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+"""Hunter adjudication of intent (authorization-obligations, Req 6.3).
+
+The hunter answers one closed question per route-bearing finding: is this route meant to be public? The answer is recorded
+on the finding as `intent` (public | protected | unknown) with its rationale, and nothing else changes: not the label, not
+the evidence, not the evidence level. Without a client one `intent_adjudication_unavailable` degradation is recorded.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import re
+from collections.abc import Mapping
+from dataclasses import replace
+
+from ...redaction import redact_secrets
+from .check import ObligationFinding, ObligationResult
+
+INTENTS = ("public", "protected", "unknown")
+_SYSTEM = (
+    "You review web handlers for an application security tool. Answer one closed question about intent only. "
+    'Reply with JSON of the form {"intent": "public" | "protected" | "unknown", "rationale": "<one sentence>"}. '
+    "Do not assess exploitability and do not propose code."
+)
+
+
+def adjudicate_intent(result: ObligationResult, *, client: object | None, model: str, texts: Mapping[str, str]) -> ObligationResult:
+    """Annotate route-bearing findings with the hunter's intent verdict; identical findings when no client is available."""
+    if not any(finding.route for finding in result.findings):
+        return result  # nothing to adjudicate: no degradation for a run with no route-bearing obligation finding
+    if client is None or not model:
+        degradation: dict[str, object] = {
+            "stage": "obligations",
+            "reason": "intent_adjudication_unavailable",
+            "detail": "no hunter client or model",
+        }
+        return replace(result, degradations=(*result.degradations, degradation))
+    findings: list[ObligationFinding] = []
+    for finding in result.findings:
+        if not finding.route:
+            findings.append(finding)
+            continue
+        intent, rationale = _ask(client, model, finding, texts.get(finding.operation.path, ""))
+        findings.append(replace(finding, intent=intent, intent_rationale=rationale))
+    return replace(result, findings=tuple(findings))
+
+
+def _ask(client: object, model: str, finding: ObligationFinding, text: str) -> tuple[str, str | None]:
+    siblings = ", ".join(item for item in finding.evidence if "::" in item) or "none recorded"
+    handler = _handler_excerpt(text, finding.operation.function)
+    question = (
+        f"Route {finding.route} is served by {finding.operation.function} in {finding.operation.path}. "
+        f"It performs {finding.operation.kind} on {finding.operation.resource or 'a resource'} without {finding.missing}. "
+        f"Sibling handlers that discharge it: {siblings}. Is this route meant to be public?\n\n{handler}"
+    )
+    question = redact_secrets(question)  # design Security Considerations: the hunter receives redacted handler text
+    try:
+        response = client.complete(  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            model=model,
+            messages=[{"role": "system", "content": _SYSTEM}, {"role": "user", "content": question}],
+            tools=[],
+            timeout_seconds=30,
+        )
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 - the hunter is advisory; a failed call records unknown
+        return "unknown", None
+    return _parse(getattr(response, "content", None))
+
+
+def _parse(content: object) -> tuple[str, str | None]:
+    if not isinstance(content, str) or not content.strip():
+        return "unknown", None
+    match = re.search(r"\{.*\}", content, re.S)
+    if not match:
+        return "unknown", None
+    try:
+        payload = json.loads(match.group(0))
+    except json.JSONDecodeError:
+        return "unknown", None
+    intent = str(payload.get("intent", "unknown")).strip().lower()
+    rationale = payload.get("rationale")
+    return (intent if intent in INTENTS else "unknown"), (str(rationale)[:200] if rationale else None)
+
+
+def _handler_excerpt(text: str, function: str) -> str:
+    """The handler's own lines: its decorators through the end of its indented body, never another handler's."""
+    lines = text.splitlines()
+    start = next(
+        (i for i, line in enumerate(lines) if re.match(rf"\s*(?:async\s+)?(?:def|function)\s+{re.escape(function)}\b", line)), None
+    )
+    if start is None:
+        return ""
+    head = start
+    while head > 0 and lines[head - 1].strip().startswith("@"):
+        head -= 1
+    end = start + 1
+    while end < len(lines) and (not lines[end].strip() or lines[end].startswith((" ", "\t"))):
+        end += 1
+    return "\n".join(lines[head:end][:60])
+
+
+__all__ = ["INTENTS", "adjudicate_intent"]
diff --git a/tests/test_obligation_intent.py b/tests/test_obligation_intent.py
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+"""authorization-obligations task 3.3: the hunter adjudicates intent without raising evidence (offline, scripted)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).parent))
+from test_obligation_check import _check  # noqa: E402
+
+from openultrasast.tool_hunter import ChatResponse, ScriptedChatClient  # noqa: E402
+
+
+def test_scripted_client_answers_are_recorded_on_the_finding_and_change_nothing_else() -> None:
+    from openultrasast.semantic.obligations.intent import adjudicate_intent
+
+    result = _check()
+    before = {(f.operation.function, f.missing): (f.label, f.evidence) for f in result.findings}
+    client = ScriptedChatClient([ChatResponse(content='{"intent": "public", "rationale": "health-style listing endpoint"}')] * 10)
+    adjudicated = adjudicate_intent(result, client=client, model="test-model", texts={"app.py": "..."})
+    leaky = next(f for f in adjudicated.findings if f.operation.function == "leaky" and f.missing == "identity_constraint")
+    assert leaky.intent == "public" and leaky.label == before[("leaky", "identity_constraint")][0]
+    assert {(f.operation.function, f.missing): (f.label, f.evidence) for f in adjudicated.findings} == before
+    assert client.calls and all(call["model"] == "test-model" for call in client.calls)
+    prompt = json.dumps(client.calls[0]["messages"])
+    assert "meant to be public" in prompt and "app.py::constrained" in prompt  # the question names the route and its siblings
+    assert not any(d["reason"] == "intent_adjudication_unavailable" for d in adjudicated.degradations)
+
+
+def test_without_a_client_one_degradation_is_recorded_and_findings_are_identical() -> None:
+    from openultrasast.semantic.obligations.intent import adjudicate_intent
+
+    result = _check()
+    adjudicated = adjudicate_intent(result, client=None, model="", texts={})
+    assert [f.intent for f in adjudicated.findings] == [None] * len(result.findings)
+    assert [(f.operation.function, f.missing, f.label) for f in adjudicated.findings] == [
+        (f.operation.function, f.missing, f.label) for f in result.findings
+    ]
+    assert sum(1 for d in adjudicated.degradations if d["reason"] == "intent_adjudication_unavailable") == 1
+
+
+def test_malformed_or_off_vocabulary_answers_are_recorded_as_unknown() -> None:
+    from openultrasast.semantic.obligations.intent import adjudicate_intent
+
+    result = _check()
+    client = ScriptedChatClient([ChatResponse(content="sure, looks fine"), ChatResponse(content='{"intent": "banana"}')] * 10)
+    adjudicated = adjudicate_intent(result, client=client, model="m", texts={})
+    assert all(f.intent == "unknown" for f in adjudicated.findings if f.route)
+    assert all(f.evidence == g.evidence and f.label == g.label for f, g in zip(adjudicated.findings, result.findings, strict=True))
+
+
+def test_scan_records_intent_when_a_scripted_hunter_client_is_configured(tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    from test_obligation_scan import APP, _repo, _run_dir
+
+    from openultrasast.cli import main
+
+    repo = _repo(tmp_path, monkeypatch)
+    (repo / "app.py").write_text(APP)
+    (repo / "openultrasast.toml").write_text('[obligations]\nmin_siblings = 2\n\n[models]\nhunter = "scripted-model"\n')
+    monkeypatch.setenv("OPENULTRASAST_HUNTER_CLIENT", "scripted")
+    assert main(["scan", str(repo), "--mode", "standard", "--config", str(repo / "openultrasast.toml")]) == 0
+    sarif = json.loads((_run_dir(repo) / "report.sarif").read_text())
+    props = [r["properties"] for r in sarif["runs"][0]["results"] if r["properties"]["finding_id"].startswith("obligation:")]
+    assert props and all(p["evidence_level"] == "suspicion" for p in props)
+    assert all("obligation_intent" in p for p in props)
+
+
+def test_the_prompt_carries_the_handler_own_lines_only_and_is_redacted() -> None:
+    """Round-3 findings: redacted handler text (design Security Considerations) and nothing beyond the handler's lines."""
+    from test_obligation_check import APP
+
+    from openultrasast.semantic.obligations.intent import adjudicate_intent
+
+    result = _check()
+    client = ScriptedChatClient([ChatResponse(content='{"intent": "protected", "rationale": "r"}')] * 10)
+    adjudicate_intent(result, client=client, model="m", texts={"app.py": APP})
+    leaky_prompt = next(json.dumps(call["messages"]) for call in client.calls if "def leaky" in json.dumps(call["messages"]))
+    assert "@app.route('/books/any/<title>')" in leaky_prompt
+    assert all(other not in leaky_prompt for other in ("def guarded", "def constrained", "def health"))
+    key = "sk-" + "x" * 20  # assembled at runtime: never a contiguous key-shaped literal in a test
+    leaky_with_secret = APP.replace("def leaky(title):\n", f"def leaky(title):\n    api_key = '{key}'\n")
+    client = ScriptedChatClient([ChatResponse(content='{"intent": "protected", "rationale": "r"}')] * 10)
+    adjudicate_intent(result, client=client, model="m", texts={"app.py": leaky_with_secret})
+    prompts = json.dumps([call["messages"] for call in client.calls])
+    assert "***REDACTED***" in prompts and key not in prompts