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+id: BINKY-WP-0007
+type: workplan
+title: "Qonto Governed Assistant: policy kernel + REST (Phase 1)"
+domain: infotech
+repo: binky-control
+status: active
+owner: claude
+topic_slug: the-custodian
+created: "2026-07-22"
+updated: "2026-07-22"
+---
+
+Follow-on from BINKY-WP-0005 (custody lane + first read-only pull, finished).
+Blueprint: `integrations/qonto-governed-assistant/ArchitectureBlueprint.md`.
+
+**Recommendation being executed:** build a small **Qonto Governed Assistant**
+service — the only component allowed to hold the bank API key — exposing a
+default-deny policy-shaped MCP server and thin REST API, so every harness
+(Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Grok, agent-harness sessions, scripts) is a dumb
+client of one governed endpoint instead of each wiring vendor MCP + local
+allow-lists directly. **No spend / no volume-cost tools in v1** — payments,
+transfers, card ops, and plan changes stay Red lane (human in the Qonto app).
+
+This workplan tracks **Phase 1 only** (policy kernel + REST — minimum useful
+product, per blueprint §6). Phase 2 (MCP surface), Phase 3 (flex-auth/fleet),
+and Phase 4 (productization) are follow-on work, opened as residuals or a new
+workplan once Phase 1 lands.
+
+## Task: Ratify architecture decisions (blueprint §9)
+
+```task
+id: BINKY-WP-0007-T01
+status: todo
+priority: high
+```
+
+Bring the five decision requests from the blueprint to the founder via
+DecisionQueue.md:
+
+1. Adopt the domain-assistant architecture (option B) for Qonto.
+2. Repo home: new dedicated `qonto-assistant` repo (already present in the
+   state-hub repo registry) vs. waiting for a generic `finance-connect`.
+3. v1 policy freeze: hard deny on all spend / volume-cost tools.
+4. MCP transport: remote streamable-HTTP only for production clients.
+5. Whether to ever run vendor `qonto-mcp-server` as an internal-only backend
+   (blueprint default: no).
+
+Done when: DEC entry filed, founder decision recorded, blueprint updated with
+the ratified answers.
+
+## Task: Service skeleton — decision function + custody wiring
+
+```task
+id: BINKY-WP-0007-T02
+status: todo
+priority: high
+```
+
+In the `qonto-assistant` repo (per T01 decision): shared `decide(tool, args,
+claims) -> Allow|Deny` module backed by `policy/qonto-v1.yaml` (blueprint
+§4.6); OpenBao fetch of `tenants/binky/qonto-api` only inside this service
+(AppRole/OIDC role, short TTL) — never in harness env. Hard deny list for
+every write/spend path, even unimplemented ones. Green lane (no live traffic
+yet).
+
+Done when: policy module has unit tests for allow/deny cases including the
+deny-classes (`spend`, `volume_cost`, `credential_exfil`).
+
+## Task: REST surface + CostRunRate consumer cutover
+
+```task
+id: BINKY-WP-0007-T03
+status: todo
+priority: medium
+```
+
+Implement `GET /v1/accounts`, `GET /v1/transactions`, `GET /v1/snapshot`
+behind the policy gate from T02. Replace the ad-hoc first-pull script used
+for `finance/CostRunRate.md` with a call through this REST surface. Blue lane
+(reads live account data; no writes).
+
+Done when: CostRunRate refresh runs via the assistant end-to-end at least
+once, with call metadata (actor, tool, decision) logged to evidence, not the
+raw account data.
+
+## Task: Smoke tests and closure
+
+```task
+id: BINKY-WP-0007-T04
+status: todo
+priority: medium
+```
+
+CI smoke against a mocked Qonto backend (deny-path and allow-path cases);
+one manual live read against the dogfood account through the deployed
+assistant. Close this workplan when Phase 1 is proven; hand off Phase 2 (MCP
+surface for all harnesses) as a residual intake or new workplan.
+
+Done when: `statehub fix-consistency` run clean; Phase 2 scope captured
+either as an AutopilotWorkQueue residual or a follow-on workplan file.