# NOTICE

This module (superred-optimizer-chord-xthp) is a superred optimizer that reimplements
the Chord Cross-Tool Harvesting and Polluting (XTHP) attack. Our own code is
MIT licensed (see LICENSE). It additionally bundles data artifacts taken from
the official Chord repository, which is MIT licensed. This NOTICE preserves the
required upstream attribution.

## Code (this module)

MIT, Copyright (c) 2026 Simon Sure, Sarthak Munshi. See LICENSE.

## Bundled official Chord data

Source: github.com/systemsecurity-uiuc/Chord, `data/`. The following files are
transcribed verbatim into `src/chord_xthp_optimizer/data/official/`:

- `malicious_tools.json`          (from `data/malicious_tools.json`)
- `malicious_tool_arguments.json` (from `data/malicious_tool_arguments.json`)
- `query.json`                    (from `data/query.json`)

License: MIT, Copyright 2025 river-li. Full text in `LICENSES/Chord-MIT.txt`.

## Method / citation

The Chord attack is reimplemented from: "Les Dissonances: Cross-Tool Harvesting
and Polluting in Pool-of-Tools Empowered LLM Agents," arXiv:2504.03111 (NDSS
2026). When reporting numbers produced with this module, cite the Chord paper.
