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Analogical Reasoning

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a benign reasoning framework skill with a minor overuse risk if analogy is applied where it is not helpful.

Install this if you want an agent to use analogies as a structured thinking tool. For legal, medical, financial, or safety-critical topics, treat any analogies as explanatory aids only and rely on domain-specific guidance for 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
  • 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
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The skill description is broad enough to plausibly trigger on many ordinary requests involving explanation, creativity, or problem-solving, even when the user did not explicitly ask for analogical reasoning. Over-broad activation increases the chance this skill overrides more appropriate domain-specific guidance or injects an unnecessary reasoning frame into sensitive contexts.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
97% confidence
Finding

The instruction to apply the framework to 'whatever the user is currently working on or asking about' lacks scope limits and explicit safety boundaries. In practice, this can cause the skill to attach itself to arbitrary topics, including regulated, high-risk, or unrelated requests, making the system more likely to over-apply the skill and produce misleading or unsafe analogical advice.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.