cycodehq · Ilanlido · Jul 7, 2026
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 ``HookDecision``); ``IDE.build_hook_response`` is the per-IDE translation step.
 """
 
-import sys
 from typing import Annotated, Optional, Union
 
 import click
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@
 from cycode.cli.apps.ai_guardrails.scan.handlers import get_handler_for_event
 from cycode.cli.apps.ai_guardrails.scan.policy import load_policy
 from cycode.cli.apps.ai_guardrails.scan.types import AiHookEventType
-from cycode.cli.apps.ai_guardrails.scan.utils import output_json, safe_json_parse
+from cycode.cli.apps.ai_guardrails.scan.utils import output_json, read_stdin_text, safe_json_parse
 from cycode.cli.exceptions.custom_exceptions import HttpUnauthorizedError
 from cycode.cli.utils.get_api_client import get_ai_security_manager_client, get_scan_cycode_client
 from cycode.logger import get_logger
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ def scan_command(
     """
     ide_integration = get_ide(ide)
 
-    stdin_data = sys.stdin.read().strip()
+    stdin_data = read_stdin_text().strip()
     payload = safe_json_parse(stdin_data)
 
     if not payload:
@@ -113,7 +112,8 @@ def scan_command(
     event_name = unified_payload.event_name
     logger.debug('Processing AI guardrails hook', extra={'event_name': event_name, 'ide': ide_integration.name})
 
-    workspace_roots = payload.get('workspace_roots', ['.'])
+    # `or` (not a .get default) - Cursor sends workspace_roots=[] when no folder is open.
+    workspace_roots = payload.get('workspace_roots') or ['.']
     policy = load_policy(workspace_roots[0])
 
     try:

@@ -6,11 +6,28 @@
 
 import json
 import os
+import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from cycode.cli.apps.ai_guardrails.scan.policy import get_policy_value
 
 
+def read_stdin_text() -> str:
+    """Read the hook payload from stdin as UTF-8 text.
+
+    Reads bytes and decodes with utf-8-sig: hook payloads are UTF-8 JSON, but on Windows
+    Python decodes piped stdin with the ANSI code page (mojibake for non-ASCII prompts),
+    and Cursor on Windows prefixes the payload with a UTF-8 BOM - the -sig codec strips it.
+    """
+    buffer = getattr(sys.stdin, 'buffer', None)
+    if buffer is not None:
+        return buffer.read().decode('utf-8-sig', errors='replace')
+    # No .buffer (tests mocking sys.stdin with StringIO, exotic streams) - text-mode fallback.
+    # lstrip the BOM here too: an already-decoded stream leaves it as U+FEFF, which json.loads
+    # rejects (and .strip() doesn't remove - it is not whitespace).
+    return sys.stdin.read().lstrip('\ufeff')
+
+
 def safe_json_parse(s: str) -> dict:
     """Parse JSON string, returning empty dict on failure."""
     try:

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from cycode.cli.apps.ai_guardrails.ides import DEFAULT_IDE_NAME, get_ide
 from cycode.cli.apps.ai_guardrails.ides.base import IDE
-from cycode.cli.apps.ai_guardrails.scan.utils import safe_json_parse
+from cycode.cli.apps.ai_guardrails.scan.utils import read_stdin_text, safe_json_parse
 from cycode.cli.apps.auth.auth_common import get_authorization_info
 from cycode.cli.apps.auth.auth_manager import AuthManager
 from cycode.cli.exceptions.handle_auth_errors import handle_auth_exception
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def session_start_command(
         logger.debug('No stdin payload (TTY), skipping session initialization')
         return
 
-    stdin_data = sys.stdin.read().strip()
+    stdin_data = read_stdin_text().strip()
     payload = safe_json_parse(stdin_data)
     if not payload:
         logger.debug('Empty or invalid stdin payload, skipping session initialization')

@@ -141,6 +141,30 @@ def test_claude_code_payload_with_claude_code_ide(
         mock_scan_command_deps['get_handler'].assert_called_once()
         mock_handler.assert_called_once()
 
+    def test_empty_workspace_roots_falls_back_to_cwd(
+        self,
+        mock_ctx: MagicMock,
+        mocker: MockerFixture,
+        mock_scan_command_deps: dict[str, MagicMock],
+    ) -> None:
+        """Cursor sends workspace_roots=[] when no folder is open - must not crash."""
+        payload = {
+            'hook_event_name': 'beforeSubmitPrompt',
+            'conversation_id': 'conv-123',
+            'prompt': 'test',
+            'workspace_roots': [],
+        }
+        mocker.patch('sys.stdin', StringIO(json.dumps(payload)))
+
+        mock_scan_command_deps['load_policy'].return_value = {'fail_open': True}
+        mock_handler = MagicMock(return_value=HookDecision.allow(AiHookEventType.PROMPT))
+        mock_scan_command_deps['get_handler'].return_value = mock_handler
+
+        scan_command(mock_ctx, ide='cursor')
+
+        mock_scan_command_deps['load_policy'].assert_called_once_with('.')
+        mock_handler.assert_called_once()
+
 
 class TestDefaultIdeParameterViaCli:
     """Tests that verify default IDE parameter works correctly via CLI invocation."""

@@ -1,12 +1,43 @@
 """Tests for AI guardrails utility functions."""
 
+import io
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
 from cycode.cli.apps.ai_guardrails.scan.utils import (
     is_denied_path,
     matches_glob,
     normalize_path,
+    read_stdin_text,
+    safe_json_parse,
 )
 
 
+def test_read_stdin_text_decodes_bom_and_utf8() -> None:
+    """utf-8-sig byte decode strips the BOM Cursor sends on Windows and avoids ANSI mojibake."""
+    raw = '\ufeff{"prompt": "café"}'.encode()  # utf-8 with BOM, multi-byte non-ASCII content
+    fake_stdin = io.TextIOWrapper(io.BytesIO(raw), encoding='utf-8')
+
+    with patch('sys.stdin', fake_stdin):
+        text = read_stdin_text()
+
+    assert safe_json_parse(text)['prompt'] == 'café'
+
+
+def test_read_stdin_text_falls_back_without_buffer() -> None:
+    """Streams without .buffer (e.g. StringIO in tests) fall back to a text-mode read, BOM-stripped."""
+    with patch('sys.stdin', io.StringIO('{"a": 1}')):
+        assert read_stdin_text() == '{"a": 1}'
+
+    with patch('sys.stdin', io.StringIO('\ufeff{"a": 1}')):
+        assert read_stdin_text() == '{"a": 1}'
+
+
+def test_safe_json_parse_invalid_and_empty() -> None:
+    """Invalid JSON and empty inputs return an empty dict."""
+    assert safe_json_parse('not valid json {') == {}
+    assert safe_json_parse('') == {}
+
+
 def test_normalize_path_rejects_escape() -> None:
     """Test that paths attempting to escape are rejected."""
     path = '../../../etc/passwd'