Rationale Guard

01 Offline config governance

Keep the why
beside the config.

A small CLI that makes policy-sensitive settings carry their decision trail—without invalid comment keys, leaked values, or a new config language.

Install the CLI Try the local checker
  • JSON · YAML · TOML
  • JSON Schema
  • Zero telemetry
Risograph collage of two overlapping review sheets, one structured like config and one marked with a human approval stamp
Two plates. One reviewable decision.

The config remains strict.

The reason remains attached.

The report reveals no values.

02 The review loop

A sidecar, not a side quest.

Human context gets its own typed record. Your source files keep every comment, space, and strict parser they already have.

  1. 1

    Initialize

    Create adjacent decision records for config leaves.

    crg init agent.json
  2. 2

    Explain & stamp

    Write the rationale, then bind it to the reviewed value with a one-way fingerprint.

    crg stamp agent.json
  3. 3

    Guard the change

    Fail CI on missing, orphaned, overdue, schema-invalid, or stale decisions.

    crg check agent.json --schema schema.json
  4. 4

    Review the why

    Render changed paths and rationale—not secret-bearing values.

    crg diff old/agent.json agent.json

03 Browser proof

Try a decision check.

Runs entirely in this tab. Edit a value to make the existing rationale stale, or repair the rationale and stamp it locally.

strict config
decision trail
Ready to inspect.

Choose “Run local check.” No config data leaves this page.

04 Own the guardrail

One binary.
No account.

Build from source today. Release binaries can drop into any CI job; output is human-readable by default and JSON with one flag.

INSTALL / SOURCE
$ cargo install --git \
  https://github.com/B-Divyesh/sf-config-rationale-guard

$ crg check agent.json --json
PASS 12 decisions · 100% coverage

05 Team unlock

Standardize the ritual.

The full guard is free. Pay once for maintainable policy presets and copy-ready CI review recipes for GitHub Actions and GitLab CI.

  • Agent and CI policy path presets
  • Pull-request decision summary recipes
  • Future Team recipe updates

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