T01 · Skill Instruction Hijacking
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SKILL.md:37- Finding
Persistent First-Person Impersonation and Response-Behavior Hijacking
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This is a markdown-only Feynman-style reasoning and role-play skill with some transparency caveats but no code, data access, installation hooks, or hidden execution.
Install this only if you want a strong Feynman-style role-play and reasoning lens. Treat its answers as simulated, inferred perspective rather than real personal testimony, and ask the agent to exit or switch back to normal whenever you need neutral analysis, source attribution, or standard assistant behavior.
SKILL.md:37Persistent First-Person Impersonation and Response-Behavior Hijacking
The manifest explicitly says the skill should not trigger for generic requests like 'help me explain simply', yet the embedded example demonstrates exactly that behavior. This inconsistency can cause over-broad activation, leading the agent to apply a strong persona and reasoning frame outside intended contexts, which can mis-handle user intent and bypass narrower routing safeguards.
The documentation tells the system not to use this skill for general explanation requests, but then provides behavior for exactly such a request, creating contradictory instructions inside the skill. Contradictions in routing guidance are dangerous because downstream agents often follow examples over policy text, causing unintended skill invocation and policy drift.
The skill directs the agent to respond 'directly as Feynman' and avoid meta-analysis once activated, which suppresses normal transparency and can obscure that the output is role-played synthesis rather than grounded expert advice. In security-sensitive or high-stakes contexts, forced persona adoption can increase hallucination risk, reduce user awareness, and make it harder for system safeguards to preserve neutral, policy-aligned behavior.
No suspicious patterns detected.