HOWTO: Apply a Profile Policy to a Module Run¶

Purpose: Attach an environment profile to a module run, enforce policy constraints, and trace governance decisions in the run record.

Difficulty: Intermediate

Track: Contract-Driven Automation

Overview¶

A profile defines the governance rules that apply when a module runs in a specific environment. Profiles enforce consistency across teams, prevent accidental production changes, and produce a clear audit trail of which policies were active. This HOWTO covers the full lifecycle: writing a profile, attaching it to a run, and reading the policy enforcement output.

1. Profile File Layout¶

Profile schema: environment, module, inputs, policy.
Where profiles live in the repository.
Inheriting from a base profile.

2. Defining Policy Constraints¶

Required approvals and sign-off gates.
Disallowed input values per environment.
Mandatory supporting records before promotion.
Time-window restrictions.

3. Attaching a Profile to a Run¶

--profile flag usage.
Profile resolution from pack or directory.
Profile version pinning.

4. Reading the Policy Enforcement Log¶

Which constraints were evaluated.
Policy pass / block / warn outcomes.
Approval gate trigger and wait behaviour.

5. Multi-Environment Promotion Flow¶

Dev → staging → production promotion with profile chain.
Cross-profile run-record handoff.
Rejecting a promotion and recording the reason.

References¶

License: MIT-0 for code, CC-BY-4.0 for documentation unless otherwise stated.