TenantAtlas/.specify/memory/constitution.md

TenantPilot Constitution

Core Principles

Inventory-first, Snapshots-second

• All modules MUST operate primarily on Inventory as “last observed” state.
• Inventory is the source of truth for what TenantPilot last observed; Microsoft Intune remains the external truth.
• Snapshots/Backups MUST be explicit actions (manual or scheduled) and MUST remain immutable.

Read/Write Separation by Default

• Analysis, reporting, and monitoring features MUST be read-only by default.
• Any write/change function (restore, remediation, promotion) MUST include preview/dry-run, explicit confirmation, audit logging, and tests.
• High-risk policy types default to preview-only restore unless explicitly enabled by a feature spec + tests.

Single Contract Path to Graph

• All Microsoft Graph calls MUST go through GraphClientInterface.
• Object types and endpoints MUST be modeled first in the contract registry (config/graph_contracts.php).
• Feature code MUST NOT hardcode “quick endpoints” or bypass contracts.
• Unknown/missing policy types MUST fail safe (preview-only / no Graph calls) rather than guessing endpoints.

Deterministic Capabilities

• Backup/restore/risk/support flags MUST be derived deterministically from config/contracts via a Capabilities Resolver.
• The resolver output MUST be programmatically testable (snapshot/golden tests) so config changes cannot silently break behavior.

Tenant Isolation is Non-negotiable

• Every read/write MUST be tenant-scoped.
• Cross-tenant views (MSP/Platform) MUST be explicit, access-checked, and aggregation-based (no ID-based shortcuts).
• Prefer least-privilege roles/scopes; surface warnings when higher privileges are selected.

Operations / Run Observability Standard

• Every long-running or operationally relevant action MUST be observable, deduplicated, and auditable via Monitoring → Operations.
• An action MUST create/reuse a canonical OperationRun and execute asynchronously when any of the following applies:
  1. It can take > 2 seconds under normal conditions.
  2. It performs remote/external calls (e.g., Microsoft Graph).
  3. It is queued or scheduled.
  4. It is operationally relevant for troubleshooting/audit (“what ran, who started it, did it succeed, what failed?”).
• Actions that are DB-only and typically complete in < 2 seconds MAY skip OperationRun.
• OPS-EX-AUTH-001 — Auth Handshake Exception:
  • OIDC/SAML login handshakes MAY perform synchronous outbound HTTP (e.g., token exchange) without an OperationRun.
  • Rationale: interactive, session-critical, and not a tenant-operational “background job”.
  • Guardrail: outbound HTTP for auth handshakes is allowed only on /auth/* endpoints and MUST NOT occur on Monitoring/Operations pages.
• If an action is security-relevant or affects operational behavior (e.g., “Ignore policy”), it MUST write an AuditLog entry including actor, tenant, action, target, before/after, and timestamp.
• The OperationRun record is the canonical source of truth for Monitoring (status, timestamps, counts, failures), even if implemented by multiple jobs/steps (“umbrella run”).
• “Single-row” runs MUST still use consistent counters (e.g., total=1, processed=0|1) and outcome derived from success/failure.
• Monitoring pages MUST be DB-only at render time (no external calls).
• Start surfaces MUST NOT perform remote work inline; they only: authorize, create/reuse run (dedupe), enqueue work, confirm + “View run”.
• Active-run dedupe MUST be enforced at DB level (partial unique index/constraint for active states).
• Failures MUST be stored as stable reason codes + sanitized messages; never persist secrets/tokens/PII/raw payload dumps in failures or notifications.
• Graph calls are allowed only via explicit user interaction and only when delegated auth is present; never as a render side-effect (restore group mapping is intentionally DB-only).
• Monitoring → Operations is reserved for OperationRun-tracked operations.
• Scheduled/queued operations MUST use locks + idempotency (no duplicates).
• Graph throttling and transient failures MUST be handled with backoff + jitter (e.g., 429/503).

Data Minimization & Safe Logging

• Inventory MUST store only metadata + whitelisted meta_jsonb.
• Payload-heavy content belongs in immutable snapshots/backup storage, not Inventory.
• Logs MUST not contain secrets/tokens; monitoring MUST rely on run records + error codes (not log parsing).

Badge Semantics Are Centralized (BADGE-001)

• Status-like badges (status/outcome/severity/risk/availability/boolean signals) MUST render via BadgeCatalog / BadgeRenderer.
• Filament resources/pages/widgets/views MUST NOT introduce ad-hoc status-like badge mappings (use a BadgeDomain instead).
• Introducing or changing a status-like value MUST include updating the relevant badge mapper and adding/updating tests for the mapping.
• Tag/category chips (e.g., type/platform/environment) are not status-like and are not governed by BADGE-001.

Spec-First Workflow

• For any feature that changes runtime behavior, include or update specs/<NNN>-<slug>/ with spec.md, plan.md, tasks.md, and checklists/requirements.md.
• New work branches from dev using feat/<NNN>-<slug> (spec + code in the same PR).

Quality Gates

• Changes MUST be programmatically tested (Pest) and run via targeted php artisan test ....
• Run ./vendor/bin/pint --dirty before finalizing.

Governance

Scope & Compliance

• This constitution applies across the repo. Feature specs may add stricter constraints but not weaker ones.
• Restore semantics changes require: spec update, checklist update (if applicable), and tests proving safety.

Amendment Procedure

• Propose changes as a PR that updates .specify/memory/constitution.md.
• The PR MUST include a short rationale and list of impacted templates/specs.
• Amendments MUST update Last Amended date.

Versioning Policy (SemVer)

• PATCH: clarifications/typos/non-semantic refinements.
• MINOR: new principle/section or materially expanded guidance.
• MAJOR: removing/redefining principles in a backward-incompatible way.

Version: 1.4.0 | Ratified: 2026-01-03 | Last Amended: 2026-01-27