CC tx-explain
Decode any Base transaction into a plain-English story - method, token movements, swaps/approvals, counterparties, and suspicious-approval flags. Keyless via Base RPC + Etherscan v2.
Decode any Base transaction into a plain-English story - method, token movements, swaps/approvals, counterparties, and suspicious-approval flags.
As a process C 50/100 · Has gaps — weak spots: result and completion, when it triggers, inputs and preconditions
How to improve
- Say in the description WHEN to use the skill ("use when…", example requests): that is the agent's main cue.
- Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
- A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.
Guard findings · 4
✓ No critical or high findings
Medium and low: 4
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low Exfiltration
net-credential-useSKILL.md:25Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service) (detector / deny-list definition)- `ETHERSCAN_API_KEY` — optional, used only to fetch a verified ABI for richer decoding. Appended to the URL as `&apikey=…` via `./secretcurl`'s `{ETHERSCAN_API_KEY}` placeholder (never a bare `$SECREdetector -
low Exfiltration
net-credential-useSKILL.md:43Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)Take the first 4 bytes of `input` (the selector). Recognize common selectors directly; otherwise fetch the `to` contract's verified ABI via Etherscan v2 (`module=contract&action=getabi`) — keyless wor
quoted -
low Exfiltration
net-credential-useSKILL.md:48Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service) (the skill's own vendor host)./secretcurl -m 10 -s "https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api?chainid=8453&module=…&action=…&address=…" | jq -r '.result'
vendor-host -
low Exfiltration
net-credential-useSKILL.md:105Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service) (detector / deny-list definition)Base RPC is public and keyless; Etherscan v2's optional key is appended as `&apikey=…` via `./secretcurl`'s `{ETHERSCAN_API_KEY}` placeholder (never a bare `$SECRET`, never a header). Both are plain Hdetector
Files scanned: 1. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- warning
description-no-whendescription does not say WHEN to use the skill (no "use when")
Process rating: all ten parameters 50/100
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 20When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 30Running it twice. 4 mutating operations with no state check
- 50Failures and branches. 0 branches, has a failure section
- 60Tools and files. Uses tools (web) that frontmatter does not declare
- 100Steps. 8 steps
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 1022 tokens
- 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
- medium Safety rules and hard prohibitions inside a skill: they belong in the system prompt, here they protect nothing
Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.
Quality signals
- +5Description has no quoted example phrases that should trigger the skill
- +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
- +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 182: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 10 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 8 items
- +4Has examples (4 code blocks)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 72.