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Play Policy Insights

Android (Google)OfficialCreated by Google LLCDistributed by Android (Google)

  • Skill
  • Review and audit
  • Security
  • Apache-2.0
  • Low risk
  • Has scripts

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Automated auditor designed to verify Android applications against Google Play Policy domains. It cross-references static code analysis with Play Store declarations to generate deterministic compliance reports, identifying undeclared data collection, architectural risks, and missing disclosures across Permissions and APIs Hygiene, User Account and Identity, and Data Safety and Privacy domains.
— the description by Google LLC

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Play Policy Insights is an automated auditing tool designed to evaluate Android applications for compliance with Google Play Policy domains. It performs static code analysis and cross-references findings with Play Store declarations to identify potential issues such as undeclared data collection, architectural risks, and missing disclosures. The skill operates through a structured two-phase protocol, managing fact gathering, triage, and goal-oriented analysis to generate comprehensive compliance reports.

What it does

  • Performs static analysis on Android application codebases.
  • Cross-references code findings with Play Store policy declarations.
  • Identifies undeclared data collection and missing privacy disclosures.
  • Audits permissions, API hygiene, and user account/identity implementations.
  • Generates deterministic compliance reports for pre-submission review.
  • Supports both delegated and sequential execution modes for audit tasks.

When to use it

  • Before submitting an Android application to the Google Play Store.
  • When verifying compliance with Data Safety and Privacy policies.
  • To audit an app's use of restricted permissions and sensitive APIs.
  • To ensure demo login credentials and account deletion flows meet policy standards.

Advantages

  • Provides a structured, repeatable audit process for policy compliance.
  • Reduces manual effort by automating static analysis and report generation.
  • Ensures consistent evaluation across different audit domains.
  • Includes built-in safeguards for file system management and task execution.

Usage examples

“Run a compliance audit on the Android app located in /path/to/app_code.”
The agent initializes the audit environment, performs static analysis, executes goal-oriented checks, and generates a final compliance_report.md.

Install

  1. Download the skill as a ZIP:

    https://mp-staging.autogineer.com/agent-skills/android/play-policy-insights/download
  2. Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

    mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip play-policy-insights.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by Google LLC

Play Policy Insights: data safety, login credentials, and restricted permissions

You must audit Android apps for three specific policy domains. You must check data safety, demo login credentials, and restricted permissions.

Path Resolution

  • repo_root: Absolute path to the directory containing this SKILL.md.

  • app_dir:: Absolute path to the directory containing app's code.

  • temp_dir: Absolute path to the scratch directory at the workspace root. It is located at .scratch/play_policy_insights_<uuid>. Containment Mandate: You must confine all file system writes, intermediate artifacts, and logs strictly to this directory. This ensures the skill remains portable and safe across diverse execution environments, including local harnesses and CI/CD pipelines, by avoiding reliance on system-level temporary paths or user home directories.

Critical mandates

  • Execution Mode Awareness Before starting Phase 2, evaluate if your execution environment provides a tool to spawn or delegate tasks to general-purpose sub-agents (e.g., tools often named invoke_agent, delegate_task, or spawn_worker, using generic agent profiles like 'generalist' or 'coding_agent').

  • If YES, you MUST use Mode A (Delegation).

  • If NO, use Mode B (Sequential Self-Execution). You must read the prompt files intended for the subagents, follow their instructions, and write the expected output files to disk.

  • Sub-agents orchestration:

    • If you use "Mode A (Delegation)", wait for "SUCCESS" confirmation from sub-agents to know when they are done.

    • Idempotency & Timeout Safeguard: If a sub-agent fails or times out, you MUST verify the presence and integrity of its target output file (e.g., <temp_dir>/worker_<goal_name>.json) before retrying. If the file exists and contains valid JSON, treat the execution as SUCCESS and proceed. Otherwise, retry up to three times.

  • Fail-fast mandate: The automated audit in Phase 1 is the source of truth. If orchestrator.py fails, you must stop immediately with an explanation of failure. Do not use manual auditing as a fallback.

The two-phase protocol

Phase 1: Fact gathering and triage
  1. Initialize and triage:

    • Run python3 <repo_root>/scripts/orchestrator.py init <app_dir>.

    • This will create the scratch environment, perform static analysis, map the codebase, identify audit goals, and produce prompts for subagents for each audit goal and prompts for designated critic and aggregator subagents.

    • You must wait (up to 5 minutes) for the script to finish.

  2. Capture environment: Note values of the temp_dir, and activated_goals from the JSON output. You will need them in Phase 2.

  3. Evaluate goals: If activated_goals is empty, skip to step 3 of Phase 2 (Aggregation). Otherwise, proceed to step 1 of Phase 2 (Detailed analysis).

Phase 2: Goal-oriented audit

Determine your execution capabilities and proceed with either Mode A OR Mode B.

Mode A: Orchestrator WITH Delegation Capabilities (Parallel)
  1. Detailed analysis: For each goal in activated_goals (e.g., permissions_and_apis, data_safety_part_1, data_safety_part_2), delegate to a sub-agent. Concurrency Limit: You must not spawn more than 3 sub-agents simultaneously. Spawn the first batch of up to 3, wait for their completions, and then spawn the next batch. Repeat until all goals are complete. Pass the prompt: "Read your instructions from <temp_dir>/prompt_worker_<goal_name>.md and execute. MANDATORY: You must use your file-writing capabilities to save your final JSON findings directly to the file system at <temp_dir>/worker_<goal_name>.json. You are strictly forbidden from outputting the JSON in your chat response. To minimize context usage, your final response must be exactly 'SUCCESS' and nothing else." Validate: Confirm every <temp_dir>/worker_<goal_name>.json exists and contains valid JSON. If a sub-agent fails or times out, but the valid JSON output file is already present on disk, do NOT retry; proceed normally. Only retry the corresponding worker (up to three times) if the file is missing or invalid.

  2. Aggregate Findings: Execute the python aggregation command: python3 <repo_root>/scripts/orchestrator.py aggregate <temp_dir>. This produces aggregated_findings.json and returns a JSON object containing critic_chunks representing the number of chunks to verify (e.g., {"temp_dir": "...", "critic_chunks": 2}).

  3. Parallel Critic review: For each chunk index i from 1 to critic_chunks, delegate to a sub-agent. Concurrency Limit: You must not spawn more than 3 critic sub-agents simultaneously. Batch them in groups of 3 as above. Pass the prompt: "Read your instructions from <temp_dir>/prompt_critic_<i>.md and execute. MANDATORY: You must use your file-writing capabilities to save your final JSON findings directly to the file system at <temp_dir>/critic_output_<i>.json. You are strictly forbidden from outputting the JSON in your chat response. To minimize context usage, your final response must be exactly 'SUCCESS' and nothing else." Validate: Confirm each <temp_dir>/critic_output_<i>.json exists and contains valid JSON before proceeding. If it failed or timed out, but the valid JSON file is present, proceed normally. Otherwise, retry that specific critic chunk.

  4. Proceed to Finalization (Step 4 below)

Mode B: Orchestrator WITHOUT Delegation Capabilities (Sequential)
  1. Detailed Analysis: For each goal in activated_goals, sequentially:

    • Read the contents of <temp_dir>/prompt_worker_<goal_name>.md.

    • Execute the instructions contained within that file yourself.

    • CRITICAL: You MUST format your findings exactly as requested in the prompt and save them to <temp_dir>/worker_<goal_name>.json. Do not summarize findings in your thoughts or chat; move to the next task.

    • Validate: Confirm <temp_dir>/worker_<goal_name>.json exists before moving to the next goal.

  2. Aggregate Findings: Execute the python aggregation command: python3 <repo_root>/scripts/orchestrator.py --aggregate <temp_dir>. This produces aggregated_findings.json and returns a JSON object containing critic_chunks representing the number of chunks to verify.

  3. Sequential Critic review: For each chunk index i from 1 to critic_chunks, sequentially:

    • Read the contents of <temp_dir>/prompt_critic_<i>.md.

    • Execute the steps yourself and save your findings to <temp_dir>/critic_output_<i>.json.

    • Validate: Confirm <temp_dir>/critic_output_<i>.json exists before moving to the next chunk.

  4. Proceed to Finalization (Step 4 below)

Finalization (Both Modes)
  1. Present findings: Run python3 <repo_root>/scripts/generate_report.py <temp_dir>. It will produce <temp_dir>/compliance_report.md. Present this output file to user.

  2. STOP: The audit is complete. Await further instructions.

Files

scripts/generate_report.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# Copyright 2026 The Android Open Source Project
#
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"""Generates a comprehensive compliance report from synthesized findings."""

import argparse
from datetime import datetime
import glob
import json
import os
import re
import sys
import play_store_scraper
from template_engine import render_template

# Precompiled regex patterns at module scope for performance optimizations
EMOJI_PATTERN = re.compile(
    r"[\U00010000-\U0010ffff\u2600-\u27bf\u2300-\u23ff\u2b50]+",
    flags=re.UNICODE,
)
CODE_LINK_PATTERN = re.compile(r"^(.*?)(?:[:\s]+L?(\d+))?$")
SEVERITY_CLEAN_PATTERN = re.compile(r"['\"`*🔴🟡🔵\s]+")


def run_scraper(package_name, output_dir):
  """Invokes the Play Store scraper directly."""
  try:
    print(f"Auditing {package_name} from Play Store...", file=sys.stderr)
    result = play_store_scraper.scrape_app_details(package_name)

    # Save to temp for consistency with existing report logic if needed
    os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
    out_path = os.path.join(output_dir, "play_store_declaration.json")
    with open(out_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
      json.dump(result, f, indent=4, sort_keys=True)

    return result
  except Exception as e:
    print(f"Warning: Play Store scrape failed: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
  return {}


def strip_emojis(text):
  """Removes emoji characters from a string."""
  if not isinstance(text, str):
    return text
  return EMOJI_PATTERN.sub(r"", text)


def format_code_link(file_val):
  """Formats file paths and line numbers into Markdown links."""
  if not file_val or file_val == "N/A":
    return "N/A"
  files = []
  if isinstance(file_val, str):
    if "," in file_val:
      files = [f.strip() for f in file_val.split(",")]
    else:
      files = [file_val.strip()]
  elif isinstance(file_val, list):
    files = [str(f).strip() for f in file_val]
  formatted_links = []
  for f in files:
    f_str = str(f)
    if f_str.startswith("["):
      formatted_links.append(f_str)
      continue
    match = CODE_LINK_PATTERN.search(f_str)
    if match:
      path = match.group(1)
      line = match.group(2)
      basename = os.path.basename(path)
      if line:
        link = f"[{basename}:L{line}](file://{path}#L{line})"
      else:
        link = f"[{basename}](file://{path})"
      formatted_links.append(link)
    else:
      formatted_links.append(f_str)
  return ", ".join(formatted_links)


def render_table(
    items, columns, column_names, empty_message="No items identified."
):
  """Renders a Markdown table from a list of dictionaries."""
  if not items:
    return f"\n* {empty_message}\n"

  widths = [len(name) for name in column_names]
  rows = []
  for item in items:
    row = []
    for col in columns:
      val = str(item.get(col, "N/A")).replace("|", "\\|").replace("\n", "<br>")
      row.append(val)
    rows.append(row)
    for i, val in enumerate(row):
      widths[i] = max(widths[i], len(val))

  def format_row(vals):
    return (
        "| "
        + " | ".join(val.ljust(widths[i]) for i, val in enumerate(vals))
        + " |"
    )

  header = format_row(column_names)
  separator = (
      "| " + " | ".join("-" * widths[i] for i in range(len(widths))) + " |"
  )
  body = "\n".join(format_row(row) for row in rows)

  return f"\n{header}\n{separator}\n{body}\n"


def parse_boolean(val):
  """Safely converts boolean or sloppy string yes/no/true/false."""
  if isinstance(val, bool):
    return val
  if isinstance(val, str):
    v_clean = val.strip().lower()
    return v_clean in ("yes", "true", "1")
  return False


def parse_disclosure_status(val):
  """Safely parses disclosure enums or visual yes/no."""
  if not val:
    return "No"

  val_clean = str(val).strip().upper()
  if "EXEMPT" in val_clean:
    return "Exempt (Obvious)"
  if "DISCLOSED" in val_clean or "YES" in val_clean or "TRUE" in val_clean:
    return "Yes"

  return "No"


def clean_severity(sev_str):
  """Robustly cleans severity strings by removing quotes, asterisks,
  emojis, and whitespace.
  """
  if not isinstance(sev_str, str):
    return "SUGGESTION"

  # Convert to uppercase and strip formatting characters
  cleaned = sev_str.upper()
  cleaned = SEVERITY_CLEAN_PATTERN.sub("", cleaned)

  if "CRITICAL" in cleaned:
    return "CRITICAL"
  if "IMPORTANT" in cleaned:
    return "IMPORTANT"
  if "SUGGESTION" in cleaned:
    return "SUGGESTION"

  return "SUGGESTION"


def render_finding_card(finding, policy_refs=None):
  """Renders a detailed finding card in Markdown."""
  severity = clean_severity(finding.get("severity"))
  severity_map = {
      "CRITICAL": "🔴 Critical",
      "IMPORTANT": "🟡 Important",
      "SUGGESTION": "🔵 Suggestion",
  }
  visual_severity = severity_map.get(severity, "🔵 Suggestion")

  title = strip_emojis(
      finding.get("issue") or finding.get("issue_summary") or "Policy Risk"
  )
  p_id = (
      finding.get("policy_id")
      or finding.get("policy_reference")
      or "Unknown Policy"
  )
  policy_link = f"**{p_id}**"

  policy_info = policy_refs.get(p_id) if policy_refs else None

  policy_link = f"**{p_id}**"
  policy_urls = []
  if p_id and policy_info:
    policy_link = f"**{policy_info.get('name', p_id)}**"
    policy_urls = policy_info.get("urls", [])

  files = finding.get("files_involved")
  has_local_override = False
  local_override_file = None

  if files and isinstance(files, list):
    for f in files:
      if "play_store_declaration.json" in f:
        has_local_override = True
        local_override_file = f
        break

  files_formatted = format_code_link(files)
  recommendation = finding.get("recommendation", "Review and remediate.")

  if has_local_override:
    recommendation = (
        "Update the local Play Store declaration file at "
        f"{format_code_link(local_override_file)}."
    )

  card = f"\n#### {title}\n"
  card += f"- **Policy**: {policy_link}\n"
  card += f"- **Severity**: {visual_severity}\n"
  card += f"- **Files**: {files_formatted}\n"
  card += f"- **Evidence**: {finding.get('evidence', 'N/A')}\n"
  card += f"- **Recommendation**: {recommendation}\n"

  if policy_urls:
    card += "- **References**:\n"
    for url in policy_urls:
      card += f"  - {url}\n"

  return card


def load_json(file_path):
  """Loads JSON from a file if it exists."""
  if os.path.exists(file_path):
    try:
      with open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8", errors="ignore") as f:
        return json.load(f)
    except Exception as e:
      print(f"Warning: Failed to load {file_path}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
  return None


def aggregate_findings(temp_dir, taxonomy):
  """Consolidates audit findings from workers.

  Produces a unified report data object.
  """
  play_store_info = (
      load_json(os.path.join(temp_dir, "play_store_info.json")) or {}
  )
  manifest_details = (
      load_json(os.path.join(temp_dir, "manifest_details.json")) or {}
  )

  aggregated_findings_path = os.path.join(temp_dir, "aggregated_findings.json")

  raw_findings = []
  critic_decisions = {}

  if os.path.exists(aggregated_findings_path):
    master_data = load_json(aggregated_findings_path) or {}
    raw_findings = master_data.get("findings", [])

    # Load all chunked critic outputs: critic_output_*.json
    critic_files = sorted(
        glob.glob(os.path.join(temp_dir, "critic_output_*.json"))
    )
    for c_file in critic_files:
      c_data = load_json(c_file) or {}
      for fid, dec in c_data.items():
        critic_decisions[fid] = dec

  # 2. Process Findings and Apply Decoupled Critic Verdicts
  identified_risks = []
  manual_review_needed = []
  data_safety_inventory = []

  # Sort raw findings by finding_id numerically for stable processing order
  def finding_sort_key(f):
    fid = f.get("finding_id", "0")
    try:
      return int(fid)
    except (ValueError, TypeError):
      return 0

  sorted_raw_findings = sorted(raw_findings, key=finding_sort_key)

  for finding in sorted_raw_findings:
    p_id = finding.get("policy_id", "Unknown")
    psl = finding.get("psl_constant")
    fid = finding.get("finding_id")
    wf = finding.get("worker_file")

    # Retrieve decision
    decision = critic_decisions.get(str(fid))
    if not decision:
      # Automatically approve/verify findings that bypassed the Critic
      # (like SUGGESTIONs)
      decision = {
          "action": "VERIFIED",
          "confidence": "High",
          "critic_justification": (
              "Automatically verified (bypassed critic review)."
          ),
      }

    action = str(decision.get("action", "VERIFIED")).upper().strip()
    confidence = decision.get("confidence", "Medium")
    justification = decision.get("critic_justification", "Verified by Critic.")

    # Apply Critic's editorial overrides if specified
    severity = decision.get("severity") or finding.get("severity", "SUGGESTION")
    severity = clean_severity(severity)

    issue_summary = decision.get("issue_summary") or finding.get(
        "issue_summary", "Unknown Issue"
    )
    recommendation = decision.get("recommendation") or finding.get(
        "recommendation", ""
    )

    files_involved = finding.get("files_involved", [])
    if isinstance(files_involved, list):
      files_involved = sorted([str(f) for f in files_involved])

    evidence = finding.get("evidence", "")

    reconstructed_finding = {
        "policy_id": p_id,
        "finding_id": fid or f"{wf}_{p_id}",
        "issue_summary": issue_summary,
        "severity": severity,
        "files_involved": files_involved,
        "evidence": (
            f"{evidence}\n\n**Critic Verification**: {justification}"
            f" (Confidence: {confidence})"
        ),
        "recommendation": recommendation,
    }

    # Programmatically evaluate if this is a compliant Data Safety finding
    # to avoid card clutter
    is_compliant_ds = False
    if "is_transferred" in finding:
      is_transferred = parse_boolean(finding.get("is_transferred"))
      user_initiated = parse_boolean(finding.get("user_initiated"))
      is_third_party = parse_boolean(finding.get("is_third_party"))
      disc_status = (
          str(finding.get("prominent_disclosure_status", "MISSING"))
          .upper()
          .strip()
      )

      # Compliant if either local-only OR transmitted but disclosed/exempt
      # OR user initiated
      if not is_transferred:
        is_compliant_ds = True
      elif user_initiated:
        is_compliant_ds = True
      elif "DISCLOSED" in disc_status or "EXEMPT" in disc_status:
        is_compliant_ds = True

    # Route the finding based on Critic's action
    if action == "VERIFIED":
      if not is_compliant_ds:
        identified_risks.append(reconstructed_finding)
    elif action == "MANUAL_REVIEW":
      if not is_compliant_ds:
        manual_review_needed.append(reconstructed_finding)

    # 3. Process Data Safety Inventory Programmatically (If it's a DS Finding)
    if "is_transferred" in finding:
      # Create a localized copy of the data safety keys (psl_constant is
      # natively preserved)
      inv_item = {
          "psl_constant": psl,
          "is_transferred": parse_boolean(finding.get("is_transferred")),
          "user_initiated": parse_boolean(finding.get("user_initiated")),
          "is_third_party": parse_boolean(finding.get("is_third_party")),
          "prominent_disclosure_status": (
              str(finding.get("prominent_disclosure_status", "MISSING"))
              .upper()
              .strip()
          ),
          "purpose": finding.get("purpose", "N/A"),
          "linked_to_user": parse_boolean(finding.get("linked_to_user")),
          "behavioral_proof": evidence,
          "disclosure_proof": recommendation,
      }

      # Programmatically align/vet inventory based on Critic's verdict
      if action == "PRUNED":
        inv_item["is_transferred"] = False
        inv_item["purpose"] = "Local functionality only"
        inv_item["behavioral_proof"] = f"Pruned by Critic: {justification}"

      data_safety_inventory.append(inv_item)

  # 4. Consolidate and Deduplicate Data Safety Inventory by psl_constant
  merged_inventory = {}
  for item in data_safety_inventory:
    psl_id = item.get("psl_constant")
    if not psl_id:
      continue

    if psl_id not in merged_inventory:
      merged_inventory[psl_id] = {
          "psl_constant": psl_id,
          "is_transferred": False,
          "user_initiated": True,  # Default to True for AND logic
          "is_third_party": False,
          "linked_to_user": False,
          "prominent_disclosure_status": "EXEMPT",
          "purposes": set(),
          "behavioral_proofs": set(),
          "disclosure_proofs": set(),
      }

    current = merged_inventory[psl_id]

    # Transmission (True if any is True)
    if item.get("is_transferred"):
      current["is_transferred"] = True

    # User Initiated (True only if ALL are True)
    if not item.get("user_initiated"):
      current["user_initiated"] = False

    # Third Party (True if any is True)
    if item.get("is_third_party"):
      current["is_third_party"] = True

    # Linked (True if any is True)
    if item.get("linked_to_user"):
      current["linked_to_user"] = True

    # Disclosure logic precedence: MISSING > DISCLOSED > EXEMPT
    new_disc = (
        str(item.get("prominent_disclosure_status", "EXEMPT")).upper().strip()
    )
    curr_disc = current["prominent_disclosure_status"]

    if "MISSING" in curr_disc or "MISSING" in new_disc:
      current["prominent_disclosure_status"] = "MISSING"
    elif "DISCLOSED" in curr_disc or "DISCLOSED" in new_disc:
      current["prominent_disclosure_status"] = "DISCLOSED"
    else:
      current["prominent_disclosure_status"] = "EXEMPT"

    if item.get("purpose") and item.get("purpose") != "N/A":
      current["purposes"].add(str(item["purpose"]).strip())
    if item.get("behavioral_proof") and item.get("behavioral_proof") != "N/A":
      current["behavioral_proofs"].add(str(item["behavioral_proof"]).strip())
    if item.get("disclosure_proof") and item.get("disclosure_proof") != "N/A":
      current["disclosure_proofs"].add(str(item["disclosure_proof"]).strip())

  # Reconstruct the list with joined sets
  normalized_inventory = []
  sorted_psl_ids = sorted(merged_inventory.keys())
  for psl_id in sorted_psl_ids:
    item = merged_inventory[psl_id]
    reconstructed = {
        "psl_constant": psl_id,
        "is_transferred": "Yes" if item["is_transferred"] else "No",
        "user_initiated": "Yes" if item.get("user_initiated") else "No",
        "is_third_party": "Yes" if item.get("is_third_party") else "No",
        "linked_to_user": "Yes" if item["linked_to_user"] else "No",
        "prominent_disclosure_status": parse_disclosure_status(
            item["prominent_disclosure_status"]
        ),
        "purpose": ", ".join(sorted(list(item["purposes"]))) or "N/A",
        "behavioral_proof": (
            ", ".join(sorted(list(item["behavioral_proofs"]))) or "N/A"
        ),
        "disclosure_proof": (
            ", ".join(sorted(list(item["disclosure_proofs"]))) or "N/A"
        ),
    }
    normalized_inventory.append(reconstructed)

  # 5. Decorate and Filter Data Safety Inventory
  decorated_inventory = []
  local_access_only = []

  for item in normalized_inventory:
    psl_id = item.get("psl_constant")
    tax_info = taxonomy.get(psl_id, {"category": "Other", "data_type": "Other"})
    item["category"] = tax_info["category"]
    item["data_type"] = tax_info["data_type"]

    is_local = (
        item.get("is_transferred") == "No"
        or item.get("purpose") == "Local functionality only"
    )
    if is_local:
      local_access_only.append(item)
    else:
      decorated_inventory.append(item)

  # Cross-reference with Play Store
  matches = []
  mismatches = []
  is_published = play_store_info.get("is_published", False)

  if is_published:
    play_declarations = play_store_info.get("data_safety", {}).get(
        "data_collected", []
    )
    play_data_types = set()
    for category_dict in play_declarations:
      for type_dict in category_dict.get("types", []):
        play_data_types.add(type_dict.get("type"))

    for item in decorated_inventory:
      dt = item["data_type"]
      if dt in play_data_types:
        matches.append({"data_type": dt, "status": "Declared and detected"})
      else:
        is_obvious = "Exempt" in item.get(
            "prominent_disclosure_status", ""
        ) or "Obvious" in item.get("prominent_disclosure_status", "")
        mismatches.append({
            "data_type": dt,
            "local_view": (
                f"Detected in code (Evidence: {item.get('behavioral_proof')})"
            ),
            "play_view": "Not declared in Play Store",
            "status": (
                "Exempt: Obvious core functionality"
                if is_obvious
                else "Discrepancy"
            ),
        })

    # Check for unjustified declarations (in Play Store but not in code)
    detected_data_types = {
        item["data_type"] for item in decorated_inventory + local_access_only
    }
    for category_dict in play_declarations:
      for type_dict in category_dict.get("types", []):
        dt = type_dict.get("type")
        if dt not in detected_data_types:
          mismatches.append({
              "data_type": dt,
              "local_view": "Not detected in code",
              "play_view": "Declared in Play Store",
              "status": "Discrepancy",
          })

  # 7. Determine Compliance
  overall_compliance = "Compliant"
  critical_risks = any(
      clean_severity(r.get("severity")) == "CRITICAL" for r in identified_risks
  )
  active_mismatches = any(m.get("status") == "Discrepancy" for m in mismatches)

  if critical_risks or active_mismatches:
    overall_compliance = "Non-compliant"
  elif manual_review_needed or any(
      clean_severity(r.get("severity")) == "IMPORTANT" for r in identified_risks
  ):
    overall_compliance = "Needs review"

  # 8. Sort result lists for deterministic output
  def report_finding_sort_key(f):
    pid = f.get("policy_id", "")
    fid = f.get("finding_id", "0")
    try:
      num_fid = int(fid)
    except (ValueError, TypeError):
      num_fid = 0
    return (pid, num_fid)

  identified_risks.sort(key=report_finding_sort_key)
  manual_review_needed.sort(key=lambda x: x.get("issue_summary", ""))
  matches.sort(key=lambda x: x.get("data_type", ""))
  mismatches.sort(key=lambda x: x.get("data_type", ""))

  # 9. Generate Summary

  risk_count = len(identified_risks)
  mismatch_count = len(
      [m for m in mismatches if m.get("status") == "Discrepancy"]
  )
  exempt_count = len([
      m
      for m in mismatches
      if m.get("status") == "Exempt: Obvious core functionality"
  ])

  summary_parts = []
  summary_parts.append(
      "The automated audit of"
      f" {play_store_info.get('title', 'the application')} is complete."
  )
  summary_parts.append(
      f"Identified {risk_count} potential policy risks and {mismatch_count}"
      " active Data Safety discrepancies."
  )
  if exempt_count > 0:
    summary_parts.append(
        f"{exempt_count} detections were flagged as 'Obvious' and exempt from"
        " prominent disclosure."
    )

  if overall_compliance == "Non-compliant":
    summary_parts.append(
        "Immediate remediation is required for critical findings and"
        " declaration mismatches."
    )
  elif overall_compliance == "Needs review":
    summary_parts.append(
        "Manual review is recommended for several ambiguous findings."
    )
  else:
    summary_parts.append(
        "The application appears broadly compliant with analyzed policies."
    )

  # 9. Final Report Construction
  pkg_name = (
      play_store_info.get("package_name")
      or manifest_details.get("package_name")
  )
  if not pkg_name or pkg_name == "unknown":
    pkg_name = "unknown"

  report = {
      "overall_compliance": overall_compliance,
      "summary": " ".join(summary_parts),
      "package_name": pkg_name,
      "is_published": is_published,
      "identified_risks": identified_risks,
      "data_safety_comparison": {"matches": matches, "mismatches": mismatches},
      "local_data_access": [
          {
              "data_type": item["data_type"],
              "category": item["category"],
              "evidence": item.get("behavioral_proof"),
          }
          for item in local_access_only
      ],
      "manual_review_needed": [
          {"issue_summary": r.get("issue_summary")}
          for r in manual_review_needed
      ],
      "suggested_data_safety_declaration": {
          "collected_data": [
              {
                  "data_type": item["data_type"],
                  "purpose": item.get("purpose"),
                  "linked_to_user": item.get("linked_to_user") == "Yes",
              }
              for item in decorated_inventory
          ]
      },
  }

  return report


def main():
  """Main entry point for report generation."""
  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Compliance report generator.")
  parser.add_argument(
      "temp_dir",
      help="Path to the temporary scratch directory containing audit findings.",
  )

  args = parser.parse_args()
  temp_dir = os.path.abspath(args.temp_dir)
  repo_root = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))

  policy_refs = (
      load_json(os.path.join(repo_root, "resources", "policies.json"))
  )
  if not policy_refs:
    policy_refs = {}
  taxonomy = policy_refs.get("data_safety_section", {}).get("taxonomy", {})

  manifest_details = (
      load_json(os.path.join(temp_dir, "manifest_details.json")) or {}
  )
  package_name = manifest_details.get("package_name")

  # Load Play Store info (potentially ingested by orchestrator)
  play_store_info_path = os.path.join(temp_dir, "play_store_info.json")
  play_store_info = {}
  if os.path.exists(play_store_info_path):
    play_store_info = load_json(play_store_info_path) or {}

  if not play_store_info and package_name:
    play_store_info = run_scraper(package_name, temp_dir)
    # Cache it for report reuse
    with open(play_store_info_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
      json.dump(play_store_info, f, indent=4, sort_keys=True)

  report_data = aggregate_findings(temp_dir, taxonomy)

  template_path = os.path.join(
      repo_root, "resources", "compliance_report_template.md"
  )
  if not os.path.exists(template_path):
    print(f"Error: Template not found at {template_path}", file=sys.stderr)
    sys.exit(1)

  try:
    with open(template_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
      content = f.read()
  except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error reading template: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
    sys.exit(1)

  output_path = os.path.join(temp_dir, "compliance_report.md")

  violations = report_data.get("identified_risks", [])
  mismatches = report_data.get("data_safety_comparison", {}).get(
      "mismatches", []
  )
  manual = report_data.get("manual_review_needed", [])

  compliance_raw = report_data.get("overall_compliance") or "Needs review"
  status_map = {
      "Non-compliant": "🔴 Non-Compliant",
      "Needs review": "🟡 Needs Review",
      "Compliant": "🟢 Compliant",
  }
  compliance_ui = status_map.get(compliance_raw, "🟡 Needs Review")

  app_id = report_data.get("package_name")
  if not app_id or app_id == "unknown":
    app_id = (
        play_store_info.get("package_name")
        or manifest_details.get("package_name")
        or "Unknown App"
    )

  findings_content = ""
  if not violations:
    findings_content = "\n* No policy risks identified in this scan.\n"
  else:
    grouped_findings = {}
    for v in violations:
      p_id = v.get("policy_id")
      macro_cat = "Other Policies"
      if p_id and p_id in policy_refs:
        macro_cat = policy_refs[p_id].get("category", "Other Policies")

      if macro_cat not in grouped_findings:
        grouped_findings[macro_cat] = []
      grouped_findings[macro_cat].append(v)

    ordered_cats = [
        "Restricted Content",
        "Privacy, Deception and Device Abuse",
        "Monetization and Ads",
        "Store Listing and Promotion",
        "Developer Account Management",
    ]

    all_cats = ordered_cats + [
        cat for cat in grouped_findings if cat not in ordered_cats
    ]

    for cat in all_cats:
      if cat in grouped_findings:
        findings_content += f"\n### {cat}\n"
        for v in grouped_findings[cat]:
          findings_content += render_finding_card(v, policy_refs) + "\n"

  is_not_published = report_data.get("is_published") is False

  d_table_msg = "Code detection matches Play Store declarations."
  if is_not_published:
    d_table_msg = (
        "N/A - App is not yet published. No declarations found for comparison."
    )

  d_table = render_table(
      mismatches,
      ["data_type", "local_view", "play_view", "status"],
      ["Data Type", "Code Detection", "Play Store Declaration", "Status"],
      d_table_msg,
  )

  # Local Access Section
  local_access = report_data.get("local_data_access", [])
  la_content = ""
  if local_access:
    la_table = render_table(
        local_access,
        ["data_type", "category", "evidence"],
        ["Data Type", "Category", "Access Evidence"],
        "No local-only access detected.",
    )
    la_content = (
        "## Local Data Access (No Transmission)\nThe following data types are"
        " accessed by the code but no evidence of network transmission or"
        " exfiltration was detected. These typically do not require a"
        f" 'Collection' declaration in the Data Safety section.\n{la_table}"
    )

  # Suggested Declaration (Conditional Section)
  suggested_dec = report_data.get("suggested_data_safety_declaration", {})
  dec_content = ""
  if suggested_dec and any(suggested_dec.values()):
    dec_content = (
        "### Suggested Data Safety Declaration"
        f" Updates\n```json\n{json.dumps(suggested_dec, indent=4)}\n```"
    )

  checklist_items = []
  for m in manual:
    m_issue = strip_emojis(
        m.get("issue") or m.get("issue_summary") or "Review item"
    )
    checklist_items.append(f"- [ ] {m_issue}")

  risk_categories = set(
      [v.get("category") for v in violations if v.get("category")]
  )
  mapping = {
      "Undeclared Collection": "Update Data Safety section in Play Console.",
      "Permissions": "Review and minimize requested permissions.",
  }
  for cat in risk_categories:
    if cat in mapping:
      checklist_items.append(f"- [ ] {mapping[cat]}")
  if not checklist_items:
    checklist_items.append("- [ ] Review all identified policy risks.")

  template_context = {
      "overall_compliance": compliance_ui,
      "current_date": datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d"),
      "app_name_id": app_id,
      "findings_detail": findings_content,
      "data_safety_table": d_table,
      "local_access_section": la_content,
      "suggested_declaration_section": dec_content,
      "personalized_checklist": "\n".join(checklist_items),
  }

  content = render_template(content, template_context)

  with open(output_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    f.write(content)

  json_output_path = output_path.replace(".md", ".json")
  with open(json_output_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    json.dump(
        {
            "metadata": {
                "app_id": app_id,
                "scan_date": datetime.now().isoformat(),
                "overall_compliance": compliance_raw,
            },
            "findings": violations,
            "data_safety_mismatches": mismatches,
            "manual_review": manual,
            "suggested_declaration": suggested_dec,
        },
        f,
        indent=4,
        sort_keys=True,
    )
  print(f"Reports generated successfully at {output_path}")


if __name__ == "__main__":
  main()

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