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kbeandClaude Opus 4.8 4405af15fd Add whitemagic-foundation OpenSpec design; isolate reference libs
Design-only foundation for WhiteMagic, a .NET 8 x64 library unifying the
four studied process-manipulation libs. Adds proposal, design (7 decisions),
7 capability specs, and TDD task breakdown; all validate strict.

Move Blackmagic, Blackmagic-old, GreyMagic, MemorySharp, fasm into
reference/ (gitignored) — studied, not built here; each has its own
upstream repo and nested .git. Rewrite plan doc paths to reference/.

Corrects two factual defects found in review:
- current BlackMagic has no D3D EndScene hook; MainThreadPump is net-new
  built on DetourManager, not a port
- no BlackMagic.slnx exists; task 1.3 creates a fresh solution

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-21 16:50:03 +02:00

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## Why
BlackMagic replaced FASM for shellcode generation but lost two useful capabilities:
1. **Non-blocking remote execution** (`InjectAndExecuteEx`): FASM's managed wrapper returned a thread handle without waiting. BlackMagic only has blocking `Execute()`. For DLL injection, a non-blocking variant avoids hanging when the target is slow to load.
2. **Text-based assembly**: FASM allowed building shellcode from assembly text (`AddLine("pushad")`). BlackMagic requires hand-assembled `byte[]`. For prototyping, debugging, and one-off shellcode, text assembly is faster to write and easier to review. A managed assembler eliminates the native FASM DLL dependency while keeping the ergonomic benefit.
## What Changes
- Add `InjectAndExecuteEx()` to `BlackMagic` and `BMThread`: inject code then create a remote thread without waiting, returning the thread handle.
- Add `AsmBuilder` class: pure C# x86 text assembler that converts instruction text to `byte[]` machine code. Supports common shellcode instructions (mov, push, pop, call, jmp, ret, nop, pushad/popad, test, je, jne, inc, add, sub, xor, etc.).
- Add `InjectAndExecute(string asm)` and `InjectAndExecuteEx(string asm)` overloads that accept assembly text, assemble via `AsmBuilder`, then inject+execute.
- Add `SetPassLimit()` to `AsmBuilder` for label resolution iteration control.
## Capabilities
### New Capabilities
- `non-blocking-execute`: Non-blocking remote thread creation that returns a handle without waiting for exit.
- `text-assembler`: Pure C# x86 text assembler converting assembly source to byte arrays without native dependencies.
### Modified Capabilities
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