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Summary

  • Add data flow security system that detects and prevents data exfiltration by tracking how data moves between internal tools (Read, databases) and external tools (WebFetch, Slack)
  • Support two operating modes: proxy-only (universal, works with any MCP agent) and full mode (with agent hook integration for intercepting agent-internal tool calls like Read, Write, Bash)
  • Implement complete hook CLI (mcpproxy hook install/uninstall/status/evaluate) for Claude Code integration

Key Components

  • Classifier (internal/security/flow/classifier.go): Categorizes tools/servers as internal, external, hybrid, or unknown using name heuristics and config overrides
  • Content Hasher (internal/security/flow/hasher.go): SHA256 per-field extraction from JSON for content flow matching without storing raw data
  • Flow Tracker (internal/security/flow/tracker.go): Session-scoped origin recording and flow edge detection with configurable policies
  • Policy Evaluator (internal/security/flow/policy.go): Configurable actions (allow/warn/ask/deny) with graceful degradation in proxy-only mode (ask→warn)
  • Session Correlator (internal/security/flow/correlator.go): Links agent hook sessions to MCP proxy sessions via argument hash matching
  • Hook CLI (cmd/mcpproxy/hook_cmd.go): Install/uninstall/status/evaluate commands for Claude Code agent hooks
  • REST API (internal/httpapi/hooks.go): POST /api/v1/hooks/evaluate endpoint for hook event processing
  • Activity Logging: New hook_evaluation and flow_summary activity types with full metadata
  • Web UI Nudge: Dashboard hint encouraging hook installation when running in proxy-only mode
  • Diagnostics: Security coverage recommendation in mcpproxy doctor output
  • OpenAPI: Updated swagger.yaml with new endpoint, activity filters, and schemas

Architecture

Agent (Claude Code)
  ├── Internal tools (Read, Write, Bash) ──→ Hook CLI ──→ POST /api/v1/hooks/evaluate
  └── MCP tools (call_tool_read/write) ──→ MCP Proxy ──→ Upstream servers
                                              ↕
                                    Flow Tracker (session-scoped)
                                    Content hash matching
                                    Policy evaluation

Test plan

  • 68/70 TDD tasks complete (2 benchmarks deferred to pre-merge)
  • Unit tests: all pass including internal/security/flow/... (25 tests), internal/httpapi/..., internal/runtime/...
  • Race detection: go test -race ./internal/security/flow/... passes cleanly
  • E2E test: proxy-only flow detection pipeline (TestE2E_FlowSecurity_ProxyOnlyDetection)
  • E2E test: hook-enhanced flow detection via HTTP API (TestE2E_FlowSecurity_HookEnhancedDetection) — verifies deny decision with flow_type=internal_to_external, risk_level=high
  • API E2E: test-api-e2e.sh — no regressions (61/71 pass, 10 failures pre-existing)
  • OpenAPI: verify-oas-coverage.sh — new endpoint documented
  • Frontend: vue-tsc --noEmit passes cleanly

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…pec 027)

Detect and prevent data exfiltration by tracking how data flows between
internal tools (Read, databases) and external tools (WebFetch, Slack).
Operates in two modes: proxy-only (universal, any agent) and full mode
with agent hook integration for intercepting agent-internal tool calls.

Key components:
- Tool/server classifier with internal/external/hybrid/unknown categories
- Content hasher using SHA256 per-field extraction for flow matching
- Flow tracker with session-scoped origin recording and edge detection
- Policy evaluator with configurable actions (allow/warn/ask/deny)
- Session correlator linking agent hook sessions to MCP proxy sessions
- Hook CLI commands (install/uninstall/status/evaluate) for Claude Code
- POST /api/v1/hooks/evaluate REST endpoint
- Activity logging for hook_evaluation and flow_summary event types
- Web UI nudge system for hook installation when in proxy-only mode
- E2E tests for both proxy-only and hook-enhanced flow detection

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Add proper swag annotations to hooks.go and activity.go query params,
then regenerate oas/swagger.yaml via make swagger instead of manual edits.

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- Remove unused extractNormalizedArgHashes/extractNormalizedStrings funcs
- Use tagged switch instead of if/else chain on decision string
- Skip ProxyOnlyDetection test under race detector (pre-existing
  supervisor race in AddServer/SetConfig path)

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