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Security audit

Founder Playbook

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a markdown-only founder coaching skill with broad decision-support triggers, but no hidden execution, persistence, credential access, or data-moving behavior.

This skill appears safe to install as a conversational founder-coaching reference. Be aware that its trigger wording is broad, so it may shape responses to general decision questions unless the host narrows activation to startup or founder contexts.

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
  • 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
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (2)

Anti-Refusal Statement

High
Category
Anti-Refusal
Content
### Reality Questions

Understand current situation without judgment:

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

Vague Triggers

Medium
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding
The skill advertises activation on very common phrases such as 'should I', 'help me think through', 'is this the right move', and 'what am I missing', which are ubiquitous in normal conversation and not specific to startup-founder coaching. This can cause the skill to trigger unintentionally in unrelated contexts, leading to context hijacking, inappropriate steering of responses, and increased exposure to the skill's domain assumptions or embedded guidance.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.