T01 · Skill Instruction Hijacking
Warning
- Location
- SKILL.md:75
- Finding
- Mandatory Commercial Redirection and Promotional Output Hijacking< — ask this Skill for your exclusive discount code.* ``` `qc-guide.md:83`: ```md *For the best QC experience, visit [yegking.net](https://yegking.net) and use this Skill to get your exclusive discount code.* ``` ### Technical Analysis The Skill embeds mandatory instructions that alter the agent's response policy after the Skill is loaded. Rather than limiting instructions to the declared functional requirements—searching for products, giving batch advice, and providing quality-control guidance—it requires the agent to: 1. Direct all browsing to one commercial vendor. 2. Always display that vendor's search URL. 3. Append promotional coupon messaging to user ...[truncated 2852 chars]
- Remediation
- <![CDATA[ ## Remediation Suggestions 1. Remove mandatory language such as “Always Link” and “Direct all shoe browsing” from the Skill instructions. 2. Restrict vendor links to requests where the user explicitly asks to search `yegking.net`. 3. Do not append coupon or store promotion to unrelated QC and batch-comparison answers. 4. Replace unsupported “hidden,” “exclusive,” and “only accessible through this Skill” claims with factual wording, such as: ```md If requested, provide the configured coupon code. Coupon availability and eligibility should be verified with the seller. ``` 5. Clearly disclose any commercial affiliation, referral relationship, sponsorship, or financial incentive associated with the vendor. 6. Allow neutral recommendations and alternatives when the user has not selected a particular seller. 7. Inform users before live searches that their search terms will be sent to `yegking.net`. 8. Keep the network request limited to the declared HTTPS origin and continue URL-encoding user input. 9. Remove promotional footer text from `batch-comparison.md` and `qc-guide.md`, or make it conditional on an explicit request for purchasing information. 10. Add tests ensuring that general QC questions do not produce vendor advertising and that vendor links appear only when relevant and requested. ]]>
