Skill

writing-skills

Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment

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Safety
FF: 3 or more highs, or any critical7 severity-bearing · 1 informational
Reliability & Quality
B0 findings
Cost
n/anot assessed
Popularity
27013Forks
Performance tested for◌ not assessed
no controlled task evaluation on this release
Repo★ 303.1k ○27k forks1.1k watchers341 open issueslast commit 0d old when scanned
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Re-assessed today · 6 of 7 categories assessed
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obra ◐obra/superpowers ○version = 2ce8aa1 ◐ sha256:660e…06e2 ◐ signature △ not assessedMIT ○record 55b548d1-12f6-418c-8573-0c3c4af44477 · live
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Evidence · 6 of 7 categories · 30 signals · 2 soft spots
Where the record is weakest: 2 soft spots

Ranked worst first.

1Shell execution without sandboxingCriticalSafety · critical · VTD-0018

Detected in render-graphs.js:18 — `import { execFileSync } from 'child_process';`

2Node.js child_process module usage for shell command executionCriticalSafety · critical · COMMAND_INJECTION_JS_CHILD_PROCESS

render-graphs.js:18 — Pattern detected: from 'child_process'

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Safety● gradedFmost recent today10 signals · 2 soft spotsrecord 55b548d1-12f6-418c-8573-0c3c4af44477
how it was established10 signals · 2 sources · scan
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Shell execution without sandboxingflaggedsoft spot 1Detected in render-graphs.js:18 — `import { execFileSync } from 'child_process';`vettd · scan · todayCritical
Node.js child_process module usage for shell command executionflaggedsoft spot 2render-graphs.js:18 — Pattern detected: from 'child_process'cisco · scan · todayCritical
References external URL — review for indirect prompt injection riskflaggedExternal URL(s) detected in SKILL.md — referenced content can change after auditvettd · scan · todayMedium
Node.js filesystem access candidate for sensitive-flow correlationflaggedrender-graphs.js:121 — Pattern detected: fs.readFileSync(cisco · scan · todayLow
Node.js filesystem access candidate for sensitive-flow correlationflaggedrender-graphs.js:142 — Pattern detected: fs.writeFileSync(cisco · scan · todayLow
Node.js filesystem access candidate for sensitive-flow correlationflaggedrender-graphs.js:147 — Pattern detected: fs.writeFileSync(cisco · scan · todayLow
Node.js filesystem access candidate for sensitive-flow correlationflaggedrender-graphs.js:158 — Pattern detected: fs.writeFileSync(cisco · scan · todayLow
Skill does not specify a licenseflaggedSKILL.md — Skill manifest does not include a 'license' field. Specifying a license helps users understand usage terms.cisco · scan · todayInfo
behavioral scan passednothing foundNo prompt-injection or jailbreak signals were detected.vettd · scan · todaynothing found
Name validation passednothing foundThe declared skill name follows the supported naming rules.vettd · scan · todaynothing found
Reliability & Quality● gradedBmost recent today7 signalsrecord 55b548d1-12f6-418c-8573-0c3c4af44477
how it was established7 signals · vettd · scan
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Unresolvable internal referencesflaggedUnresolvable internal path(s): scripts/tool.js, scripts/tool.shvettd · scan · todayMedium
Checklist patternreadvettd · scan · todaypresent
Description usage contextreadvettd · scan · todaypresent
Examplesreadvettd · scan · todaypresent
Gotchas sectionreadvettd · scan · todayabsent
Step-by-step workflowreadvettd · scan · todaypresent
Validation loopreadvettd · scan · todaypresent
Performance● measured1 measuredmost recent today2 signalsrecord 55b548d1-12f6-418c-8573-0c3c4af44477
how it was establishedtiktoken/cl100k_base/skill-md-body · 2 signals · vettd · scan
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Progressive disclosurereadvettd · scan · todaypresent
Static context tokensmeasuredvettd · scan · today3654
Cost◌ not assessednot assessed0 signalsrecord 55b548d1-12f6-418c-8573-0c3c4af44477
how it was establishednot assessed; no producer has emitted into this category
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Not assessed; no producer has emitted into cost for this asset. That is different from a check that ran and found nothing, which the record would carry as a row of its own.
Compatibility◌ unjudgednot judgedmost recent today2 signalsrecord 55b548d1-12f6-418c-8573-0c3c4af44477
how it was established2 signals · vettd · scan
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Declared environment assumptionsreadvettd · scan · today
Declared skill namereadvettd · scan · todaywriting-skills
Popularity◇ context onlynot judgedmost recent today5 signalsrecord 55b548d1-12f6-418c-8573-0c3c4af44477
how it was establishedgithub-repo-object · 5 signals · github-api · research
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Forksmeasuredgithub-api · research · today27013
Days since last commitmeasuredgithub-api · research · today0 days
Open issuesmeasuredgithub-api · research · today341
Starsmeasuredgithub-api · research · today303142
Watchersmeasuredgithub-api · research · today1097
Characteristics◇ context onlynot judgedmost recent today4 signalsrecord 55b548d1-12f6-418c-8573-0c3c4af44477
how it was establishedbundle-extension-share · 4 signals · 2 sources · research/scan
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Declared licensereadvettd · scan · today
Primary bundle languageobservedvettd · scan · today · conf highMarkdown
Repository linkreadvettd · scan · todayabsent
Archivedreadgithub-api · research · todayfalse
Coverage6 of 7 categories assessed · shown
Safety
✓ assessed
behavioral scan passed · Name validation passed
Reliability & Quality
✓ assessed
7 signals recorded
Performance
✓ assessed
2 signals recorded
Cost
△ not assessed
no producer has emitted for this category
Compatibility
✓ assessed
2 signals recorded
Popularity
✓ assessed
5 signals recorded
Characteristics
✓ assessed
4 signals recorded
Freshness & re-evaluation
assessedtoday · Cisco AI Defense · Vettd core● current
source stateThe source matches what was scanned. No changes detected.Up to date
re-check policyre-checked against the upstream source on the scheduler's cadencenext check in 18h
re-run whena new release ships, the upstream source changes, or the scanner ruleset is revisedauto-scheduled
Limitations & open conflicts
limitationCost is not assessed: behaviour there is unmeasured, not clean△ gap
conflictno two sources report the same quantity on this record
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scannerv11● current
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Signal kinds
▲ finding: something to act on, carries a severity● measurement: a reproducible quantityƒ estimate: inferred from a sample▪ fact: read directly off the artifact◆ classification: assigned from a taxonomy◌ nothing found: a producer looked and emitted no object◇ context only: described, never graded
Custody marks
◐ computed by vettd○ declared by the publisher, as-is△ not assessed: nothing looked
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