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NoWreck Deterministic AI Verifier — v0.13.0

NoWreck, a deterministic structural verifier for AI-generated code-change claims, has released v0.13.0 with CI/CD integration. The new version adds machine-readable output formats (SARIF and JUnit) and automated git comparison for pull request verification. The verifier compares AI claims against structural evidence from repository snapshots, never relying on another AI's opinion.

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NoWreck v0.13.0 — CI/CD Integration

Deterministic AI Verifier — v0.13.0

NoWreck is a deterministic structural verifier for AI-generated code-change claims. When an AI describes a code change, NoWreck compares the claims against structural evidence derived by its own scanners — the verifier never asks another AI for an opinion. Where the evidence comes from depends on the mode: in Pre/Post and Claims modes, from actual before/after repository snapshots; in Prompt Mode, from the model's own proposed diff.

$ nowreck fix "Add email validation to auth.py"

  Summary
  ────────────────────
  ● 3 claims total
  ● 2 confirmed
  ● 1 contradicted

  CONFIRMED
  ─────────
  ✓ ADD_FUNCTION validate_email → auth.py  (conf: 100%)
    Evidence: Function 'validate_email' was added in auth.py

  CONTRADICTED
  ────────────
  ✗ CALLS_FUNCTION validate_email → auth.py  (conf: 100%)
    Evidence: Function 'validate_email' was added in auth.py

Release date: August 2026

Previous release: v0.12.0 (Provider Consolidation + Scan Caching)

Focus: CI/CD integration with machine-readable output formats (SARIF, JUnit)

and automated git comparison for pull request verification.

SARIF output ✅

SARIF v2.1.0 output for GitHub Code Scanning, SonarQube, and CodeQL.

nowreck fix --compare HEAD~1 --format sarif > nowreck.sarif

15 rules defined:

NW001-NW013: One per CONTRADICTED claim type (error level)
NW014: UNVERIFIABLE claims (warning level)
NW015: UNEXPLAINED changes (note level)

Design decisions:

CONFIRMED results excluded by default (SARIF is for problems)
Uses ruleId (string) for GitHub UI readability
Each claim type gets its own rule for granular filtering

JUnit XML output ✅

Standard JUnit XML format for Jenkins, GitLab CI, and Azure Pipelines.

nowreck fix --compare HEAD~1 --format junit > nowreck-junit.xml

Verdict mapping:

CONFIRMED → pass (no element)
CONTRADICTED → <failure>
UNVERIFIABLE → <failure type="UNVERIFIABLE">
UNEXPLAINED → excluded (not a claim)

--format flag ✅

New --format flag for output format selection:

nowreck fix --compare HEAD~1 --format json # JSON

nowreck fix --compare HEAD~1 --format sarif # SARIF

nowreck fix --compare HEAD~1 --format junit # JUnit

Backward compatibility: --json deprecated with warning, still works.

--output flag ✅

Write output to file instead of stdout:

nowreck fix --compare HEAD~1 --format sarif --output nowreck.sarif

--compare flag ✅

Automated git comparison:

nowreck fix --compare HEAD~1 # Compare against previous commit

nowreck fix --compare main # Compare against main branch

nowreck fix --compare abc1234 # Compare against specific commit

Supported ref types: commit hash, branch name, tag, HEAD~N syntax.

Implementation: Uses git archive for clean extraction to temp directories.

Automatic cleanup via tempfile.TemporaryDirectory.

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