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Inspiration

Code generation by modern LLMs is largely solved. The true bottleneck in software engineering today is "Life After Code" — managing the complex, error-prone DevSecOps lifecycle between commit and production deployment:

Manual code reviews miss subtle plaintext credential leaks and dynamic SQL injection patterns.
Pinned dependency CVEs slip into production builds when SBOM analysis is decoupled from the pull request evaluation gate.
Engineering teams need autonomous agents that enforce deterministic security gates and synthesize pull request remediation patches automatically.

We built GitLab Duo MCP DevSecOps Agent to address this: an autonomous security gate agent implementing the open Model Context Protocol (MCP Spec 2025-11-25) natively designed for the GitLab Duo Agent Platform.

What it does

Model Context Protocol (MCP) Integration: Exposes three standardized MCP tools:
- gitlab_sast_deep_scan: AST-level static application security testing for secret leaks, injection flaws, and unsafe deserialization.
- gitlab_dependency_license_audit: Continuous SBOM dependency audit against vulnerability databases.
- gitlab_compliance_gate_enforcer: Cryptographically attests pipeline commits and halts deployment if findings breach thresholds.
Automated Remediating Pull Requests: Synthesizes actionable patch diffs and targeted remediation branches for detected vulnerabilities.
Sub-100ms Invariant Verification: Verifies security thresholds deterministically without hallucination churn.
Zero-Friction Live Web Terminal: Deployed to GitHub Pages with interactive staged changes simulation and real-time gate evaluation.

How we built it

Core Engine: Built with TypeScript (Node.js ESM) implementing strict JSON-RPC schema contracts matching the MCP specification.
Security Logic: Multi-pass AST heuristic pattern matching for secrets, SQL injections, and outdated dependencies.
Automated Verification: Comprehensive test suite (node --test tests/*.test.js) validating MCP tool advertisements, secret leak detection, and gate threshold blocking.
Interactive Visualizer: Deployed live on GitHub Pages with simulated DevSecOps pipeline controls and remediation diff generation.

Challenges we ran into

Ensuring zero false-positive pipeline halts on harmless config files. We designed confidence thresholds and severity grading so only actionable vulnerabilities trigger deployment gates.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Achieving 100% automated test coverage with sub-100ms local execution.
Implementing a production-ready MCP DevSecOps tool mesh compatible with GitLab Duo.
100% open-source under MIT License.