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security-reviewer

v1.0.0

Use when conducting security audits, reviewing code for vulnerabilities, or analyzing infrastructure security. Invoke for SAST scans, penetration testing, DevSecOps practices, cloud security reviews.

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Purpose & Capability
Name, description, SKILL.md and the included reference files (SAST, secret scanning, penetration testing, infrastructure security, report templates) are consistent: the skill is intended to perform code/infrastructure security reviews and the materials support that purpose. There are no unrelated required binaries, environment variables, or install steps.
Instruction Scope
The runtime instructions explicitly allow using Read, Grep, Glob and Bash and contain many concrete commands that read system files, scan git history, enumerate cloud resources, query Kubernetes secrets, and run active tests (nmap, sqlmap, aws cli, kubectl, etc.). This is expected for a pentest skill, but it grants the agent the ability to access sensitive local files and perform active network/cloud interaction — ensure scope/authorization and restrict testing targets. The skill does include constraints (verify authorization, avoid production) but the instructions give broad discretion to collect sensitive data if invoked.
Install Mechanism
Instruction-only skill with no install spec and no code files. This is low-risk from an installation perspective because nothing is downloaded or written to disk by the skill package itself.
Credentials
The skill does not request environment variables or credentials (primaryEnv none). References to cloud CLIs and secret scanning tools are consistent with its purpose but would require the user to supply credentials at runtime; the skill itself does not demand unrelated secrets or config paths.
Persistence & Privilege
always:false and no install hooks or instructions to modify other skills or system-wide agent settings. The skill can be invoked autonomously by the agent (default behavior) but that is not combined with elevated persistent privileges or credential requests.
Assessment
This skill is internally coherent for security reviews and contains useful, detailed playbooks and commands — but it is powerful: it guides reading local files, enumerating cloud resources, and performing active tests. Before installing or invoking it, do the following: - Verify the author/source (the registry entry lists an owner ID but 'Source' and 'Homepage' are missing). Treat skills from unknown origins cautiously. - Ensure you have explicit authorization and a rules-of-engagement for any target the agent will touch; do not run active scans against production or systems you don't control. - Do not provide credentials (AWS, kubectl, SSH keys, etc.) to the agent unless you intend it to use them; prefer scoped, short-lived credentials in isolated test accounts. - Consider restricting the skill's allowed-tools or disabling autonomous invocation if you want to prevent the agent from running Bash/Read/Grep without human review. - If you plan to use this in CI/CD, run it in an isolated environment or sandbox and review generated commands before execution. If you want higher assurance, ask the skill author for provenance or run the guidance manually rather than granting the agent direct execution privileges.

Like a lobster shell, security has layers — review code before you run it.

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License

MIT-0
Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.

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