fix: create CVE notifications during scan, fix help chat doc loading

Bug fixes:

1. CVE notifications now created during scan pipeline (not just hourly)
   - Previously, notifications were only created by the scheduled
     monitor_cves job. Users with 4 CVE alerts saw 0 notifications.
   - Now the scan pipeline (Stage 3) creates notifications immediately
     when CVE alerts are discovered, with the same dedup logic.

2. Help chat doc context loading fixed for Docker/production
   - Added HELP_DOCS_PATH env var for explicit doc root configuration
   - Added fallback chain: env var → binary location → cwd → Docker paths
   - Dockerfile.agent now copies README.md and docs/ into /app and sets
     HELP_DOCS_PATH=/app so the help chat has doc context in production

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Dockerfile.agent

@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ RUN pip3 install --break-system-packages ruff
 
 COPY --from=builder /app/target/release/compliance-agent /usr/local/bin/compliance-agent
 
+# Copy documentation for the help chat assistant
+COPY --from=builder /app/README.md /app/README.md
+COPY --from=builder /app/docs /app/docs
+ENV HELP_DOCS_PATH=/app
+
 # Ensure SSH key directory exists
 RUN mkdir -p /data/compliance-scanner/ssh
 

compliance-agent/src/api/handlers/help_chat.rs

@@ -104,28 +104,58 @@ fn load_docs(root: &Path) -> String {
 
 /// Returns a reference to the cached doc context string, initialised on
 /// first call via `OnceLock`.
+///
+/// Discovery order:
+/// 1. `HELP_DOCS_PATH` env var (explicit override)
+/// 2. Walk up from the binary location
+/// 3. Current working directory
+/// 4. Common Docker paths (/app, /opt/compliance-scanner)
 fn doc_context() -> &'static str {
     DOC_CONTEXT.get_or_init(|| {
+        // 1. Explicit env var
+        if let Ok(path) = std::env::var("HELP_DOCS_PATH") {
+            let p = PathBuf::from(&path);
+            if p.join("README.md").is_file() || p.join("docs").is_dir() {
+                tracing::info!("help_chat: loading docs from HELP_DOCS_PATH={path}");
+                return load_docs(&p);
+            }
+            tracing::warn!("help_chat: HELP_DOCS_PATH={path} has no README.md or docs/");
+        }
+
+        // 2. Walk up from binary location
         let start = std::env::current_exe()
             .ok()
             .and_then(|p| p.parent().map(Path::to_path_buf))
             .unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from("."));
 
-        match find_project_root(&start) {
-            Some(root) => load_docs(&root),
-            None => {
-                // Fallback: try current working directory
-                let cwd = std::env::current_dir().unwrap_or_else(|_| PathBuf::from("."));
-                if cwd.join("README.md").is_file() {
-                    return load_docs(&cwd);
-                }
-                tracing::error!(
-                    "help_chat: could not locate project root from {}; doc context will be empty",
-                    start.display()
-                );
-                String::new()
+        if let Some(root) = find_project_root(&start) {
+            return load_docs(&root);
+        }
+
+        // 3. Current working directory
+        if let Ok(cwd) = std::env::current_dir() {
+            if let Some(root) = find_project_root(&cwd) {
+                return load_docs(&root);
+            }
+            if cwd.join("README.md").is_file() {
+                return load_docs(&cwd);
             }
         }
+
+        // 4. Common Docker/deployment paths
+        for candidate in ["/app", "/opt/compliance-scanner", "/srv/compliance-scanner"] {
+            let p = PathBuf::from(candidate);
+            if p.join("README.md").is_file() || p.join("docs").is_dir() {
+                tracing::info!("help_chat: found docs at {candidate}");
+                return load_docs(&p);
+            }
+        }
+
+        tracing::error!(
+            "help_chat: could not locate project root; doc context will be empty. \
+             Set HELP_DOCS_PATH to the directory containing README.md and docs/"
+        );
+        String::new()
     })
 }
 

compliance-agent/src/pipeline/orchestrator.rs

@@ -315,20 +315,67 @@ impl PipelineOrchestrator {
                 .await?;
         }
 
-        // Persist CVE alerts (upsert by cve_id + repo_id)
-        for alert in &cve_alerts {
-            let filter = doc! {
-                "cve_id": &alert.cve_id,
-                "repo_id": &alert.repo_id,
-            };
-            let update = mongodb::bson::to_document(alert)
-                .map(|d| doc! { "$set": d })
-                .unwrap_or_else(|_| doc! {});
-            self.db
-                .cve_alerts()
-                .update_one(filter, update)
-                .upsert(true)
-                .await?;
+        // Persist CVE alerts and create notifications
+        {
+            use compliance_core::models::notification::{parse_severity, CveNotification};
+
+            let repo_name = repo.name.clone();
+            let mut new_notif_count = 0u32;
+
+            for alert in &cve_alerts {
+                // Upsert the alert
+                let filter = doc! {
+                    "cve_id": &alert.cve_id,
+                    "repo_id": &alert.repo_id,
+                };
+                let update = mongodb::bson::to_document(alert)
+                    .map(|d| doc! { "$set": d })
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|_| doc! {});
+                self.db
+                    .cve_alerts()
+                    .update_one(filter, update)
+                    .upsert(true)
+                    .await?;
+
+                // Create notification (dedup by cve_id + repo + package + version)
+                let notif_filter = doc! {
+                    "cve_id": &alert.cve_id,
+                    "repo_id": &alert.repo_id,
+                    "package_name": &alert.affected_package,
+                    "package_version": &alert.affected_version,
+                };
+                let severity = parse_severity(alert.severity.as_deref(), alert.cvss_score);
+                let mut notification = CveNotification::new(
+                    alert.cve_id.clone(),
+                    repo_id.clone(),
+                    repo_name.clone(),
+                    alert.affected_package.clone(),
+                    alert.affected_version.clone(),
+                    severity,
+                );
+                notification.cvss_score = alert.cvss_score;
+                notification.summary = alert.summary.clone();
+                notification.url = Some(format!("https://osv.dev/vulnerability/{}", alert.cve_id));
+
+                let notif_update = doc! {
+                    "$setOnInsert": mongodb::bson::to_bson(&notification).unwrap_or_default()
+                };
+                if let Ok(result) = self
+                    .db
+                    .cve_notifications()
+                    .update_one(notif_filter, notif_update)
+                    .upsert(true)
+                    .await
+                {
+                    if result.upserted_id.is_some() {
+                        new_notif_count += 1;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            if new_notif_count > 0 {
+                tracing::info!("[{repo_id}] Created {new_notif_count} CVE notification(s)");
+            }
         }
 
         // Stage 6: Issue Creation