fix(session-ledger): create .agent directories at mode 700 regardless of umask

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Why

session-ledger.sh created its .agent parent with a plain mkdir -p and then immediately refused it: under umask 002 the fresh directory is group-writable, so validate_parent rejected the directory the same script had just made. The same umask-inheriting creation lived in bootstrap-repo.sh and agent-preflight.sh. On shared-group or WSL machines this fired mid-adversarial-review and cost an operator turn to chmod past (#474).

What

• New .shared/scripts/lib/secure-mkdir.sh: secure_mkdir_p DIR creates the directory and every missing ancestor with mkdir -m 700 (umask-independent), idempotent under a racing creator like mkdir -p.
• session-ledger.sh: prepare_parent uses it and defensively chmod 700s the leaf it just created; validate_parent's refusal now names the fix (… (fix: chmod 700 PATH)). Pre-existing directories are never silently fixed.
• bootstrap-repo.sh and agent-preflight.sh: guarded source of the lib with the plain mkdir -p fallback for single-file install layouts; preflight gains check_agent_dir_mode() which surfaces a group/world-writable .agent/.agent/logs at session start.
• Regression tests in all three suites: fresh create under umask 002 → mode 700 and success; pre-existing group-writable dir → refused, chmod hint present, mode untouched.

Decisions

• The validator is deliberately unchanged: a group-writable audit-log parent the kit did not create is still refused; only creation was fixed.
• Worker self-review caught and fixed a race: the first draft used a non-idempotent per-component mkdir; "already a directory" is now treated as success.
• Worker: claude-sonnet-5 (medium) under parallel-issues run parallel-issues-d9faaf9318c405e41ddc37702c9480cb; root review found no findings.
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Testing

• Full suite: agent-run.sh --cmd test → PASS (.agent/logs/20260826T040803Z-test.log)
• shellcheck clean on the four touched scripts
• CI green on this PR
• Adversarial cross-review receipt posted (draft phase)

🤖 Co-authored by Claude Fable 5 (root) + claude-sonnet-5 (worker).

Closes #474

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Security

  • Agent working directories and session-ledger directories are now created with private 700 permissions, regardless of the active umask.
  • Unsafe existing directory permissions are detected and reported with corrective guidance.
  • Directory creation failures now provide clearer error messages.

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved handling of directory creation when scripts are run through symlinks.
  • Added safeguards against invalid paths and directory creation races.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for secure permissions, permissive umask settings, and unsafe pre-existing directories.

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The PR adds a shared secure_mkdir_p helper and applies mode-700 creation to agent preflight, repository bootstrap, and session ledger directories. It also adds unsafe-directory reporting, symlink-aware library loading, and regression tests for permissions and remediation messages.

Changes

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Layer / File(s)	Summary
Secure directory creation helper agentkit/skills/.shared/scripts/lib/secure-mkdir.sh	Adds secure_mkdir_p, which creates missing path components with mode 700, preserves existing components, and rejects invalid creation results.
Agent directory integration and regression coverage agentkit/skills/.shared/scripts/agent-preflight.sh, agentkit/skills/.shared/scripts/bootstrap-repo.sh, agentkit/skills/.shared/scripts/session-ledger.sh, tests/test-agent-preflight.sh, tests/test-bootstrap-repo.sh, tests/test-session-ledger.sh	The scripts use secure_mkdir_p with fallback handling. Preflight reports unsafe existing directories. Session ledger resolves its physical script path, secures new parents, and reports a chmod 700 remediation command. Tests cover permissive umasks, mode 700, and unchanged pre-existing group-writable directories.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 42.86% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 7 functions across 7 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the primary change: creating .agent directories with mode 700 regardless of umask.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes implement the linked issue objectives. They add umask-independent mode 700 creation for .agent, .agent/logs, and missing ancestors; preserve rejection of pre-existing insecure director…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes remain within the linked issue scope. They update the three specified scripts, add the shared directory-creation helper required by the implementation, and add the specified regression tes…

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The changes implement the linked issue objectives. They add umask-independent mode 700 creation for .agent, .agent/logs, and missing ancestors; preserve rejection of pre-existing insecure directories; add remediation guidance; add preflight checks; and add regression tests.

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The changes remain within the linked issue scope. They update the three specified scripts, add the shared directory-creation helper required by the implementation, and add the specified regression tests.

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Adversarial review receipt

• Reviewer: provider=openai; model=gpt-5.6-terra; effort=xhigh; mode=cross-provider (reason: peer-cli codex present)
• Counts: P1=0; P2=1; total=1
• Confirmed finding: session-ledger.sh SCRIPT_DIR from unresolved BASH_SOURCE breaks lib source via PATH symlink — verdict=fixed; fix commit SHA(s)=2ab694d7739b9e197daa4caab18c611ba952637e

🤖 Co-authored by Claude Fable 5 (root orchestrator).

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Inline comments:
In `@agentkit/skills/.shared/scripts/agent-preflight.sh`:
- Around line 108-117: Resolve BASH_SOURCE[0] through readlink -f before
deriving SECURE_MKDIR_LIB, matching the existing approach in session-ledger.sh,
so the library is loaded from the script’s real directory when invoked through a
PATH symlink. Preserve the current guarded sourcing and fallback behavior.

In `@agentkit/skills/.shared/scripts/lib/secure-mkdir.sh`:
- Around line 41-48: Update the concurrent-creation fallback in
secure-mkdir.sh’s mkdir path to validate the accepted directory’s permissions as
well as its type: reject any result with group- or world-write bits set, while
preserving acceptance only for a real non-symlink directory.

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