agentic-dev/docs/work/2026-05-14-ci-security-and-supply-chain/06-codeql-and-audit-signatures/_story.md

id, epic, title, type, status, feature, depends-on, blocks

id	epic	title	type	status	feature	depends-on	blocks
06-codeql-and-audit-signatures	2026-05-14-ci-security-and-supply-chain	CodeQL workflow + pnpm audit signatures	technical-story	in-progress	tooling		08-reviewer-prompt-update

Goal

Add two baseline GitHub-native gates: (1) a pnpm audit signatures --audit-level=high step in ci.yml's validate job, and (2) a .github/workflows/codeql.yml workflow running javascript-typescript static analysis on push/PR/weekly schedule.

Why

pnpm audit signatures catches tampered package signatures before they reach production — a post-install script from a compromised maintainer account would fail this check. CodeQL's javascript-typescript analysis catches common vulnerability patterns (XSS, injection, prototype pollution) that are invisible to dependency-scanning tools. Both are zero-cost on public repos and the GitHub Free plan; CodeQL's template includes a clear no-op on plans that don't support it.

Done when

• ci.yml's validate job includes a pnpm audit signatures --audit-level=high step. The step fails the job on high or critical severity signature failures.
• .github/workflows/codeql.yml exists; triggers: push: branches: [main], pull_request, and schedule: - cron: "0 2 * * 3" (Wednesday 02:00 UTC, staggered from the trace-revalidation cron); language: javascript-typescript; uses default queries. Includes a comment noting that CodeQL on private repos requires GitHub Advanced Security (consumer-toggleable per PRD constraint).
• pnpm typecheck && pnpm lint && pnpm test && pnpm conformance && pnpm fallow:audit && pnpm coverage:diff all pass (no executable code change; CI config only).

In scope

• .github/workflows/ci.yml — one new pnpm audit signatures step in validate job.
• .github/workflows/codeql.yml — new workflow file.

Out of scope

• Configuring GitHub branch protection to require CodeQL as a status check — consumer-facing instruction deferred to Story 09's guide.
• OSSF Scorecard — explicitly out of PRD scope.
• StepSecurity Harden Runner — explicitly out of PRD scope.

Tasks

• Add pnpm audit signatures --audit-level=high as a step in ci.yml's validate job; one commit, all gates pass.
• Create .github/workflows/codeql.yml (language: javascript-typescript; triggers: push to main, pull_request, weekly schedule Wednesday 02:00 UTC; default queries; consumer note about GitHub Advanced Security requirement for private repos); one commit, all gates pass.