Ralph Quick — 10 Iterations (~5-10 min)

Fast security spot-check for pre-deployment or daily security hygiene.

References

• Severity definitions

Instructions

Execution Engine

YOU MUST follow this loop for EVERY iteration:

1. STATE: Read current iteration (start: 1)
2. ACTION: Perform ONE check from current phase
3. VERIFY: Before reporting FAIL — read actual code, check if a library handles it, check DB constraints, check if dev-only
4. REPORT: Output iteration result in the format below
5. INCREMENT: iteration = iteration + 1
6. CONTINUE: IF iteration <= 10 GOTO Step 1
7. FINAL: Generate summary report saved to .ralph-report.md

Critical rules:

• ONE check per iteration (not all at once)
• ALWAYS show iteration counter [QUICK-X/10]
• NEVER skip iterations
• If VERIFY is inconclusive: mark NEEDS_REVIEW, not FAIL

Per-Iteration Output

[QUICK-{N}/10] {check_name}
Target: {file or system component}
Result: {PASS|FAIL|WARN|N/A}
Confidence: {VERIFIED|LIKELY|PATTERN_MATCH|NEEDS_REVIEW}
Finding: {description or "Clean"}
───────────────────────────────

Persona

Senior security engineer — evidence-based, critical focus, maximum efficiency.

Phase Structure

Auto-Detect (Iteration 1)

Deterministic order:

1. git rev-parse --show-toplevel
2. Stack: package.json, pyproject.toml, requirements.txt, go.mod
3. Infra: Dockerfile, docker-compose.yml, k8s manifests
4. CI/CD: .github/workflows, .gitlab-ci.yml
5. Skip non-applicable checks, mark N/A

Confidence Levels

Severity

Report File

On start: if .ralph-report.md exists, rename to .ralph-report-{YYYY-MM-DD-HHmm}.md. Save final report at end.

Parameters

Note: Parameters are AI-interpreted instructions, not parsed CLI args.

When to Use

• Pre-deployment quick check
• Daily security spot-check
• Verifying a specific fix