Open a GraphForge Hub repository through Core clone

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Summary

ADR-0005 (#86) rollout step 2, the tracer bullet: a Hub link triggers a Core clone, and the extension opens the result.

• graphforge.cloneFromHub ("GraphForge: Clone from Hub…") takes { repository, destination, ref?, versionUuid?, open? }. Agent calls that pass destination never prompt. Palette calls ask for a repository and a parent folder.
• URI handler. vscode://curatelabsai.graphforge/clone?repository=owner/repo[&ref=…][&version=…] is the target for the Hub's planned Open tab. It always shows a modal confirmation before doing any disk or network work.
• Core does the work. src/session/hubClone.ts (vscode-free) validates the identity with the Hub's slug rule, the branch ref, and the Version UUID locally. It then runs runCli(["clone", repo, dest, "--json", ...]) in-process and maps the graphforge-hub-clone/1 receipt. The extension never calls a Hub API or parses discovery documents.
• Failures are explicit.
  • Core's structured errors pass through, preferring the hub.* semantic code.
  • 0.5.x bindings have no clone, so they return CLONE_UNSUPPORTED with an upgrade next action. I checked this against the real 0.5.2 binding output.
  • A missing binding returns CLI_UNAVAILABLE.
• Opening. The cloned project opens through graphforge.openProject, so project detection stays in one place.
• Docs. The command map, the agent-interop table, and an Architecture "Clone from the Hub" flow are updated. The command is also added to the agent context's operation catalog.

Not yet verified

No real end-to-end clone has run yet. It needs a Core v0.6.0 candidate binding (npm has only 0.5.2) and the live Hub fixture (openalex/openalex, still pending deployment). #88 asks for that evidence once both exist.

Known limitation

runCli is synchronous, so a long download blocks the extension host. This is documented in ARCHITECTURE.md and needs an asynchronous Core entry point.

Tests

• npm run check passes.
• xvfb-run -a npm test: 339 passing, 2 pending. That count includes 13 new hubClone unit tests covering identity and URL parsing, link parsing and fail-closed cases, argv building, receipt mapping, Core error mapping, the unsupported binding (plain and JSON-wrapped), and the rule that invalid requests never reach Core.
• The extension-host fail-closed suite also covers graphforge.cloneFromHub.

Refs #88

Issue #88 remains open for its different-Core-version acceptance case, which depends on GraphForge #1769 and is still outstanding. The live Hub end-to-end evidence is also deferred until the v0.6.0 candidate and fixture are both available.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added “Clone from Hub…” to clone a GraphForge Hub repository into a selected destination, optionally choosing a branch or version.
  • Hub links can start the clone flow after confirmation. The completed project can be opened automatically, and cloning is also available to agent integrations.
  • Requires GraphForge v0.6.0 or later; older versions report that cloning is unsupported.

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Walkthrough

The extension adds graphforge.cloneFromHub and a Hub URI handler. The command validates repository and selection inputs, invokes Core’s gf clone, maps receipts and errors, and can open the cloned project. Tests and documentation cover the command, URI flow, and Core requirements.

Changes

Hub repository cloning

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Clone request and Core result handling src/session/hubClone.ts, src/test/hubClone.test.ts, package.json	Validates repository and selection inputs, builds gf clone --json arguments, and maps Core output to clone outcomes. Tests cover parsing, validation, and result handling.
VS Code command and URI flow src/commands/cloneFromHub.ts, src/extension.ts, package.json, src/test/extension.test.ts, src/test/paletteTitles.test.ts	Registers the command and URI handler. The command confirms Hub links, collects missing inputs, runs the clone, reports the outcome, and opens the destination when requested.
Command contract and documentation src/commands/agent.ts, docs/engineering/ARCHITECTURE.md, docs/experience/agent-interop.md, docs/published/commands.md	Describes the command arguments, results, URI flow, and binding requirements. Architecture documentation also notes that synchronous Core execution blocks the extension host during downloads.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant HubLink
  participant UriHandler
  participant CloneCommand
  participant CoreCLI
  participant ProjectOpener
  HubLink->>UriHandler: Open /clone URI
  UriHandler->>CloneCommand: Continue after confirmation
  CloneCommand->>CoreCLI: Run validated gf clone request
  CoreCLI-->>CloneCommand: Return clone receipt or error
  CloneCommand->>ProjectOpener: Open destination when requested

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 5a79a

Some failed clones may give misleading recovery advice. This is a narrow issue that can be fixed in a follow-up; the change is otherwise mergeable on the established evidence.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 5a79a

Hub links require confirmation and local folder selection, and repository inputs are validated before cloning. However, downloads run synchronously inside the shared extension host, so a slow clone can block unrelated work. Destination safety, download verification, and recovery after interruption depend on Core behavior that has not yet been demonstrated end to end.

Retained concerns

• Medium · reliability · observed: The new confirmed URI workflow brings remote download latency into the shared extension host through synchronous runCli. The progress wrapper provides no cancellation or execution isolation, so other host work remains blocked until Core returns. This extends the existing synchronous CLI mechanism to a dedicated external-link workflow; Core timeout and interruption-cleanup guarantees remain unverified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The demonstrated execution scope is the extension-host process and local project destination under its existing privileges. A blocking clone can affect unrelated work in that shared host. The maximum filesystem and network scope depends on unavailable Core path, discovery, and import enforcement; no tenant, service, or credential compromise is established by the available evidence.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• inferred — An attacker-controlled link can propose a repository and selection, but cannot silently trigger cloning or select its local destination through this URI path: confirmation and folder selection intervene. Prompt-free programmatic calls are not shown to introduce new authority because the existing runCli command already accepts full CLI arguments. No verified Security finding is supplied; downstream Core proof gaps remain unresolved rather than being treated as safe.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The extension trusts Core to enforce destination non-existence and to perform download verification and import. Interactive existence checking is only a preflight; explicit destinations bypass it. Receipt validation checks the contract and field presence, but does not compare repository or destination with the initiating request or independently verify the package digest. These are delegation facts, not demonstrated overwrite or receipt-forgery vulnerabilities.
• observed — Opening retains the existing GraphForge project-format check before session attachment. That check establishes project format, not provenance or download integrity; those guarantees remain assigned to Core.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• inferred — The extension's structured error outcomes do not establish a safe filesystem terminal state after partial failure or interruption. Destination reservation, atomic creation, cleanup, repeated-request behavior, and concurrent-clone ownership must be resolved at Core's filesystem boundary. The absence of extension-side rollback is not proof that Core leaves unsafe state.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — Use an asynchronous or isolated Core execution boundary with bounded waits and cooperative cancellation, and define cleanup ownership before enabling cancellation or automated retries.
• proposed — Before broad rollout, establish Core's authoritative destination and verification guarantees across normal completion, interruption, existing paths, symlink cases, repeated requests, and concurrent requests. Define canonical request-to-receipt identity matching and the filesystem state associated with each terminal outcome.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the main change: cloning a GraphForge Hub repository through Core and opening it.
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Review comments at @src/session/hubClone.ts:
- Around line 282-290: Update nextActionForCoreCode to check Hub identity,
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