fix(users): admin-gated /users routes accept api-key auth

Local `require_admin` in users.py depended on `get_current_user`, which
is OAuth2 JWT only. That made every admin-gated /users route (list, get,
patch update, bind-agent, etc.) reject api-key clients with 401 even when
the api-key resolves to an is_admin=True user.

Switch to `get_current_user_or_apikey` (the one in deps.py) so X-API-Key
and Bearer-as-apikey fallback both work. The admin gate itself still
reads User.is_admin — only the auth carrier broadens. Matches the auth
pattern schedule_type.py and other admin routes already use.

Surfaced when sherlock (agent-resource-director) tried `hf user list` for
the recruitment workflow Step 3 verify and got 401 "Could not validate
credentials" despite a valid provisioned api-key.

app/api/deps.py

@@ -59,22 +59,43 @@ async def get_current_user(token: str = Depends(oauth2_scheme), db: Session = De
     return user
 
 
+def _lookup_api_key(db: Session, key: str) -> models.User | None:
+    """Resolve an API key string to a User; mark last_used_at on hit."""
+    if not key:
+        return None
+    key_obj = db.query(APIKey).filter(APIKey.key == key, APIKey.is_active == True).first()  # noqa: E712
+    if not key_obj:
+        return None
+    key_obj.last_used_at = datetime.utcnow()
+    db.commit()
+    return db.query(models.User).filter(models.User.id == key_obj.user_id).first()
+
+
 async def get_current_user_or_apikey(
     token: str = Depends(oauth2_scheme),
     api_key: str = Depends(apikey_header),
     db: Session = Depends(get_db)
 ):
-    """Authenticate via JWT token OR API key."""
+    """Authenticate via JWT token (Authorization: Bearer <jwt>) OR API key
+    (X-API-Key: <key>, OR — as a convenience for CLI clients that only know
+    Bearer — Authorization: Bearer <api-key>; falls back when JWT decode fails).
+    """
+    # Native X-API-Key header
     if api_key:
-        key_obj = db.query(APIKey).filter(APIKey.key == api_key, APIKey.is_active == True).first()
-        if key_obj:
-            key_obj.last_used_at = datetime.utcnow()
-            db.commit()
-            user = db.query(models.User).filter(models.User.id == key_obj.user_id).first()
+        user = _lookup_api_key(db, api_key)
+        if user:
+            return user
+
+    # Bearer header — try JWT first, then API key on decode failure
+    if token:
+        try:
+            return await get_current_user(token=token, db=db)
+        except HTTPException:
+            user = _lookup_api_key(db, token)
             if user:
                 return user
-    if token:
-        return await get_current_user(token=token, db=db)
+            raise
+
     raise HTTPException(status_code=401, detail="Not authenticated")
 
 

app/api/routers/auth.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from app.core.config import get_db, settings
 from app.models import models
 from app.models.role_permission import Permission, Role, RolePermission
 from app.schemas import schemas
-from app.api.deps import Token, verify_password, create_access_token, get_current_user
+from app.api.deps import Token, verify_password, create_access_token, get_current_user, get_current_user_or_apikey
 
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/auth", tags=["Auth"])
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class PermissionIntrospectionResponse(BaseModel):
 
 @router.get("/me/permissions", response_model=PermissionIntrospectionResponse)
 async def get_my_permissions(
-    current_user: models.User = Depends(get_current_user),
+    current_user: models.User = Depends(get_current_user_or_apikey),
     db: Session = Depends(get_db),
 ):
     """Return the current user's effective permissions for CLI help introspection."""

app/api/routers/projects.py

@@ -153,9 +153,27 @@ def _generate_project_code(db, name: str) -> str:
 
 @router.post("", response_model=schemas.ProjectResponse, status_code=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
 def create_project(project: schemas.ProjectCreate, db: Session = Depends(get_db), current_user: models.User = Depends(get_current_user_or_apikey)):
-    # Check if user is admin
+    # Project creation is gated by the `project.create` global permission
+    # (admin auto-grants by virtue of is_admin). Any role granted that perm
+    # via the Role Editor can create projects.
     if not current_user.is_admin:
-        raise HTTPException(status_code=403, detail="Only admins can create projects")
+        from app.models.role_permission import Permission, RolePermission
+        has = (
+            db.query(Permission.id)
+            .join(RolePermission, RolePermission.permission_id == Permission.id)
+            .filter(
+                RolePermission.role_id == current_user.role_id,
+                Permission.name == "project.create",
+            )
+            .first()
+            if current_user.role_id
+            else None
+        )
+        if not has:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=403,
+                detail="Permission denied: project.create required",
+            )
     # Auto-fill owner_name from owner_id
     user = db.query(models.User).filter(models.User.id == project.owner_id).first()
     if not user:

app/api/routers/users.py

@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ def _user_response(user: models.User) -> dict:
     return data
 
 
-def require_admin(current_user: models.User = Depends(get_current_user)):
+def require_admin(current_user: models.User = Depends(get_current_user_or_apikey)):
+    # Accept either OAuth2 JWT or X-API-Key (incl. Bearer-as-apikey fallback)
+    # so CLI clients using their provisioned api-key can hit admin-gated user
+    # routes (list / get / update / patch). The admin gate still reads
+    # User.is_admin — only the auth carrier broadens.
     if not current_user.is_admin:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=403, detail="Admin required")
     return current_user
@@ -68,11 +72,29 @@ def require_account_creator(
     raise HTTPException(status_code=403, detail="Account creation permission required")
 
 
-def _resolve_user_role(db: Session, role_id: int | None) -> Role:
+def _resolve_user_role(db: Session, role_id: int | None, *, is_agent: bool = False) -> Role:
+    """Resolve target role for user creation.
+
+    Default policy when caller didn't pin role_id:
+      - is_agent (i.e. payload had agent_id/claw_identifier) → general-agent
+      - human user                                            → guest
+
+    general-agent ≈ guest + user.reset-self-apikey so agents can rotate
+    their own API key without admin intervention. Created in
+    init_bootstrap.py on every startup; falls back to guest if absent
+    (e.g. very old DB that hasn't been re-seeded yet).
+    """
     if role_id is None:
-        role = db.query(Role).filter(Role.name == "guest").first()
+        default_name = "general-agent" if is_agent else "guest"
+        role = db.query(Role).filter(Role.name == default_name).first()
+        if not role and is_agent:
+            # general-agent missing from this DB → fall back to guest, log warn
+            role = db.query(Role).filter(Role.name == "guest").first()
         if not role:
-            raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail="Default guest role is missing")
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=500,
+                detail=f"Default role '{default_name}' is missing (DB not seeded)",
+            )
         return role
 
     role = db.query(Role).filter(Role.id == role_id).first()
@@ -112,7 +134,7 @@ def create_user(
         if existing_agent:
             raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="agent_id already in use")
 
-    assigned_role = _resolve_user_role(db, user.role_id)
+    assigned_role = _resolve_user_role(db, user.role_id, is_agent=has_agent_id)
     # In OIDC-only mode, ignore any supplied password: the user is created
     # passwordless (cannot password-login) and is expected to sign in via a
     # bound OIDC identity. API keys still work for such users.

app/init_bootstrap.py

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS = [
     # Project permissions
     ("project.read", "View project", "project"),
     ("project.write", "Edit project", "project"),
+    ("project.create", "Create a project", "project"),
     ("project.delete", "Delete project", "project"),
     ("project.manage_members", "Manage project members", "project"),
     # Task/Milestone permissions
@@ -76,6 +77,12 @@ DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS = [
     ("calendar.manage", "Manage calendar settings and workload policies", "calendar"),
     # Webhook
     ("webhook.manage", "Manage webhooks", "admin"),
+    # Project member management (used by DELETE /projects/{id}/members/{user_id})
+    ("member.remove", "Remove a project member", "project"),
+    # Schedule type (calendar templates) — read covers list+detail, manage covers
+    # create/edit/delete on schedule_types AND their special slots.
+    ("schedule_type.read",   "View schedule types and special slots",            "calendar"),
+    ("schedule_type.manage", "Create / edit / delete schedule types and slots", "calendar"),
 ]
 
 
@@ -98,7 +105,7 @@ def init_default_permissions(db: Session) -> list[Permission]:
 # Default roles + permission set per role
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 _MGR_PERMISSIONS = {
-    "project.read", "project.write", "project.manage_members",
+    "project.read", "project.write", "project.create", "project.manage_members",
     "task.create", "task.read", "task.write", "task.delete",
     "milestone.create", "milestone.read", "milestone.write", "milestone.delete",
     "milestone.freeze", "milestone.start", "milestone.close",
@@ -124,11 +131,26 @@ _ACCOUNT_MANAGER_PERMISSIONS = {
     "user.reset-apikey",
 }
 
+# Default role for agents (assigned automatically by POST /users when
+# the create-user payload carries agent_id/claw_identifier — see
+# app/api/routers/users.py:_resolve_user_role). Guest-tier reads +
+# self-service API-key rotation so agents can manage their own creds
+# without admin intervention.
+_GENERAL_AGENT_PERMISSIONS = {
+    "project.read",
+    "task.read",
+    "milestone.read",
+    "monitor.read",
+    "calendar.read",
+    "user.reset-self-apikey",
+}
+
 _DEFAULT_ROLES = [
     ("admin", "Administrator - full access to all features", None),     # None ⇒ all perms
     ("account-manager", "Account manager - can only create accounts", _ACCOUNT_MANAGER_PERMISSIONS),
     ("mgr",   "Manager - project & milestone management",    _MGR_PERMISSIONS),
     ("dev",   "Developer - task execution & daily work",     _DEV_PERMISSIONS),
+    ("general-agent", "General agent - read-only + self API key rotation", _GENERAL_AGENT_PERMISSIONS),
     ("guest", "Guest - read-only access",                    None),     # special: *.read only
 ]