s4-shadow-mode-validator

s4-shadow-mode-validator is an agent for Claude Code from ivegamsft/basecoat. It costs 58 tokens per session (247 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A checking agent for comparing a new system path with the current live path before switching over. Shadow mode means the new path receives a copy of real activity but does not yet serve users.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it during an S4 shadow-mode soak to compare error rates, latency, and data divergence, flag blockers, and summarize rollback risks.
Why use it?
It helps identify unsafe differences in errors, response times, or results before cutover. It blocks the switch when agreed limits are exceeded and gives a go/no-go decision.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter. Also seen: model in frontmatter; mentions Codex.

Good fit Use it during an S4 shadow-mode soak to compare error rates, latency, and data divergence, flag blockers, and summarize rollback risks.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/ivegamsft/basecoat/basecoat-10-core-s4-shadow-mode-validator
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ivegamsft/basecoat

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 58 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 247 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00058 $0.00247
Opus 5 $0.00029 $0.00123
Sonnet 5 $0.00012 $0.00049
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00025

Measured 9d ago against content hash ac370d448573, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

s4-shadow-mode-validator scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

agents/basecoat-10-core-s4-shadow-mode-validator.agent.md · 37 lines

What it actually says

S4 Shadow Mode Validator

Checks whether the new path can safely survive the shadow-mode soak.

Inputs

  • Latest S4 shadow-mode telemetry and live baseline metrics
  • Agreed error-rate, latency, and divergence thresholds
  • Current cutover window and rollback guardrail policy

Workflow

  1. Read the latest S4 monitoring data.
  2. Compare shadow and live error rate, latency, and data divergence.
  3. Block cutover if any threshold is exceeded.
  4. Emit a concise go/no-go summary and alert.

Output

  • Comparison summary
  • Threshold breaches
  • Go/no-go recommendation
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 9d ago First seen · 37 lines · 58 tokens per session scan A ac370d448573

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s4-shadow-mode-validator is an agent published in the GitHub repository ivegamsft/basecoat (4 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 58 tokens to every session and 247 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.