wanaku

# Wanaku

Governed action proxy for AI agents, built in Rust on the Praxis proxy framework. Sits between agents and backend systems, intercepting tool calls, agent-to-agent messages, and inference traffic. Policy, identity, data controls, and audit are enforced in the proxy layer — agents never touch backends directly.

## Core Guidelines

Think before you write. Don't create abstractions unnecessarily. Simplicity matters — focus on minimum code to achieve the result. Don't cheat lint or clippy rules.

## Quick Start

```bash
cargo build && cargo test
cargo run  # MCP :8081, management API :8080
cargo run -- --pipeline-config pipeline.yaml --wanaku-config wanaku.yaml  # custom configs
```

Default configs: `server/src/default.yaml` (embedded, pipeline), `wanaku.yaml` (optional, forward registry bootstrap).

**Critical:** Changes to `server/src/default.yaml` don't trigger rebuilds (`include_str!`). Touch `server/src/lib.rs` to force recompile.

**Config modification at startup:** `load_config` in `server/src/lib.rs` parses the embedded `default.yaml` into `serde_yaml::Value` and applies env var overrides programmatically (inference upstream, TLS SNI, CORS origin) before passing to praxis. Helper functions `find_named_entry_mut`, `find_inference_cluster`, `apply_inference_config`, and `apply_cors_config` navigate the YAML tree. Falls back to raw defaults with error logging if parsing or serialization fails.

## Build Info

- Rust 2024, MSRV 1.96
- Lints: `#![deny(unsafe_code, unwrap_used, expect_used, panic)]` in all crates
- Jemalloc on Unix platforms

## Architecture

**Workspace:** `types/` (shared types, traits, Feature trait, context structs — zero heavy deps), `infra/` (infra: LLM client, MCP client, metrics, persistence, registry impl), `filters/` (core MCP filters), `features/` (self-contained feature crates: mcp-metadata, evaluator, intercept, chat), `server/` (binary, pipeline, mgmt API), `ui/admin/` (React embedded UI).

Feature crates that only need `Feature`/`HttpContext`/registry traits depend on `wanaku-types`; crates needing concrete infra (LLM calls, MCP forwarding, metrics counters, file persistence) also depend on `wanaku-infra`. See [docs/architecture.md](docs/architecture.md) for the full boundary.

**Context structs** (`types/src/`): group related parameters to keep function signatures under the clippy `too-many-arguments-threshold` (5). Use `Type::new(...)` to construct:
- `HttpContext` (`feature.rs`) — HTTP method, path, query, body, headers. Passed to `Feature::handle_route`.
- `McpContext` (`mcp.rs`) — MCP method, tool name, arguments, tool list, conversation history. Used by evaluator LLM operations.
- `PipelineDeps` (`server/src/pipelines.rs`) — filter registry, health, KV, wanaku registry, features. Used by `resolve_pipelines`.

**Dependencies:** praxis-proxy (crates.io), praxis-ai (git dep — NOT on crates.io), rmcp (upstream MCP calls).

### Filter Pipeline

See [docs/architecture.md](docs/architecture.md) for filter order, metadata contract, and execution model.

**Implementation notes for filter authors:**
- Namespace filter runs in `on_request_body` (NOT `on_request`) — StreamBuffer processes body filters before request filters
- Feature filters registered via `Feature::register_filters`, not `register_wanaku_filters`
- MCP filter must have `on_invalid: continue` for CORS preflight
- Metadata keys: `mcp.method`, `mcp.name` (set by MCP filter), `wanaku.namespace` (set by namespace filter)
- Query metadata via `ctx.get_metadata(key)`

### Registry Architecture

**InMemoryRegistry** (`infra/src/registry.rs`):
- Implements ToolRegistry, ResourceRegistry, PromptRegistry, NamespaceRegistry, ForwardRegistry
- Clone-safe `Arc<DashMap>` — shared between pipeline and mgmt API
- Injected via `PipelineExtension`, accessed via `ctx.extensions.get::<InMemoryRegistry>()`

**Defaults:** all entries default to `namespace: "default"`, namespace IDs default to namespace name (Java CLI compat).

**Java CLI compat:** `ToolEntry` accepts `input_schema`/`inputSchema` (serde alias), `ForwardEntry` uses `address` field.

### Tool Routing

See [docs/architecture.md](docs/architecture.md) for tool routing and forward discovery flow.

All tools execute via MCP forwarding (`mcp_client::call_tool` from rmcp crate). Non-MCP-forward types error.

### Management API (Port 8080)

See [docs/management-api.md](docs/management-api.md) for full route reference and response format.

**Implementation notes:**
- Uses Pingora `ServeHttp` (NOT axum) in `server/src/management/mod.rs`
- Dispatch: core routes first, then iterate features (`Feature::handle_route`, return `None` if not owned)
- Route pattern — 3 files per resource: `routes.rs` (enum + resolver), `mod.rs` (dispatch via guard), `handlers.rs` (handlers)
- No inline `if path.starts_with(...)`. See ToolRoute, ResourceRoute, etc. for the template.

## Admin UI

See [docs/contributing-admin-ui.md](docs/contributing-admin-ui.md) for stack, conventions, page patterns, API client, and styling.

**OpenAPI updates required:** When you add or change a management API route, request, response, or schema, update the Utoipa declarations and tests in `server/src/openapi.rs`. Then regenerate the committed OpenAPI document and admin UI client:
```bash
cd ui/admin
yarn run generate-api
```
Commit `ui/admin/openapi.json` and all generated changes in `ui/admin/src/api/` and `ui/admin/src/models/`. Do not replace generated API contracts with handwritten types.

**E2E tests required** — Playwright in `tests/e2e/ui/`: page objects in `pages/`, test data in `helpers/test-data.ts`, API setup in `helpers/api-helpers.ts`, specs in `tests/`. Min: page title, add modal, delete. Run `cd tests/e2e/ui && npx playwright test`.

## Filter Implementation

### Synthetic MCP Responses

Use `FilterAction::Reject(json_response(bytes))` — skips remaining filters, adds CORS + `content-type: application/json`:
```rust
let response = serde_json::json!({
    "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": parsed.id,
    "result": { /* your payload */ }
});
Ok(FilterAction::Reject(json_response(Bytes::from(response.to_string()))))
```

### Body Access Pattern

All wanaku filters use the `body_filter_boilerplate!` macro or implement this manually:
```rust
fn request_body_access(&self) -> BodyAccess { BodyAccess::ReadOnly }
fn request_body_mode(&self) -> BodyMode {
    BodyMode::StreamBuffer { max_bytes: Some(self.max_body_bytes) }
}
async fn on_request_body(&self, ctx: &mut HttpFilterContext<'_>,
    body: &mut Option<Bytes>, end_of_stream: bool,
) -> Result<FilterAction, FilterError> {
    if !end_of_stream { return Ok(FilterAction::Continue); }
    // Process full body here
}
```

### Phase Ordering

StreamBuffer mode executes in this order:
1. **Pre-read** — body filters called before buffering completes (partial body)
2. **Post-read** — body filters called again with full buffer (`end_of_stream = true`)
3. **Request-phase** — `on_request` handlers run

Namespace filter uses `on_request_body` (not `on_request`) because the MCP filter sets `mcp.method` in its `on_request_body`. If namespace ran in `on_request`, it would execute in phase 3 — before the MCP body handler in phase 2 has set the metadata. Both in `on_request_body` ensures pipeline-order execution during post-read.

## Configuration

See [docs/configuration.md](docs/configuration.md) for environment variables, pipeline config, wanaku.yaml, and evaluator config.

Core env vars are defined in `types/src/config.rs`. Feature-specific env vars are owned by their respective feature crates.

## Evaluator

See [docs/evaluator-engine.md](docs/evaluator-engine.md) for YAML config, WIT contract, host imports, response variants, action script development (JS and Rust), and testing.

## Common Tasks

**Add feature:** See [docs/features.md](docs/features.md) for the full tutorial. Key patterns: `body_filter_boilerplate!`, `json_rpc_error`, `NAMESPACE_METADATA_KEY`, `llm::{LlmClient, HotSwap}`, `HttpContext`, `McpContext`.

**Add core filter:**
1. `filters/src/<method>.rs` — use `body_filter_boilerplate!`
2. `handle_body`: check `ctx.get_metadata(MCP_METHOD_KEY)`, return `Continue` if not yours
3. Register in `server/src/lib.rs::register_wanaku_filters`
4. Add to `server/src/default.yaml`

**Test locally / namespace isolation:** See [docs/getting-started.md](docs/getting-started.md).

## Known Gotchas

**Containerfile sync:** When adding/removing workspace crates, build scripts (`build.rs`), or source directories, update `Containerfile` to match — the cache-build stage copies `Cargo.toml` files and build inputs individually.

**`include_str!` rebuilds:** editing `default.yaml` doesn't trigger rebuild — touch `server/src/lib.rs`, then `cargo build`.

**Pingora workers:** `kill -9 <parent-pid>` may not kill workers. Use `lsof -ti :8081 | xargs kill -9` or `SIGTERM`.

**praxis-ai git dep:** NOT on crates.io. In `Cargo.toml`:
```toml
praxis-ai-filters = { git = "https://github.com/praxis-proxy/ai", rev = "..." }
```
Pin to a specific `rev` — HEAD may break.

## Style

- `#[derive(Debug, Clone)]` on registry types
- Never `unwrap()`/`panic!()` — `FilterAction::Reject` with JSON-RPC error (enforced by lints)
- Tracing: trace for filter decisions, debug for parsed data, warn for errors, info for registration
- Filter logic in `on_request_body` + `end_of_stream` guard
- `match` over `if let` chains
- `#[expect(..., reason = "...")]` for allowed lints
- Group related parameters into context structs (`HttpContext`, `McpContext`, `PipelineDeps`) — never suppress `clippy::too_many_arguments`

## Debugging

See [docs/configuration.md](docs/configuration.md) for trace log options. Filter-specific pattern:
```rust
tracing::debug!(method = ?ctx.get_metadata("mcp.method"), namespace = ?ctx.get_metadata("wanaku.namespace"), "filter context");
```

## Extensibility

See [docs/features.md](docs/features.md) for the Feature trait, lifecycle, and creating custom features. See [docs/architecture.md](docs/architecture.md) for how features fit into the pipeline.

**Shared LLM:** `infra/src/llm.rs` — `LlmClient` (OpenAI `/chat/completions`), `HotSwap<T>` (runtime config), `sanitize()`/`strip_markdown_fences()`/`extract_content()` utilities.

## Testing

```bash
cargo test                         # all
cargo test -p wanaku-infra  # single crate
cargo test -- --nocapture          # tracing output
```

Unit tests in modules (`#[cfg(test)]`). Integration tests in `server/tests/` (none yet).

## Acceptance Criteria

- Major features should have tests
- Tests should be meaningful
- New features should have documentation
- Feature updates should include documentation updates
- Amended similar commits before sending pull requests


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