From e7c04b712ece4f7110b9bd3d2e06b0b9913b8c1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dana Burks <dburks@nuralyn.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:05:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [bench] settings: default BENCH_PROVIDER=claude_code for
 self-governance

Sets BENCH_PROVIDER=claude_code in the project's .claude/settings.json env
block so Bench governs its own repo through each contributor's Claude Code
subscription instead of requiring a separate ANTHROPIC_API_KEY. Bench only
runs inside Claude Code (a PreToolUse hook), so subscription auth is always
present. The PreToolUse hook config itself is unchanged.

Overridable per contributor: set BENCH_PROVIDER in .claude/settings.local.json
(local settings load after project and win). Takes effect on a fresh Claude
Code session, since env is applied at startup.

Ledger files carry this session's fail-open governance entries (no provider
key was set during the edit), committed per the ledger-is-source policy.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .claude/settings.json    |  3 +++
 ledger/bench-ledger.json | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 ledger/ledger-meta.json  |  6 +++---
 3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.claude/settings.json b/.claude/settings.json
index fc9d99b..84e9bf7 100644
--- a/.claude/settings.json
+++ b/.claude/settings.json
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 {
+  "env": {
+    "BENCH_PROVIDER": "claude_code"
+  },
   "hooks": {
     "PreToolUse": [
       {
diff --git a/ledger/bench-ledger.json b/ledger/bench-ledger.json
index 0abff04..8bf640b 100644
--- a/ledger/bench-ledger.json
+++ b/ledger/bench-ledger.json
@@ -5893,5 +5893,39 @@
     "defender": {},
     "oracle": {},
     "entry_hash": "c313554adedb683734b70be879b46093a45219b910ab86d14e45ae4ce1b3b7aa"
+  },
+  {
+    "entry_id": "d4218a78-d7a7-48fa-89c8-5342be870d94",
+    "timestamp": "2026-06-26T05:31:40.248774+00:00",
+    "previous_hash": "c313554adedb683734b70be879b46093a45219b910ab86d14e45ae4ce1b3b7aa",
+    "constitution_hash": "c29662f31eeaacee3b7abc76f553b87efb061b9dbe9e29a39147166e700a974e",
+    "change": {
+      "file": "[PATH_TRAVERSAL_BLOCKED]",
+      "tool": "Edit",
+      "diff_summary": {
+        "file_path": "[PATH_TRAVERSAL_BLOCKED]",
+        "change_type": "modify",
+        "old_string": "{\n  \"hooks\": {",
+        "new_string": "{\n  \"env\": {\n    \"BENCH_PROVIDER\": \"claude_code\"\n  },\n  \"hooks\": {"
+      }
+    },
+    "challenger": {
+      "status": "PIPELINE_ERROR",
+      "error": {
+        "error": "API_ERROR",
+        "detail": "openrouter: APIStatusError: Error code: 402 - {'error': {'message': 'This request requires more credits, or fewer max_tokens. You requested up to 4096 tokens, but can only afford 760. To increase, visit https://openrouter.ai/settings/credits and add more credits', 'code': 402, 'metadata': {'provider_name': None, 'previous_errors': [{'code': 402, 'message': 'This request requires more credits, or fewer max_tokens. You requested up to 4096 tokens, but can only afford 760. To increase, visit https:... [truncated]",
+        "_tokens": {
+          "input": 0,
+          "output": 0
+        }
+      },
+      "_tokens": {
+        "input": 0,
+        "output": 0
+      }
+    },
+    "defender": {},
+    "oracle": {},
+    "entry_hash": "79a168304739e904f5a0c586f9f4e31310798b5c2dcda3bc892ec9cc14e4ddbc"
   }
 ]
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diff --git a/ledger/ledger-meta.json b/ledger/ledger-meta.json
index 3087907..01ce770 100644
--- a/ledger/ledger-meta.json
+++ b/ledger/ledger-meta.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "entry_count": 70,
-  "latest_hash": "c313554adedb683734b70be879b46093a45219b910ab86d14e45ae4ce1b3b7aa",
+  "entry_count": 71,
+  "latest_hash": "79a168304739e904f5a0c586f9f4e31310798b5c2dcda3bc892ec9cc14e4ddbc",
   "created": "2026-04-22T04:00:32.627154+00:00",
-  "last_updated": "2026-06-26T05:01:48.596076+00:00"
+  "last_updated": "2026-06-26T05:31:40.248774+00:00"
 }
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