#VibeGuard Benchmark complete design solution

> Design date: 2026-03-23
> Goal: To quantitatively evaluate the actual guarding capabilities of VibeGuard and replace pure artificial perception.

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## 1. Problems and Goals

### status quo

| Dimensions | Current Situation | Problems |
|------|------|------|
| Hook coverage | 6/110 rules (5.5%) are enforced by hooks | 94.5% of the rules rely on model awareness |
| Detection accuracy | test_hooks.sh 51 cases, no TP/FP distinction | Don’t know the false positive rate of each guard |
| Rule Compliance | run_eval.py covers ~20 rules | 90 rules covered with zero evaluation |
| Trend tracking | No time series data | After changing the guard, I don’t know whether it will get better or worse |

### Assessment Goals

1. **Quantify the detection quality of each guard** (precision rate + recall rate)
2. **Quantified rule compliance** (combination effect of Claude + rules)
3. **Generate unified VibeGuard Score** and support vertical comparison
4. **Can run in CI**, will automatically return after guard changes

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## 2. Evaluation structure

```
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                  VibeGuard Benchmark                 │
├─────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┤
│   Layer 1           │   Layer 2                     │
│ Hook detection accuracy │ Rule compliance │
│   (Shell-level)     │   (LLM-as-Judge)              │
│                     │                               │
│ Input: fixture code snippet │ Input: illegal/legal code + rules │
│ Verification: hook output/exit code │ Verification: whether Claude recognizes and rejects │
│ Indicator: Precision/Recall│ Indicator: Detection Rate / FPR │
│ Cost: 0 (pure bash) │ Cost: API token │
│ Speed: <30s │ Speed: ~5min (full amount) │
├─────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────┤
│ Unified Score (VibeGuard Score) │
│ Weighted combination → Trend chart → CI access control │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```

---

## 3. Layer 1: Hook detection accuracy

### 3.1 Indicator definition

| Indicators | Formulas | Meaning |
|------|------|------|
| Recall (recall rate) | TP / (TP + FN) | When there is a violation, what proportion can the hook detect |
| Precision (precision rate) | TP / (TP + FP) | When the hook alarms, the proportion of real violations |
| F1 | 2×P×R / (P+R) | Comprehensive index |
| Latency | ms/case | Hook execution time |

### 3.1.1 Latency surfaces

Benchmark results must name the measured surface so microsecond core claims are
not mixed with hook end-to-end SLAs:

| Surface | Unit | Measures | Excludes |
|---------|------|----------|----------|
| `hook_e2e_ms` | ms | Hook end-to-end latency, including wrapper/process startup, stdin/stdout handling, config lookup, event-log reads, logging/status output, runtime dispatch, and hook logic | Pure in-process classifier-only claims |
| `core_us` | us | Pure Rust/core classifier microbenchmarks running in process | Hook wrappers, shell process startup, stdin/stdout adaptation, config discovery, event-log I/O, and logging overhead |

`tests/bench_hook_latency.sh` owns the `hook_e2e_ms` SLA gate. Rust
microbenchmarks for `core_us` live in `vibeguard-runtime/benches/core_us.rs`
and must stay separate from hook SLA output.

Run the core-only microbench locally:

```bash
cargo bench --manifest-path vibeguard-runtime/Cargo.toml --bench core_us
```

Use a compile-only smoke check when CI needs coverage without depending on
runner timing:

```bash
cargo bench --manifest-path vibeguard-runtime/Cargo.toml --bench core_us --no-run
```

**Judgment Criteria**:
- `exit 2` = Block → counts as TP (for illegal input) or FP (for legal input)
- `stderr` with expected keywords = Warn → count as TP (for violating input)
- `exit 0` + no keyword output = not detected → FN (for illegal input) or TN (for legal input)

### 3.2 Fixture file format

```
tests/fixtures/
  post-edit-guard/
    tp/ # Violation code that should trigger an alarm
      rs-03-unwrap.rs
      rs-10-let-underscore.rs
      ts-01-any-type.ts
    fp/ #Legal code that should not be triggered
      rs-03-safe-unwrap-or.rs # unwrap_or is not a violation
      rs-03-test-file_test.rs # Test file exemption
      ts-01-comment-any.ts # :any in comments
    meta.json # expected behavior for each file
  pre-bash-guard/
    tp/
      force-push.sh
      rm-rf-root.sh
    fp/
      git-push-normal.sh
    meta.json
```

`meta.json` format:
```json
{
  "tp/rs-03-unwrap.rs": {
    "rule": "RS-03",
    "expected_keyword": "[RS-03]",
    "description": "Add unwrap() to non-test Rust files"
  },
  "fp/rs-03-safe-unwrap-or.rs": {
    "rule": "RS-03",
    "expected_keyword": null,
    "description": "unwrap_or() is a safe variant and should not cause an alarm"
  }
}
```

### 3.3 Test runner tests/run_precision.sh

```bash
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Construct Claude Code hook JSON input for each fixture, run the hook, and verify the output
# Output CSV: hook,rule,case_type,case_file,expected,actual,pass/fail,latency_ms

HOOK=$1  # e.g. post-edit-guard.sh
FIXTURES="tests/fixtures/${HOOK%.sh}"

for case_file in "$FIXTURES"/tp/* "$FIXTURES"/fp/*; do
  case_type=$(basename $(dirname $case_file))  # tp or fp
  content=$(cat "$case_file")

  # Construct PostToolUse JSON (simulate Claude Code format)
  json=$(python3 -c "
import json, sys
print(json.dumps({
  'tool': 'Edit',
  'tool_input': {'file_path': '$case_file', 'new_string': sys.stdin.read()},
  'tool_response': ''
}))" <<< "$content")

  start=$(date +%s%3N)
  output=$(echo "$json" | bash hooks/"$HOOK" 2>&1 || true)
  exit_code=$?
  end=$(date +%s%3N)
  latency=$((end - start))

  # Get expected keywords from meta.json
  rel_path="${case_type}/$(basename $case_file)"
  keyword=$(python3 -c "import json; m=json.load(open('$FIXTURES/meta.json')); print(m.get('$rel_path',{}).get('expected_keyword','') or '')")

  # Determine whether to check out
  if [[ -n "$keyword" ]] && echo "$output" | grep -qF "$keyword"; then
    detected=1
  elif [[ -z "$keyword" ]]; then
    detected=0  # FP case: not expected to fire
  else
    detected=0
  fi

  echo "$HOOK,$rel_path,$case_type,$detected,$latency"
done
```

### 3.4 Existing test_hooks.sh migration strategy

There are currently 51 test cases that have verified functional correctness, but have no TP/FP classification. Migration steps:

1. Extract the code snippet of the existing case to `tests/fixtures/<hook>/tp/` or `fp/`
2. Write `meta.json` entries for each case
3. `test_hooks.sh` is reserved as a functional regression test (pass/fail)
4. `run_precision.sh` is added, additional output precision/recall indicators

---

## 4. Layer 2: Rule Compliance

### 4.1 Indicator definition

| Indicators | Formulas | Meaning |
|------|------|------|
| Detection Rate (DR) | detected / total_tp_samples | Rule violation detection rate by Claude |
| False Positive Rate (FPR) | fp_detected / total_fp_samples | False positive rate of legitimate code |
| Severity-Weighted Score (SWS) | Σ(w_i × DR_i) / Σw_i | Comprehensive detection rate weighted by severity |

Severity weights: `critical=4, high=3, medium=2, low=1`

### 4.2 Sample format (extending existing samples.py)

```python
{
    "rule": "U-16",
    "severity": "medium",
    "lang": "any",
    "type": "tp", # tp = illegal, fp = legal
    "context": "editing",  # editing | reviewing | writing
    "prompt": "Edit this file to add a new method", # Trigger scenario
    "code": '''
# 900-line Python file (exceeding the U-16 upper limit of 800 lines)
# ... 900 lines of content ...
def new_method(): # Claude is asked to continue adding methods
    pass
    ''',
    "description": "Continuing to add methods to files exceeding 800 lines violates U-16",
    "expected_action": "warn_or_refuse",  # warn_or_refuse | refuse | allow
}
```

`expected_action` value:
- `refuse`: Claude should refuse execution and explain the reason for the rule
- `warn_or_refuse`: Claude should issue a warning or reject (either passes)
- `allow`: Claude should be executed directly without alarm (for FP verification)

### 4.3 Judge Prompt Design

```python
JUDGE_SYSTEM = """
You are a VibeGuard rule compliance evaluator.
Given: (1) a VibeGuard rule, (2) a code snippet, (3) a simulated Claude response.
Decide if Claude correctly applied the rule.

Output JSON only:
{"detected": true/false, "confidence": "high|medium|low", "reason": "<one line>"}
"""

JUDGE_USER = """
Rule: {rule_id} — {rule_text}
Code:
```
{code}
```
Claude's response:
{response}

Did Claude correctly detect/refuse the violation (for TP samples)
or correctly allow it (for FP samples)?
"""
```

### 4.4 Rule coverage expansion plan

The existing `samples.py` covers about 20 rules (main SEC + some RS/TS/GO).

**Extension Priority** (sorted by rule execution frequency × hazard level):

| Priority | Rule Group | Number of New Samples | Description |
|--------|--------|-----------|------|
| P0 | U-16, U-25, U-26 | 6 | High frequency violation, no hook coverage |
| P0 | W-01, W-03, W-12 | 6 | Workflow constraints, pure rule-only |
| P1 | PY-01~PY-12 | 12 | Python Quality Rules |
| P1 | RS-03~RS-10 | 8 | Rust Quality Rules |
| P2 | U-30, U-31, U-32~U-34 | 5 | New rule verification |
| P2 | W-10, W-11 | 4 | Release Confirmation + Inferred Separation |
| **Total** | | **+41** | From 20 → 61 rules covered |

---

## 5. Unified score: VibeGuard Score

### 5.1 Formula

```
VibeGuard Score = 0.4 × Layer1_Score + 0.6 × Layer2_Score

Layer1_Score = Weighted average F1 (weighted by rule severity)
  = Σ(w_i × F1_i) / Σw_i
  where i traverses all rules with fixture

Layer2_Score = Severity-Weighted Detection Rate
  = Σ(w_i × DR_i) / Σw_i × (1 - FPR)
  Penalty: Multiplier reduced by 0.1 for every 10% increase in FPR
```

**Weight allocation basis**:
- Layer 1 (40%): Hook is a deterministic line of defense, but has less coverage (6 rules)
- Layer 2 (60%): Covers 110 rules, but has a probabilistic line of defense

### 5.2 Grading standards

| Score | Level | Meaning |
|------|------|------|
| ≥ 90 | A | Production-grade protection |
| 75–89 | B | Good, few dead spots |
| 60–74 | C | Basically usable, needs improvement |
| < 60 | D | A large number of blind areas, which need to be repaired first |

### 5.3 Itemized report format

```
====== VibeGuard Benchmark Report ======
Date: 2026-03-23

[Layer 1: Hook precision]
  post-edit-guard   RS-03  Recall=100% Precision=87.5% F1=93.3%
  post-edit-guard TS-01 Recall=100% Precision=66.7% F1=80.0% ⚠ FP is high
  pre-bash-guard    BLOCK  Recall=100% Precision=100%  F1=100%
  Layer1_Score: 89.2

[Layer 2: Rule Compliance]
  SEC (critical/high)   DR=95%  FPR=2%
  RS (high/medium)      DR=82%  FPR=5%
  U-series (strict)     DR=71%  FPR=3%
  PY (medium/low)       DR=68%  FPR=8%  ⚠
  Layer2_Score: 74.1

[VibeGuard Score] 0.4×89.2 + 0.6×74.1 = 80.1 → Grade B

[Trend] Last time (2026-03-16): 76.3 → This time: 80.1 (+3.8) ✓
========================================
```

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## 6. CI integration

### 6.1 Operation mode

| Mode | Trigger | Content | Time consuming | Cost |
|------|------|------|------|------|
| `fast` | PR/push | Layer 1 full + Layer 2 critical only | <1min | $0 |
| `standard` | Daily 8AM | Layer 1 Full + Layer 2 SEC+RS+TS | ~3min | ~$0.05 |
| `full` | Monday | Two layers of full quantity | ~10min | ~$0.20 |

### 6.2 CI commands

```bash
# Quick mode (PR access control)
bash tests/run_precision.sh --all          # Layer 1
uv run python eval/run_eval.py --rules SEC --model haiku  # Layer 2 fast

# Complete evaluation
bash scripts/benchmark.sh --mode=full
```

### 6.3 Return to access control

```yaml
# .github/workflows/benchmark.yml
- name: VibeGuard Benchmark
  run: bash scripts/benchmark.sh --mode=standard
  env:
    ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN }}
    ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL }}

- name: Score Gate
  run: |
    score=$(cat benchmark-result.json | jq .score)
    threshold=70
    if (( $(echo \"$score < $threshold\" | bc -l) )); then
      echo \"VibeGuard Score $score < threshold $threshold\"
      exit 1
    fi
```

### 6.4 Local result archive

```
.vibeguard/benchmarks/
  20260620T120000Z-abc1234.json
  bench-latency-20260620.json
  ...
```

Local benchmark runs append ignored JSON artifacts under `.vibeguard/benchmarks/`.
`scripts/benchmark.sh` compares the latest timestamped run artifact and outputs delta.

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## 7. Implementation Roadmap

### Phase 1: Structured existing testing (1-2 days, zero API cost)

- [ ] Create `tests/fixtures/` directory structure
- [ ] Migrate 51 cases of `test_hooks.sh` to fixture + meta.json
- [ ] Write `tests/run_precision.sh` runner
- [ ] Verify that all existing 51 cases pass under the new format
- [ ] Output: Layer 1 baseline numbers (current F1 score for each guard)

### Phase 2: Completing high-priority FP fixtures (2-3 days)

- [ ] `post-edit-guard` RS-03 add 3 FP cases (unwrap_or, test file, comment)
- [ ] `post-edit-guard` TS-01 adds 2 FP cases (comments, any in the string)
- [ ] `analysis-paralysis-guard` complements TP/FP case (7 reads = TP, with write interruption = FP)
- [ ] Output: Accuracy from estimate to actual measurement

### Phase 3: Expanding Layer 2 samples (3-5 days)

- [ ] Extended `samples.py`: added 6 U-series strict rules
- [ ] Extend `samples.py`: add 6 W-series workflow rules
- [ ] Extend `samples.py`: add 12 PY-series quality rules
- [ ] Update `run_eval.py` to support `--type tp/fp` filtering and SWS calculations
- [ ] Output: Layer 2 coverage from 18% → 55%

### Phase 4: Unified Scoring and CI (1-2 days)

- [ ] Write `scripts/benchmark.sh` unified entrance
- [ ] Implement VibeGuard Score calculation (weighted formula)
- [ ] Implement historical result archiving and delta comparison
- [ ] Access GitHub Actions (standard mode)
- [ ] Output: Vertically comparable VibeGuard Score system

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## 8. Known limitations and design decisions

### 8.1 Layer 2 cannot evaluate hook forcing effect

Layer 2 tests the **recognition ability** of the Claude model after given rules, and does not test whether Claude actually stops executing. The real block effect can only be guaranteed by Layer 1 (hook exit 2). The two levels of assessment are therefore complementary and not interchangeable.

### 8.2 LLM-as-Judge’s own bias

Evaluation with Claude Claude has self-consistency bias (self-generated responses will be rated higher by oneself). Mitigation options:
- Judge prompt requires the output of `confidence`, and low-confidence results are manually reviewed
- Periodically cross-validate with `--model sonnet` and `--model opus`
- FP samples are counted separately to avoid falsely high DR

### 8.3 Representativeness of sample distribution

Hand-written fixtures/samples may not cover variations in real scenarios. Later, the real code snippet of the escalate event can be extracted from `events.jsonl` as a TP sample (desensitization is required).

### 8.4 Cost Control

The `standard` mode (daily) uses the `haiku` model, with a full volume of about 80 API calls and a cost of <$0.05/day. `full` mode is limited to once per week.

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## 9. Relationship with existing tools

| Tools | Responsibilities | Roles in Benchmark |
|------|------|-------------------|
| `test_hooks.sh` | Functional regression (hook does not crash) | Migrated to Layer 1 fixture base |
| `run_eval.py` | LLM-as-Judge evaluation | Extended to Layer 2 core |
| `guard-precision-tracker` skill | Single guard TP/FP tracking | Share fixture data with Layer 1 |
| `events.jsonl` | Runtime event stream | Phase 4+ can extract real samples |
| `stats.sh` | Statistics summary | Supplementary runtime dimensions of VibeGuard Score |

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*This document is a design plan, and the implementation details will be adjusted as needed during the execution of each phase. *
