{"slug":"databricks-live-unity-catalog-grant-guard-at-azure","title":"databricks-live-unity-catalog-grant-guard-at-azure","summary":"Mutating-runtime live guard for Unity Catalog privilege management on Azure Databricks. Executes exactly ONE GRANT or REVOKE of a single privilege on a single Unity Catalog securable (schema, table, or volume) to a single principal — with explicit written human approval, dry-run ","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T21:52:04.991038Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/VincentChuWaiChow/vanguard-frontier-agentic","stars":24,"forks":3,"license":"Apache-2.0","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T13:00:24Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: databricks-live-unity-catalog-grant-guard-at-azure\ndescription: Mutating-runtime live guard for Unity Catalog privilege management on Azure Databricks. Executes exactly ONE GRANT or REVOKE of a single privilege on a single Unity Catalog securable (schema, table, or volume) to a single principal — with explicit written human approval, dry-run preflight, prior-state capture, and a named rollback owner. Phase B strictly-scoped controlled mutation; never bulk, never wildcard, never ALL PRIVILEGES, never metastore/account admin grants.\nallowed-tools: Read Grep Glob\nmetadata:\nauthor: \"github: VincentChuWaiChow\"\nversion: \"0.1.0\"\nupdated: \"2026-06-17\"\ncategory: security\nexecution_tier: mutating-runtime\nmcp_servers: []\noauth_scopes: []\nrun_as_permissions:\nrequired:\n- \"Service principal (Entra-managed) that holds MANAGE or IS OWNER of the single target securable (schema, table, or volume) — scoped to that one object only\"\n- \"Unity Catalog privilege: MANAGE on the ONE target securable, or IS OWNER — not metastore admin, not account admin\"\ndenied:\n- \"metastore admin\"\n- \"account admin\"\n- \"workspace admin\"\n- \"ALL PRIVILEGES grant\"\n- \"MANAGE grant at catalog level or above\"\n- \"Ownership transfer (ALTER ... OWNER TO)\"\n- \"catalog-wide grants\"\n- \"MANAGE grant on metastore or catalog\"\nrequired_egress:\n- \"DATABRICKS_HOST (workspace endpoint, e.g. adb-</h2>\n<h1>Databricks Live Unity Catalog Grant Guard at Azure</h1>\n<h2>Purpose</h2>\n<p>Act as the live mutating guard for Unity Catalog privilege management on Azure Databricks. On receipt of explicit written human approval, execute exactly ONE <code>GRANT &lt;privilege&gt; ON &lt;securable_type&gt; &lt;securable&gt; TO &lt;principal&gt;</code> statement — or its exact inverse <code>REVOKE</code> — on a single Unity Catalog securable (schema, table, or volume), scoped to a single privilege and a single principal. Capture prior state before execution. Emit a signed attestation. Never mutate without approval. Never execute bulk, wildcard, ALL PRIVILEGES, ownership transfer, or admin-level grants.</p>\n<h2>When to use</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A single, specific Unity Catalog privilege must be granted or revoked on one securable, with a full audit trail</li>\n<li>A human operator has provided a written approval token naming the exact securable, privilege, principal, and blast radius</li>\n<li>A prior-state capture and named rollback plan are required before any mutation proceeds</li>\n<li>The operation must be idempotent and produce a signed attestation</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Live-guard gate</h2>\n<p>This skill operates at <code>mutating-runtime</code> (Phase B). It is <strong>never auto-dispatched</strong> by a maestro. Before any mutation executes:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Require explicit written human approval naming: exact securable, exact privilege, exact principal, blast radius.</li>\n<li>Run dry-run preflight: show current grants on the target securable + the single SQL statement to be executed.</li>\n<li>Confirm scope and environment with the approver.</li>\n<li>Capture prior grant state (record current grants on the target securable before execution).</li>\n<li>Execute the single statement.</li>\n<li>Emit signed output attestation (<code>signed_with: idempotency-key</code>) referencing the approval token, idempotency key, statement executed, and prior state snapshot.</li>\n</ol>\n<h2>Strictly-scoped operation contract</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>EXACTLY ONE</strong> <code>GRANT</code> or <code>REVOKE</code> per invocation — one privilege, one securable, one principal.</li>\n<li>Securable types: schema, table, or volume within Unity Catalog.</li>\n<li>Preferred principals: account groups. Service principals acceptable. Interactive users require additional justification.</li>\n<li><strong>REVOKE is the inverse</strong>: REVOKE exactly mirrors the GRANT — same privilege, same securable, same principal. Prior state must be captured before REVOKE.</li>\n<li>Idempotent: if the grant already exists (for GRANT) or is already absent (for REVOKE), record and return without error.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Denied operations (hard stops)</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><code>ALL PRIVILEGES</code> grant on any securable</li>\n<li><code>MANAGE</code> privilege grant on metastore, catalog, or schema not owned by the run-as SP</li>\n<li>Ownership transfer (<code>ALTER &lt;securable&gt; OWNER TO</code>)</li>\n<li><code>account-admin</code> or <code>metastore-admin</code> group grants</li>\n<li>Catalog-level grants (target must be schema, table, or volume — not catalog or metastore)</li>\n<li>Any bulk or wildcard operation touching more than one securable per invocation</li>\n<li>Grants to <code>account users</code> at broad scope</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Credential posture</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Run as: least-privilege Entra-managed service principal holding MANAGE or IS OWNER on the single target securable only.</li>\n<li>Credentials referenced by environment variable name only: <code>DATABRICKS_HOST</code>, <code>DATABRICKS_CLIENT_ID</code>.</li>\n<li>Client secret or certificate managed via Azure Key Vault — never stored in repo, chat, or logs.</li>\n<li>Entra app registration recommended; Entra-managed SP required (not workspace-local user).</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Dry-run preflight output</h2>\n<p>Before execution, emit:</p>\n<pre><code>DRY-RUN PREFLIGHT\nTarget securable : &lt;catalog&gt;.&lt;schema&gt;[.&lt;object&gt;] (&lt;type&gt;)\nPrivilege        : &lt;PRIVILEGE&gt;\nPrincipal        : &lt;principal_name&gt;\nOperation        : GRANT | REVOKE\nCurrent grants   : &lt;output of SHOW GRANTS ON &lt;type&gt; &lt;securable&gt;&gt;\nStatement to run : GRANT &lt;privilege&gt; ON &lt;type&gt; &lt;catalog&gt;.&lt;schema&gt;[.&lt;object&gt;] TO `&lt;principal&gt;`;\nApproval token   : &lt;token from approval&gt;\nBlast radius     : &lt;description&gt;\n</code></pre>\n<p>Await explicit confirmation before proceeding.</p>\n<h2>Rollback</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Prior state: capture <code>SHOW GRANTS ON &lt;securable_type&gt; &lt;securable&gt;</code> output before execution.</li>\n<li>Inverse statement: <code>REVOKE &lt;privilege&gt; ON &lt;securable_type&gt; &lt;securable&gt; FROM </code></li>\n<li>Owner: Databricks workspace admin or Unity Catalog metastore admin.</li>\n<li>Time-box: rollback executable within 30 minutes of mutation.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Lean operating rules</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Prefer docs.databricks.com and learn.microsoft.com documentation for platform-documented behavior.</li>\n<li>Never print, echo, or log credential values; reference by env-var name only.</li>\n<li>Label all observations as sampled configured-environment evidence.</li>\n<li>If the request implies more than one securable, push back — that exceeds this skill's scope.</li>\n<li>State what is unknown; documentation proves service behavior, not the workspace's deployed state.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Official sources</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://docs.databricks.com/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/manage-privileges/privileges.html\">https://docs.databricks.com/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/manage-privileges/privileges.html</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://docs.databricks.com/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/manage-privileges/index.html\">https://docs.databricks.com/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/manage-privileges/index.html</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://docs.databricks.com/en/sql/language-manual/sql-ref-syntax-ddl-grant.html\">https://docs.databricks.com/en/sql/language-manual/sql-ref-syntax-ddl-grant.html</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://docs.databricks.com/en/admin/users-groups/service-principals.html\">https://docs.databricks.com/en/admin/users-groups/service-principals.html</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/data-governance/unity-catalog/\">https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/data-governance/unity-catalog/</a></li>\n</ul>\n","files":[{"path":"metadata.json","sizeBytes":1947,"isText":true},{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":7537,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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