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Signpath

Automates the signing of software artifacts by connecting your build pipeline to your certificates and auditing every signature event in real time.

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Why use Ceven?

  1. AI native Signpath integration

    • Describe the outcome and Ceven picks the right Signpath calls, fills the parameters, and checks the result.
    • Structured, agent friendly tool schemas so each call runs reliably instead of by guesswork.
    • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Signpath data, across all 5 of its actions.

  2. Managed auth

    • Built in OAuth with automatic token refresh and rotation.
    • One place to manage, scope, and revoke Signpath access.
    • Per user and per environment credentials instead of shared keys.

  3. Agent optimized design

    • Actions are tuned from real success and error rates so reliability climbs over time.
    • Full execution logs so you always know what ran in Signpath, when, and on whose behalf.
    • The agent pauses and asks when Signpath is unclear instead of plowing ahead.

  4. Enterprise grade security

    • Fine grained access so you control which agents and people can reach Signpath.
    • Least privilege by default, read scopes first and only the writes a workflow needs.
    • A full audit trail of every Signpath action to support review and sign off.

Supported tools

Every action Ceven's agents can run on Signpath, and when to use it.

List Certificates
Use this to retrieve all certificates available for a specific organization to verify which keys are active for signing.
List Projects
Pull all project records for an organization. Use this after you have the organization id to begin paginating through project lists.
Retrieve Signing Policy Details
Pull details about signing policies for the current organization. Use this to see available policies before selecting one for a build.
Retrieve System Info
Fetch system metadata including product version, api version, and environment details immediately after authentication.
Get Project Details
Pull specific configuration and metadata for a single project using its unique identifier.
Check Certificate Expiry
Query the expiration date of a specific certificate to trigger renewal workflows before a build fails.
Request Artifact Signature
Submit a software artifact for signing based on a selected project and policy.
Update Signing Policy
Modify the requirements or constraints of an existing signing policy for a project.
Create New Project
Initialize a new project record in SignPath to begin tracking artifacts for a new software product.
Revoke Certificate Access
Remove access to a specific certificate for a user or automated system to maintain security.
Search Signing Logs
Query historical signing events by date or artifact name to audit who signed what and when.
Verify Signature Status
Check if a submitted signing request has been completed or if it is still pending approval.

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Frequently asked questions

Ceven connects to SignPath using secure api tokens provided by your organization administrator. These tokens are stored using industry standard encryption at rest and are never shared with the underlying large language model. When an agent needs to perform an action, it retrieves the token from our secure vault and injects it into the request header. You can rotate these tokens in the SignPath dashboard at any time, which will require a quick update in the Ceven integration settings to restore connectivity. We follow the principle of least privilege, meaning you should only grant the token the specific permissions required for your build workflows.
Ceven cannot generate new private keys within SignPath because that process usually requires secure hardware or manual administrative ceremony. However, Ceven can monitor your certificate expiration dates and automatically create a ticket in Jira or send a Slack alert to your security team thirty days before a certificate expires. Once the new certificate is uploaded to SignPath by your admin, Ceven can automatically update your project signing policies to use the new certificate ID, ensuring that your build pipeline does not break due to an expired key.
If a signing request is submitted that does not meet the criteria defined in your SignPath policy, the api will return a failure response. Ceven captures this error in real time and can be configured to trigger a failure in your CI pipeline. Instead of a generic error, the agent analyzes the policy violation and posts a detailed explanation in your pull request, telling the developer exactly why the artifact was rejected. This prevents unsigned or improperly signed code from moving forward in the delivery process while providing immediate feedback to the engineering team.
Yes, SignPath imposes specific rate limits on api calls depending on your subscription tier. If your build system triggers hundreds of simultaneous signing requests, you may encounter 429 Too Many Requests errors. Ceven manages this by implementing an intelligent queue with exponential backoff. If the agent hits a rate limit, it will pause the workflow and retry the request at increasing intervals. For extremely high volume environments, we recommend grouping artifacts into a single signing bundle where possible to reduce the total number of api calls made to the SignPath endpoint.
Ceven supports multi organization setups by allowing you to define different connection profiles for each SignPath organization. You can map specific projects or teams to their respective organization ids within your workflow logic. This is particularly useful for large enterprises that maintain separate environments for different product lines or regional compliance requirements. The agent can switch between these contexts dynamically, ensuring that a build for the European region uses the European organization certificates while a North American build uses the corresponding regional assets.
No, Ceven never stores your binary artifacts. The agent acts as an orchestrator that tells SignPath which artifact to sign by passing the necessary references or streams. The actual data transfer happens between your build server and the SignPath service. This architecture ensures that your intellectual property and proprietary code never reside on Ceven servers, maintaining a tight security perimeter around your software supply chain. We only handle the metadata and the control signals required to drive the signing process to completion.
Ceven can pull the audit logs from SignPath and synthesize them into human readable reports. You can ask the agent to find every instance where a specific certificate was used in the last ninety days or to list all users who modified a signing policy. The agent parses the raw log data and presents it as a summary, which can then be pushed into a compliance document or an email report. This replaces the need for security officers to manually sift through raw logs during a quarterly audit.
Ceven uses the Retrieve System Info action to check the current api version of your SignPath environment. If SignPath releases a breaking change to their api, our engineering team updates the integration mappings. Because the agent can query the system metadata, it can detect if it is talking to an older version of the service and apply the correct request format. This ensures that your automation remains stable even as the underlying vendor updates their platform. You will be notified through the Ceven dashboard if a manual update to your workflow logic is required.

Alternatives to Signpath

Other tools that solve a similar problem. Ceven supports these too, so you can switch or run more than one at once.

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