Consent

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Security toolkit for managing consent records — generate tokens, check strength, rotate credentials, audit logs, store and retrieve entries, manage policies, and produce compliance reports. All data stays local.

Commands

Command	Description
consent generate <input>	Generate a new entry and log it
consent check-strength <input>	Check strength of a given input and record the result
consent rotate <input>	Rotate a credential or token and log the change
consent audit <input>	Record an audit entry for compliance tracking
consent store <input>	Store a value securely in the local data log
consent retrieve <input>	Retrieve a previously stored value
consent expire <input>	Mark an entry as expired
consent policy <input>	Record or update a policy entry
consent report <input>	Generate a report entry for review
consent hash <input>	Hash a value and store the result
consent verify <input>	Verify a value against stored records
consent revoke <input>	Revoke a previously granted consent or credential
consent stats	Show summary statistics: entry counts, data size, first activity date
consent export <fmt>	Export all data in json, csv, or txt format
consent search <term>	Search across all logs for a keyword
consent recent	Show the 20 most recent activity entries
consent status	Health check: version, data dir, entry count, disk usage, last activity
consent help	Show help with all available commands
consent version	Show current version

Command Behavior

• With arguments: Each command logs the input with a timestamp to its own dedicated log file (e.g., generate.log, audit.log)
• Without arguments: Each command displays the 20 most recent entries from its log file

Data Storage

• Default data directory: ~/.local/share/consent/
• Per-command logs: $DATA_DIR/<command>.log (e.g., generate.log, audit.log, store.log)
• History log: $DATA_DIR/history.log — master timeline of all activity
• Export files: $DATA_DIR/export.<fmt> — generated by the export command
• All data is local plain-text. No network calls, no cloud sync.

Requirements

• Bash 4+ (uses set -euo pipefail)
• No external dependencies or API keys required
• Works entirely offline — your data stays on your machine

When to Use

1. Tracking consent and compliance — Record who consented to what and when with store, audit, and policy for a simple compliance trail
2. Credential rotation logging — Use rotate and expire to log when credentials were changed or invalidated
3. Security auditing — Run audit entries and pull report data to review security posture over time
4. Exporting compliance data — Use export json or export csv to produce machine-readable records for external auditing tools
5. Quick lookups and verification — Search across all logs with search or verify specific entries with verify and hash

Examples

bash

# Store a consent record
consent store "user:alice accepted terms-of-service v2.1"

# Audit a policy change
consent audit "updated data retention policy to 90 days"

# Generate a new token entry
consent generate "api-key-prod-2025"

# Rotate a credential and log it
consent rotate "db-password-main rotated"

# Check strength of a passphrase
consent check-strength "my-complex-passphrase-2025!"

# Export all data as JSON
consent export json

# Search across all logs
consent search "alice"

# View summary statistics
consent stats

# Health check
consent status

# Show recent activity
consent recent

How It Works

Each domain command (generate, audit, store, etc.) maintains its own log file in the data directory. Entries are stored as timestamp|value lines. The stats command aggregates counts across all log files. The export command merges all logs into a single file in your chosen format. Every action is also recorded in history.log as a master audit trail.

Tips

• Run any command without arguments to see its recent entries — great for quick review
• Use consent recent to see a timeline of all activity across all commands
• Pipe exports to other tools: consent export csv && cat ~/.local/share/consent/export.csv | head
• Combine search with grep for complex queries: consent search "2025" | grep "policy"
• Run consent help at any time for the full command reference

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