📖 Situational Tutorial: Preventing Security Drift

Summary: Learn how to auto-update global team DNA rules, identify local modifications (drift), and sync all developer machines instantly.

📌 1. The Target Problem

1. The Target Problem

"How do I keep my Sprawl CLI engine and my global team DNA rules synchronised with upstream repository updates?"

As security policies evolve, global rules and dependencies are updated. If developer workstations remain out-of-sync, some developers will use stale, unsafe rules, or run older agent tools that contain security exploits.

🚀 2. Step-by-Step Walkthrough

Step 1: Update Global DNA Registries

Pull down the latest upstream security rules, personas, and skills from your team's centralized DNA Git repository:

sprawl update

This command runs a fast git pull on your global ~/.sprawl/core directory and checks if a newer version of the CLI engine is available.

Step 2: Audit Local Workspace Drift

Check if any of your active project workspaces have rules files that deviate from the updated global DNA standards:

sprawl diff

This runs a checksum hash comparison against the central DNA rules and highlights any local alterations or un-committed changes.

Step 3: Resynchronize Out-of-Sync Workspaces

If drift or stale configurations are detected, run sync to reset rules to the authorized team guidelines and update local virtual environments:

sprawl sync

This applies the updated rules and regenerates your active IDE bindings instantly.

Step 4: Call Your Agent with Updated Rules

Open your workspace and run your agent:

Your agent will instantly load the newly synchronized security rules and system prompts without any manual editing.

🔍 Verification & Diagnostics

To check your workspace identity and last synchronization timestamps:

sprawl status

🩺 Troubleshooting

  • Update fails with Git credential warnings
  • Cause: Sprawl update uses local Git keys to connect to private DNA repositories.
  • Resolution: Run ssh-add to add your private keys, or authenticate your Git client for the remote repository.

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