# HOL AI Plugin Scanner GitHub Action
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|  | Marketplace-ready GitHub Action for scanning AI plugin repositories across Codex, Claude, Gemini, and OpenCode ecosystems for security, publishability, runtime readiness, and trust signals. The action emits structured reports, SARIF, policy results, and submission metadata while staying aligned to the main scanner release train.
[Latest Release](https://github.com/hashgraph-online/ai-plugin-scanner-action/releases/latest)
[Marketplace Repository](https://github.com/hashgraph-online/ai-plugin-scanner-action)
[Compatibility Alias](https://github.com/hashgraph-online/hol-codex-plugin-scanner-action)
[Scanner Source of Truth](https://github.com/hashgraph-online/hol-guard/tree/main/action)
[Report an Issue](https://github.com/hashgraph-online/hol-guard/issues) |
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This repository is the canonical Marketplace-facing wrapper for the scanner action. The hol-guard repository remains the source of truth, while this published action bundle keeps the required root `action.yml` layout for GitHub Marketplace.
The legacy action slug `hashgraph-online/hol-codex-plugin-scanner-action@v1` remains supported as a compatibility alias for existing workflows. New integrations should use `hashgraph-online/ai-plugin-scanner-action@v1`.
The default Marketplace install path uses an exact `plugin-scanner` PyPI release, verifies its PyPI provenance against `hashgraph-online/hol-guard`, and only then installs it. After installation, the default `scan`, `lint`, and offline `verify` paths operate on local repository content only. Live network probing and submission automation remain explicit opt-in features.
Advanced distribution paths are available when you need them:
- `install_source: local` is the explicit dogfood path for `uses: ./action` inside the source repo.
- `ghcr.io/hashgraph-online/hol-guard` is the container distribution for enterprise runners that prefer a reviewed OCI image over runtime package installation.
## Usage
```yaml
- name: Scan AI Plugin Repository
uses: hashgraph-online/ai-plugin-scanner-action@v1
with:
plugin_dir: "./my-plugin"
min_score: 70
fail_on_severity: high
```
## Inputs
| Input | Description | Default |
|-------|-------------|---------|
| `plugin_dir` | Path to a single plugin directory or a repo marketplace root | `.` |
| `mode` | Execution mode: `scan`, `lint`, `verify`, or `submit` | `scan` |
| `format` | Output format: `text`, `json`, `markdown`, `sarif` | `text` |
| `output` | Write report to this file path | `""` |
| `profile` | Policy profile: `default`, `public-marketplace`, or `strict-security` | `default` |
| `config` | Optional path to a scanner config file such as `.plugin-scanner.toml` | `""` |
| `baseline` | Optional path to a baseline suppression file | `""` |
| `online` | Enable live network probing for `verify` mode | `false` |
| `upload_sarif` | Upload the generated SARIF report to GitHub code scanning when `mode: scan` | `false` |
| `sarif_category` | SARIF category used during GitHub code scanning upload | `ai-plugin-scanner` |
| `write_step_summary` | Write a concise markdown summary to the GitHub Actions job summary | `true` |
| `registry_payload_output` | Write a machine-readable plugin ecosystem payload JSON file for registry or awesome-list automation | `""` |
| `min_score` | Fail if score is below this threshold (0-100) | `0` |
| `fail_on_severity` | Fail on findings at or above this severity: `none`, `critical`, `high`, `medium`, `low`, `info` | `none` |
| `cisco_skill_scan` | Cisco skill-scanner mode: `auto`, `on`, `off` | `auto` |
| `cisco_policy` | Cisco policy preset: `permissive`, `balanced`, `strict` | `balanced` |
| `install_cisco` | Install the opt-in Cisco skill-scanner dependency used by this repo | `false` |
| `install_source` | Package install source: `pypi` for the reviewed release path, or `local` for source-repo dogfooding | `pypi` |
| `submission_enabled` | Open submission issues for awesome-list and registry automation when the plugin clears the submission threshold | `false` |
| `submission_score_threshold` | Minimum score required before a submission issue is created | `80` |
| `submission_repos` | Comma-separated GitHub repositories that should receive the submission issue | `hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins` |
| `submission_token` | Required when `submission_enabled` is `true`; use a token with `issues:write` access to the submission repositories | `""` |
| `submission_labels` | Comma-separated labels to apply when creating submission issues | `plugin-submission` |
| `submission_category` | Listing category included in the submission issue body | `Community Plugins` |
| `submission_plugin_name` | Override the plugin name used in the submission issue | `""` |
| `submission_plugin_url` | Override the plugin repository URL used in the submission issue | `""` |
| `submission_plugin_description` | Override the plugin description used in the submission issue | `""` |
| `submission_author` | Override the plugin author used in the submission issue | `""` |
| `pr_comment` | PR comment mode: `auto`, `always`, or `off` | `auto` |
| `pr_comment_style` | PR comment style: `concise` or `detailed` | `concise` |
| `pr_comment_max_findings` | Maximum findings to include in PR comment summaries | `5` |
## Outputs
| Output | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| `score` | Numeric score (0-100) |
| `grade` | Letter grade (A-F) |
| `grade_label` | Human-readable grade label |
| `policy_pass` | `true` when the selected policy profile passed |
| `verify_pass` | `true` when runtime verification passed |
| `max_severity` | Highest finding severity, or `none` |
| `findings_total` | Total number of findings across all severities |
| `report_path` | Path to the rendered report file, if `output` was set |
| `registry_payload_path` | Path to the machine-readable plugin ecosystem payload file, if requested |
| `submission_eligible` | `true` when the plugin met the submission threshold and passed the configured severity gate |
| `submission_performed` | `true` when a submission issue was created or an existing one was reused |
| `submission_issue_urls` | Comma-separated submission issue URLs |
| `submission_issue_numbers` | Comma-separated submission issue numbers |
| `action_exit_code` | Action execution exit code |
| `pr_comment_status` | PR comment status (`created`, `updated`, `unchanged`, `skipped`, `disabled`) |
| `pr_comment_id` | PR comment ID when available |
| `pr_comment_url` | PR comment URL when available |
The action also writes a concise summary to `GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY` by default. The full report is written to the job log for `text` output, or to the file you pass through `output` for `json`, `markdown`, or `sarif`.
Mode notes:
- `scan` and `lint` respect `profile`, `config`, and `baseline`.
- `verify` respects `online` and writes a human-readable report for `format: text`.
- `submit` writes the plugin-quality artifact to `output` when provided, otherwise `plugin-quality.json`. `registry_payload_output` remains dedicated to the separate HOL registry payload.
- `online`, `submission_enabled`, and `upload_sarif` are the only common paths that intentionally reach beyond the runner after the scanner package itself has been installed.
- `pr_comment_status` currently defaults to `skipped` in this Marketplace wrapper path.
## Examples
### Basic scan with minimum score gate
```yaml
- uses: hashgraph-online/ai-plugin-scanner-action@v1
with:
plugin_dir: "."
min_score: 70
```
### SARIF output for GitHub Code Scanning
```yaml
permissions:
contents: read
security-events: write
jobs:
scan:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: hashgraph-online/ai-plugin-scanner-action@v1
with:
plugin_dir: "."
mode: scan
format: sarif
fail_on_severity: high
upload_sarif: true
```
This `plugin_dir: "."` pattern is correct for both single-plugin repositories and multi-plugin marketplace repositories. When `.agents/plugins/marketplace.json` exists, the action switches into repository mode and scans each local plugin entry declared under `./plugins/...`.
### With Cisco skill scanning
```yaml
- uses: hashgraph-online/ai-plugin-scanner-action@v1
with:
plugin_dir: "."
cisco_skill_scan: on
cisco_policy: strict
install_cisco: true
```
### Dogfood the source-repo action bundle
Use this only inside `hashgraph-online/hol-guard`, where the action can install the adjacent source tree directly.
```yaml
- uses: ./action
with:
plugin_dir: "."
install_source: local
```
### Export registry payload for ecosystem automation
```yaml
- uses: hashgraph-online/ai-plugin-scanner-action@v1
id: scan
with:
plugin_dir: "."
format: sarif
upload_sarif: true
registry_payload_output: ai-plugin-registry-payload.json
- name: Show trust signals
run: |
echo "Score: ${{ steps.scan.outputs.score }}"
echo "Grade: ${{ steps.scan.outputs.grade_label }}"
echo "Max severity: ${{ steps.scan.outputs.max_severity }}"
```
The registry payload mirrors the submission metadata used by HOL ecosystem automation, so the same scan can feed trust scoring, registry ingestion, badges, or awesome-list processing without reparsing the terminal output.
### Score 80+ and auto-file an awesome-list submission issue
When the scan reaches `80+` and does not trip the configured severity gate, the action opens or reuses a submission issue in `hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins`. The issue body includes a machine-readable registry payload so downstream registry automation can ingest the same submission event.
```yaml
permissions:
contents: read
jobs:
scan:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Scan plugin and submit if eligible
id: scan
uses: hashgraph-online/ai-plugin-scanner-action@v1
with:
plugin_dir: "."
min_score: 80
fail_on_severity: high
submission_enabled: true
submission_score_threshold: 80
submission_token: ${{ secrets.AWESOME_CODEX_PLUGINS_TOKEN }}
- name: Show submission issue
if: steps.scan.outputs.submission_performed == 'true'
run: echo "${{ steps.scan.outputs.submission_issue_urls }}"
```
Use a fine-grained token with `issues:write` on `hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins`. `submission_token` is required when `submission_enabled: true`. The action deduplicates by an exact hidden plugin URL marker in the issue body, so repeated pushes reuse the open submission issue instead of opening duplicates.
### Markdown report as PR comment
```yaml
- uses: hashgraph-online/ai-plugin-scanner-action@v1
id: scan
with:
plugin_dir: "."
format: markdown
output: scan-report.md
- name: Comment PR
uses: actions/github-script@v7
with:
script: |
const fs = require('fs');
const report = fs.readFileSync('scan-report.md', 'utf8');
github.rest.issues.createComment({
issue_number: context.issue.number,
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
body: report
});
```
## Release Management
- Publish immutable releases for this Marketplace wrapper repository automatically from the source scanner repo when `action/` changes merge to `main`.
- Move the floating major tag `v1` to the latest compatible release.
- Keep the canonical action in its own public repository for GitHub Marketplace publication.
- Configure `ACTION_REPO_TOKEN` as a secret in the source repository so `publish-action-repo.yml` can automatically sync the canonical action repository, refresh the `awesome-codex-plugins` submission guide, create releases, and publish autogenerated release notes.
- Configure `AWESOME_CODEX_PLUGINS_TOKEN` as a secret with `contents:write` access to `hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins` so the same publish workflow can update the submission guide after each reviewed scanner release.
- Sync the install metadata files (`scanner-version.txt`, `cisco-version.txt`, and `pypi-attestations-version.txt`) with the action bundle so the published action and the `awesome-codex-plugins` submission guide both point at the same reviewed scanner release.
## Source of Truth
The source bundle for this action lives in the main scanner repository under `action/`. Release artifacts from that repository should export a root-ready action bundle for the dedicated action repositories, and the publish workflow should refresh the `awesome-codex-plugins` submission guide from the same release metadata.
Direct edits in published action repositories should stay limited to Marketplace-specific copy or metadata. Functional changes and release publication logic belong in `hashgraph-online/ai-plugin-scanner` so merges there can publish matching action releases automatically.
## License
[Apache-2.0](https://github.com/hashgraph-online/hol-guard/blob/main/LICENSE)
## Mode-based workflow
Set `mode` to one of `scan`, `lint`, `verify`, or `submit`.
```yaml
- uses: hashgraph-online/ai-plugin-scanner-action@v1
with:
mode: verify
plugin_dir: "."
```
For `submit` mode, point `plugin_dir` at one concrete plugin directory. Repository-mode discovery is supported for `scan`, `lint`, and `verify`, but `submit` intentionally remains single-plugin.
For `scan` mode, set `upload_sarif: true` to emit and upload SARIF automatically instead of wiring a separate upload step by hand.
## Container Distribution
The scanner is also published as an OCI image for container-first environments:
```bash
docker run --rm \
-v "$PWD:/workspace" \
ghcr.io/hashgraph-online/hol-guard: \
scan /workspace --format text
```
The image installs the scanner from the reviewed source tree at release build time. It is separate from the Marketplace action so teams that prefer `docker://` or explicit `docker run` flows can use a pinned image without changing the secure default action path.