From ff23890809983b4a8a06064dc6b94332c99796d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave <david.els1@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 22:27:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(agent-api): bearer token check and owner-resolution
 helper

Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .env.example               |  7 +++++
 src/lib/agent/auth.test.ts | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/lib/agent/auth.ts      | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++
 src/lib/agent/owner.ts     | 17 ++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 106 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/lib/agent/auth.test.ts
 create mode 100644 src/lib/agent/auth.ts
 create mode 100644 src/lib/agent/owner.ts

diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index b160d0c..1f2ec27 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -15,3 +15,10 @@ NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL=https://planner.example.com
 # scripts/seed-demo.ts, and the /api/client/* route handlers.
 PB_SUPERUSER_EMAIL=you@example.com
 PB_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD=replace-me
+
+# A long random secret for the agent API (see docs/superpowers/specs/
+# 2026-09-25-phase-8-agent-api-design.md). Generate with:
+#   openssl rand -hex 32
+# Anyone holding this can read every project and write comments/subtasks/
+# moves as the owner — treat it like the superuser credentials above.
+AGENT_API_TOKEN=replace-me
diff --git a/src/lib/agent/auth.test.ts b/src/lib/agent/auth.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab216d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/agent/auth.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, afterEach } from "vitest";
+import { requireAgentToken } from "@/lib/agent/auth";
+
+describe("requireAgentToken", () => {
+  const originalToken = process.env.AGENT_API_TOKEN;
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    if (originalToken === undefined) delete process.env.AGENT_API_TOKEN;
+    else process.env.AGENT_API_TOKEN = originalToken;
+  });
+
+  it("refuses with 500 when the token is not configured", async () => {
+    delete process.env.AGENT_API_TOKEN;
+    const request = new Request("http://localhost/api/agent/projects");
+
+    const result = requireAgentToken(request);
+
+    expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(result!.status).toBe(500);
+  });
+
+  it("refuses a request with no Authorization header", () => {
+    process.env.AGENT_API_TOKEN = "secret123";
+    const request = new Request("http://localhost/api/agent/projects");
+
+    const result = requireAgentToken(request);
+
+    expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(result!.status).toBe(401);
+  });
+
+  it("refuses a request with the wrong token", () => {
+    process.env.AGENT_API_TOKEN = "secret123";
+    const request = new Request("http://localhost/api/agent/projects", {
+      headers: { authorization: "Bearer wrong" },
+    });
+
+    const result = requireAgentToken(request);
+
+    expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(result!.status).toBe(401);
+  });
+
+  it("allows a request with the exact right token", () => {
+    process.env.AGENT_API_TOKEN = "secret123";
+    const request = new Request("http://localhost/api/agent/projects", {
+      headers: { authorization: "Bearer secret123" },
+    });
+
+    const result = requireAgentToken(request);
+
+    expect(result).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/agent/auth.ts b/src/lib/agent/auth.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db9cec6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/agent/auth.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import "server-only";
+
+import { jsonError } from "@/lib/http/json";
+
+/**
+ * Checks the Authorization header against AGENT_API_TOKEN.
+ *
+ * Same pattern as /api/cron/reconcile's CRON_SECRET check — a second secret
+ * of the same kind, for a second machine caller. Returns the Response to
+ * send when the caller must be refused, or null when the request may
+ * proceed, so every route starts with:
+ *
+ *   const denied = requireAgentToken(request);
+ *   if (denied) return denied;
+ */
+export function requireAgentToken(request: Request): Response | null {
+  const secret = process.env.AGENT_API_TOKEN;
+  if (!secret) {
+    console.error("[agent-api] AGENT_API_TOKEN is not set; refusing all requests");
+    return jsonError("Not configured", 500);
+  }
+
+  if (request.headers.get("authorization") !== `Bearer ${secret}`) {
+    return jsonError("Unauthorized", 401);
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/agent/owner.ts b/src/lib/agent/owner.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38bd146
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/agent/owner.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import "server-only";
+
+import { getAdminPb } from "@/lib/pb/admin";
+import type { UserRecord } from "@/lib/pb/types";
+
+/**
+ * The app's one owner account.
+ *
+ * Every agent-initiated write (a comment, an activity entry) is attributed to
+ * this account — the agent API's whole trust model is "this token IS the
+ * owner, acting through tooling," so there is never an identity in the
+ * request to attribute a write to instead.
+ */
+export async function getOwnerUser(): Promise<UserRecord> {
+  const pb = await getAdminPb();
+  return pb.collection("users").getFirstListItem<UserRecord>('role = "owner"');
+}