Thin Node client: authorize() → POST /decide → remote authority returns PERMIT or DENY. No policy logic in this package.

Contract: /decide → PERMIT | DENY only — see decision-output.md.

Install

npm install @trigguard/decision

The unscoped npm name trigguard is a different package. Use @trigguard/decision for this HTTP client.

From the monorepo:

npm install file:./sdk/node

CommonJS (recommended)

const { authorize } = require("@trigguard/decision");

const decision = await authorize({
  surface: "deployCommit",
  context: {
    repository: "org/repo",
    ref: "refs/heads/main",
    sha: "abc123",
  },
});

if (decision.decision !== "PERMIT") {
  throw new Error("TrigGuard denied execution");
}

Optional second argument: { endpoint, token, timeoutMs, signal, maxRetries }. Defaults: TRIGGUARD_ENDPOINT / TRIGGUARD_TOKEN from the environment.

ESM usage (Node interop)

This package is published as CommonJS ("type": "commonjs"). In Node, use a default import and call .authorize:

import tg from "@trigguard/decision";

const decision = await tg.authorize({
  surface: "deployCommit",
  context: { repository: "org/repo", ref: "refs/heads/main", sha: "abc123" },
});

if (decision.decision !== "PERMIT") {
  throw new Error("TrigGuard denied execution");
}

Named imports are not supported in 0.2.x (import { authorize } from "…" may fail or behave inconsistently) because there is no separate exports.import entry yet. A dual ESM surface is planned for a future minor (e.g. 0.3).

Architecture

TrigGuard uses a remote decision authority (policy decision point).

authorize() sends JSON to TRIGGUARD_ENDPOINT (default https://decision.trigguard.ai/decide). The service evaluates the payload and returns PERMIT or DENY (and often reasonCode / human-readable fields).

CI integrations (e.g. trigguard-github-action/decision-gate) fail closed when the decision is not PERMIT.

Standard policy shape:

Policy Enforcement Point (your CI job, app, or SDK caller)
→ Policy Decision Point (TrigGuard /decide)
→ PERMIT | DENY

`signals` and `context`

The SDK forwards the object you pass: surface (string), optional signals, optional context. The authority runs remotely; richer structured fields allow stronger policy without embedding rules in the client.

Example:

{
  "surface": "merge.pull_request",
  "signals": {
    "event_type": "pull_request",
    "actor": "dev123"
  },
  "context": {
    "repository": "org/repo",
    "branch": "feature-x"
  }
}

What we are not doing in 0.2.x: no built-in diff extraction, no automatic surface inference from GitHub events, and no mandated signal schema — integrators supply evidence explicitly.

Resilience (0.2.x)

The client uses fetch with a default 5s timeout, optional AbortSignal, limited retries on transient errors, and typed errors: TrigGuardNetworkError, TrigGuardTimeoutError, TrigGuardDecisionServiceError.

Environment

Variable	Purpose
`TRIGGUARD_ENDPOINT`	Decision URL (default: `https://decision.trigguard.ai/decide`)
`TRIGGUARD_TOKEN`	Bearer token when not passed in `options.token`

Publish (maintainers)

cd sdk/node && npm login && npm publish --access public

See docs/distribution/PUBLISH_DECISION_CLIENT.md.

Related package: packages/trigguard-sdk (npm trigguard) is the broader unified SDK — different artifact from @trigguard/decision.