SPECTRA FIELD MANUAL
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POSITIONING

Why SPECTRA

SPECTRA is not another security platform. It is a method — installable, evidence-gated, and adversarial — that lives inside the AI agent you already use. Here is what that means, honestly, and what it deliberately is not.

npx spectra-method install Get started →
METHOD vs PLATFORM

A different shape

SPECTRA
Distro / platform
What it is
A method: markdown SOPs + deterministic CLIs + multi-agent roles you install into Claude Code or Codex.
A platform/distro: a bundle of tools and a runtime you operate.
Where it runs
Inside your existing AI coding agent. No server, no database, no hosting.
A machine or service you stand up, patch, and secure.
State
Plain files — engagement.yaml, findings, posture snapshots. Versioned in git.
A database and an identity store behind a login.
Attack surface
None exposed — it’s a method, not a service.
A live, multi-user service holding sensitive findings.
THE DIFFERENTIATOR

Four things a distro can’t do

Adversarial by design

Red and Blue agents debate the same target; a Referee scores the exchange on evidence. A tool distro can’t reason — SPECTRA argues about what the tools mean.

Evidence-gated

Findings resolve to hashed, chain-of-custody evidence. Credit requires proof, not assertion.

Authorized-only

Every action is scope- and RoE-gated; a destructive HARD BLOCK is always on. Defensible by construction.

Installable & inspectable

npm install, plain text, three layers (directive / orchestration / deterministic). Nothing hidden behind a UI.

The flagship is the adversarial War Room — Red vs Blue, scored by a Referee. No tool bundle replicates a reasoning process.

HONEST

What SPECTRA is not

On purpose. These would turn a method into a platform — a different product with a server to run, a database of sensitive findings, and an attack surface SPECTRA exists to assess.

Try it in five minutes

Scaffold a safe, loopback-only demo engagement — sample findings and a worked War Room debrief — and run the flow end to end.

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