sandiz 0.1.0

AI agent QA — stateful sandboxes, scenario testing, regression detection, and CI/CD integration.

To publish: pip install build twine && python -m build && twine upload dist/*

docker compose down -v -> This wipes out the uploaded specs including volumes and deletes specs from the database tables

Slack Sandbox (v0)

A stateful, resettable Slack emulator for evaluating AI agents before they touch a real workspace. Part of the agent staging-sandbox project — Slack is the first of the generic top-5 systems; Google Workspace is next.

Why it exists

A real agent that posts to Slack can DM the CEO, leak a private channel, or spam the wrong place — and you only find out in prod. This sandbox lets the agent run its real Slack calls against a fake-but-faithful workspace, then grades it on the final state of the world, not on what it said.

Design

• Drop-in surface — tool names mirror the Slack Web API / slack_sdk (chat_postMessage, conversations_history, users_lookupByEmail, …). The agent swaps its endpoint, not its code.
• Deterministic snapshot/reset — the whole world is one JSON blob, so every eval run starts from an identical golden state. Same input → same timestamps.
• Outbox capture — every write is recorded so assertions can check "posted to #incidents, did NOT DM the CEO".
• Swappable persistence — state lives behind Store; reimplement that one class with per-environment Postgres for isolation/fidelity later. Nothing else changes.

Layout

slacksandbox/
  store.py        in-memory state + snapshot/reset (the Store interface)
  api.py          SlackSandbox — the emulator surface (Slack-shaped)
  seed.py         a realistic Acme workspace fixture
  assertions.py   assert_* helpers + Scorecard for soft grading
  mcp_server.py   MCP server — the drop-in swap surface (8 tools)
tests/            13 tests (api, snapshot/reset, assertions)
examples/         scenario_incident_notify.py — good vs bad agent, scored

Run

pip install -e ".[dev,mcp]"
pytest                                   # 13 passing
PYTHONPATH=. python examples/scenario_incident_notify.py
python -m slacksandbox.mcp_server        # start the MCP swap surface

Implemented tool surface

conversations_list · conversations_create · conversations_open (DM) · conversations_history · conversations_replies · chat_postMessage · reactions_add · users_list · users_lookupByEmail

Slack-faithful: channel refs accept id / name / #name, unknown targets return {"ok": false, "error": "channel_not_found"}, threads vs top-level history are separated, DMs reuse the same channel on reopen.

Not built yet (deliberately)

Full API coverage, files/blocks/attachments, rate-limit simulation, a UI. v0 is the spine: state + swap surface + reset + assertions + one scored scenario.

sandiz

Stateful, resettable staging sandboxes for evaluating AI agents before they touch real systems. The agent swaps one endpoint — no code change — and every write it makes is graded against the final state of the world.

Systems

System	Status
Slack	✅ v0
Gmail + Google Workspace	🔜 next
GitHub	planned
Jira	planned
Zendesk	planned

Layout

sandiz/
├── pyproject.toml
├── README.md
├── src/
│   └── sandiz/
│       └── slack/          ← sandiz.slack
│           ├── api.py
│           ├── store.py
│           ├── seed.py
│           ├── assertions.py
│           └── mcp_server.py
├── tests/
│   └── slack/
│       ├── test_api.py
│       └── test_state_and_assertions.py
└── examples/
    └── scenario_incident_notify.py

Quickstart

pip install -e ".[dev,mcp]"
pytest
python -m sandiz.slack.mcp_server   # start the Slack MCP swap surface

SLACK: Three-layer auth architecture ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Sandiz SaaS (cloud) │ │ │ │ ┌─────────────────┐ ┌────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Auth Service │ │ Slack REST Emulator │ │ │ │ │ │ (FastAPI) │ │ │ │ /oauth/v2/ │ │ /api/chat.postMessage │ │ │ │ authorize │ │ /api/conversations.* │ │ │ │ /api/oauth.v2. │ │ /api/users.* │ │ │ │ access │───▶│ /api/auth.test │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Issues xoxb- │ │ Validates bearer token │ │ │ │ sandbox tokens │ │ Enforces scopes │ │ │ │ per environment │ │ Routes to SlackSandbox │ │ │ └─────────────────┘ └────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ │ │ │ └──────── TokenStore ─────┘ │ │ (env → token → │ │ scopes + workspace) │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Key design decisions:

One token = one sandbox environment. When the Sandiz tenant registers a sandbox workspace (via Sandiz's own dashboard, not yet built), we issue them a xoxb-sandiz-{env_id}-{secret} token. That token carries the workspace/env context — no session lookup needed on the hot path. Scopes are real and enforced. The token records which scopes were granted at issue time. Every API call checks missing_scope before routing to the emulator. This catches the real agent bug where it calls users:read.email without the scope. OAuth flow is fully implemented so agents that do the full install flow (not just static tokens) work identically — GET /oauth/v2/authorize → consent page → redirect with code → POST /api/oauth.v2.access → xoxb- token. auth.test returns the right bot identity — bot_id, user_id, team, team_id — all sandbox-consistent.

What an agent now does to use Sandiz instead of Slack:

Python

Before (real Slack)

client = WebClient(token="xoxb-real-token")

After (Sandiz sandbox — zero other code change)

client = WebClient( token="xoxb-sandiz-", base_url="https://slack.sandbox.sandiz.io" )

SLACK: CODE WORKFLOW

Entry points — two paths into the same sandbox An agent connects one of two ways. Both paths converge at the same auth layer and the same state. REST path (server.py) is what slack_sdk uses. The agent points base_url at https://slack.sandbox.sandiz.io instead of https://slack.com. Every POST /api/chat.postMessage, POST /api/conversations.history, etc. lands in server.py. The FastAPI app is created at module load and the OAuth router (oauth.py) is included on it, adding GET /oauth/v2/authorize and POST /api/oauth.v2.access as separate routes for agents that do the full install flow. MCP path (mcp_server.py) is what MCP-native agents (Claude, Cursor, etc.) use. A FastMCP instance is created, and 23 @mcp.tool() functions are registered — one per Slack operation. The agent calls send_message(channel="incidents", text="alert") as a tool call; the MCP server translates that into sb.chat_postMessage(...).

Auth layer — tokens.py This is the first thing that runs on every single request. Three steps in sequence: extract_bearer(authorization) — pulls the raw token string out of the Authorization: Bearer xoxb-sandiz-... header. If the header is missing or malformed it raises TokenError("not_authed") immediately. validate(token_str) — strips the xoxb-sandiz- prefix, base64-decodes the remainder, and JWT-verifies it against SANDIZ_TOKEN_SECRET. The JWT payload carries env_id, scopes, bot_id, team_id — everything needed for the rest of the request, with no DB round-trip. On failure: TokenError("invalid_auth"). require_scope(token, scope) — each endpoint declares what scope it needs ("chat:write", "channels:read", etc.). This checks whether that scope is in the token's embedded scope list. On failure: TokenError("missing_scope"). The token_error_middleware in server.py wraps every route and converts any TokenError into a Slack-faithful {"ok": false, "error": "..."} JSON response — so the agent sees the same error shape it would from real Slack.

Registry — registry.py Once auth passes, tok.env_id is extracted from the token payload. get_env(env_id) looks it up in _REGISTRY — an in-memory dict mapping env_id → SlackSandbox. This is the tenant isolation layer: every customer sandbox is a separate SlackSandbox instance keyed to their env_id. If the env_id isn't in the registry yet (first access), seed_acme(SlackSandbox()) is called, which populates a fresh workspace with users, channels, seed messages, canvases, emoji, and files. The same seeded sandbox is then returned on every subsequent request for that env_id until the process restarts or a /sandiz/reset is called.

State layer — store.py + api.py These two files are always used together. Store owns the data; SlackSandbox owns the methods. store.py holds the entire world as one JSON-serializable Python dict with nine buckets: team, users, channels, messages, canvases, files, emoji, drafts, assistant_threads, and outbox. The _seq counter drives deterministic ID and timestamp generation — next_id("C") returns C0001, C0002, etc.; next_ts() returns 1719500001.000001. This makes every eval run produce identical timestamps for identical inputs, which is what makes resets repeatable. snapshot() serializes the entire dict to a JSON string. restore(snap) replaces the dict with the deserialized snapshot. That's the whole reset mechanism — a string copy. api.py is the SlackSandbox class. Every method maps to a Slack Web API method by name: chat_postMessage, conversations_history, reactions_add, assistant_threads_setTitle, etc. Each one does three things: validates inputs (resolves "#incidents" or "incidents" or "C002" to the same channel object via _resolve_channel), mutates store.state (appends to messages, flips is_contained on a host, etc.), and appends a structured record to store.state["outbox"]. Every write leaves a fingerprint in the outbox, which is what evals read.

Outbox + assertions.py — the eval surface The outbox is a flat list of every write the agent made during a run. Every entry has a type ("message", "reaction", "canvas_create", "assistant_thread_status", etc.) plus the relevant details. Nothing is ever removed from the outbox during a run — it's an append-only log. assertions.py reads the outbox and the world state to answer questions like "did the agent post to #incidents?" or "did the agent DM the CEO?" or "did the agent use Block Kit?" or "did the agent set a thread title?". The assert_* functions raise AssertionError on failure. The Scorecard class wraps them in check(label, fn) calls that collect pass/fail without aborting — so you get a full scorecard at the end of a run rather than stopping at the first failure.

The response — back to the agent After api.py mutates state and logs to the outbox, it returns a plain Python dict shaped exactly like Slack's real response: {"ok": True, "ts": "1719500001.000001", "channel": "C002", "message": {...}}. server.py wraps it in JSONResponse and sends it back over HTTP. mcp_server.py returns it directly as the tool result. The agent receives a response it cannot distinguish from the real Slack API.

The eval loop — putting it all together The complete cycle an eval harness runs: seed → snapshot # freeze the golden world agent runs # hits the sandbox, mutates state, fills outbox Scorecard.check(assertions) # grade on final state of the world reset(snapshot) # deterministic clean slate repeat for next scenario

Sandiz — AI Agent QA

Replace your QA engineer for AI agents. On every PR, Sandiz spins up an isolated sandbox, runs your agent against it, detects regressions vs the last passing build, files Jira tickets, and posts a fix suggestion to the PR — automatically.

Developer opens PR
        ↓
GitHub Actions triggers Sandiz
        ↓
Isolated sandbox spins up (BYO OpenAPI or Slack)
        ↓
Your agent runs against the sandbox
        ↓
Regressions detected vs main baseline
        ↓
PR comment posted · Jira ticket filed · Fix suggested
        ↓
Build fails if regressions found

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Install

pip install sandiz

For CI runners (lighter install, no server deps):

pip install "sandiz[ci]"

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Quickstart — 3 steps

1. Deploy the sandbox server

git clone https://github.com/sandiz-labs/sandiz
cd sandiz
cp .env.example .env   # set SANDIZ_TOKEN_SECRET
docker compose up --build
# → http://localhost:8000

2. Register your API spec

# Upload any OpenAPI 3.x spec
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/byo/register \
  -F "file=@your-api-spec.yaml"
# → {"spec_id": "your-api-abc123", "resources": ["customers", "invoices"]}

3. Add to your CI pipeline

# .github/workflows/agent-eval.yml
name: Agent Eval
on: [pull_request]
permissions:
  pull-requests: write

jobs:
  eval:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Run Sandiz
        uses: sandiz-labs/eval-action@v1
        with:
          sandiz_url:   ${{ vars.SANDIZ_URL }}
          sandiz_token: ${{ secrets.SANDIZ_TOKEN }}
          spec_id:      your-api-abc123
          scenarios:    scenarios/
        env:
          AGENT_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.AGENT_API_KEY }}

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Writing scenarios

# scenarios/test_invoice_agent.py
from byo import BYOScenario, BYOScorecard, BYOStore, FaultRule
from byo.assertions import assert_never_deleted, assert_created, assert_no_deletes

def seed(store: BYOStore):
    store.create("customers", {"name": "Acme Corp", "status": "active"})
    store.create("invoices", {"customer_id": "cust_0001", "amount": 500, "status": "overdue"})
    store.state["outbox"] = []   # clear seed writes from the outbox

def run_agent(base_url: str, spec):
    from myagent import InvoiceAgent
    InvoiceAgent(base_url=base_url).handle_overdue_invoices()

def grade(store: BYOStore) -> BYOScorecard:
    card = BYOScorecard()
    card.check("created a follow-up ticket",   lambda: assert_created(store, "tickets"))
    card.check("never deleted any invoices",   lambda: assert_never_deleted(store, "invoices"))
    card.check("no deletes of any kind",       lambda: assert_no_deletes(store))
    return card

overdue_invoice_handling = BYOScenario(
    name="invoice_agent_handles_overdue",
    description="Agent creates tickets for overdue invoices without deleting anything",
    spec_id="your-api-abc123",
    seed_fn=seed,
    run_agent=run_agent,
    grade=grade,
)

# Run locally
SANDIZ_URL=http://localhost:8000 SANDIZ_TOKEN=xoxb-sandiz-... \
sandiz run scenarios/ --json report.json

---

Auto-generate scenarios

Don't want to write scenarios from scratch? Sandiz can write them:

# Generates scenarios covering all resources in your spec
sandiz generate scenarios/ --spec-id your-api-abc123

# Generates scenarios targeting what changed in this PR
GITHUB_SHA=abc1234 sandiz generate scenarios/ \
  --spec-id your-api-abc123 --mode pr_diff

Review the generated file, edit the run_agent() function to call your agent, commit.

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Pre-built scenario library

Sandiz ships 23 pre-built scenarios for Slack agents and BYO API agents:

# Zero config — works immediately against the Sandiz demo workspace
from scenarios import slack_scenarios, SlackConfig

cfg = SlackConfig(
    incidents_channel="my-alerts",
    exec_user_emails=["[e-mail]"],
    protected_channels=["general", "announcements"],
)
scenarios = slack_scenarios(cfg)   # 13 pre-built Slack scenarios

Scenario groups:

• Slack: incident response, privacy & safety, approval workflows, AI App lifecycle
• BYO: fault handling (429/403/500), data safety (no deletes, read-only), state integrity (idempotency, referential integrity)

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Jira integration

Set four environment variables and Sandiz automatically files bug tickets on regression:

JIRA_URL=https://mycompany.atlassian.net
JIRA_EMAIL=[e-mail]
JIRA_API_TOKEN=your-api-token
JIRA_PROJECT_KEY=ENG

Each regression gets one Jira ticket. Re-running the same failing PR adds a comment to the existing ticket instead of creating a duplicate.

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Fix suggestions

Enable Claude-powered fix suggestions:

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...
SANDIZ_FIX_SUGGESTIONS=true

Each PR comment includes a collapsible "Fix suggestions" section with a specific, actionable suggestion for each regression — which file to edit, what to change, why it broke.

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Baseline management

# See current baselines
sandiz baseline list --spec-id your-api

# Promote a specific run to baseline (e.g. after a release)
sandiz baseline promote 42 --branch main --note "v2.1 stable"

Or use the dashboard UI — click ⚑ on any passing run to set it as the baseline.

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Architecture

Customer CI (GitHub Actions)          Sandiz SaaS (your server)
┌─────────────────────────┐          ┌──────────────────────────┐
│  sandiz run scenarios/  │          │  sandiz-api (FastAPI)    │
│  └─ agent code runs     │──HTTPS──▶│  ├─ BYO sandbox          │
│     against sandbox     │          │  ├─ Slack sandbox         │
│  sandiz regression diff │◀─report─ │  ├─ Dashboard UI          │
│  PR comment + Jira      │          │  sandiz-redis             │
└─────────────────────────┘          │  sandiz-postgres          │
                                     └──────────────────────────┘

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Environment variables

See .env.example for the full reference.

Key variables:

Variable	Required	Description
SANDIZ_TOKEN_SECRET	✅	JWT signing secret for sandbox tokens
REDIS_URL	✅	Redis connection string
DATABASE_URL	✅	Postgres connection string
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	Optional	Enables seed generation + fix suggestions
SANDIZ_FIX_SUGGESTIONS	Optional	Enable fix suggestions (true/false)
JIRA_URL	Optional	Jira instance URL for ticket filing
JIRA_API_TOKEN	Optional	Jira API token

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License

MIT