feat(policy-devel): allow external policy references

app/cli/cmd/policy_develop_eval.go

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ The command checks if there is a path in the policy for the specified kind and
 evaluates the policy against the provided material or attestation.`,
 		Example: `  
   # Evaluate policy against a material file
-  chainloop policy eval --policy policy.yaml --material sbom.json --kind SBOM_CYCLONEDX_JSON --annotation key1=value1,key2=value2 --input key3=value3`,
+  chainloop policy develop eval --policy policy.yaml --material sbom.json --kind SBOM_CYCLONEDX_JSON --annotation key1=value1,key2=value2 --input key3=value3`,
 		RunE: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 			opts := &action.PolicyEvalOpts{
 				MaterialPath:     materialPath,
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ evaluates the policy against the provided material or attestation.`,
 	cobra.CheckErr(cmd.MarkFlagRequired("material"))
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&kind, "kind", "", fmt.Sprintf("Kind of the material: %q", schemaapi.ListAvailableMaterialKind()))
 	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&annotations, "annotation", []string{}, "Key-value pairs of material annotations (key=value)")
-	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&policyPath, "policy", "p", "policy.yaml", "Path to custom policy file")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&policyPath, "policy", "p", "policy.yaml", "Policy reference (./my-policy.yaml, https://my-domain.com/my-policy.yaml, chainloop://my-stored-policy)")
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&inputs, "input", []string{}, "Key-value pairs of policy inputs (key=value)")
 	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&allowedHostnames, "allowed-hostnames", []string{}, "Additional hostnames allowed for http.send requests in policies")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&debug, "debug", "", false, "Include detailed evaluation inputs/outputs in JSON output and enable verbose logging")

app/cli/documentation/cli-reference.mdx

@@ -2858,7 +2858,7 @@ Examples
 ```
 
 Evaluate policy against a material file
-chainloop policy eval --policy policy.yaml --material sbom.json --kind SBOM_CYCLONEDX_JSON --annotation key1=value1,key2=value2 --input key3=value3
+chainloop policy develop eval --policy policy.yaml --material sbom.json --kind SBOM_CYCLONEDX_JSON --annotation key1=value1,key2=value2 --input key3=value3
 ```
 
 Options
@@ -2871,7 +2871,7 @@ Options
 --input stringArray           Key-value pairs of policy inputs (key=value)
 --kind string                 Kind of the material: ["ARTIFACT" "ATTESTATION" "BLACKDUCK_SCA_JSON" "CHAINLOOP_RUNNER_CONTEXT" "CONTAINER_IMAGE" "CSAF_INFORMATIONAL_ADVISORY" "CSAF_SECURITY_ADVISORY" "CSAF_SECURITY_INCIDENT_RESPONSE" "CSAF_VEX" "EVIDENCE" "GHAS_CODE_SCAN" "GHAS_DEPENDENCY_SCAN" "GHAS_SECRET_SCAN" "GITLAB_SECURITY_REPORT" "HELM_CHART" "JACOCO_XML" "JUNIT_XML" "OPENVEX" "SARIF" "SBOM_CYCLONEDX_JSON" "SBOM_SPDX_JSON" "SLSA_PROVENANCE" "STRING" "TWISTCLI_SCAN_JSON" "ZAP_DAST_ZIP"]
 --material string             Path to material or attestation file
--p, --policy string               Path to custom policy file (default "policy.yaml")
+-p, --policy string               Policy reference (./my-policy.yaml, https://my-domain.com/my-policy.yaml, chainloop://my-stored-policy) (default "policy.yaml")
 ```
 
 Options inherited from parent commands

app/cli/internal/policydevel/eval.go

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	controlplanev1 "github.com/chainloop-dev/chainloop/app/controlplane/api/controlplane/v1"
 	v1 "github.com/chainloop-dev/chainloop/app/controlplane/api/workflowcontract/v1"
 	"github.com/chainloop-dev/chainloop/pkg/casclient"
 	"github.com/chainloop-dev/chainloop/pkg/policies"
@@ -34,13 +35,14 @@ const (
 )
 
 type EvalOptions struct {
-	PolicyPath       string
-	MaterialKind     string
-	Annotations      map[string]string
-	MaterialPath     string
-	Inputs           map[string]string
-	AllowedHostnames []string
-	Debug            bool
+	PolicyPath        string
+	MaterialKind      string
+	Annotations       map[string]string
+	MaterialPath      string
+	Inputs            map[string]string
+	AllowedHostnames  []string
+	Debug             bool
+	AttestationClient controlplanev1.AttestationServiceClient
 }
 
 type EvalResult struct {
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ func Evaluate(opts *EvalOptions, logger zerolog.Logger) (*EvalSummary, error) {
 	material.Annotations = opts.Annotations
 
 	// 3. Verify material against policy
-	summary, err := verifyMaterial(policies, material, opts.MaterialPath, opts.Debug, opts.AllowedHostnames, &logger)
+	summary, err := verifyMaterial(policies, material, opts.MaterialPath, opts.Debug, opts.AllowedHostnames, opts.AttestationClient, &logger)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -83,18 +85,26 @@ func Evaluate(opts *EvalOptions, logger zerolog.Logger) (*EvalSummary, error) {
 }
 
 func createPolicies(policyPath string, inputs map[string]string) (*v1.Policies, error) {
+	// Check if the policy path already has a scheme (chainloop://, http://, https://, file://)
+	ref := policyPath
+	scheme, _ := policies.RefParts(policyPath)
+	if scheme == "" {
+		// Default to file://
+		ref = fmt.Sprintf("file://%s", policyPath)
+	}
+
 	return &v1.Policies{
 		Materials: []*v1.PolicyAttachment{
 			{
-				Policy: &v1.PolicyAttachment_Ref{Ref: fmt.Sprintf("file://%s", policyPath)},
+				Policy: &v1.PolicyAttachment_Ref{Ref: ref},
 				With:   inputs,
 			},
 		},
 		Attestation: nil,
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func verifyMaterial(pol *v1.Policies, material *v12.Attestation_Material, materialPath string, debug bool, allowedHostnames []string, logger *zerolog.Logger) (*EvalSummary, error) {
+func verifyMaterial(pol *v1.Policies, material *v12.Attestation_Material, materialPath string, debug bool, allowedHostnames []string, attestationClient controlplanev1.AttestationServiceClient, logger *zerolog.Logger) (*EvalSummary, error) {
 	var opts []policies.PolicyVerifierOption
 	if len(allowedHostnames) > 0 {
 		opts = append(opts, policies.WithAllowedHostnames(allowedHostnames...))
@@ -103,7 +113,7 @@ func verifyMaterial(pol *v1.Policies, material *v12.Attestation_Material, materi
 	opts = append(opts, policies.WithIncludeRawData(debug))
 	opts = append(opts, policies.WithEnablePrint(enablePrint))
 
-	v := policies.NewPolicyVerifier(pol, nil, logger, opts...)
+	v := policies.NewPolicyVerifier(pol, attestationClient, logger, opts...)
 	policyEvs, err := v.VerifyMaterial(context.Background(), material, materialPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err

app/cli/pkg/action/policy_develop_eval.go

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 package action
 
 import (
+	pb "github.com/chainloop-dev/chainloop/app/controlplane/api/controlplane/v1"
+
 	"github.com/chainloop-dev/chainloop/app/cli/internal/policydevel"
 )
 
@@ -42,14 +44,20 @@ func NewPolicyEval(opts *PolicyEvalOpts, actionOpts *ActionsOpts) (*PolicyEval,
 }
 
 func (action *PolicyEval) Run() (*policydevel.EvalSummary, error) {
+	var attClient pb.AttestationServiceClient
+	if action.CPConnection != nil {
+		attClient = pb.NewAttestationServiceClient(action.CPConnection)
+	}
+
 	evalOpts := &policydevel.EvalOptions{
-		PolicyPath:       action.opts.PolicyPath,
-		MaterialKind:     action.opts.Kind,
-		Annotations:      action.opts.Annotations,
-		MaterialPath:     action.opts.MaterialPath,
-		Inputs:           action.opts.Inputs,
-		AllowedHostnames: action.opts.AllowedHostnames,
-		Debug:            action.opts.Debug,
+		PolicyPath:        action.opts.PolicyPath,
+		MaterialKind:      action.opts.Kind,
+		Annotations:       action.opts.Annotations,
+		MaterialPath:      action.opts.MaterialPath,
+		Inputs:            action.opts.Inputs,
+		AllowedHostnames:  action.opts.AllowedHostnames,
+		Debug:             action.opts.Debug,
+		AttestationClient: attClient,
 	}
 
 	// Evaluate policy

pkg/policies/loader.go

@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func unmarshallResource(raw []byte, ref string, digest string, dest proto.Messag
 
 // IsProviderScheme takes a policy reference and returns whether it's referencing to an external provider or not
 func IsProviderScheme(ref string) bool {
-	scheme, _ := refParts(ref)
+	scheme, _ := RefParts(ref)
 	return scheme == chainloopScheme || scheme == ""
 }
 
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func ProviderParts(reference string) *ProviderRef {
 }
 
 func ensureScheme(ref string, expected ...string) (string, error) {
-	scheme, id := refParts(ref)
+	scheme, id := RefParts(ref)
 	for _, ex := range expected {
 		if scheme == ex {
 			return id, nil
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ func ensureScheme(ref string, expected ...string) (string, error) {
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("unexpected policy reference scheme: %q", scheme)
 }
 
-func refParts(ref string) (string, string) {
+func RefParts(ref string) (string, string) {
 	parts := strings.SplitN(ref, "://", 2)
 	if len(parts) == 2 {
 		return parts[0], parts[1]

pkg/policies/policies.go

@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ func (pv *PolicyVerifier) getLoader(attachment *v1.PolicyAttachment) (Loader, er
 	}
 
 	var loader Loader
-	scheme, _ := refParts(ref)
+	scheme, _ := RefParts(ref)
 	switch scheme {
 	// No scheme means chainloop loader
 	case chainloopScheme, "":

pkg/policies/policy_groups.go

@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func getGroupLoader(attachment *v1.PolicyGroupAttachment, opts *LoadPolicyGroupO
 	}
 
 	var loader GroupLoader
-	scheme, _ := refParts(ref)
+	scheme, _ := RefParts(ref)
 	switch scheme {
 	// No scheme means chainloop loader
 	case chainloopScheme, "":