Claim Firewall v0.1.0: Blocking unsupported security claims before they ship

[raylee-hawkins]

Claim Firewall v0.1.0: Blocking unsupported security claims before they ship

Claim Firewall v0.1.0 is available as a HawkinsOperations public utility satellite.

Repo: HawkinsOperations/claim-firewall
Release: https://github.com/HawkinsOperations/claim-firewall/releases/tag/v0.1.0
Proof ceiling: TOOL_FUNCTION_ONLY

What it does

Claim Firewall scans security docs, PR text, README files, YAML files, and public-facing Markdown for unsupported security claims.

It reports:

• file path
• line number
• matched claim
• reason
• suggested ceiling

It exits non-zero when configured blocked wording is found.

Who it is for

Claim Firewall is built for:

• detection engineers
• SOC automation builders
• security content maintainers
• open-source security reviewers
• teams using AI-assisted security documentation
• anyone who needs public security wording to stay behind the evidence boundary

Why this exists

AI-assisted security work makes it easier to generate detection docs, PR text, case notes, README updates, and public summaries quickly.

That speed creates a predictable failure mode:

Security claims can publish faster than evidence can authorize them.

Claim Firewall exists to catch that failure mode before unsupported wording becomes public truth.

Example policy areas

Claim Firewall can flag configured wording around:

• production maturity
• runtime proof
• public release safety
• signal observation
• automated SOC claims
• AI approval language
• analyst approval language
• customer rollout evidence
• service availability
• fleet coverage breadth

It can also suppress safe negative-context wording when policy allows it, such as "does not prove production deployment" or "does not claim public release safety."

How it fits HawkinsOperations

Claim Firewall is not a new authority layer.

It is a public utility satellite.

The HawkinsOperations authority model remains separate:

• .github: command center and reviewer routing
• hawkinsoperations-detections: source truth
• hawkinsoperations-validation: behavior validation
• hawkinsoperations-platform: control mechanics
• hawkinsoperations-proof: proof and claim authority
• hawkinsoperations-website: rendering only
• claim-firewall: utility only

Claim Firewall supports claim hygiene, but it does not approve claims.

What it does not prove

Claim Firewall does not prove:

• detection behavior
• runtime telemetry
• signal observation
• production deployment
• public release safety
• customer rollout
• service availability
• AI approval
• analyst approval
• final human authorization

The tool checks wording policy. Evidence and review still decide truth.

Release validation

Before release, the release-candidate gate passed:

• 16 tests passed
• passing example exited 0
• failing example exited 1 with expected blocked-wording findings
• README and claim-boundary docs scanned clean
• repository scan passed with expected exclusions
• JSON output was valid
• stale old-name references were removed
• generated caches and install metadata were cleaned
• GitHub CI passed on main

Why this matters

A detection rule existing is not proof that it works.

A passing test is not proof of production coverage.

A rendered website is not proof authority.

An AI-generated summary is not a security disposition.

Claim Firewall exists because security claims should compile before they ship.