Unified AI Gateway

Unified AI Gateway

Overview

Use the official unified-ai-system MCP server to inspect and exercise a local AI gateway without provider credentials. This skill file provides operating guidance; it does not install the server or change Codex configuration by itself. The official Codex plugin bundles the MCP definition, while skill-only installations require the manual setup below.

Version Note

The current public project release and latest reviewed immutable MCP image are both v0.4.9. The inspection procedure below pins its recorded digests; those values must not be silently replaced with a mutable tag. For a normal provider-free demo, use the current v0.4.9 command in the project README. A new content review is required before changing this pinned procedure.

Prerequisites And Setup

1. Confirm that Codex CLI and Docker are installed and Docker is running.
2. If the 12 tools are already visible, skip setup and do not register a duplicate server.
3. Explain the first stage: it downloads one reviewed platform from the immutable 0.4.9 multi-platform index into Docker's cache, inspects its metadata and layer history, creates but never starts a temporary container, exports its root filesystem, removes that temporary container, and writes an inspection inventory to a temporary directory. The reviewed platforms are linux/amd64 and linux/arm64. Obtain explicit user approval for those download and inspection changes only.
4. After that first approval, pull the reviewed platform manifest and complete the inspection. Do not execute the image or register it yet:

IMAGE='ghcr.io/happy520ai/unified-ai-system/mcp-server@sha256:751a0d32acd2d6b1da6ad9ac67987fbd1ff36ce26b7160014d8605f18b7907b3'
PLATFORM='linux/amd64' # Use linux/arm64 only on a reviewed ARM64 engine.
REVIEW_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"

docker pull --platform "$PLATFORM" "$IMAGE"
docker image inspect "$IMAGE" --format 'Id={{.Id}} OS={{.Os}} Architecture={{.Architecture}} User={{json .Config.User}} Entrypoint={{json .Config.Entrypoint}} Cmd={{json .Config.Cmd}} Labels={{json .Config.Labels}}'
docker image history --no-trunc "$IMAGE" > "$REVIEW_DIR/image-history.txt"

REVIEW_CONTAINER="$(docker create --platform "$PLATFORM" --pull never --entrypoint /bin/true "$IMAGE")"
docker export --output "$REVIEW_DIR/rootfs.tar" "$REVIEW_CONTAINER"
docker rm "$REVIEW_CONTAINER"

tar -tf "$REVIEW_DIR/rootfs.tar" > "$REVIEW_DIR/rootfs-files.txt"
mkdir -p "$REVIEW_DIR/rootfs"
tar --same-permissions -xf "$REVIEW_DIR/rootfs.tar" -C "$REVIEW_DIR/rootfs"
find "$REVIEW_DIR/rootfs/app" -type f -print > "$REVIEW_DIR/app-files.txt"
: > "$REVIEW_DIR/app-links.txt"
while IFS= read -r -d '' APP_LINK; do
  ls -ld -- "$APP_LINK" >> "$REVIEW_DIR/app-links.txt"
done < <(find "$REVIEW_DIR/rootfs/app" \( -type l -o -type f -links +1 \) -print0)
: > "$REVIEW_DIR/native-binaries.sha256"
while IFS= read -r -d '' NATIVE_BINARY; do
  sha256sum -- "$NATIVE_BINARY" >> "$REVIEW_DIR/native-binaries.sha256"
done < <(find "$REVIEW_DIR/rootfs/app" -type f -name '*.node' -print0)
find "$REVIEW_DIR/rootfs" -type f \( -perm -0100 -o -perm -0010 -o -perm -0001 \) -print > "$REVIEW_DIR/executable-files.txt"
find "$REVIEW_DIR/rootfs" -type f \( -perm -4000 -o -perm -2000 \) -print > "$REVIEW_DIR/suid-sgid-files.txt"
find "$REVIEW_DIR/rootfs/app" -type f \( -name '.env' -o -name '.env.*' -o -name '*.pem' -o -name '*.key' -o -name '*.p12' -o -name '*.pfx' -o -path '*/.ssh/id_*' \) -print > "$REVIEW_DIR/credential-like-files.txt"
grep -RInHE --include='package.json' '"(preinstall|install|postinstall|prepare|prepack|postpack)"' "$REVIEW_DIR/rootfs/app" > "$REVIEW_DIR/lifecycle-hooks.txt"
grep -RInE 'child_process|spawn\(|fetch\(|AI_GATEWAY_MCP_URL|process\.env|writeFile|appendFile|unlink|rm\(' "$REVIEW_DIR/rootfs/app/packages/mcp-server/src" "$REVIEW_DIR/rootfs/app/packages/shared-sdk/src" > "$REVIEW_DIR/runtime-sensitive-code.txt"

If sha256sum is unavailable, use the platform's SHA-256 utility and preserve the same report. Keep the review directory until the report is accepted; its deletion is another filesystem change and requires approval for the exact path.

5. Read every generated inventory and report the inspection before proceeding. Compare it with the versioned image content review. Require OCI index digest sha256:751a0d32acd2d6b1da6ad9ac67987fbd1ff36ce26b7160014d8605f18b7907b3. For linux/amd64, require manifest digest sha256:ff6cf988b01d5fb2e97aabe8e952f6a303dcffe650df5b4dcb0ba3d51ee88c06 and config digest sha256:0c2c0c7b9c7fb7ca24c73d9a903bcf719b079a0b285a3a3269ee3ae059905e97. For linux/arm64, require manifest digest sha256:90318b9e373820f863c1c1addc759be4b5ce186f2ecb6232ee502fad7c6613de and config digest sha256:c2047eb63fdc42bcb16d53fca17d78a4a6fb355cf6320b9aa6688e594371054f. Require source https://github.com/happy520ai/unified-ai-system, revision 342a47313927870bcc696be13c9e5fb922062dac, version 0.4.9, license Apache-2.0, entrypoint docker-entrypoint.sh, and command node packages/mcp-server/src/index.js.

   Report these reviewed risks explicitly: the image uses the default root user; includes Debian shell/package utilities and 11 base-image SUID/SGID files; contains 522 internal pnpm links, three native Node binaries, and eight lifecycle-hook declarations; and starts a child gateway with loopback HTTP. The optional AI_GATEWAY_MCP_URL can make an HTTP or HTTPS connection only when explicitly passed. The registered command below passes no host files, environment variables, or ports and disables container networking. Stop on any mismatch, unexpected link, credential-like file, native binary, hook, privileged file, or sensitive-code behavior.

6. Explain the second stage: it persists a Codex MCP configuration and permits Codex to launch the inspected image in a later task. Obtain a separate explicit approval for registration and activation; the download approval does not carry over.

7. After that second approval, register the reviewed platform digest with pulling, container networking, Linux capabilities, and privilege escalation disabled, then inspect the stored configuration:

IMAGE='ghcr.io/happy520ai/unified-ai-system/mcp-server@sha256:751a0d32acd2d6b1da6ad9ac67987fbd1ff36ce26b7160014d8605f18b7907b3'
PLATFORM='linux/amd64' # Match the reviewed platform inspected above.
codex mcp add unified-ai-system -- docker run --rm -i --pull never --platform "$PLATFORM" --network none --cap-drop ALL --security-opt no-new-privileges "$IMAGE"
codex mcp get unified-ai-system --json

8. Restart Codex or open a new task, then use /mcp verbose to confirm that all 12 tools are available. Remove the registration when it is no longer wanted:

codex mcp remove unified-ai-system

Removing the registration does not remove the pulled image from Docker's cache. Treat image-cache deletion as a separate host-state change and obtain approval before doing it.

When to Use This Skill

• Use when a user asks whether Unified AI System is healthy or ready.
• Use when a user wants a credential-free gateway chat proof.
• Use when a user asks about the gateway's knowledge, workflow, or workforce surfaces.
• Use when a user wants evidence from the bundled MCP tools rather than a claim inferred from documentation or process exit codes.

Do not use this skill for generic model comparisons, unrelated MCP servers, or deploying a production gateway.

Workflow

1. Confirm that the unified-ai-system MCP tools are available in the current task. If they are absent, follow the approved setup above and wait for a restarted or new task.
2. Call gateway_health, then gateway_readiness, before attempting chat.
3. Select the narrowest additional tool that answers the request.
4. Report returned provider, execution mode, readiness, and blockers exactly.
5. Separate transport success from product, production-readiness, autonomy, or AGI claims.

Tool Map

• gateway_health: managed gateway status and provider mode
• gateway_readiness: chat-path readiness and blockers
• gateway_prompt_enhance: local prompt structuring without a provider call
• gateway_chat: deterministic credential-free chat proof
• knowledge_readiness: knowledge subsystem readiness
• workflow_health: workflow subsystem status
• workflow_actions: available workflow actions
• workforce_health: workforce subsystem status
• workforce_agents: available workforce agents

Example

User: Check whether the local gateway is ready, then prove chat works safely.

Agent:
1. Call gateway_health.
2. Call gateway_readiness.
3. Call gateway_chat only if both results prove fake-provider mode.
4. Report provider, model, execution mode, response, and every blocker.

Safety Boundaries

• Keep the credential-free local fake provider as the default.
• Never request, read, or transmit provider credentials through this skill.
• Do not enable or call a real provider without explicit scoped authorization.
• Treat MCP registration, image pulls, container creation, networking, and teardown as host-state changes that require informed user approval.
• Never substitute a mutable tag, a different OCI index, or an unreviewed platform manifest for the reviewed 0.4.9 identities. Keep download and inspection approval separate from registration and activation approval.
• Keep --pull never in the registered command. If the reviewed image is absent from the local cache, fail closed and return to the first approval stage.
• Keep --network none, --cap-drop ALL, and --security-opt no-new-privileges in the registered command.
• Do not claim production readiness, L5 autonomy, or AGI from a healthy handshake.
• Treat a zero exit code as transport evidence, not proof that readiness gates passed.

Limitations

• This skill file does not bundle the MCP server, Docker image, or Codex configuration. It only operates tools supplied by the separately installed official integration.
• It does not deploy, benchmark, or certify the gateway for production use.
• The credential-free chat tool proves only the deterministic local fake path.
• It does not configure real providers or handle provider credentials.
• The published MCP image requires Docker.
• The reviewed 0.4.9 path covers linux/amd64 and linux/arm64. Do not activate another platform image without a separate content review.
• The image runs as the container's default root user and bundles the gateway source, package-manager tooling, native dependencies, and base-image SUID/SGID files. The registered command drops capabilities, prevents new privileges, disables networking, and leaves the image in Docker's cache.
• Existing Codex tasks may not hot-load a newly installed MCP configuration.

Troubleshooting

• If the tools are missing after approved registration, inspect codex mcp get unified-ai-system --json, then restart Codex or start a new task.
• If readiness is blocked, report the returned blocker instead of retrying chat blindly.
• If the runtime might use a real provider, stop before chat and keep the session read-only.

Additional Resources

• Unified AI System
• 60-second Codex MCP quickstart
• MCP server guide
• MCP image content review