---
title: "protect-ci-workflows"
description: "Guard against an agent weakening the automated checks that review its own work. CI/CD workflow files (.github/workflows/), the composite actions they call (.github/actions/) and the dependency-update automation (.github/"
canonical: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/plugins/protect-ci-workflows
last-updated: 2026-08-27
---

# protect-ci-workflows
Guard against an agent weakening the automated checks that review its own work. CI/CD workflow files (.github/workflows/), the composite actions they call (.github/actions/) and the dependency-update automation (.github/dependabot.yml) define what must pass before a change lands -- so a shell command that rewrites or deletes them is the agent removing the gate that would catch it. The guard refuses shell write-commands targeting those paths; reads pass, and tool-driven regeneration (chock sync) passes because it writes through the tool, not shell editing. Best-effort and deliberately coarse: a compound command that both reads a protected file and writes elsewhere may be refused -- rewrite it in two steps. The 'chock: approved-config-change' escape marker is friction plus an audit trail, not authentication -- the agent can write it too; the check an agent cannot self-approve is branch protection and required-status-checks enforced server-side.
- Slug: protect-ci-workflows
- Publisher: chock-core
- Repository: https://github.com/open-coder-ai/chock-catalog
- Manifest: .agents/policies/protect-ci-workflows/plugin.json
- Version: 0.0.1
- License: Apache-2.0
- Category (editorial): security
- Skills: 1 (protect-ci-workflows)
- MCP servers: 0
- Stars: 1
- Listing: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/plugins/protect-ci-workflows
- Schema: https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json