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Client-Side Secret Redaction · Local Trust Boundary · Maker-Checker PR Pipeline

Eradicating the Meat Proxy in Cloud-Native Ops

Infrastructure debugging should never require manual log sanitization or credential exfiltration. StackEngine was architected to eliminate the human “meat proxy” trapped in the loop of copying, redacting, and pasting diagnostic error logs between terminal sessions and LLM chat interfaces.

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Source-Available (BSL 1.1)•Zero Cloud Backend · 100% Local Execution•Pre-Commit Git Hook Blocking
Architectural Tenets

Our 4 Non-Negotiable Engineering Principles

Engineered for zero cognitive overhead, client-side secret safety, and automated pull-request remediation.

01. 5-Stage Deterministic Pipeline

Flat regex sentinel short-circuits clean code. Dual-track extraction merges byte scanning (PreflightSweeper) and AST (TreeSitterWasmExtractor) with descending offset splicing in <50ms.

Zero black-box AI classifiers

02. Deterministic Shadow Tokens

ShadowCaster replaces secrets with deterministic shadow tokens (__SE_<TYPE>_<HASH6>__) via 32-bit FNV-1a hashing. In-memory vault holds up to 100 entries with a 10m sliding TTL.

In-memory vault & V8 GC cleanup

03. Maker-Checker PR Pipeline

Transparent proxying is a commodity PLG hook. The defensible enterprise moat is the Maker-Checker CI/CD pipeline: sanitized payloads match 500+ prompt matrices to draft verified remediation PRs for human sign-off.

Core commercial moat

04. Three-Tier Funnel Boundary

Source-available CLI blocks leaks locally for free. Commercial Team automates verified PR fixes in CI/CD. Enterprise Air-Gapped deploys zero-egress Docker images in private VPCs via annual volume licensing.

BSL 1.1 converts to Apache-2.0
The Origin Story

Why StackEngine Exists

Modern cloud-native operations have reached critical complexity. Between distributed Kubernetes manifests, Terraform state locks, and cryptic IAM policies, senior engineers spend an estimated 30% of their bandwidth debugging junior syntax errors and permission failures.

Under release pressure, developers routinely copy raw terminal logs into web-based AI chatbots, exposing corporate API keys, private database URIs, and internal topology to third-party model training loops.

StackEngine eliminates this compromise between developer velocity and security compliance. Infrastructure code and diagnostics are sanitized locally on-premise before LLM exposure. Sanitized payloads route to expert diagnostic prompt matrices, and verified fixes are restored locally within the CI/CD pipeline as Pull Requests.

“Credentials belong inside the local perimeter; Maker-Checker PR drafting belongs inside the CI/CD pipeline. The LLM drafts the patch; you hold the merge key.”

Local Trust Boundary & Operational Limits

StackEngine operates as an opt-in client-side engine and local proxy (http://127.0.0.1). It does not capture global OS network egress or inspect unrouted background processes. In proxy mode, intercepted requests demote stream: true to stream: false to upstream, re-synthesizing SSE chunks only after complete response detokenization.

Designed for Compliance (Inherent Architecture)

Because StackEngine operates with zero centralized cloud backends and emits deterministic audit traces directly into your native CI/CD runner logs, it is designed for SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and PCI-DSS regulated DevSecOps workflows. We provide verifiable security evidence without introducing third-party data subprocessor liability or expanding your audit perimeter.