docs: More details in the plugin catalog - #848
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Signed-off-by: Ed Snible <snible@us.ibm.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe plugin catalog adds external and internal documentation links. It also documents plugin request flows, provider-specific behavior, MCP consumer placement, OPA bundle handling, SPARC deployment, and token plugin relationships. ChangesPlugin catalog updates
Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The catalog’s new MCP guidance omits a required Envoy setting and could cause affected sidecar deployments to process requests without MCP context, weakening policy classification; it also leaves the CPEX deployment topology ambiguous. Merge should wait for these documentation clarifications or explicit owner acceptance. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@authbridge/docs/plugin-catalog.md`:
- Line 69: Update the authbridge-cpex deployment description in the plugin
catalog to state that its binary replaces authbridge-proxy and is not deployed
as an additional sidecar.
- Around line 160-162: Add the Envoy outbound ext_proc configuration
prerequisite for Envoy-sidecar mode by setting allow_mode_override to true,
ensuring ModeOverride is honored and POST bodies reach mcp-parser before
downstream policy plugins. Update the relevant plugin-catalog documentation near
the outbound chain guidance.
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| Bridges AuthBridge hooks to the [CPEX](https://github.com/contextforge-org/cpex) | ||
| framework (a policy enforcement runtime for AI agents): an APL DSL plus named | ||
| CPEX policy plugins (Cedar, PII, audit, …). Requires the separate | ||
| `authbridge-cpex` binary (`-tags cpex`, `CGO_ENABLED=1`, links a pinned |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Clarify the authbridge-cpex deployment topology.
“Requires the separate authbridge-cpex binary” does not state that this binary is deployed in place of authbridge-proxy, not as an additional sidecar. Add that distinction to prevent an incorrect proxy deployment.
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-Requires the separate `authbridge-cpex` binary (`-tags cpex`, `CGO_ENABLED=1`, links a pinned
+`authbridge-cpex` is a build variant deployed in place of `authbridge-proxy`, not an additional
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| `authbridge-cpex` binary (`-tags cpex`, `CGO_ENABLED=1`, links a pinned | |
| `authbridge-cpex` is a build variant deployed in place of `authbridge-proxy`, not an additional | |
| sidecar. Build it with `-tags cpex`, `CGO_ENABLED=1`, and a pinned |
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In `@authbridge/docs/plugin-catalog.md` at line 69, Update the authbridge-cpex
deployment description in the plugin catalog to state that its binary replaces
authbridge-proxy and is not deployed as an additional sidecar.
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| Place `mcp-parser` **before** these plugins on the outbound chain; | ||
| without it they see no MCP data and pass the traffic through | ||
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Document the Envoy allow_mode_override prerequisite.
In Envoy-sidecar mode, add allow_mode_override: true to the outbound ext_proc configuration. Without it, Envoy ignores ModeOverride and does not send POST bodies to mcp-parser, so policy plugins can process the request without MCP fields.
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In `@authbridge/docs/plugin-catalog.md` around lines 160 - 162, Add the Envoy
outbound ext_proc configuration prerequisite for Envoy-sidecar mode by setting
allow_mode_override to true, ensuring ModeOverride is honored and POST bodies
reach mcp-parser before downstream policy plugins. Update the relevant
plugin-catalog documentation near the outbound chain guidance.
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One suggestion: clarify the opa entry in the mcp-parser consumer table — the other three plugins declare RequiresAny but opa doesn't, and the current text is ambiguous about whether that's intentional.
| | [`ibac`](#ibac) | Reads the tool name and arguments to judge the call against user intent. Declares `mcp-parser` in `RequiresAny`. | | ||
| | [`sparc`](#sparc) | Extracts the tool name/arguments to reflect on, and returns clarifications as MCP results. Declares `mcp-parser` in `RequiresAny`; required in `enforcement: mcp` mode. | | ||
| | [`cpex`](#cpex) | Converts the parsed call/result into a CMF message for the `cmf.tool_pre_invoke` / `cmf.tool_post_invoke` hooks. Declares `mcp-parser` in `RequiresAny`. | | ||
| | [`opa`](#opa) | Exposes the parsed call as `input.mcp` for policy (add `mcp.params` to `include` for arguments). | |
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The three plugins above each declare RequiresAny: ["mcp-parser"], which enforces ordering automatically. opa does not — confirmed in authlib/plugins/opa/plugin.go. If that's intentional (i.e. mcp-parser is optional for OPA policies that don't use input.mcp), worth a brief note here so operators know they're responsible for placing mcp-parser before opa when they need it.
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Summary
The existing plugin catalog was too terse, discussing plugin configuration keys without giving any breadcrumbs to the documentation that explains their values. This links the catalog to the documentation pages for that plugins that have them, making it easier for the reader to understand how to configure a plugin.
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