Agentic Security Review

Agentic Security Review

An opt-in review path for identifying and mitigating risks unique to autonomous, tool-using agents. Invoke from Stage 9 (Review) or the Quality Assurance Track.

Scope: internal risk reduction. Not a certification or complete security guarantee.

When to use

• Feature adds or changes agent tool use.
• Stage 9 (Review) for agent-facing workflows.
• QA track scope includes agentic automation.
• Post-incident or near-miss involving autonomous agent behavior.

Procedure

1. Locate the review doc. Read docs/agentic-security-review.md — it contains the 7 risk categories and checklists.

2. Set up a finding record. Copy templates/agentic-security-findings.md to quality/<review-slug>/agentic-security-findings.md. If no QA review is active, create a minimal quality/<feature-slug>/ folder.

3. Work through each risk category. For every checklist item in docs/agentic-security-review.md (read-only reference — do not edit the canonical doc):

   • Mark [x] in the findings record if satisfied with evidence.
   • Mark open finding in the findings record if not satisfied.
   • Skip with not-applicable + rationale in the findings record if the category doesn't apply.

4. Assess severity. For each open finding:

   • critical — exploitable, high-impact, blocks release.
   • high — exploitable or likely, requires mitigation before release.
   • medium — possible exposure, mitigate in next sprint.
   • low — theoretical, accepted or deferred with rationale.

5. Record mitigations and residual risk. Fill in the finding-record fields: evidence, mitigation, residual risk, follow-up.

6. Write verdict. Complete the Summary and Verdict sections of the finding record.

7. Link from the review artifact. In Stage 9's review.md or the QA quality-review.md, add a section:

   ## Agentic security review
   - Finding record: `quality/<slug>/agentic-security-findings.md`
   - Verdict: <complete / incomplete>
   - Blocker findings: <list or "none">
   

Reporting

On completion, report:

Agentic security review complete.
  Finding record: quality/<slug>/agentic-security-findings.md
  Categories reviewed: 7
  Open findings: N (critical: X, high: Y, medium: Z, low: W)
  Blocker findings: <list or "none">
  Verdict: <complete / incomplete>

Do not

• Do not claim the system is "secure" or "certified" — use "risk-reduced" or "reviewed for known categories."
• Do not skip the finding record — undocumented risks have no mitigation trail.
• Do not create a new track namespace, state file, or slash command — this is an opt-in skill, not a track.
• Do not modify docs/agentic-security-review.md during a review — findings go in the finding record, not the review doc.

References

• docs/agentic-security-review.md — full risk categories and checklists
• templates/agentic-security-findings.md — finding record template
• docs/quality-assurance-track.md — ISO 9001-aligned QA workflow
• memory/constitution.md — Article IX (Reversibility)