Managing Anecdotes

Anecdotes Management Skill

Manage and analyze Anecdotes compliance controls, evidence, plugins, and audit readiness.

API Conventions

Authentication

All API calls use Authorization: Bearer $ANECDOTES_API_TOKEN -- injected automatically. Never hardcode tokens.

Base URL

https://api.anecdotes.ai/v1

Core Helper Function

#!/bin/bash

anecdotes_api() {
    local method="$1"
    local endpoint="$2"
    local data="${3:-}"

    if [ -n "$data" ]; then
        curl -s -X "$method" \
            -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANECDOTES_API_TOKEN" \
            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
            "https://api.anecdotes.ai/v1${endpoint}" \
            -d "$data"
    else
        curl -s -X "$method" \
            -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANECDOTES_API_TOKEN" \
            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
            "https://api.anecdotes.ai/v1${endpoint}"
    fi
}

Output Rules

• TOKEN EFFICIENCY: Extract only needed fields with jq
• Target <=50 lines per script output
• Never dump full API responses

Discovery Phase

#!/bin/bash
echo "=== Frameworks ==="
anecdotes_api GET "/frameworks" \
    | jq -r '.data[] | "\(.id)\t\(.name)\t\(.status)"' | column -t | head -10

echo ""
echo "=== Controls Overview ==="
anecdotes_api GET "/controls?limit=1" \
    | jq '"Total controls: \(.meta.total // "N/A")"' -r

echo ""
echo "=== Plugins (Integrations) ==="
anecdotes_api GET "/plugins" \
    | jq -r '.data[] | "\(.name)\t\(.status)\t\(.type)"' | column -t | head -10

Analysis Phase

Control Status

#!/bin/bash
echo "=== Controls by Status ==="
CONTROLS=$(anecdotes_api GET "/controls?limit=200")
echo "$CONTROLS" | jq '{
    total: (.data | length),
    met: ([.data[] | select(.status == "met")] | length),
    not_met: ([.data[] | select(.status == "not_met")] | length),
    partially_met: ([.data[] | select(.status == "partially_met")] | length),
    not_applicable: ([.data[] | select(.status == "not_applicable")] | length)
}'

echo ""
echo "=== Unmet Controls ==="
echo "$CONTROLS" | jq -r '.data[] | select(.status == "not_met") | "\(.status)\t\(.name[0:50])\t\(.framework[0:15])"' \
    | column -t | head -15

echo ""
echo "=== Control Coverage ==="
echo "$CONTROLS" | jq -r '[.data[] | {fw: .framework, status: .status}] | group_by(.fw) | map({framework: .[0].fw[0:20], total: length, met: ([.[] | select(.status == "met")] | length)}) | .[] | "\(.framework)\t\(.met)/\(.total)\t\((.met * 100 / .total | floor))%"' | column -t

Evidence Tracking

#!/bin/bash
echo "=== Evidence Summary ==="
anecdotes_api GET "/evidence?limit=200" \
    | jq '{
        total: (.data | length),
        collected: ([.data[] | select(.collectionStatus == "collected")] | length),
        pending: ([.data[] | select(.collectionStatus == "pending")] | length),
        failed: ([.data[] | select(.collectionStatus == "failed")] | length)
    }'

echo ""
echo "=== Failed Evidence Collection ==="
anecdotes_api GET "/evidence?limit=50&collectionStatus=failed" \
    | jq -r '.data[] | "\(.controlName[0:30])\t\(.name[0:35])\t\(.source // "manual")"' \
    | column -t | head -15

Plugin Health

#!/bin/bash
echo "=== Plugin Status ==="
anecdotes_api GET "/plugins" \
    | jq -r '.data[] | "\(.status)\t\(.name[0:25])\t\(.type)\tlastSync:\(.lastSyncTime[0:16] // "Never")"' \
    | sort | column -t | head -20

echo ""
echo "=== Disconnected Plugins ==="
anecdotes_api GET "/plugins" \
    | jq -r '.data[] | select(.status != "connected") | "\(.name)\t\(.status)\terror:\(.lastError[0:40] // "N/A")"' | column -t

Gap Analysis

#!/bin/bash
FRAMEWORK_ID="${1:-}"

echo "=== Framework Gap Analysis ==="
ENDPOINT="/controls?limit=200"
[ -n "$FRAMEWORK_ID" ] && ENDPOINT="/frameworks/${FRAMEWORK_ID}/controls?limit=200"

anecdotes_api GET "$ENDPOINT" \
    | jq -r '.data[] | select(.status == "not_met" or .status == "partially_met") | "\(.status)\t\(.name[0:45])\t\(.evidenceCount) evidence items"' \
    | column -t | head -20

echo ""
echo "=== Controls Without Evidence ==="
anecdotes_api GET "$ENDPOINT" \
    | jq -r '.data[] | select(.evidenceCount == 0 and .status != "not_applicable") | "\(.name[0:50])\t\(.framework[0:15])\tno evidence"' \
    | column -t | head -10

Output Format

Present results as a structured report:

Managing Anecdotes Report
═════════════════════════
Resources discovered: [count]

Resource       Status    Key Metric    Issues
──────────────────────────────────────────────
[name]         [ok/warn] [value]       [findings]

Summary: [total] resources | [ok] healthy | [warn] warnings | [crit] critical
Action Items: [list of prioritized findings]

Target ≤50 lines of output. Use tables for multi-resource comparisons.

Anti-Hallucination Rules

1. NEVER assume resource names — always discover via CLI/API in Phase 1 before referencing in Phase 2.
2. NEVER fabricate metric names or dimensions — verify against the service documentation or --help output.
3. NEVER mix CLI commands between service versions — confirm which version/API you are targeting.
4. ALWAYS use the discovery → verify → analyze chain — every resource referenced must have been discovered first.
5. ALWAYS handle empty results gracefully — an empty response is valid data, not an error to retry.

Counter-Rationalizations

Common Pitfalls

• Plugin-driven evidence: Most evidence is auto-collected via plugins -- check plugin health first
• Multi-framework mapping: Controls can map to multiple frameworks simultaneously
• Pagination: Use limit and offset parameters -- check meta.total
• Rate limits: Check response headers for rate limiting information
• Evidence freshness: Auto-collected evidence has expiry -- check collection timestamps