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Security audit

founder-playbook-web3

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a disclosed founder-coaching skill made of Markdown guidance, with no code execution, persistence, credential access, or hidden data handling.

Before installing, treat this as startup coaching and reference material, not professional legal, financial, medical, or mental-health advice. Its market, regulatory, and crypto data is dated November 2025, so verify time-sensitive facts before making major decisions.

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
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
Findings (7)

Anti-Refusal Statement

High
Category
Anti-Refusal
Confidence
80% confidence
Finding

Skill instructs the agent to omit warnings, disclaimers, or ethical commentary. Stripping safety caveats hides risk from the user and is a common jailbreak preamble.

Content

Scanner excerpt · references/coaching-techniques.md (reported line 98)May include surrounding context.

md
### Reality Questions

Understand current situation without judgment:

- "Where are you now on a scale of 1-10?"
- "What's happening at the moment?"

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The description includes broad natural-language triggers such as 'should I', 'help me think through', and 'what am I missing', which are common across many general conversations. This can cause the skill to be invoked in situations beyond founder coaching, increasing the chance of unintended activation and inappropriate influence over unrelated decisions.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding

The skill includes prompts about fear, self-doubt, burnout, overwhelm, and seeking professional support, which can invite users to disclose mental-health concerns. Without a clear boundary that this is coaching rather than mental-health care, plus crisis guidance for high-risk situations, users may over-rely on the skill or receive inappropriate support in situations needing trained intervention.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Scope Creep

Low
Category
Excessive Agency
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

Skill's behavior or capabilities extend beyond its stated purpose. Scope creep allows an agent to perform actions unrelated to its documented functionality, increasing the attack surface.

Content

Scanner excerpt · LICENSE.txt (reported line 27)May include surrounding context.

text
permissions granted by this License.

"Source" form shall mean the preferred form for making modifications,
including but not limited to software source code, documentation source, and
configuration files.

"Object" form shall mean any form resulting from mechanical transformation or

Scope Creep

Low
Category
Excessive Agency
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

Skill's behavior or capabilities extend beyond its stated purpose. Scope creep allows an agent to perform actions unrelated to its documented functionality, increasing the attack surface.

Content

Scanner excerpt · LICENSE.txt (reported line 31)May include surrounding context.

text
permissions granted by this License.

"Source" form shall mean the preferred form for making modifications,
including but not limited to software source code, documentation source, and
configuration files.

"Object" form shall mean any form resulting from mechanical transformation or

Scope Creep

Low
Category
Excessive Agency
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

Skill's behavior or capabilities extend beyond its stated purpose. Scope creep allows an agent to perform actions unrelated to its documented functionality, increasing the attack surface.

Content

Scanner excerpt · LICENSE.txt (reported line 54)May include surrounding context.

text
permissions granted by this License.

"Source" form shall mean the preferred form for making modifications,
including but not limited to software source code, documentation source, and
configuration files.

"Object" form shall mean any form resulting from mechanical transformation or

Scope Creep

Low
Category
Excessive Agency
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

Skill's behavior or capabilities extend beyond its stated purpose. Scope creep allows an agent to perform actions unrelated to its documented functionality, increasing the attack surface.

Content

Scanner excerpt · LICENSE.txt (reported line 147)May include surrounding context.

text
permissions granted by this License.

"Source" form shall mean the preferred form for making modifications,
including but not limited to software source code, documentation source, and
configuration files.

"Object" form shall mean any form resulting from mechanical transformation or

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.