CYBER DEFENDER

🛡️ SENTINEL ENGINE // 25 ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC RULES

Covers developer environments, local dev servers, game engines, and macOS system services:

• RULE_APP_QUARANTINE_TRANSLOCATION: Strips com.apple.quarantine Gatekeeper translocation flags fixing "App is damaged" errors.
• RULE_XPC_STALE_CRASHLOOP: Resolves runaway LaunchAgent/XPC background service loops via launchctl kickstart -k -p.
• RULE_BLUETOOTH_AUDIO_DESYNC: Flushes CoreAudio HAL Bluetooth buffers and resets audio drift for wireless headsets.
• RULE_ICLOUD_BIRD_DEADLOCK: Safely resets high-CPU sync locks on bird / cloudd daemons freezing native file dialogs.
• RULE_TCC_PERMISSION_CORRUPTION: Resets corrupted macOS Privacy/TCC permission tokens via tccutil reset.
• RULE_GPU_METAL_HANG: Inserts Metal fence sync barriers to reset stalled GPU render encoders without crashing the display.
• RULE_PORT_COLLISION: Resolves EADDRINUSE conflicts via Port Doctor (lsof -ti tcp:<port> + graceful reap).
• RULE_DYLIB_MISSING: Reconstructs missing dynamic library symlinks from Homebrew and Xcode toolchains.
• RULE_SQLITE_LOCK: Safely clears stale -journal and -wal lockfiles left by crashed databases.
• RULE_FORK_BOMB: Intercepts runaway recursive process trees before kernel panic occurs.

🎯 DEDICATED VIP APP ACCELERATOR (P-CORE WORKLOAD BINDING)

Engineered for high-throughput workflows: 4K/8K rendering in Final Cut Pro, color grading in DaVinci Resolve, 3D cycles in Blender, audio mastering in Logic Pro, and 120 FPS gaming in Baldur's Gate 3 or Cyberpunk 2077.

• P-Core Scheduler Affinity Lock: Guarantees threads execute on Apple Silicon Performance Cores (P-Cores), completely preventing E-Core scheduling latency.
• Background Indexer Suppression: Automatically demotes mds, mds_stores, photoanalysisd, and backupd to +19 idle QoS during active work.
• Metal Pipeline Unfreeze: Flushes corrupt Apple Silicon Metal PSO caches in ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.metal.
• CoreAudio HAL Recycle: Soft-recycles coreaudiod to eliminate buffer underruns and crackling without rebooting.

⚡ LIVE OPTIMIZER & BLACKBOX FLIGHT RECORDER

Mector includes autonomous background optimization and explanatory post-mortem incident forensics:

• Explanatory Post-Mortem Forensics: Every incident healed is logged with exact root_cause, action_taken, resource deltas (RAM/Port freed), and execution latency in ms.
• Air-Gapped Flight Recorder: Incidents are recorded locally in /tmp/mector_flight_recorder.jsonl with queryable history via GET /api/forensics/history.
• Port Reaper Engine: Scans and terminates orphaned TCP zombie listeners holding common ports (3000, 5173, 8000, 8080, etc.).
• APFS Ghost Storage Thinning: Reclaims wasted space locked by stale local snapshot trees via tmutil thinlocalsnapshots.

🗝️ COMMERCIAL LEMON SQUEEZY & AIR-GAPPED LICENSING

Mector is distributed through Lemon Squeezy with instant digital delivery and offline cryptographic tokens:

• Mector Sentinel ($19): Developer and system runtime self-healing with 25 diagnostic heuristics.
• Mector Turbo ($19): Gaming Turbo, P-Core Lock, Metal PSO cache doctor, and Dedicated VIP Focus.
• Cyber Suite Bundle ($29): All Sentinel + All Turbo features with lifetime updates.
• Air-Gapped Activation: Every license key is verified locally via HMAC-SHA256, allowing full functionality in secure offline air-gapped environments.

⌨️ KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS, MINI MECTOR & CLI

• Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + M: Global toggle HUD window visibility.
• Katana Slash Mechanic: In the Mini Mector companion, drag the Katana to hit the core sphere to dismiss it with a cute 'hmph' sound and red smoke particle burst.
• Double-Click To Fix Gatekeeper.command: 1-click Gatekeeper unblocker script for friends on macOS.
• python3 mector.py start: Launch background immunity daemon and Mini Mector watchdog.
• python3 mector.py status: Display live JSON health metrics and watchdog SLA.
• python3 mector.py turbo on/off: CLI shortcut for Gaming Turbo boost.
• python3 mector.py stop: Gracefully shut down daemon and watchdog supervisor.