: Claude Audit Topic Detector (n8n_automation, p11) — detects new topics → claude_config.audit_topics; must build first
- id=61: Claude Config Dev Work Scheduler (n8n_automation, p13) — Sunday session prep from Saturday decisions
- id=62: Monthly Security Audit (n8n_automation, p7) — first Monday of month, 7-area audit → security_audit DB
- id=63: Security Patch Backlog Handler (claude_agent, p7) — works security_audit.findings; Vault/prod always human-gate
- id=64: Business Projects Worker (claude_agent, BLOCKED p29) — 12:45–4:30 PM daily; blocked pending business_projects schema
- id=65: Personal Projects Worker (claude_agent, BLOCKED p29) — 5:30–8:00 PM daily; blocked pending personal_projects schema
- id=66: Media Pipeline Project Worker (claude_agent, BLOCKED p29) — Wednesday 5:30–8:00 PM; blocked pending id=65 + scope
- id=67: N8N Builder Agent (claude_agent, p2, ready_to_build) — builds all n8n_automation rows; deploy Monday June 22 alongside id=24

## Readiness check — COMPLETE (2026-06-18 evening)
All 8 prereq checklist items verified live on server-01:
- Vault AppRole: token acquired, N8N secret readable
- N8N sandbox API: returns 200 with real key
- Bridge /items: returns [] (correct for empty sandbox vault)
- Ollama: llama3.1:8b loaded
- agent_test_results table: confirmed correct schema + FK

## June 20 (Saturday) — Session progress
**id=57 partially complete.** Carried over from June 19 (sick day).

### id=57 — DONE this session:
- Production N8N migrated from primary server → server-01 port 5678
- Vault-backed start.sh: secrets pulled from production Vault at runtime, nothing on disk
- n8n-server01 AppRole created in production Vault (scoped to secret/data/n8n read-only)
- Stale root token in Bitwarden replaced — regenerated via generate-root (3/5 keys), updated, revoked
- Traefik static route live: /traefik/dynamic/n8n.yaml → 192.168.1.90:5678
- Rollback procedure documented + all 4 checks passed: /opt/appdata/docker/docker-compose/n8n/ROLLBACK.md
- claude-policy extended: AppRole management + sys/generate-root paths added

### id=57 — REMAINING (next session):
- Sandbox Vaultwarden bridge fix: 53 ciphers seeded (DB confirmed), but bw CLI WASM crash on list — bridge /items returns 500. Fix: update Vaultwarden image OR rebuild bridge with newer bw CLI OR patch bridge /items to use REST API
- N8N sandbox credentials (-sandbox suffix names) — Bridge API Key already exists; need postgres, Vault, NTFY
- Sudo bridge deploy on server-01 (Phase 2) — then disable NOPASSWD:ALL in /etc/sudoers.d/administrator on server-01

### id=51 — NOT STARTED. Scope locked:
- Option B zero-exposure proxy: agent sends "run X using secret Y", proxy executes + injects secret, returns result only
- Must be live before builder agents deploy

## June 20 Session 2 (continuation)
- Sandbox Vault auto-unseal deployed: vault-sandbox-unseal.sh + vault-sandbox-watch-unseal.sh + 2 systemd services, unsealed and verified
- Sandbox Vault AppRole mirror: 9 policies + 5 roles recreated from production (claude-code, claude-policy, n8n, n8n-outreach-policy, n8n-policy, n8n-rotation-policy, n8n-scheduling-policy, n8n-server01-policy, nextcloud-init)
- Production Bitwarden audit: 294 items total, 53 infra items identified (all username/password, some with notes)
- Sandbox Vaultwarden population BLOCKED: bw CLI 2026.5.0 WASM crypto error on create — use Vaultwarden REST API next session (id=70)
- sudo bridge NOT on server-01: server-01 has NOPASSWD:ALL; plan = deploy bridge first (Phase 2), then disable NOPASSWD
- ids added: 69 (Vaultwarden Version Monitor, p16), 70 (Sandbox Vaultwarden Seeder, p17)
- feedback_bw_cli_vaultwarden_create.md added to docker MEMORY.md

## June 20 Session 3 (continuation)
### Sandbox Vaultwarden — 53/53 dummy ciphers seeded (DB confirmed)
- Root cause of login failure: Bitwarden-Client-Version header required by Vaultwarden 1.36.0
- Original akey was encrypted with unknown master key (registration vs unlock password mismatch)
- Fix: reset sandbox@test.local password_hash + akey in postgres-sandbox via /tmp/vw_reset_and_seed.py
  - Script: derives keys from u8X_P_zlGBypRUXYq5iGIg + PBKDF2/HKDF, generates fresh user_sym_key,
    updates DB directly, logs in via REST API, POSTs 53 AES-256-CBC encrypted ciphers
  - Runs via: `docker run --rm --network n8n-sandbox_default -v /tmp/vw_reset_and_seed.py:/tmp/script.py bitwarden-bridge:sandbox sh -c 'pip install cryptography psycopg2-binary --quiet && python3 /tmp/script.py'`
  - Script at /tmp/vw_reset_and_seed.py on server-01 (also /tmp/vw_reset_and_seed.py locally)
- 53 ciphers confirmed: `SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ciphers WHERE user_uuid='896b5bbb-...'` → 53
- Bridge unlocks successfully with new password on every restart

### BLOCKER: bw list items WASM crash (same as bw create)
- Error: "Invalid key, throwing away stored keys" × 2, then "invalid type: unit value, expected a valid string"
- Empty vault worked; non-empty vault fails — bw CLI 2026.5.0 can't decrypt Vaultwarden 1.36.0 ciphers
- Bridge /items returns 500 error; ciphers ARE in DB but not serveable via bridge
- Fix options (next session, pick one):
  1. Pull updated vaultwarden/server:latest (Docker pull currently broken due to daemon instability on server-01 — containerd-based Docker 29.x; images intact at /var/lib/containerd 26G)
  2. Rebuild bitwarden-bridge:sandbox with newer bw CLI version
  3. Patch bridge /items endpoint to use Vaultwarden REST API instead of bw CLI
- /tmp/vw_reset_and_seed.py script is reusable — if Vaultwarden is updated, just re-run to re-seed after container recreate

### Docker daemon incident (unrelated to our work)
- All containers exited during session — Docker 29.x daemon crash (not caused by our actions)
- Images are in /var/lib/containerd (26G), not /var/lib/docker/overlay2 (new storage model)
- Stack brought back up via: `cd /opt/appdata/docker/docker-compose/server-01 && docker compose up -d`
- Compose file location confirmed: /opt/appdata/docker/docker-compose/server-01/docker-compose.yml

### id=57 — COMPLETE ✅ (June 20 Session 5)
All sandbox prereqs done. Sandbox mirrors production.

**Completed in Session 5:**
- Bridge switched to Bitwarden cloud (megafreeman12@proton.me) — unlocks cleanly, /items returns 53
- Compose updated: BW_SERVER and NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED removed; vaultwarden-sandbox depends_on removed
- 53 dummy items seeded (dummy-infra-01 through dummy-infra-53)
- sandbox Vault secret/bitwarden updated with new master_password
- N8N sandbox credentials created: postgres-sandbox, vault-sandbox, n8n-internal-sandbox, Bridge API Key (Sandbox)
- n8n_agent_worker postgres role — api_business DB, scoped to automation_ideas + agent_test_results
- Credential in production Vault: secret/postgres/n8n-agent-worker

### id=51 — DEPLOYED ON PRIMARY ✅ (June 22 session 3)
Container running healthy at `https://secrets-proxy.reverseproxyserver.net` on primary.
Coolify service UUID: `ilus0cfdkheipodw1viurg1d`

**June 22 session 3 facts:**
- Coolify API allowed_ips was `172.16.16.1/32` — cleared to allow API access (set to empty string in instance_settings)
- Server-01 service (lv3xeu2manuimle458wbm9u9) stopped and deleted ✅
- Sandbox Vault and bridge now LAN-exposed on server-01: vault=192.168.1.90:8201, bridge=192.168.1.90:8083 (port bindings added to Coolify DB + sandbox compose file)
- secrets-proxy Vault AppRole created in prod (role: 3bf7b8a6-9e99-ca78-8e69-517881e26ea5) — creds at secret/proxy/vault-approle
- secrets-proxy Vault AppRole created in sandbox (role: f21416b3-2f3a-0461-fa38-d453a4e32865) — creds at secret/proxy/vault-approle-sandbox
- secrets_proxy DB user created in api_business (INSERT on proxy_executions only) — creds at secret/postgres/secrets-proxy
- NTFY secrets-proxy-bot created (topic: secrets-proxy-notifications, token at secret/ntfy/secrets-proxy-bot)
- Coolify bug: env vars for custom-image services can only be set via PATCH /api/v1/services/{uuid}/envs with key+value (not POST)
- Coolify DB YAML serializer mangles CMD-SHELL healthcheck single quotes (`'` → `''`) — fixed by using CMD array form in healthcheck
- psql heredoc via `docker exec ... << 'SQL'` doesn't work — use `docker cp` + `psql -f` instead
- pull_policy: never removed from docker-compose.yml (was server-01 workaround, no longer needed on primary)
- docker_compose_raw in Coolify DB must be updated via `docker cp` + `psql -f` for reliability

**June 22 session 4 facts:**
- E2E tests all passed: bridge_health_check (sandbox+prod), n8n_workflow_list (12 workflows), vault_secret_exists, vault_secret_write ✅
- proxy path format: callers pass RELATIVE path (e.g. `n8n`, `e2e-test`) — proxy prepends `secret/data/` automatically
- params go inside a `params: {}` object in the POST body (not at top level)
- iptables DNAT rule persisted: /etc/iptables/rules.v4 saved, /etc/sysctl.d/99-local-routing.conf written ✅
  - iptables-persistent + netfilter-persistent already installed
  - Used sudo-bridge (port 8082 on 192.168.1.88) with new bash -c allowlist entries
- POST /allowlist + GET /allowlist endpoints added to sudo-bridge ✅
  - Validates tier (1/2), rejects danger-pattern matches, 409 on duplicate
  - Writes to allowlist.json on disk (daemon reloads per-request — no restart needed)
  - Audits to JSONL + Postgres, sends NTFY notification
  - New image built, pushed to gitea.local, Coolify start called via proxy shell + env_secret injection
- sudo-bridge port: 8082 on 192.168.1.88 (LAN), container name: sudo-bridge-drbjegv07256ki2lpfyr00n8
- Coolify API from within Docker network: http://172.16.16.30:8080/api/v1/ (not 172.16.16.35)
- Coolify token: vault://coolify#api_key (field name is api_key)
- To call Coolify API from proxy: use /shell with env_secrets: {"TOKEN": "vault://coolify#api_key"}
- sudo-bridge image rebuild pattern: build → push to gitea.local → stop container → POST /api/v1/services/{uuid}/start

**June 22 session 4 (continued) facts:**
- Shell E2E all passed: read (sandbox_exit:0), write (notify+exec), destructive (NTFY approval→exec) ✅
- proxy-sandbox-mirror image: built from /secrets-proxy/mirror/Dockerfile — must exist on HOST (proxy calls host Docker daemon via socket)
- Dockerfile fix: docker.io → docker-cli (docker.io with --no-install-recommends on Debian Trixie does not install binary)
- NTFY bug: _ntfy() was hardcoding URL to secrets-proxy-notifications regardless of topic — fixed with topic param
- NTFY ACL: secrets-proxy-bot needed write-only on secrets-proxy-approvals; Smoked5003 needed read-only — both added via ntfy CLI in container
- secrets_proxy DB user: needed SELECT on proxy_executions for ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING — granted
- Coolify token plaintext: 2|95eQySElT9uQpTXqDACWq1z9kyOaySZOZP8sBxyJaebc2bbe (Sanctum format: id|plaintext)
- Coolify "Service is already running" after stop+rm: UPDATE service_applications SET status='stopped' WHERE service_id=... then POST /start
- 524 on destructive commands: Cloudflare kills long-poll at ~100s; approval must be tapped quickly; command still runs if approved before timeout, response just lost

**NEXT SESSION — in order:**
1. id=51 Secrets Proxy — sandbox precondition scaffolding
   - Problem: sandbox dry-run is meaningless if the required state doesn't exist (e.g. file to delete isn't there, service isn't running)
   - Feature: before running command in proxy-sandbox-mirror, classify what the command needs to be present, check if it exists, and create/set it up if missing — so the sandbox test is a faithful replica of what would happen on the host
   - Examples: `rm /tmp/foo` → create /tmp/foo first; `systemctl stop nginx` → start nginx in sandbox first; `iptables -D` → add the rule first
   - Classification must handle: file existence, directory existence, running process/service, iptables rules, sysctl values
   - After scaffold → re-run command → result shown in NTFY approval body
2. id=24 Agent Builder Agent + id=67 N8N Builder Agent

- Bitwarden bridge LAN-exposed: 192.168.1.88:8083 ✅

### June 21 session 2 facts for next session:
- server-01 Coolify UUID: hvzbj1gkqb5696s7cc9lcf8y
- Sandbox stack Coolify service UUID: d2celewbvh7e4fer77fcp9b5
- n8n-prod Coolify service UUID: h10eww4au274owpxozgizysh
- Traefik on primary binds to 127.0.0.1:80 only (LAN push workaround: docker save | ssh | docker load on primary then push)
- sudo_bridge DB: server_id column added to executions + allowlist_changes, default='primary'
- app.py needs: server_id='server-01' + [server-01] NTFY prefix variant for server-01 deployment
- sudo-bridge image: gitea.local/backtalk6858/sudo-bridge:latest (same image, different env vars)
- sudo-bridge-server01 Coolify UUID: o2kz1puml1mmneyiqd96mouj (port 8082, pull_policy:never)
- Vault secret created: secret/data/sudo-bridge-server01 (api_key: 443ea35b43c3e640aac3c57ed3aae06b8822ab6f)
- Host daemon running: /opt/appdata/docker/sudo-bridge/sudo_bridge_daemon.py (systemd, enabled)
- vaultwarden-sandbox REMOVED from sandbox stack (no longer needed — Bitwarden cloud dummy account used)
- app.py updated: SERVER_ID, _server_prefix(), server_id audit writes, User-Agent for Cloudflare
- NTFY approval action buttons use BRIDGE_EXTERNAL_URL=http://192.168.1.90:8082 (LAN only until Tailscale)
- NOPASSWD:ALL disabled on server-01 ✅ (June 21 session 3)
- Both bridges now on public URLs via Traefik + Cloudflare: sudo-bridge.reverseproxyserver.net + sudo-bridge-server01.reverseproxyserver.net
- Danger veto in daemon blocks rm /etc/* regardless of allowlist — /etc sudoers removal done manually
- NEXT: id=51 Secrets Execution Proxy (grill-me DONE June 21 session 4 — build next session)

## June 20 Session 4 (continuation)
### Docker 29.6.0 crash — diagnosed and fixed
- Root cause: nala upgrade swept in Docker 29.6.0 which has SIGSEGV null pointer dereference bug in HTTP transport during docker pull
- Fix: downgraded to 29.5.3, pinned with `apt-mark hold docker-ce docker-ce-cli docker-ce-rootless-extras`
- Rule: never run nala/apt upgrade without holding docker-ce first

### bw CLI + Vaultwarden — permanently abandoned
- bw CLI 2026.4.1 AND 2026.5.0 both crash against Vaultwarden 1.36.0 with `orgKeys null` TypeError
- Root cause: Vaultwarden returns null for orgKeys in sync response for personal vaults; bw CLI expects {}
- Decision: drop Vaultwarden sandbox, use Bitwarden cloud dummy account (same as production)
- Dummy account created: megafreeman12@proton.me, master_password=Infra6746Dummy$
- All credentials stored at secret/sandbox/bitwarden in production Vault (4 fields: email, master_password, client_id, client_secret)
- Sandbox bridge Dockerfile.sandbox moved to /opt/appdata/docker/docker-compose/server-01/bitwarden-bridge/ (pinned bw CLI 2026.4.1 — moot now but kept for reference)
- bridge:sandbox image rebuilt and pushed to gitea.reverseproxyserver.net (still has bw CLI 2026.4.1)

## June 22 (Monday) — Builder Agents (extended session)
Build, test, and push both builder agents to production. Work as long as it takes.
- id=24 Agent Builder Agent (claude_agent + script types)
- id=67 N8N Builder Agent (n8n_automation types)
- Prerequisites: id=51 live, id=57 FULLY complete (sandbox mirrors production)

## Priority queue summary (as of 2026-06-18)
- p1: id=51 (manual), id=57 (manual) — infrastructure foundation
- p2: id=24, id=67 — builder agents (built in sessions, build everything else)
- p3: id=54 NTFY Provisioner, id=58 Human Action Gate
- p4: id=25 Cost Intelligence, id=38 Credential Emergency Rollout
- p5: id=3 Secrets Rotation, id=8 Vault Token Audit, id=52 Session Wrap-up
- p6: id=37 N8N Log Scanner, id=40 Coolify UUID Monitor
- p7: id=62 Monthly Security Audit, id=63 Security Patch Handler
- p8–p17: non-blocked pending/ready items
- p20–p29: all blocked items (builder agents skip these)

## Update instructions
Update at the end of every agent-builder session. Keep agent status, key decisions, and prereq checklist current.