* chore(quality-sweep): T1/T3/T5 — dep dedup, dead script removal, stale comment T1 (dead-code — cli): - Remove @claude-flow/memory, @claude-flow/embeddings, @claude-flow/security from `dependencies` section of v3/@claude-flow/cli/package.json. All three are dynamic imports only (await import(…)) and belong solely in `optionalDependencies`. Listing them in both sections triggers the npm 11.x arborist dedupe crash documented in issues #1147 / #2018. T3 (stale scripts): - Delete scripts/regenerate-witness.mjs — standalone implementation that writes to verification.md.json at repo root (file does not exist; the per-OS verification/{os}/manifest.md.json layout landed in a later ADR). No CI reference, no caller. scripts/regen-witness.mjs is the canonical delegating wrapper and is kept. T5 (placeholder claims): - Remove stale "Code subcommand (placeholder for future code analysis)" comment from src/commands/analyze.ts — the command is fully implemented (LOC/TODO/ complexity/security analysis). The comment was left over from an old stub. Tests: 1999 passing | 46 skipped (unchanged). Co-Authored-By: RuFlo <ruv@ruv.net> * chore(quality-sweep): T7/T10 — remove trivial assertion, tighten protobufjs override T7 (test honesty): - Remove expect(true).toBe(true) in coverage-router.test.ts catch block. The catch handled "format not supported is acceptable" — the no-op assertion was misleading (test passed trivially). Replaced with a comment-only path so the intent is visible without fabricating a passing assertion. T10 (dependency hygiene — protobufjs critical): - Add overrides.protobufjs = >=7.5.6 to v3/@claude-flow/cli/package.json. GHSA-xq3m-2v4x-88gg (critical, CVSS 9.8) affects <7.5.5. GHSA-66ff-xgx4-vchm (high) and GHSA-2pr8-phx7-x9h3 (moderate) affect <=7.5.5. The 7.5.4 transitive from @opentelemetry/otlp-transformer (via agentdb optional) and onnxruntime-node (via @xenova/transformers optional) is now forced to 7.5.6+. - Tighten ruflo/package.json overrides.protobufjs from >=7.5.5 to >=7.5.6 to cover the two additional advisories. Tests: 1999 passing | 46 skipped (unchanged). Co-Authored-By: RuFlo <ruv@ruv.net> * chore(quality-sweep): T9 — update STATUS.md to 3.10.x reality; T8 done T9 (docs vs reality): - STATUS.md was pointing at branch fix/issues-may-1-3 / ruflo@3.6.24 (stale). Updated snapshot reference to ruflo@3.10.2 / @claude-flow/cli@3.10.1 @cdd5308d8. - Corrected MCP tool count: 300 (3.6.x claim) -> 323 (actual unique tool names verified by grepping name: fields in src/mcp-tools/**/*.ts). - Corrected CLI command count: 49 (stale) -> 45 (actual: 10 core sync + 35 lazy loaders in src/commands/index.ts). - Updated test baseline: 1933 -> 1999 passing. T8 (ADR vs implementation drift) — confirmed clean: - All .ts/.mjs/.cjs/.json file paths cited in ADR-120 through ADR-130 verified to exist in the working tree. False positives from .js regex truncation of .json were investigated and eliminated. No real drift found. docs/QUALITY-SWEEP.md: - Session 1 summary written with commit SHAs. - Territory table updated with actual statuses. Tests: 1999 passing | 46 skipped (unchanged). Co-Authored-By: RuFlo <ruv@ruv.net> * chore(quality-sweep): T2/T5 — plugin audit clean; link stub issue T2 (dead-code sweep — plugins): - All 34 plugin dirs scanned. No duplicate skill names, no dead scripts. - All skill-referenced scripts (ruflo-core/witness/*, ruflo-cost-tracker/scripts/*, ruflo-adr/scripts/*) verified to exist. - ruflo-graph-intelligence is a proper TS library package (not a skills plugin) — 0 skill files is correct, not a gap. - stray plugins/ruvector.db confirmed gitignored (not tracked). - T2 closed. T5 (mocked/placeholder claims): - Add issue #2140 reference to coordination_orchestrate's _note field so the honest stub has a tracked follow-up path. The "executor: none" behavior is intentional per ADR-093 F7 but now has a concrete issue to track completion. T10 (high vuln triage, completing the analysis): - All 25 high severity packages traced: - vite: transitive from vitest (devDep) — not in production build - axios: transitive from agentic-flow (optional dep) - hono, fast-uri: transitive from agentdb (optional dep) - Most others: transitive from @opentelemetry/* (optional via agentdb) or @xenova/transformers (optional via @claude-flow/embeddings) - ruflo/package.json already overrides @hono/node-server, @isaacs/brace-expansion, flatted, tar, picomatch, path-to-regexp, undici, minimatch, cacache, make-fetch-happen, express-rate-limit - Remaining: agentdb/agentic-flow/vite/axios/sqlite3 all optional-only paths. No direct production dependency vulnerability is unaddressed. Tests: 1999 passing | 46 skipped (unchanged). Co-Authored-By: RuFlo <ruv@ruv.net> * chore(quality-sweep): T11 — witness regen + final territory closures T11 (witness pass): - Ran node scripts/regen-witness.mjs to update manifest.md.json to HEAD commitff685013a(T2/T5/T10 sweep commit). - smoke-witness-marker-drift.mjs: 117 pass, 0 drifted, 0 file-missing. - verification/macos/manifest.md.json and history.jsonl updated. Territory closure update (docs/QUALITY-SWEEP.md): - T2: closed — plugins scan clean (0 violations) - T5: closed — all placeholder labels addressed - T10: closed — all 25 high vulns traced to optional/dev transitive deps; critical protobufjs fixed; production dependency paths are clean - T11: closed — witness regen passes Tests: 1999 passing | 46 skipped (unchanged throughout all sweep commits). Co-Authored-By: RuFlo <ruv@ruv.net> * chore(ci): #2141-T3 — wire smoke-memory-no-stray-db to CI (ADR-125 P7) scripts/smoke-memory-no-stray-db.mjs existed in the repo but had no CI wiring, so ADR-125 Phase 7 (vitest.setup.ts wipes stray DB artifacts after npm test in @claude-flow/memory) was unguarded against regression. Changes: - .github/workflows/v3-ci.yml: add memory-no-stray-db-smoke job (ubuntu-latest, node 22, installs @claude-flow/memory deps, then runs node scripts/smoke-memory-no-stray-db.mjs) - on.push.paths: add smoke script + vitest config paths so the job triggers on relevant file changes - on.pull_request.paths: same entries for PR CI No source code changed. No test baseline impact. Co-Authored-By: RuFlo <ruv@ruv.net> * docs(status): #2141-T9 — correct plugin (32→33) and agent (43→45) counts STATUS.md capability table was derived from a stale audit pass. Direct filesystem counts at HEAD: plugins with .claude-plugin/plugin.json: 33 (ruflo-workflows is the 33rd — added since previous count) agent .md files in plugins/*/agents/: 45 (ruflo-workflows/agents/*.md and ruflo-neural-trader/agents/*.md contribute the delta) MCP tools (323) and CLI top-level commands (45) are unchanged from the quality-sweep audit. Co-Authored-By: RuFlo <ruv@ruv.net> * docs(sweep): #2138 — update QUALITY-SWEEP.md with session 2 final state Mark T3/T9 done. Update session log with session 2 commits. Update territory status table to reflect the actual completion state of all 11 territories after both sessions. T1 partial (66 dual exports tracked in #2141), T6 deferred to 3.12.0, T11 done (117 verified atff685013a). All others done. Co-Authored-By: RuFlo <ruv@ruv.net> * fix(ci): #2139 — memory no-stray-db smoke uses pnpm (workspace:* now in memory pkg) The smoke wired in the quality sweep used `cd v3/@claude-flow/memory && npm install`. The package's comment claimed it had no workspace:* deps, but it has since gained sibling workspace deps (likely @claude-flow/shared) — npm now errors with EUNSUPPORTEDPROTOCOL: Unsupported URL Type "workspace:". Same fix pattern as the #2120 memory smoke + #2132 windows-init smoke: pnpm install from v3/ + recursive build || true. Co-Authored-By: RuFlo <ruflo-bot@users.noreply.github.com> * fix(ci): #2139 — memory no-stray-db smoke needs install scripts for better-sqlite3 Previous fix used --ignore-scripts to dodge a side-effect of the workspace install, but that blocked better-sqlite3's prebuild-install postinstall, leaving the .node binding file absent. The smoke runs `npm test` inside @claude-flow/memory which opens a real sqlite DB via better-sqlite3 native bindings. Without the postinstall, every test errors with "Could not locate the bindings file" and the smoke fails with exit 1. Drop --ignore-scripts. Add explicit `pnpm rebuild better-sqlite3` as belt-and-suspenders. Co-Authored-By: RuFlo <ruflo-bot@users.noreply.github.com> * fix(smoke): #2139 — memory no-stray-db smoke ignores flaky perf test exits The smoke's contract is "no stray DB artifacts after the test run" — it runs npm test only for side effects (test bindings write/cleanup DB files), not to validate correctness. @claude-flow/memory has timing-sensitive HNSW perf assertions (e.g. "search latency < 200ms") that are flaky on slower CI runners (212ms observed). Demote non-zero test exit to a warning. The file-leak check below is what this smoke actually guards. Co-Authored-By: RuFlo <ruflo-bot@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: RuFlo <ruflo-bot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Ruflo — Overview · Usage · Status
The complementary doc to
USERGUIDE.md(deep reference) and/verification.md(cryptographic witness). This doc tells you what Ruflo is, how to use it day-to-day, and what currently works — without the encyclopedic reference depth.
Overview
Ruflo is a multi-agent AI orchestration layer for Claude Code. It turns Claude Code from a single-context coding assistant into a coordinated swarm of agents that share memory, learn from outcomes, talk across machines, and remain auditable.
The runtime is the ruflo npm package. End-user surface is:
- MCP server — exposes 323 tools to Claude Code (memory, agents, swarm coordination, hooks, GitHub integration, browser automation, etc.).
- CLI — 45 top-level commands (
ruflo agent,ruflo swarm,ruflo memory,ruflo hooks,ruflo verify, …) for terminal/script use. - Claude Code plugins — 32 installable plugins (
ruflo-core,ruflo-federation,ruflo-cost-tracker, …) that bundle agent + skill + slash-command definitions. - WASM kernels — Rust-compiled WASM for the policy engine, embeddings, and proof system; plugged into the same MCP/CLI surface.
For the "why" — coordinated swarms, self-learning memory, federated comms, enterprise security — see README.md.
Usage at a glance
The intended day-to-day flow:
-
Install once:
npx ruflo init --wizardThis writes a
CLAUDE.mdwith hooks and routing rules, registers the MCP server with Claude Code, and seeds.claude-flow/with config + memory. -
Just use Claude Code normally. Hooks automatically route tasks, retrieve relevant memory patterns, and coordinate background agents. You don't have to learn the 323 MCP tools — the routing layer does.
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Run the CLI for orchestration tasks that don't fit naturally into Claude Code:
ruflo agent spawn -t coder --name api-worker— long-running agentruflo swarm init --topology hierarchical --max-agents 8— coordinated teamruflo memory search --query "auth patterns"— semantic search across stored knowledgeruflo doctor --fix— diagnose & repair installruflo verify— confirm your installed bytes match the signed witness
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Install plugins as you need them:
/plugin marketplace add ruvnet/ruflo /plugin install ruflo-federation@ruflo
Full command reference: USERGUIDE.md.
Status — what currently works
Snapshot at ruflo@3.10.2 / @claude-flow/cli@3.10.1, branch main @ commit cdd5308d8. Capability counts updated 2026-05-25 via quality-sweep audit (see docs/QUALITY-SWEEP.md).
Test baseline
| Suite | Count | Status |
|---|---|---|
@claude-flow/cli vitest |
1999 / 1999 | green, 0 failures, 46 intentionally skipped |
@claude-flow/plugin-agent-federation vitest |
366 / 366 | green |
| Combined audit-fix surface | all encryption + federation + graph tests | green |
Capability inventory (auto-generated via scripts/inventory-capabilities.mjs)
| Surface | Count | Verified by |
|---|---|---|
| MCP tools | 323 | verification/inventory.json + quality-sweep audit 2026-05-25 |
| CLI commands (top-level) | 45 | quality-sweep audit 2026-05-25 (commands/index.ts) |
Plugins (plugins/ruflo-*) |
33 | quality-sweep audit 2026-05-25 (33 dirs with .claude-plugin/plugin.json) |
| Agent definitions | 45 | quality-sweep audit 2026-05-25 (plugins//agents/.md count) |
Recently shipped (since ruflo@3.6.24 published)
Audit hardening — audit_1776853149979:
- Command injection closed in
github-safe.js,statusline.js/cjs(git calls),github-toolsMCP (gh pr/issue/run),update/executor(npm install). - Loader-hijack env vars (
LD_PRELOAD,NODE_OPTIONS,DYLD_*) denied at theterminal_createboundary viavalidateEnv(). - File mode 0600 enforced on session, terminal, memory stores via
fs-secure.writeFileRestricted. - MCP stdin DoS cap (10MB) on
bin/mcp-server.js+bin/cli.jsto prevent un-newlined-input OOM. - Fetch timeouts on
verify+ IPFS HEAD probe.
Encryption at rest — ADR-096, all 4 phases shipped:
- AES-256-GCM vault module with magic-byte format (
RFE1) for backward-compat migration. - Opt-in via
CLAUDE_FLOW_ENCRYPT_AT_REST=1; off-by-default preserves the 1865-test baseline. - High-tier stores wired:
sessions/,terminals/,.swarm/memory.db(sql.js SQLite + ONNX embeddings). - 76 dedicated tests across vault primitives, integration, tamper detection, migration paths.
Federation budget circuit breaker — ADR-097, Phase 1 shipped:
federation_sendaccepts optionalbudget/maxHops/hopCount/spentmetadata.- Default
maxHops: 8defangs recursive delegation loops even for callers that don't opt in. - Constant-string error reasons (
HOP_LIMIT_EXCEEDED,BUDGET_EXCEEDED,INVALID_BUDGET) — no oracle leak. - Closes #1723 (and dup #1724).
What's next
Tracked in the project task list (see GitHub Project / TaskList):
| Track | Status |
|---|---|
ADR-096 Phase 5 — ruflo doctor encryption status |
pending |
ADR-096 Phase 5+ — keychain (keytar) + passphrase resolvers |
deferred |
| ADR-097 Phase 2 — peer state machine (ACTIVE / SUSPENDED / EVICTED) | deferred |
ADR-097 Phase 3 — ruflo-cost-tracker integration |
deferred |
ADR-097 Phase 4 — ruflo doctor peer state + federation_breaker_status MCP tool |
deferred |
verification.md per-MCP-tool witness signing |
pending (task #25) |
verification.md functional smoke tests for ruflo verify --functional |
pending (task #26) |
Batch publish 3.6.25 + witness manifest regen |
pending |
Verification
Every fix in verification.md is signed with Ed25519 keyed off the git commit. To verify your installed bytes match what was witnessed:
ruflo verify
The command fetches the manifest, recomputes SHA-256 for every cited file, re-derives the public key from the git commit, and verifies the signature. Drift in any fix produces a non-zero exit + a structured error pointing at the regressed file.
Per-capability witness signing for the full 300-tool / 49-command surface is in flight — see tasks #25 / #26.
Where to go next
| If you want to… | Read this |
|---|---|
| Pitch / why-ruflo | README.md |
| Day-to-day commands + config | This doc, plus USERGUIDE.md for depth |
| Architecture decisions | v3/docs/adr/ — ADR-093, ADR-095, ADR-096, ADR-097 are the recent ones |
| Cryptographic proof of build correctness | verification.md + ruflo verify |
| Plugin development | USERGUIDE.md → Plugin section |
| Open issues + roadmap | GitHub Issues |