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As a process C 58/100 · Has gaps — weak spots: when it triggers, inputs and preconditions, consistency
The same skill appears in 1 more place: ClawHub
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 someone else's key or token. If it is live, your agent will call third-party services under a stranger's identity; if it was revoked, the skill's scripts simply fail. Such a key often arrives with the author's whole workspace, personal data included.
The key is visible to everyone who downloaded the skill and has likely been copied by catalog-scanning bots already. Revoke it now, check bills and access logs, then reissue.
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 · 26
✓ No critical or high findings
Medium and low: 26
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medium Secrets in code
secret-labelled-tokenskill.md:140Labelled token / key literal (vendor format unknown — verify it is not a live credential)apikey: sb_p…fGf
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low Secrets in code
secret-labelled-tokenreadme.md:29Labelled token / key literal (vendor format unknown — verify it is not a live credential) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)-H "apikey: sb_p…pGy" \
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low Secrets in code
secret-high-entropy-tokenreadme.md:29High-entropy token-like string (may be an id, hash or a credential) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)-H "apikey: sb_p…pGy" \
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low Secrets in code
secret-password-literalreadme.md:29Hard-coded password / key literal (may be an example) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)-H "apikey: sb_p…pGy" \
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low Secrets in code
secret-high-entropy-tokenreadme.md:30High-entropy token-like string (may be an id, hash or a credential) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)-H "Authorization: Bearer sb_p…pGy"
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low Secrets in code
secret-labelled-tokenreadme.md:37Labelled token / key literal (vendor format unknown — verify it is not a live credential) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)-H "apikey: sb_p…pGy" \
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low Secrets in code
secret-high-entropy-tokenreadme.md:37High-entropy token-like string (may be an id, hash or a credential) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)-H "apikey: sb_p…pGy" \
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low Secrets in code
secret-password-literalreadme.md:37Hard-coded password / key literal (may be an example) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)-H "apikey: sb_p…pGy" \
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low Secrets in code
secret-high-entropy-tokenreadme.md:38High-entropy token-like string (may be an id, hash or a credential) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)-H "Authorization: Bearer sb_p…pGy" \
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low Secrets in code
secret-labelled-tokenreadme.md:54Labelled token / key literal (vendor format unknown — verify it is not a live credential) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)-H "apikey: sb_p…pGy" \
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low Secrets in code
secret-high-entropy-tokenreadme.md:54High-entropy token-like string (may be an id, hash or a credential) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)-H "apikey: sb_p…pGy" \
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low Secrets in code
secret-password-literalreadme.md:54Hard-coded password / key literal (may be an example) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)-H "apikey: sb_p…pGy" \
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low Secrets in code
secret-labelled-tokenskill.md:96Labelled token / key literal (vendor format unknown — verify it is not a live credential) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)-H "apikey: sb_p…fGf" \
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low Secrets in code
secret-high-entropy-tokenskill.md:96High-entropy token-like string (may be an id, hash or a credential) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)-H "apikey: sb_p…fGf" \
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low Secrets in code
secret-password-literalskill.md:96Hard-coded password / key literal (may be an example) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)-H "apikey: sb_p…fGf" \
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low Secrets in code
secret-high-entropy-tokenskill.md:97High-entropy token-like string (may be an id, hash or a credential) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)-H "Authorization: Bearer sb_p…fGf"
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low Secrets in code
secret-high-entropy-tokenskill.md:135High-entropy token-like string (may be an id, hash or a credential) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)**Anon Key:** `sb_p…fGf`
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low Secrets in code
secret-high-entropy-tokenskill.md:139High-entropy token-like string (may be an id, hash or a credential)Authorization: Bearer sb_p…fGf
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low Secrets in code
secret-high-entropy-tokenskill.md:140High-entropy token-like string (may be an id, hash or a credential)apikey: sb_p…fGf
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low Secrets in code
secret-password-literalskill.md:140Hard-coded password / key literal (may be an example)apikey: sb_p…fGf
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low Secrets in code
secret-labelled-tokenskill.md:228Labelled token / key literal (vendor format unknown — verify it is not a live credential) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)-H "apikey: sb_p…fGf" \
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low Secrets in code
secret-password-literalskill.md:228Hard-coded password / key literal (may be an example) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)-H "apikey: sb_p…fGf" \
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low Secrets in code
secret-labelled-tokenskill.md:247Labelled token / key literal (vendor format unknown — verify it is not a live credential) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)-H "apikey: sb_p…fGf" \
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low Secrets in code
secret-password-literalskill.md:247Hard-coded password / key literal (may be an example) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)-H "apikey: sb_p…fGf" \
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low Secrets in code
secret-labelled-tokenskill.md:261Labelled token / key literal (vendor format unknown — verify it is not a live credential) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)-H "apikey: sb_p…fGf" \
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low Secrets in code
secret-password-literalskill.md:261Hard-coded password / key literal (may be an example) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)-H "apikey: sb_p…fGf" \
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Files scanned: 5. 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 58/100
- 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. 7 mutating operations with no state check
- 40Consistency. Frontmatter name (contextoverflow) differs from the folder (context-overflow)
- 55Failures and branches. 1 branches
- 60Result and completion. Output format stated, no completion criterion
- 70Execution cost. Instruction body is 4294 tokens
- 100Tools and files. No external tools needed
- 100Steps. 44 steps
- low 16 top-level sections: this looks like several domains in one skill
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)
- +3Description length 119: 120–800 characters recommended
- -213 emoji in the instructions: noise for the model
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +4Structure: 42 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 44 items
- +3Output format is stated explicitly
- +4Has examples (19 code blocks)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 70.