Raycast
Nightward’s Raycast extension is a read-only macOS companion for AI-agent, MCP, provider, and dotfiles risk review. It shells out to nw or nightward, renders redacted output, and does not mutate local agent configs.
Command Surface
| Command | Use it for | Writes |
|---|---|---|
| Nightward Dashboard | Scan counts, adapters, schedule state, top findings, and fix-plan summary. | No |
| Nightward Status | Compact menu-bar finding count with a structured dropdown. | No |
| Nightward Findings | Browse findings, copy redacted evidence, export finding/rule fix plans, and copy reviewed-ignore snippets. | Clipboard only |
| Nightward Analysis | Browse built-in and selected-provider analysis signals. | No |
| Nightward Provider Doctor | Check provider availability and choose providers for Raycast Analysis. | Raycast local preference only |
| Explain Finding / Explain Signal | Jump directly to one known ID. | No |
| Export Fix Plan / Export Analysis | Copy redacted Markdown for review. | Clipboard only |
| Open Nightward Reports | Open the local report folder in Finder. | Finder open only |
The menu-bar title stays intentionally small: icon plus the current finding count. The dropdown carries severity, analysis, provider-warning, schedule, open, and action detail so it does not read like one long paragraph.
Preferences
| Preference | Purpose |
|---|---|
Nightward Command | Command name or absolute path. Defaults to nw. |
Home Override | Typed NIGHTWARD_HOME path for fixture homes, QA profiles, or demos. |
Allow Online Providers | Allows selected online-capable providers in Raycast Analysis. Leave off for local-only behavior. |
Provider selection is separate from execution. If a provider is missing, Provider Doctor offers the install command, upstream install docs, and a confirmation-gated install action for known Homebrew/npm provider CLIs.
Providers
Provider Doctor can select gitleaks, trufflehog, semgrep, trivy, osv-scanner, and socket for the Analysis command.
- Local providers run only after they are selected.
- Online-capable providers stay blocked until
Allow Online Providersis enabled. - Socket creates a remote scan artifact when it runs.
- Missing providers show explicit install guidance rather than silently failing.
Store Submission
The extension now has fixture-only metadata screenshots for Dashboard, Findings, and Provider Doctor. Before a store PR, rerun the package checks from the extension directory:
cd integrations/raycast
npm ci
npm test
npm run lint
npm run build
npm run store-check:strictRaycast’s public publishing flow runs from an extension directory with npm run build for validation and npm run publish to open a PR against raycast/extensions. Their store preparation guide expects npm lockfiles, local lint/build validation, clear metadata, and 2000x1250 PNG screenshots. Nightward should not run npm run publish until the raycast/extensions fork is synced and a maintainer is ready to open the draft submission PR.
Before a draft PR:
- Sync the
raycast/extensionsfork. - Copy the self-contained package into
extensions/nightward. - Re-capture fixture-only metadata screenshots from
ray developif the UI changed. - Confirm icon, README, CHANGELOG, categories, command descriptions, and preferences match the store package.
- Run
npm run store-check:strict,npm run lint,npm run build, andnpm test. - Open a draft PR and link Nightward’s GitHub repo, docs, and fixture evidence.