Prompt Engineering Mastery

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This is an instruction-only prompt-engineering guide; its broad trigger examples are a scoping note, not evidence of unsafe behavior.

Safe to install as a prompt-engineering reference. Be aware that generic phrases like "Review this prompt" may invoke the skill during ordinary prompt-writing conversations; use explicit wording if you want tighter control.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (2)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding
The README's trigger phrases are extremely generic (for example, 'Write a prompt for [any task]' and 'Review this prompt'), making it likely the skill will activate during ordinary user interactions rather than only when explicitly intended. Broad activation increases the chance of prompt-surface hijacking, unexpected tool behavior, or unreviewed prompt-generation assistance being injected into unrelated workflows.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding
The skill exposes broad natural-language command triggers such as 'Write a prompt for [task]' and 'Review this prompt' without any explicit invocation boundary or disambiguation mechanism. In an agent environment, these phrases can overlap with normal user conversation and cause unintended capability activation, prompt rewriting, or behavior switching.

VirusTotal

66/66 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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