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Summary

Adds ToolRuleSet::inherit_operator_layers, which returns a new rule set holding only the operator layers: the ones named config or config:*. A host composing a sub-agent's rule policy uses it so the child keeps every operator rule its parent turn carried, but not the parent agent's own layer. An orchestrator often disallows exactly the tools it hands to its workers, so passing that layer down would block the child from using them.

These are the rules commits from senamakel/tinytools epic/8369-security-migration (a735013, 5231992, afe868c), cherry-picked onto main with authorship kept. Until now that epic only existed on the fork, and hosts pinned to it could not move to a tinytools commit on main.

Not carried: the same epic also added is_safe_endpoint_for_bearer and an IPv6 bracket fix to tinytools-std/src/url_guard (a735013, 702fbae, 5231992). tinytools-std was removed from main in #99, so that half is dropped here. The URL guard now lives in tinyagents-harness.

Public API

Adds ToolRuleSet::inherit_operator_layers(&self) -> ToolRuleSet. Nothing existing changes.

Validation

• cargo fmt --all -- --check: ok
• cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings: ok
• cargo test --all-features -p tinytools rules: 39 passed, including the new inherit_operator_layers_keeps_only_config_and_named_config_layers

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Operator rule sets can now inherit layers named config or prefixed with config:, while excluding other layers. Denials in the inherited layers continue to affect which tools are visible.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for inherited layers and their effect on tool visibility.

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Tiny Sweeper review

Reviewed head: 3d04915a68c9ec93aa126b6cfac46422a6618a90

Verdict: Ready for maintainer review · Priority: none
Coverage: Reviewed 2 of 2 files.
Pull request purpose (title): feat(rules): inherit…

Diagnostics and supporting details

Full summary

Pull request purpose (title): feat(rules): inherit only operator layers into a sub-agent rule set. Adds `ToolRuleSet::inherit_operator_layers`, a new public method that returns a copy of a rule set containing only the operator layers (named `config` or `config:*`), so a host composing a sub-agent's policy can carry operator rules down without inheriting the parent agent's own layer. The change is additive: one new method in `crates/tinytools/src/rules/eval.rs` and one new test in `crates/tinytools/src/rules/mod_tests.rs`. The latest-push delta is unavailable, so no push-delta comparison is presented.

Review snapshot

Change surface	Files	Review signal	Count
Production	1	Active findings	0
Tests	1	Noted findings	0
Documentation	0	Resolved findings	0
Configuration	0	Pending checks/questions	0

Completeness: Complete
Test assessment: No supported feature-to-test mapping was available; this does not mean tests are absent or passed.

What changed

`ToolRuleSet::inherit_operator_layers` iterates the existing layers, selects those whose name is `config` or starts with `config:`, clones them in order, and re-inserts them via `push` into a fresh set. Layers with no name are excluded. The accompanying test builds a set with `config`, `agent:orchestrator`, and `config:workspace` layers and asserts both the retained layer names and the resulting visibility behavior.

Features

• Added — ToolRuleSet::inherit_operator_layers: Provides hosts a declarative way to derive a sub-agent rule set that keeps operator policy but drops the parent agent's agent-specific layer, avoiding the case where an orchestrator's own restrictions block tools it delegates to workers. (crates/tinytools/src/rules/eval.rs impl ToolRuleSet {)

Tests

No supported feature-to-test mapping was produced. Test execution is not inferred.

Findings

No active actionable findings.

Before merge

None.

Agent review details

critique

• Conclusion: Success
• Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
• Positive: The method matches its documentation: it selects `config`/`config:*` layers, clones them in order, and re-inserts via `push`, which only drops permissive layers that have no effect anyway. No defect found in the change itself.
• Lane summary: The new `inherit_operator_layers` matches its doc: it selects layers named `config` or starting with `config:`, clones them in order, and re-inserts them through `push`, which only drops layers that are permissive (and such a layer has no effect anyway). The test uses the existing `layer`, `ctx`, `with_layer`, `visible`, and `ToolSubject::named` helpers correctly and asserts both layer identity and actual evaluation behaviour. I found no defect in the change itself.

security

• Conclusion: Success
• Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
• Positive: The change is a small, self-contained selector with no untrusted input, network, subprocess, or deserialization path added; test names and module doc comments follow repository rules. No defects found.
• Lane summary: The change adds a small, self-contained selector that clones layers whose names are `config` or start with `config:`, plus a test pinning that behaviour. Note it is a declarative narrowing helper for hosts; no untrusted input, network, subprocess or deserialization path is added, and the test names and module doc comments follow the repository rules. No defects found.

tests

• Conclusion: Success
• Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
• Lane summary: The new `inherit_operator_layers` method is covered by a test that pins both the layer selection (`config` kept, `config:workspace` kept, `agent:orchestrator` dropped) and the resulting behaviour (operator deny still blocks, parent-only rule no longer blocks, workspace deny still blocks) — those assertions would fail if the filtering regressed. One gap: the test never exercises a layer with no `name` at all, so the `is_some_and` branch for anonymous layers is unpinned. That is a test-coverage nicety rather than a defect that would mislead on a reachable input, and the test does earn its keep on the main contract; I found nothing reportable.

commits

• Conclusion: Success
• Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
• Positive: No sensitive content found in committed files.
• Lane summary: No sensitive content in committed files.

description

• Conclusion: Success
• Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
• Positive: The description matches the diff: it adds `ToolRuleSet::inherit_operator_layers` filtering to `config`/`config:*`, documents the sub-agent rationale, and cites the single new test for validation. No defects found.
• Lane summary: The description matches the diff: it adds `ToolRuleSet::inherit_operator_layers` filtering layers to `config`/`config:*`, documents the sub-agent rationale, and the single new test is what validation cites. I found no defects to report.

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• Tokens: 112981 input · 2758 output · 13824 cached · 135 embedding
• Updated: 2026-11-03T15:31:22Z

Head	State	Pass summary
3d04915a68c9	ready for maintainer review	0 active finding(s), 0 resolved finding(s) (at 2026-11-03T15:31:22Z)

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Walkthrough

ToolRuleSet now provides inherit_operator_layers, which returns a new set containing layers named config or beginning with config:. A test checks layer selection and its effect on visibility.

Changes: Operator layer inheritance

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Filter operator layers crates/tinytools/src/rules/eval.rs, crates/tinytools/src/rules/mod_tests.rs	inherit_operator_layers copies config and config: layers into a new set. The test checks that other layers are excluded and that only retained-layer denials affect visibility.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Feature

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 3d049

Operator-layer inheritance preserves existing rule semantics. Additional default-deny and hide-rule tests would strengthen coverage, but no current behavior defect prevents merging.

Pre-merge checks: 5

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The title "feat(rules): inherit only operator layers into a sub-agent rule set" matches the main change. The PR adds ToolRuleSet::inherit_operator_layers, which returns a set with only the layers named config or config:*, so a sub-agent inherits operator rules without the parent agent's own layer. The title is specific and concise. It does not mention the URL guard, but the PR does not include that change, so the title is accurate.

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_{I’m a rabbit with a rule-set to review,
config stays, and config:workspace too.
agent:orchestrator hops away,
Only kept denials shape the day.
I nibble clover, pleased with the view.}

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tinysweeper found nothing blocking. Approving.

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Follow-up Comments

Cover default-deny allowlists in the inheritance test.

436-439: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Cover default-deny allowlists in the inheritance test.

The new test builds its layers without a default key, so they all default to allow. A change that copies an operator layer and resets its default: deny to allow would still pass. The test does not cover the inherited call-admission path for a default-deny allowlist. The proposed test adds a config layer with "default": "deny" and one allow rule. It then checks that an allowed tool is callable and an unlisted tool is not.

Suggested test

 }
 
+#[test]
+fn inherit_operator_layers_keeps_default_deny_allowlists() {
+    let set = ToolRuleSet::new().with_layer(layer(json!({
+        "name": "config",
+        "default": "deny",
+        "rules": [{ "effect": "allow", "match": { "name": "file_read" } }]
+    })));
+
+    let inherited = set.inherit_operator_layers();
+
+    assert!(inherited
+        .evaluate(&ToolSubject::named("file_read"), &ctx(), Surface::Call, None)
+        .callable);
+    assert!(!inherited
+        .evaluate(&ToolSubject::named("shell"), &ctx(), Surface::Call, None)
+        .callable);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn layer_approval_takes_the_strictest() {

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Review comment at @crates/tinytools/src/rules/mod_tests.rs around lines 436 -
439:
Add an inheritance test for default-deny allowlists using
ToolRuleSet::inherit_operator_layers: create a config layer with default deny
and an allow rule for file_read, then verify file_read remains callable and an
unlisted tool such as shell is not callable after inheritance.

Add a hide-rule case and catalogue/search assertions to the inheritance test.

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Add a hide-rule case and catalogue/search assertions to the inheritance test.

The test checks only deny rules, and it checks them on Surface::Call. It also checks the retained layer names. A change that drops hide rules from copied operator layers would still pass it.

ToolDecision::admits returns visible for Surface::Catalog and Surface::Search (crates/tinytools/src/rules/types.rs:472-474). Hide rules therefore control catalogue and search listings, and this test does not check them.

Add a hide rule to the operator config layer in the test fixture. Assert that the hidden tool is not visible on Surface::Catalog and Surface::Search through the inherited set. Follow the pattern used by hide_keeps_a_tool_callable (crates/tinytools/src/rules/mod_tests.rs:184-195).

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Review comment at @crates/tinytools/src/rules/mod_tests.rs around lines 459 -
464:
Update the inheritance test fixture’s operator config layer with a hide rule,
then assert through the inherited set that the hidden tool is not visible on
Surface::Catalog or Surface::Search. Follow the hide-rule setup pattern in
hide_keeps_a_tool_callable while retaining the existing deny and layer-name
assertions.

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@coderabbitai Addressed in d759b1f: added inherit_operator_layers_keeps_a_default_deny_allowlist. It checks that a config layer with default: deny and one allow rule still admits only the listed tool after inheritance.

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@senamakel Thanks for adding inherit_operator_layers_keeps_a_default_deny_allowlist in d759b1f. That addresses the requested coverage for preserving a default-deny allowlist after inheritance.

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# Repository Guidelines

## Testing

- Use descriptive, behavioral test names: `rejects_an_empty_name`, not
  `test_greet_2`.

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