# Over-Reach Detector

> Use this tool when you need to identify unauthorized file changes made by AI coding agents, ensuring they stay within their declared task scope. The Over-Reach Detector compares allowed files and categories against actual changes, reporting mismatches in areas like tests, docs, and code. It provides a disclosure of potential over-reaches, allowing for enforcement decisions to be made by the caller, and integrates with various AI agents via stdio transport.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/choreoatlas-over-reach-detector  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/choreoatlas-over-reach-detector

## Description

An audit tool that compares declared task scope (via fnmatch glob patterns for allowed files and categories) against actual file changes made by AI coding agents. Reports mismatches across five categories: tests, docs, infra, config, and code. Functions as a disclosure tool rather than a blocker, leaving enforcement decisions to the caller. Integrates with Cursor, Claude Code, and other MCP-compatible agents via stdio transport.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.65
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-01

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** productivity
- **Updated:** 2026-09-01

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/choreoatlas-over-reach-detector)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/choreoatlas/over_reach_detector>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "choreoatlas-over-reach-detector"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/choreoatlas-over-reach-detector` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/choreoatlas-over-reach-detector/pull`

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