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As a process B 65/100 · Nearly there — weak spots: when it triggers, inputs and preconditions, running it twice
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 If it is live, your agent will call third-party services under a stranger's identity; if it was revoked, the skill's scripts simply fail.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:57Labelled token / key literal (vendor format unknown — verify it is not a live credential)apikey: sb_p…pGy
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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-high-entropy-tokenSKILL.md:52High-entropy token-like string (may be an id, hash or a credential) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)**Anon Key:** `sb_p…pGy`
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low Secrets in code
secret-high-entropy-tokenSKILL.md:56High-entropy token-like string (may be an id, hash or a credential)Authorization: Bearer sb_p…pGy
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low Secrets in code
secret-high-entropy-tokenSKILL.md:57High-entropy token-like string (may be an id, hash or a credential)apikey: sb_p…pGy
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low Secrets in code
secret-password-literalSKILL.md:57Hard-coded password / key literal (may be an example)apikey: sb_p…pGy
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low Secrets in code
secret-labelled-tokenSKILL.md:85Labelled 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-tokenSKILL.md:85High-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-literalSKILL.md:85Hard-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-tokenSKILL.md:86High-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-tokenSKILL.md:127Labelled 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-password-literalSKILL.md:127Hard-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:140Labelled 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-password-literalSKILL.md:140Hard-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:148Labelled 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-password-literalSKILL.md:148Hard-coded password / key literal (may be an example) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)-H "apikey: sb_p…pGy" \
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Files scanned: 4. 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 65/100
- 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. 4 mutating operations with no state check
- 60Result and completion. Output format stated, no completion criterion
- 60Failures and branches. 2 branches
- 100Tools and files. No external tools needed
- 100Steps. 46 steps
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 3758 tokens
- low 15 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
- -242 emoji in the instructions: noise for the model
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +4Structure: 38 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 46 items
- +3Output format is stated explicitly
- +4Has examples (15 code blocks)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 70.