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architecture-aware-init

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a disclosed architecture-planning and project-scaffolding workflow, with only minor cautions around broad triggers and file creation.

Install only if you want architecture-selection help during project initialization. Expect it to ask project-context questions, use web research, and guide creation of project directories and ADR documentation; review any separate external plugin or scripts before running them.

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Skill Instruction HijackingAlters the agent's session goals or safety constraints when the skill loads
  • Agent Memory PoisoningWrites attacker-controlled rules into memory that affect later sessions
  • Remote Payload Retrieval and ExecutionFetches external code whose behavior can change after review
  • Embedded Malicious CodeShips malicious scripts inside the skill and executes them locally
  • Unauthorized Access and Privilege EscalationObtains permissions beyond the task's legitimate needs
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Memory PoisoningPersistent Context Injection, Context Window Stuffing, Memory Manipulation
  • 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
Findings (3)

Memory Manipulation

High
Category
Memory Poisoning
Confidence
80% confidence
Finding

Skill manipulates agent memory, state, or stored context. Memory corruption can alter personality, override safety rules, or cause unpredictable behavior.

Content

Scanner excerpt · modules/paradigm-selection.md (reported line 45)May include surrounding context.

Option B: Decision matrix

Use this when the user has a clear context and wants a fast recommendation.

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Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The trigger list includes very broad terms such as "architecture," "research," "decision-making," and "best-practices," which are common in ordinary development conversations. This can cause the skill to activate outside its intended scope, injecting unsolicited workflow steps, research requirements, or architecture-selection behavior into unrelated tasks.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding

This markdown file states that the template customizer creates a directory structure, which can affect user files and project layout. The description does not include any warning, confirmation note, or caution about where output will be written or that existing files may be impacted.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.