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Security audit

AI Workflow Automation Expert

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a documentation-only workflow automation skill whose automation examples are expected for its purpose, though users should add approval and privacy guardrails before automating messages or account actions.

Before using this skill to build real automations, require human approval for outbound email, social posting, customer responses, financial or account changes, use least-privilege credentials, avoid sending sensitive data into unnecessary tools, and keep logs and rollback steps for scheduled workflows.

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
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (3)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The metadata description includes broad trigger phrases such as 'workflow automation', 'automate tasks', and 'build automation' that can match a wide range of ordinary user requests. This can cause the skill to activate outside its intended niche, increasing the chance it steers users into automation guidance for sensitive workflows without sufficient context, safeguards, or least-privilege checks.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding

The 'When This Skill Triggers' examples are open-ended prompts like 'Help me automate [task/process]' and 'Design a workflow that...', with no restriction on task sensitivity or execution scope. In context, this is more dangerous because the skill later recommends multi-agent orchestration and external actions, so vague triggering can route broad user requests into potentially impactful automation advice.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The skill provides concrete automation patterns for scheduled jobs, triggered pipelines, multi-agent systems, report generation, social posting, email handling, and support-response routing, but it does not warn about privacy, authorization, consent, irreversible actions, or data-handling risks. Because these examples can affect external systems and communications, users may implement automations that expose sensitive data, send unintended messages, or perform actions without adequate review or guardrails.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.