Kafka

Manage Kafka topics and data by producing, consuming, monitoring lag, exporting, and running toolkit commands from the CLI.

Security Scan

The skill is named and described as a Kafka toolkit (produce/consume/monitor/lag) but the packaged script only implements a local logging/devtools utility that writes files under ~/.local/share/kafka and does not interact with Kafka — the declared purpose and the actual behavior do not match.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description promise Kafka broker operations (produce, consume, monitor lag). The provided script never speaks to brokers, network, or Kafka APIs — it only records and exports local log entries in a ~/.local/share/kafka directory. This is a clear mismatch: someone wanting Kafka operations would not get them from this skill.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md claims configuration via KAFKA_DIR and lists commands like 'kafka run', 'kafka list', 'kafka add' while the bundled script implements a different set of commands (check, validate, generate, etc.) and ignores KAFKA_DIR (it hardcodes DATA_DIR using HOME). The instructions are therefore inaccurate and grant the agent latitude based on misleading documentation.

Install Mechanism

No install spec or external downloads; the skill is instruction-plus-a-local-script. Nothing is fetched from the network or written outside the user's home directory by default. This is lower risk than remote installers.

Credentials

The skill declares no required env vars or credentials. The script uses HOME implicitly and writes to ~/.local/share/kafka; it does not attempt to read secrets or other environment variables. Requested permissions are proportionate to what the script actually does (file writes).

Persistence & Privilege

always is false and the skill does not attempt to modify other skills or system configurations. It creates and writes files only within a user-local data directory, which is normal for a CLI utility, though it will persist data in that directory.

What to consider before installing

This skill is misleading: it advertises Kafka broker capabilities but the bundled script is just a local logging/devtools tool that writes files under ~/.local/share/kafka and does not talk to Kafka or any external service. If you expected a Kafka integration, do not install — instead look for a skill that requires Kafka connection settings and actually uses Kafka client libraries. If you still want to use this skill, review the full script, test it in an isolated account or VM (so it can't clutter your real environment), and be aware it will create and append logs in your home directory. Do not provide any credentials to this skill — none are required or used.

Kafka toolkit — produce, consume, manage topics, monitor lag, and export data.

Commands

Command	Description
kafka help	Show usage info
kafka run	Run main task
kafka status	Check current state
kafka list	List items
kafka add <item>	Add new item
kafka export <fmt>	Export data

Usage

kafka help
kafka run
kafka status

Examples

# Get started
kafka help

# Run default task
kafka run

# Export as JSON
kafka export json

Output

Results go to stdout. Save with kafka run > output.txt.

Configuration

Set KAFKA_DIR to change data directory. Default: ~/.local/share/kafka/

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