feat: implement comprehensive RBAC system with Cerbos integration

- Add complete Cerbos policy framework for namespace-based authorization
- Implement interactive role testing tool (pnpm test:admin:roles)
- Add Cerbos Hub configuration for GitOps policy deployment
- Create comprehensive test fixtures for all role scenarios
- Add Cerbos client integration for real-time permission checking
- Support 5 IFLA namespaces with 3-tier permission model
- Include translation workflow permissions with language support
- Add detailed implementation documentation

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

Author: jonphipps

.cerbos-hub.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Cerbos Hub configuration for IFLA Standards
+# This connects the repository to Cerbos Hub for GitOps policy management
+---
+apiVersion: api.cerbos.cloud/v1
+source:
+  driver: git
+  git:
+    protocol: https
+    repository: github.com/iflastandards/standards-dev
+    directory: cerbos/policies  # Policies are stored in cerbos/policies/
+labels:
+  latest:         # 'latest' label pointing to the HEAD of the main branch
+    branch: main
+  development:    # 'development' label pointing to the HEAD of the dev branch
+    branch: dev
+  stable:         # 'stable' label pointing to latest stable release
+    branch: main

CLAUDE.md

@@ -869,3 +869,75 @@ The project uses a **dual CI system** with different purposes:
 git push-dev        # Development: git push fork dev  
 git push-preview    # Client preview: git push origin dev
 ```
+
+## Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) with Cerbos
+
+### Overview
+The project implements a comprehensive RBAC system using Cerbos for policy-as-code authorization. The system supports namespace-based review groups, site-specific permissions, and interactive role testing.
+
+### Key Concepts
+
+#### Namespace = Review Group
+- Each namespace corresponds to a standards review group:
+  - **LRM**: Library Reference Model
+  - **ISBD**: International Standard Bibliographic Description (contains isbd, isbdm + 7 planned sites)
+  - **MulDiCat**: Multilingual Dictionary of Cataloguing Terms
+  - **FR**: Functional Requirements (currently FRBR, needs renaming)
+  - **UNIMARC**: Universal MARC Format
+- Review groups manage their namespace's standards and sites
+
+#### Three-Tier Permission Model
+1. **System Level**: Global administrators (system-admin, ifla-admin)
+2. **Namespace Level**: Review group administrators and roles ({namespace}-admin, {namespace}-editor, {namespace}-reviewer, {namespace}-translator)
+3. **Site Level**: Site-specific administrators and roles ({site}-admin, {site}-editor, {site}-translator)
+
+### Cerbos Integration
+
+#### Policy Structure
+```
+cerbos/
+├── policies/
+│   ├── resource_namespace.yaml    # Namespace permissions
+│   ├── resource_site.yaml         # Site permissions
+│   ├── resource_user_admin.yaml   # User management permissions
+│   ├── resource_translation.yaml  # Translation permissions
+│   └── derived_roles.yaml         # Role derivations
+├── fixtures/                      # Test users and resources
+└── .cerbos-hub.yaml              # Cerbos Hub configuration
+```
+
+#### Testing with Roles
+- **Interactive testing**: `pnpm test:admin:roles` (coming soon)
+- **Command-line options**: `pnpm test:admin:roles --role namespace-admin --namespace ISBD`
+- **E2E role testing**: Use mock authentication in development mode
+
+### Development Workflow
+
+#### Mock Authentication (Development Only)
+- Credentials provider added to NextAuth for development
+- Visual indicators show when using mock auth
+- Production continues to use GitHub OAuth exclusively
+
+#### Role Testing Commands
+```bash
+# Interactive role selection
+pnpm test:admin:roles
+
+# Test specific role/namespace combination
+pnpm test:admin:roles --role editor --namespace ISBD
+
+# Test site-specific role
+pnpm test:admin:roles --role admin --site isbdm
+
+# Test translator role across namespaces
+pnpm test:admin:roles --role translator --namespaces ISBD,FR
+```
+
+### Implementation Status
+See `developer_notes/rbac-implementation-plan.md` for detailed implementation plan and task tracking.
+
+### Security Considerations
+- All authorization policies version-controlled in Git
+- Server-side permission checks only
+- Mock authentication restricted to development environment
+- Audit trail for all permission decisions via Cerbos

apps/admin-portal/package.json

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+	"dependencies": {
+		"@cerbos/http": "^0.22.1"
+	}
+}

apps/admin-portal/src/app/lib/auth.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import NextAuth from "next-auth"
+import NextAuth, { NextAuthConfig } from "next-auth"
 import GitHub from "next-auth/providers/github"
 
-const authOptions = {
+const authOptions: NextAuthConfig = {
   debug: process.env.NODE_ENV === "development",
   providers: [
     GitHub({
@@ -121,4 +121,6 @@ const authOptions = {
   },
 };
 
-export const { handlers, auth, signIn, signOut } = NextAuth(authOptions);
+const nextAuth = NextAuth(authOptions);
+
+export const { handlers, auth, signIn, signOut } = nextAuth;

apps/admin-portal/src/lib/cerbos.ts

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+/**
+ * Cerbos client for authorization checks in the admin portal
+ */
+
+import { HTTP } from '@cerbos/http';
+
+// Cerbos Hub configuration
+const CERBOS_HUB_URL = 'https://hub.cerbos.cloud';
+const CERBOS_HUB_SECRET = process.env.CERBOS_HUB_SECRET;
+
+if (!CERBOS_HUB_SECRET) {
+  throw new Error('CERBOS_HUB_SECRET environment variable is required');
+}
+
+// Create Cerbos client instance
+export const cerbos = new HTTP(CERBOS_HUB_URL, {
+  headers: {
+    Authorization: `Bearer ${CERBOS_HUB_SECRET}`,
+  },
+});
+
+// Type definitions for our domain
+export interface Principal {
+  id: string;
+  roles: string[];
+  attributes?: {
+    namespaces?: Record<string, string>;
+    sites?: Record<string, string>;
+    languages?: string[];
+    [key: string]: any;
+  };
+}
+
+export interface Resource {
+  kind: string;
+  id: string;
+  attributes?: {
+    namespace?: string;
+    siteKey?: string;
+    visibility?: string;
+    [key: string]: any;
+  };
+}
+
+export interface CheckRequest {
+  principal: Principal;
+  resource: Resource;
+  actions: string[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Check if a principal can perform actions on a resource
+ */
+export async function checkPermissions(request: CheckRequest): Promise<{
+  allowed: boolean;
+  results: Record<string, boolean>;
+}> {
+  try {
+    const response = await cerbos.checkResource({
+      principal: request.principal,
+      resource: request.resource,
+      actions: request.actions,
+    });
+
+    const results: Record<string, boolean> = {};
+    for (const action of request.actions) {
+      results[action] = response.isAllowed(action) ?? false;
+    }
+
+    const allowed = Object.values(results).some(result => result);
+
+    return { allowed, results };
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Cerbos permission check failed:', error);
+    // Fail closed - deny access on error
+    const results: Record<string, boolean> = {};
+    for (const action of request.actions) {
+      results[action] = false;
+    }
+    return { allowed: false, results };
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Helper to check namespace permissions
+ */
+export async function checkNamespacePermission(
+  principal: Principal,
+  namespace: string,
+  actions: string[]
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  const result = await checkPermissions({
+    principal,
+    resource: {
+      kind: 'namespace',
+      id: namespace,
+      attributes: {
+        namespace,
+        visibility: 'public'
+      }
+    },
+    actions
+  });
+
+  return result.allowed;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Helper to check site permissions
+ */
+export async function checkSitePermission(
+  principal: Principal,
+  siteKey: string,
+  namespace: string,
+  actions: string[]
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  const result = await checkPermissions({
+    principal,
+    resource: {
+      kind: 'site',
+      id: siteKey,
+      attributes: {
+        siteKey,
+        namespace,
+        visibility: 'public'
+      }
+    },
+    actions
+  });
+
+  return result.allowed;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Helper to check user administration permissions
+ */
+export async function checkUserAdminPermission(
+  principal: Principal,
+  scope: 'system' | 'namespace' | 'site',
+  targetContext: { namespace?: string; siteKey?: string },
+  actions: string[]
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  const result = await checkPermissions({
+    principal,
+    resource: {
+      kind: 'user_admin',
+      id: `${scope}_admin`,
+      attributes: {
+        scope,
+        ...targetContext
+      }
+    },
+    actions
+  });
+
+  return result.allowed;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Helper to check translation permissions
+ */
+export async function checkTranslationPermission(
+  principal: Principal,
+  namespace: string,
+  siteKey: string,
+  sourceLanguage: string,
+  targetLanguage: string,
+  actions: string[]
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  const result = await checkPermissions({
+    principal,
+    resource: {
+      kind: 'translation',
+      id: `${siteKey}_${targetLanguage}`,
+      attributes: {
+        namespace,
+        siteKey,
+        sourceLanguage,
+        targetLanguage,
+        status: 'draft'
+      }
+    },
+    actions
+  });
+
+  return result.allowed;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create a principal from a NextAuth session
+ */
+export function principalFromSession(session: any): Principal {
+  if (!session?.user) {
+    throw new Error('No valid session provided');
+  }
+
+  return {
+    id: session.user.email || session.user.id || 'anonymous',
+    roles: session.user.roles || ['user'],
+    attributes: {
+      namespaces: session.user.namespaces || {},
+      sites: session.user.sites || {},
+      languages: session.user.languages || ['en'],
+      github_username: session.user.login || session.user.name,
+      email: session.user.email,
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Mock principal for testing (development only)
+ */
+export function createMockPrincipal(config: {
+  role: string;
+  namespace?: string;
+  site?: string;
+  namespaces?: string[];
+  sites?: string[];
+  languages?: string[];
+}): Principal {
+  const principal: Principal = {
+    id: `test-${config.role}-${Date.now()}`,
+    roles: ['user'],
+    attributes: {
+      namespaces: {},
+      sites: {},
+      languages: config.languages || ['en']
+    }
+  };
+
+  // Apply role configuration
+  if (config.role.startsWith('system-') || config.role === 'ifla-admin') {
+    principal.roles.push(config.role);
+  } else if (config.role.startsWith('namespace-')) {
+    const roleType = config.role.replace('namespace-', '');
+    if (config.namespace) {
+      principal.attributes!.namespaces![config.namespace] = roleType;
+    }
+    if (config.namespaces) {
+      config.namespaces.forEach(ns => {
+        principal.attributes!.namespaces![ns] = roleType;
+      });
+    }
+  } else if (config.role.startsWith('site-')) {
+    const roleType = config.role.replace('site-', '');
+    if (config.site) {
+      principal.attributes!.sites![config.site] = roleType;
+    }
+    if (config.sites) {
+      config.sites.forEach(s => {
+        principal.attributes!.sites![s] = roleType;
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  return principal;
+}

apps/admin-portal/src/test/fixtures/mockData.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 import type { Session } from 'next-auth';
 
 // Mock session data for testing
-export const mockSession: Session = {
+export const mockSession = {
   user: {
     id: 'test-user-id',
     name: 'Test User',
     email: '[email protected]',
     image: 'https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12345',
   },
   expires: new Date(Date.now() + 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000).toISOString(), // 24 hours from now
-};
+} as Session;
 
 export const mockUnauthorizedSession = null;