Git Forensics Scanner

Surfaces and classifies all code changes in a repository using git diff analysis, providing structured change sets for downstream semantic analysis.

Purpose

The first phase of nation-state trojan detection: identify exactly what changed, how much changed, and classify each change by risk level. Small diffs in critical code paths are flagged as highest-risk since business-logic trojans typically modify 1-5 lines.

Capabilities

Change Set Extraction

• Unstaged changes (git diff)
• Staged changes (git diff --cached)
• Commit range diffs (git diff <base>..<head>)
• Branch diffs (git diff <base>...<head>)
• Per-file patch extraction with full hunk context

Change Classification

• code — Logic, algorithms, formulas, control flow
• config — Constants, parameters, thresholds, defaults
• data-model — Schemas, types, model properties, ORM mappings
• cosmetic — Formatting, comments, whitespace, rounding wrappers

Risk Triage

• Files with 1-5 line changes in prediction/financial/auth code → HIGH RISK
• Single-character operator changes → CRITICAL RISK
• Comment-only changes accompanying code changes → CAMOUFLAGE RISK

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["projectRoot"],
  "properties": {
    "projectRoot": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Absolute path to the git repository"
    },
    "scanMode": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["uncommitted", "commit-range", "branch-diff"],
      "default": "uncommitted"
    },
    "baseRef": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Base git reference (for commit-range/branch-diff)"
    },
    "headRef": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Head git reference (for commit-range/branch-diff)"
    },
    "targetPaths": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "type": "string" },
      "description": "Limit scan to specific paths"
    }
  }
}

Output Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["totalFiles", "files"],
  "properties": {
    "totalFiles": { "type": "number" },
    "totalInsertions": { "type": "number" },
    "totalDeletions": { "type": "number" },
    "files": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "path": { "type": "string" },
          "insertions": { "type": "number" },
          "deletions": { "type": "number" },
          "hunks": { "type": "number" },
          "classification": { "type": "string" },
          "rawDiff": { "type": "string" },
          "riskLevel": { "type": "string" }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Usage Example

skill: {
  name: 'git-forensics-scanner',
  context: {
    projectRoot: '/path/to/project',
    scanMode: 'uncommitted'
  }
}

Process Files

• nation-state-trojan-detection.js — Phase 1: Git Forensics task