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Operations Schema

Definition

spec:
  operations:
    - name: string          # Required: Human-readable name
      selector: []          # Required: Regex patterns to match
      policy: string        # Required: Policy MRN

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
name	string	Yes	Human-readable name
selector	array	Yes	List of regex patterns
policy	string	Yes	MRN of policy to apply

Usage

Operations route requests to operation phase (Phase 1) policies based on the operation string. Selectors are evaluated in order; first match wins.

The operation phase uses tri-level output (negative, zero, positive) instead of boolean. A positive value acts as a "GRANT Override" that bypasses all other phases—essential for public endpoints that have no JWT.

Selector Patterns

Selectors are regular expressions using RE2 syntax:

Pattern	Matches
.*	Everything
api:.*	Operations starting with api:
api:users:.*	All user operations
^api:users:read$	Exactly api:users:read
api:.*:read	Read operations on any API resource

Examples

Basic Operations

operations:
  - name: api
    selector:
      - "api:.*"
    policy: "mrn:iam:policy:api-main"

  - name: admin
    selector:
      - "admin:.*"
      - "platform:.*"
    policy: "mrn:iam:policy:admin-only"

  - name: default
    selector:
      - ".*"
    policy: "mrn:iam:policy:default"

Order Matters

operations:
  # Specific matches first (public-grant returns positive to bypass other phases)
  - name: public-health
    selector:
      - "^health:check$"
    policy: "mrn:iam:policy:public-grant"

  # Then broader patterns
  - name: api-read
    selector:
      - "api:.*:read"
      - "api:.*:list"
    policy: "mrn:iam:policy:api-readonly"

  # Most specific before general
  - name: api-all
    selector:
      - "api:.*"
    policy: "mrn:iam:policy:api-full"

  # Catch-all last (returns 0 to defer to identity/resource phases)
  - name: default
    selector:
      - ".*"
    policy: "mrn:iam:policy:operation-default"

Using YAML Anchors

policies:
  - mrn: &main "mrn:iam:policy:main"
    name: main
    rego: |
      package authz
      # ... main policy

operations:
  - name: all
    selector:
      - ".*"
    policy: *main