handshake-prompt 0.1.2

Handshake Prompt Protocol - grant AI Agents access to web services via a single copy-paste prompt

handshake-prompt (Python Server SDK)

Server-side SDK for the Handshake Prompt Protocol (HPP) — a lightweight way to grant any AI Agent access to your web service via a single copy-paste prompt. No API keys, no MCP servers, no env vars for end users.

Install

pip install handshake-prompt

Quick start (Flask)

from flask import Flask
from flask_sock import Sock
from handshake_prompt import HandshakeManager

app  = Flask(__name__)
sock = Sock(app)
hm   = HandshakeManager(app, sock)   # done! HPP endpoints are now mounted.

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(port=5000)

That's it. Your service now exposes:

Endpoint	Method	Purpose
/handshake/session	POST	Browser creates a handshake session
/handshake/context/<sid>	GET	Agent reads current state (token-auth)
/handshake/action/<sid>	POST	Agent submits actions (token-auth)
/handshake/notify/<sid>	POST	Browser reports user edits
/handshake/diff/<sid>	GET	Agent fetches incremental changes
/ws/handshake/<sid>	WS	Real-time push channel (token-auth)

Build a handshake prompt

prompt_text = hm.build_prompt(session, base_url='https://your-service.com')
# Display this text in the UI, let user copy-paste it to their Agent.

Configure schema

Schemas describe what fields the Agent should fill. Sent by the browser when creating a session:

{
  "mode": "form-fill",
  "schema": [
    {"key": "name",  "label": "Name",  "type": "string", "required": true, "example": "Alice"},
    {"key": "age",   "label": "Age",   "type": "int",    "example": 30},
    {"key": "vip",   "label": "VIP",   "type": "bool"}
  ],
  "context": {}    // current state, used by browser to pre-populate
}

Supported types: string / int / float / bool / datetime / array<string> / enum. Custom validators can be plugged in via HandshakeManager(validator=...).

Hooks

Attach custom logic at key lifecycle points:

@hm.on_create_session
def bind_owner(sess, request):
    """Bind a session to the current logged-in user"""
    from flask import session as flask_session
    sess.owner = flask_session.get('user_id')

@hm.on_action
def audit(sess, action, request):
    """Audit every action; return False to veto"""
    print(f'[AUDIT] sid={sess.sid} user={sess.owner} action={action}')

@hm.on_done
def notify_done(sess, applied, rejected, errors):
    """Called after each batch of actions"""
    pass

Browser auth for /notify

By default /notify/<sid> accepts any request (it's only used by browsers within the same origin). For stricter setups, supply a callable:

def my_auth(request, sess):
    return flask_session.get('user_id') == sess.owner

hm = HandshakeManager(app, sock, require_browser_auth=my_auth)

Security defaults

• Token entropy: 192 bits (secrets.token_urlsafe(24))
• Session ID entropy: 128 bits (secrets.token_hex(16))
• Timing-safe comparison: secrets.compare_digest
• TTL: 30 minutes default
• Rate limit: 60 requests / minute / session
• User-data protection: AI cannot overwrite fields marked by=user or by=user_edit
• WebSocket auth: connection-time token verification

See SPEC.md of the main repository for full protocol details.

License

MIT