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Security audit

Slow Down

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill only changes conversational pacing and reflection style, with no executable code, data access, persistence, or privileged behavior.

Install this if you want the agent to slow its conversational pace in relational or reflective contexts. Be aware it may occasionally add a pause or reflective prompt when phrases like "slow down" or "not rush" are used casually.

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
  • 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
95% confidence
Finding
The trigger description is broad enough to match common phrases like 'slow down' or 'not rush' in many ordinary contexts, which can cause the skill to activate when the user did not actually want this intervention style. Because the skill changes agent behavior by inserting pacing, reflective questioning, and withholding direct output in some cases, over-triggering can unexpectedly derail normal task execution and create denial-of-service-like interference with other intended skills.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding
The default prompt uses a very generic activation phrase, "slow down," without any explicit scope or constraints. Broad trigger wording can cause unintended activation in unrelated conversations, altering agent behavior when the user did not clearly intend to invoke this skill, though the skill’s purpose is low-risk and focused on tone and pacing rather than privileged actions.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.