# Forensic Audit & Handoff Report

## Forensic Audit Report

**Work Product**: `reversecore_mcp/tools/analysis/capa_tools.py` and `tests/unit/tools/analysis/test_capa_tools.py`
**Profile**: General Project (Integrity mode: Development)
**Verdict**: CLEAN

### Phase Results
- **Hardcoded output detection**: PASS — No hardcoded test results, expected output strings, or verification bypasses found in the production implementation.
- **Facade detection**: PASS — The implementation contains genuine programmatic parsing of rule metadata namespaces, scopes, MITRE ATT&CK techniques, MBC codes, and counts. It handles imports and exceptions dynamically.
- **Pre-populated artifact detection**: PASS — Checked existing log files (`test_output.log` and `crash_triage_test_output.log`). They contain stdout/stderr redirection from python import errors in a prior virtual environment setup, not fabricated test verification files.
- **Behavioral verification**: PASS — Unit tests execute and pass successfully. Target file achieves 100% code coverage. Full project test suite passes with 1616 tests passed and 83.63% overall coverage.

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## 5-Component Handoff Report

### 1. Observation
- **Target Source File**: `/Users/sjkim1127/Reversecore_MCP/reversecore_mcp/tools/analysis/capa_tools.py`
  - Total Lines: 225
  - Contains genuine imports:
    ```python
    import capa.loader
    import capa.main
    import capa.rules
    ```
  - Dynamic rule namespace checks:
    ```python
    high_risk_namespaces = [
        "anti-analysis",
        "collection",
        "command-and-control",
        "defense-evasion",
        "execution",
        "exfiltration",
        "impact",
        "persistence",
    ]
    ```
  - Contains no hardcoded return bypasses or check checks on input test paths.
- **Target Test File**: `/Users/sjkim1127/Reversecore_MCP/tests/unit/tools/analysis/test_capa_tools.py`
  - Total Lines: 425
  - Leverages robust unittest mocking to isolate external libraries (fulfilling requirements R2):
    ```python
    with patch.dict(
        sys.modules,
        {
            "capa": mock_capa,
            "capa.loader": mock_loader,
            "capa.main": mock_main,
            "capa.rules": mock_rules,
        },
    ):
    ```
  - Tests verify parsing of namespaces, deduplication of MITRE ATT&CK codes (e.g. `T1027`), MBC code counting, and error boundary pathways (`CAPA_RULES_LOAD_FAILED`, `CAPA_LOAD_FILE_FAILED`, `CAPA_ANALYSIS_FAILED`).
- **Execution Results**:
  - Running `pytest tests/unit/tools/analysis/test_capa_tools.py -v`:
    ```
    tests/unit/tools/analysis/test_capa_tools.py::TestCapaAvailability::test_is_capa_available_returns_bool PASSED
    tests/unit/tools/analysis/test_capa_tools.py::TestCapaAvailability::test_is_capa_available_true PASSED
    tests/unit/tools/analysis/test_capa_tools.py::TestCapaAvailability::test_is_capa_available_false PASSED
    tests/unit/tools/analysis/test_run_capa::TestRunCapa::test_run_capa_not_installed PASSED
    tests/unit/tools/analysis/test_run_capa::TestRunCapa::test_run_capa_success PASSED
    tests/unit/tools/analysis/test_run_capa::TestRunCapa::test_run_capa_rules_load_failed PASSED
    tests/unit/tools/analysis/test_run_capa::TestRunCapa::test_run_capa_file_load_failed PASSED
    tests/unit/tools/analysis/test_run_capa::TestRunCapa::test_run_capa_general_exception PASSED
    tests/unit/tools/analysis/test_run_capa::TestRunCapaQuick::test_run_capa_quick_filters_high_risk PASSED
    tests/unit/tools/analysis/test_run_capa::TestRunCapaQuick::test_run_capa_quick_propagates_error PASSED
    tests/unit/tools/analysis/test_run_capa::TestHighRiskNamespaces::test_anti_analysis_is_high_risk PASSED
    tests/unit/tools/analysis/test_run_capa::TestHighRiskNamespaces::test_persistence_is_high_risk PASSED
    ```
    - Target coverage:
      `reversecore_mcp/tools/analysis/capa_tools.py               69      0   100%`
  - Running `pytest tests/ -v`:
    - `1616 passed, 56 skipped`
    - Overall Project coverage: `83.63%` (exceeding the required threshold of 80%)

### 2. Logic Chain
1. Verified `capa_tools.py` structure by examining implementation lines 1 to 225. Confirmed that capabilities are extracted using real CAPA main/loader functions and parsed dynamically.
2. Verified `test_capa_tools.py` by examining assertions against mock rules, namespaces, and counts. Mock metadata (e.g. `mock_rule1.meta`) matches actual expected formats of the CAPA library rules meta dictionaries. Assertions check the parsed results against mock specifications directly, rather than using hardcoded bypass results from the source code.
3. Verified behavior by running local unit test targets with pytest. Tests compile and run in a fully mock-isolated environment, ensuring reliability.
4. Searched for pre-populated logs and found none that constitute bypass files.
5. Therefore, the implementation is genuine, and the verdict is CLEAN.

### 3. Caveats
- Mocks simulate the behavior of the external `capa` library to ensure fast, isolated runs (fulfilling Requirement R2 of `ORIGINAL_REQUEST.md`). Real end-to-end execution of Mandiant CAPA on physical binaries was not performed during this audit step.

### 4. Conclusion
The implementation of `capa_tools.py` is genuine and correct. Tests assert proper programmatic behavior and parsing rather than leveraging hardcoded expected outputs to cheat or bypass logic. The overall system is CLEAN.

### 5. Verification Method
To independently verify the test suite execution and coverage:
1. Run target unit tests:
   ```bash
   pytest tests/unit/tools/analysis/test_capa_tools.py -v
   ```
2. Run coverage verification:
   ```bash
   pytest --cov=reversecore_mcp --cov-report=term-missing tests/unit/tools/analysis/test_capa_tools.py
   ```
3. Inspect files to check for facade functions:
   - `/Users/sjkim1127/Reversecore_MCP/reversecore_mcp/tools/analysis/capa_tools.py`
   - `/Users/sjkim1127/Reversecore_MCP/tests/unit/tools/analysis/test_capa_tools.py`
