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# Developer Tools Architecture
> Standalone CLI utilities for development, testing, and CI support workflows.
## Overview
The Tools directory contains a set of independent CLI applications, each with its own `Program.cs` entry point. These tools are not deployed as services -- they are invoked locally by developers or executed in CI pipelines. Each tool is narrowly scoped to a single responsibility, from fixture management to workflow generation.
## Components
```
src/Tools/
FixtureUpdater/ # Golden fixture refresh from live APIs
Program.cs
GoldenPairs/ # SBOM/advisory corpus management
Program.cs
PolicyDslValidator/ # Policy DSL file validation
Program.cs
PolicySchemaExporter/ # JSON schema export for IDE support
Program.cs
PolicySimulationSmoke/ # Policy simulation smoke tests
Program.cs
LanguageAnalyzerSmoke/ # Language detection accuracy tests
Program.cs
RustFsMigrator/ # RustFS data migration between schema versions
Program.cs
WorkflowGenerator/ # CI workflow generation (F# DSL)
Program.fs
```
## Tool Descriptions
### FixtureUpdater
Pulls latest test data from running Stella Ops services and updates frozen golden fixtures deterministically. Ensures test suites use realistic, version-controlled data without manual fixture authoring.
### GoldenPairs
Manages SBOM/advisory pairs used for testing. Provides version tracking and diff tools for the test corpus, ensuring changes to upstream advisory formats are detected and accommodated.
### PolicyDslValidator
Validates policy DSL files against the current schema. Used in CI gates to catch policy syntax errors before merge.
### PolicySchemaExporter
Exports the Policy DSL schema to JSON format for documentation and IDE autocomplete support. Enables policy authors to get inline validation and completion in their editors.
### PolicySimulationSmoke
Runs end-to-end policy simulation smoke tests against a configured Policy Engine instance. Validates that policy evaluation produces expected verdicts for a known set of inputs.
### LanguageAnalyzerSmoke
Tests the language analyzer's detection accuracy against a curated set of source files. Reports precision and recall metrics for supported languages.
### RustFsMigrator
Migrates data stored in RustFS (S3-compatible object storage) between schema versions. Handles object key transformations and metadata updates required during platform upgrades.
### WorkflowGenerator
Generates GitHub Actions and .NET test workflow definitions from an F# DSL. Ensures CI workflow files are consistent, auditable, and derived from a single source of truth rather than hand-edited YAML.
## Data Flow
Tools are consumers and producers of artifacts:
1. **FixtureUpdater** and **GoldenPairs** pull data from live services or local corpora and write deterministic fixture files to the repository.
2. **PolicyDslValidator** and **PolicySchemaExporter** read policy definitions and produce validation results or schema files.
3. **PolicySimulationSmoke** and **LanguageAnalyzerSmoke** execute tests against upstream services/libraries and produce pass/fail reports.
4. **RustFsMigrator** reads from and writes to S3-compatible storage.
5. **WorkflowGenerator** reads F# DSL definitions and writes CI workflow YAML files.
## Database Schema
Not applicable. Tools are CLI utilities with no persistent database.
## Endpoints
Not applicable. Tools are client-side CLI applications with no HTTP endpoints.
## Dependencies
| Library/Tool | Purpose |
|---------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Policy Engine libs | Policy DSL parsing, schema definitions |
| Scanner libs | Language analyzer, SBOM processing |
| F# compiler | WorkflowGenerator DSL compilation |
| DotNet.Glob | File pattern matching in fixture tools |
| AWS SDK (S3) | RustFsMigrator object storage access |
## Security Considerations
- **No network listeners**: Tools do not expose HTTP endpoints or accept inbound connections.
- **Credential handling**: Tools that connect to live services (FixtureUpdater, PolicySimulationSmoke) use the same Authority-issued tokens as other Stella Ops services. Credentials are never embedded in tool binaries or fixture files.
- **Deterministic output**: FixtureUpdater and GoldenPairs produce deterministic output to ensure reproducible test runs and prevent fixture drift.
- **CI isolation**: Tools run in isolated CI containers with scoped permissions; they do not have access to production secrets.