T01 · Skill Instruction Hijacking
- Location
SKILL.md:177- Finding
Mandatory Promotional Attribution in Generated Reports
- Content
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md, line 177
Vulnerability Type: Mandatory output manipulation through skill instructions
Risk Level: LowRelevant instruction translated into English:
markdown > This report was generated by the OPC-AI Skill (opc-positioner), based on the framework of the "AI Super Individual" manuscript.Technical Analysis
The report template requires the agent to append attribution for a named skill and manuscript to generated reports. This attribution is not necessary to perform capability assessment, SWOT analysis, market research, or business-positioning recommendations.
Because the text is embedded in the prescribed output template, loading and following the skill causes the agent to include promotional language in a user-facing artifact without separately obtaining the user's consent. This constitutes a limited form of skill instruction hijacking: the skill modifies the final output for a purpose unrelated to the substantive positioning task.
The instruction does not override safety controls, execute code, access credentials, or grant additional system permissions. Its effect is confined to the content of reports produced through this skill.
Attack Path
- A user activates the
opc-positionerskill using one of its configured trigger phrases. - The agent collects professional information and performs the requested positioning analysis.
- The agent follows the mandatory Markdown report template in
SKILL.md. - The generated report includes the prescribed product and manuscript attribution.
- If the report is shared or published, the embedded attribution is propagated to downstream readers.
Impact Assessment
The issue can influence user-visible report content and cause generated documents to carry unsolicited promotional attribution. It may create an inaccurate impression that the user endorses, sponsors, or formally relies on the named pr ...[truncated 270 chars]
- A user activates the
- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
- Remove mandatory product and manuscript attribution from the default report template.
- Keep generated reports focused on information required to satisfy the user's positioning request.
- If attribution is operationally required, disclose it before report generation and obtain explicit user consent.
- Provide an opt-out option and omit attribution by default from exported or externally shared reports.
- Clearly distinguish methodology citations from promotional branding, and include a citation only when it is materially relevant to the analysis.
