IDHN – Task-scoped filesystem permissions for AI coding agents
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3 judges. Scored by all three judges. Only the day’s top stories get the claim check. How far stories are checked
IDHN is a research prototype that places a deterministic, task-scoped policy boundary between autonomous coding agents (currently Codex) and their filesystem, network, process, git, and secrets access. Its policy engine is independent of any specific agent or runtime.
Why it ranked
No. 21 of 124 with a score of 0.68. The panel rated it highest on technical depth (0.94) and new information (0.91), lowest on audience breadth (0.51).
Every answer behind this is in the table under Score.
Score
0.68total under rubric v2.2
- Significance0.59
- Reader interest0.81
- Audience breadth0.51
- Practical relevance0.77
- Substantiated0.83
- Technical depth0.94
- New information0.91
- Counts against: Promotional0.10
- Counts against: Overclaim0.24
Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).
| Question | Judge 1 | Judge 2 | Judge 3 | Mean | Spread | Weight | Contribution (weight times mean) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Significance | 0.57 | 0.50 | 0.70 | 0.59 | 0.20 | +0.24 | +0.141 |
| Reader interest | 0.75 | 0.80 | 0.88 | 0.81 | 0.13 | +0.26 | +0.211 |
| Audience breadth | 0.55 | 0.40 | 0.58 | 0.51 | 0.18 | +0.13 | +0.066 |
| Practical relevance | 0.76 | 0.70 | 0.84 | 0.77 | 0.14 | +0.22 | +0.169 |
| Substantiated | 0.99 | 0.60 | 0.90 | 0.83 | 0.39 | +0.05 | +0.042 |
| Technical depth | 1.00 | 0.85 | 0.98 | 0.94 | 0.15 | +0.05 | +0.047 |
| New information | 0.90 | 0.85 | 0.98 | 0.91 | 0.13 | +0.05 | +0.046 |
| Promotional | 0.06 | 0.20 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.16 | −0.19 | −0.019 |
| Overclaim | 0.25 | 0.35 | 0.12 | 0.24 | 0.23 | −0.11 | −0.026 |
| Sum of contributions | +0.676 | ||||||
| Claim-check penalty | 0.000 | ||||||
| Total, as published | 0.676 | ||||||
Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.
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Elsewhere: HN 1 pts, not on front page
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