BF api-gateway
API gateway for calling third-party APIs with managed OAuth connections, provided by Maton (https://maton.ai). Use this skill when users want to interact with external services like Slack, HubSpot, Salesforce, Google Workspace, Stripe, and more. Access is scoped to connections you explicitly authorize via OAuth - the API key alone does not grant access to any third-party service. Requires network access and valid Maton API key.
As a process F 36/100 · Will not run — References files that are not bundled: references/pipedrive.md, references/podio.md, references/quickbooks.md
What is at stake
Medium-severity findings: the skill is probably honest, but read what alarmed the scanner.
Below is the worst case for this category. The finding here is medium: the guard saw a sign, not a proof.
The files contain invisible characters, encoded commands or comments hidden from readers but visible to the model. What you read differs from what the agent sees.
Remove invisible characters (they usually sneak in through copy-paste) and encoded strings: no catalog will pass them. Instructions for the model must be readable by a human too.
How to improve
- The SKILL.md body is over 5,000 tokens: move reference detail into references/ and load it when needed.
- The text references files that are not there: add them or drop the references.
- 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 · 3
✓ No critical or high findings
Medium and low: 3
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medium Obfuscation
obf-base64-blobreferences/google-analytics-data.md:149Long base64-looking blob- [Run Realtime Report](https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/data/v1/rest/v1beta/properties/runRealtimeReport)
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medium Obfuscation
obf-base64-blobreferences/google-analytics-data.md:150Long base64-looking blob- [Batch Run Reports](https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/data/v1/rest/v1beta/properties/batchRunReports)
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low Obfuscation
obf-base64-blobSKILL.md:438Long base64-looking blob (quoted — discussed, not commanded)req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/google-sheets/v4/spreadsheets/122B…I4M/values/Sheet1!A1:B2')quoted
Files scanned: 80. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- warning
body-longSKILL.md body ≈ 6775 tokens (recommended < 5000); move details to references/ - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/pipedrive.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/podio.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/quickbooks.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/quo.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/salesforce.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/signnow.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/sendgrid.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/slack.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/snapchat.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/squareup.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/stripe.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/systeme.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/tally.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/telegram.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/ticktick.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/todoist.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/toggl-track.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/trello.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/twilio.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/typeform.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/vimeo.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/whatsapp-business.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/woocommerce.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/wordpress.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/xero.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/youtube.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/zoho-bigin.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/zoho-books.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/zoho-calendar.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/zoho-crm.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/zoho-inventory.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/zoho-mail.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/zoho-people.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/zoho-recruit.md
Process rating: all ten parameters 36/100
- 0Tools and files. 34 referenced file(s) missing: references/pipedrive.md, references/podio.md, references/quickbooks.md
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 0Progress reporting. Says nothing while it works
- 20When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 30Running it twice. 27 mutating operations with no state check
- 40Consistency. Frontmatter name (api-gateway) differs from the folder (api-gateway-1-0-31)
- 70Execution cost. Instruction body is 6775 tokens
- 100Steps. 134 steps
- 100Failures and branches. 2 branches, has a failure section
- low 13 top-level sections: this looks like several domains in one skill
- high The skill tells the model to perform an irreversible action with no human approval
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
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 431: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 31 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 134 items
- +4Has examples (23 code blocks)
- +4Reference files are cited in the instructions (76 of 77)
- +1License stated
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 67.