* fix: remove non-auth support from bootstrap wizard Auth is now mandatory for all deployments. Remove the TURNSTONE_AUTH_ENABLED toggle and make JWT_SECRET and AUTH_TOKEN required in the wizard's system prompt. * fix: remove auth disable support from runtime and infra Remove AuthConfig.enabled field — auth is always on. Drop TURNSTONE_AUTH_ENABLED env var, config toggle, and the check_request bypass. Update compose.yaml, Helm chart, Terraform, docs, and tests to match. * feat: deprecate config tokens, require JWT secret, prefer JWT auth Phase 1 of config-token removal: - load_jwt_secret() now exits with error if no secret is configured (was: silently auto-generated ephemeral secret) - _authenticate_token() logs deprecation warning on config token use - CLI /cluster commands use ServiceTokenManager when JWT secret is set - turnstone-admin tls-list uses ServiceTokenManager when JWT secret is set - Update bootstrap wizard, docker.md, security.md to mark TURNSTONE_AUTH_TOKEN as deprecated and JWT_SECRET as required - Console test fixtures use auth token + headers (auth always enforced) * feat: add service scope for inter-service JWT auth Add "service" to VALID_SCOPES and SCOPE_HIERARCHY. Service tokens bypass require_permission() RBAC checks, replacing the old empty-user-id bypass that config tokens relied on. All ServiceTokenManager instances that need admin access now include "service" in their scopes (console proxy, channel gateway, CLI, admin CLI). Read-only services (collector, notification) unchanged. * feat: phase 2 config token deprecation - SDK doc examples now show API tokens (ts_) instead of config tokens - Remove _get_config_token() from admin CLI (dead code) - Block config token exchange in handle_auth_login — only password and API token login allowed - Update login tests to use password-based auth instead of config token exchange * feat: phase 3 — remove config tokens entirely Complete removal of config-file token authentication: - Delete AuthConfig.tokens, check(), _ROLE_TO_SCOPES, hmac dispatch branch, and config token loading from load_auth_config() - Remove auth_config parameter from _authenticate_token() and check_request() — callers updated throughout - Remove TURNSTONE_AUTH_TOKEN from compose.yaml, Helm charts, Terraform, turnstone.example.toml - Remove --auth-token CLI flags from turnstone, turnstone-admin, and turnstone-console - Simplify console main() — always use ServiceTokenManager (no fallback to static tokens) - Delete config-token-specific tests, rewrite check_request and integration tests to use JWT auth with proper audience claims - Remove all config token references from docs (security.md, docker.md, sdk.md, console.md, architecture.md, bootstrap prompt) * fix: address code review findings - Fix 33 broken tests: add JWT auth to test_api_versioning, test_console_routing_proxy, test_tls_admin, test_tls_manager, test_server_live (jwt_secret + audience-scoped auth headers) - Add TestRequirePermissionServiceScope: 4 tests covering the service scope RBAC bypass path - Remove stale comments referencing config tokens in auth.py and console/server.py - Remove dead proxy_auth_token parameter from console create_app() and static token fallback in _proxy_auth_headers() - Remove TURNSTONE_AUTH_TOKEN from env.py scrub list * fix: address Copilot review — JWT audience, compose require secret - CLI /cluster: add audience=JWT_AUD_CONSOLE to ServiceTokenManager (console validates audience, JWTs without it were rejected) - Admin CLI tls-list: same audience fix - compose.yaml: TURNSTONE_JWT_SECRET now uses :? to fail fast if unset - SDK console: fix default port from 8081 to 8090 * test: add auth enforcement tests for TLS admin endpoints 5 new tests: unauthenticated requests return 401 (list, renew, delete), read-only-scoped requests return 403 (renew, delete). Closes the TLS auth enforcement test gap noted in PROGRESS.md. * fix: address remaining Copilot review feedback - Fix token_source="config" → "test" in TLS test fixtures - Fix AuthResult.token_source docstring to include service origins - Require TURNSTONE_JWT_SECRET in cluster compose profile (:?) - Helm: add auth.jwtSecret + auth.existingSecret values, wire TURNSTONE_JWT_SECRET into secret.yaml and both deployments - Terraform: replace auth_token with jwt_secret variable + secret, remove orphaned auth_token resources and IAM reference - Remove [[auth.tokens]] from security.md config example * fix: address full code review — 10 findings Critical: - Terraform: replace concat(common_env, auth_env) with common_env (auth_env local was removed but still referenced) - Channel gateway: remove hmac static token auth from _check_auth(), use JWT-only validation. Remove --auth-token CLI arg from channel - Rebalancer: add token_manager support so migration requests carry JWT auth (was sending unauthenticated POST to /internal/migrate) Major: - Guard _permissions_to_scopes() against "service" privilege escalation from DB role permissions - Remove dead AuthConfig class, load_auth_config(), and all auth_config parameters from create_app() signatures - Helm: inject JWT secret for both inline and existingSecret paths Minor: - Remove dead auth_token param from ClusterCollector - Remove empty TestLoadAuthConfig class - Short JWT secret now exits instead of warning - Compose: add generation command comment above JWT_SECRET - Clean stale config token references from 6 doc files - Clean stale AUTH_TOKEN reference from bootstrap wizard prompt * fix: remove remaining stale config token references from docs - channels.md: remove --auth-token from options table - oidc.md: remove "config-file tokens still work" claim - security.md: remove config token section, fix JWT secret docs (now required/exits, no ephemeral fallback), remove hmac from ASCII diagram, remove --auth-token reference
Turnstone
Multi-node AI orchestration platform. Deploy tool-using AI agents across a cluster of servers with direct HTTP routing, interactive interfaces, and enterprise governance.
Beta — Use at your own risk. APIs, configuration formats, and database schemas may change between versions without migration paths.
Named after the Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) — a shorebird that flips stones to discover what's hiding underneath.
What it does
Turnstone gives LLMs tools — shell, files, search, web, planning — and orchestrates multi-turn conversations where the model investigates, acts, and reports.
- Interactive sessions — terminal CLI or browser UI with parallel workstreams
- Cluster dashboard — real-time view of all nodes and workstreams with console routing proxy
- Intent validation — LLM judge evaluates every tool call with risk assessments and evidence
- Governance — RBAC, OIDC SSO, tool policies, skills, usage tracking, audit logs
- Multi-provider — OpenAI-compatible APIs (vLLM, llama.cpp, NIM) and Anthropic Messages API
- MCP support — external tool servers with native deferred loading (Anthropic/OpenAI) or BM25 fallback
Quickstart
pip install turnstone
# Terminal REPL
turnstone --base-url http://localhost:8000/v1
# Browser UI
turnstone-server --port 8080 --base-url http://localhost:8000/v1
# Cluster dashboard
pip install turnstone[console]
turnstone-console --port 8090
Docker
cp .env.example .env # edit LLM_BASE_URL, OPENAI_API_KEY, etc.
docker compose --profile production up
See QUICKSTART.md for the bootstrap wizard and docs/docker.md for Docker configuration and profiles.
Programmatic (SDK)
from turnstone.sdk import TurnstoneServer
with TurnstoneServer("http://localhost:8080", token="tok_xxx") as client:
ws = client.create_workstream(name="demo")
result = client.send_and_wait("Analyze the error logs", ws.ws_id, auto_approve=True)
print(result.content)
Tools
Built-in tools for shell, files, search, web, memory, notifications, and autonomous sub-agents — plus external tools via MCP with native deferred loading. See docs/tools.md for the full reference and docs/mcp.md for MCP configuration.
Architecture
Single-node: Client → Server (direct HTTP + SSE). No external dependencies beyond the database.
Multi-node: Client → Console (hash ring routing proxy) → Server nodes. The console maintains a 65536-entry bucket cache for O(1) workstream routing. A rebalancer daemon redistributes buckets when nodes join or leave.
| Component | Purpose |
|---|---|
turnstone |
Terminal CLI (REPL) |
turnstone-server |
Web UI + REST API + SSE events |
turnstone-console |
Cluster dashboard + routing proxy + admin panel |
turnstone-channel |
Channel gateway (Discord, with adapters for Slack/Teams planned) |
turnstone-admin |
User/token management CLI |
turnstone-eval |
Eval harness for prompt/tool optimization |
turnstone-bootstrap |
LLM-guided setup wizard |
Diagrams
UML diagrams in docs/diagrams/:
| Diagram | Description |
|---|---|
| System Context | Components and external dependencies |
| Package Structure | Python modules and dependency graph |
| Core Engine | SessionUI, ChatSession, LLMProvider |
| Conversation Turn | Message lifecycle through the engine |
| Tool Pipeline | Prepare / approve / execute |
| Workstream States | State machine transitions |
| Console Data Flow | Dashboard data collection |
| Deployment | Docker Compose topology |
| Auth | JWT, scopes, login flows |
| Channels | Discord adapter + routing |
| Judge | Intent validation pipeline |
| OIDC | SSO authorization code flow |
Documentation
| Topic | Link |
|---|---|
| Configuration reference | docs/settings.md |
| API reference | docs/api-reference.md |
| Docker deployment | docs/docker.md |
| Intent validation (judge) | docs/judge.md |
| Governance & RBAC | docs/governance.md |
| OIDC SSO | docs/oidc.md |
| TLS / mTLS | docs/tls.md |
| Channel integrations | docs/channels.md |
| Console dashboard | docs/console.md |
| Eval harness | docs/eval.md |
| Tools reference | docs/tools.md |
| MCP integration | docs/mcp.md |
Requirements
- Python 3.11+
- An OpenAI-compatible API endpoint or Anthropic API key
- Optional: PostgreSQL (
pip install turnstone[postgres]), Anthropic (pip install turnstone[anthropic]) - Git LFS for cloning (diagram PNGs)
License
Business Source License 1.1 — free for all use except hosting as a managed service. Converts to Apache 2.0 on 2030-03-01.