chore(privacy): scrub personal identifiers (names/UUIDs/handles) from repo#72
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madtank merged 2 commits intodev/stagingfrom Apr 18, 2026
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chore(privacy): scrub personal identifiers (names/UUIDs/handles) from repo#72madtank merged 2 commits intodev/stagingfrom
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This cleans up personal identifiers that were checked in over time. Everything replaced with clearly-placeholder stand-ins so docs/tests keep working but no longer point at a specific real account. Critical scrubs: - 'Jacob Taunton' -> 'Alex Example' (real full name in test fixture) - 'Jacob MacBook Pro' -> 'Alex's Laptop' (device name in spec examples) - prod/staging space UUIDs -> 'aaaaaaaa-aaaa-4aaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa' - prod/staging agent UUIDs -> 'bbbbbbbb-bbbb-4bbb-bbbb-bbbbbbbbbbbb' Handle scrubs (outside CODEOWNERS, which legitimately lists GitHub owners): - 'madtank' -> 'alex' (21 files: tests, specs, docs, examples) - 'next-orion' profile name -> 'demo-agent' - 'next-chatgpt' profile name -> 'peer-agent' - 'chatgpt_dev' test fixture agent -> 'demo_agent' Verified: pytest tests/ -> 224 passed. ruff check + format clean (pre-push hook). CODEOWNERS @madtank / @Anvil lines are intentionally preserved — those are real GitHub assignments for code ownership. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Follow-up to 162a8a3 — sweep personal agent handles that show up as example values in docs, specs, tests, and CLI docstrings. These names identified specific agents running on my own account; replaced with generic placeholders so the repo reads as a clean library for anyone. Scrubbed (outside CODEOWNERS, which legitimately uses GitHub handles): - 'orion' -> 'demo-agent' - 'anvil' -> 'peer-agent' - 'axolotl' -> 'beta-agent' - 'clawdbot' -> 'infra-agent' NOT scrubbed (generic role names, not personal): - '*_sentinel' — this is a role classifier in ax_cli/commands/agents.py (_agent_mesh_role: 'sentinel' in name -> 'domain_sentinel'). Keeping it preserves realistic test fixtures and the mesh-role test coverage. Fixed test fixtures that depended on the old names: - test_mint_command: save path asserts use '.ax/<agent>_token' naming (followed the rename automatically once fixture agent_name changed). - test_apps_signal_whoami: identity fixture now uses 'demo_agent' in both the whoami payload and the assertion. Verified: pytest tests/ -> 224 passed. ruff check + format clean. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Two-commit scrub that removes personal identifiers baked into tests, docs, specs, and CLI docstrings over time. Everything is replaced with clearly-placeholder stand-ins so the repo reads as a neutral library, not as one account's workspace.
What was scrubbed
Critical PII:
Jacob Taunton) in a test fixture →Alex ExampleJacob MacBook Pro) in enrollment-flow examples →Alex's Laptopaaaaaaaa-aaaa-4aaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbb-bbbb-4bbb-bbbb-bbbbbbbbbbbbUsernames and profile names:
madtank→alex(21 files — tests, specs, docs, examples)next-orion→demo-agent,next-chatgpt→peer-agent(profile names in 5 files)chatgpt_devtest fixture agent →demo_agentPersonal agent handles:
orion→demo-agent,anvil→peer-agent,axolotl→beta-agent,clawdbot→infra-agentWhat was NOT scrubbed (intentionally)
.github/CODEOWNERS— the@madtank/@anvillines are real GitHub code-ownership assignments. Changing them would break review routing.*_sentinelrole names (backend_sentinel,frontend_sentinel, etc.) — these are used as a role classifier inax_cli/commands/agents.py(_agent_mesh_role:"sentinel" in name → "domain_sentinel"). Not personal, and keeping them preserves realistic test fixtures.Test plan
pytest tests/→ 224 passed (two iterations — caught mesh-role classifier dependency on thesentinelsuffix and the mint-command save-path assertion, both fixed)ruff check ax_cli/+ruff format --check ax_cli/cleanpre-commit run --all-files --hook-stage pre-push→ all three (check/format/pytest) passWhy now
Spotted while reviewing PR #70 — prompted by noticing my real name + username + agent handle showing up in test fixtures and PR bodies of a public PyPI package (
axctl). The repo has a precedent commit (ba6f3b2 docs: scrub internal agent names from README) so this line has been drawn before; a bunch of references crept back in since.🤖 Generated with Claude Code