FF Canary Agent Safety Tripwire System
Safety monitoring and tripwire detection for AI agents. Protects against unauthorized file access, dangerous commands, and excessive activity. Auto-halts on critical violations. Honeypot tripwires detect snooping.
As a process F 33/100 · Will not run — References files that are not bundled: LICENSE
What is at stake
The skill contains fragments that, in the wrong hands, cost money or data. Below: what the installer risks and what the author should do.
The skill contains commands that delete files, rewrite disks or execute code fetched from the network. The agent may run them without asking if it believes the instructions require it.
Replace destructive commands with safe equivalents that ask for confirmation, scope them to one folder, and stop piping curl into a shell: pin a version and a checksum.
How to improve
- Remove the critical guard findings (secrets, dangerous commands, hidden instructions): while they stand the skill is blocked and cannot grade above F.
- Say in the description WHEN to use the skill ("use when…", example requests): that is the agent's main cue.
- 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 · 13
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critical Dangerous commands
cmd-destructive-fsLIMITATIONS.md:146Destructive filesystem command (wipes root/home/drive)rm -rf /
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critical Dangerous commands
cmd-encoded-execLIMITATIONS.md:149Executes a base64/encoded payloadecho "cm0gLXJmIC8=" | base64 -d | sh # Decodes to "rm -rf /"
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-encoded-execLIMITATIONS.md:155Executes a base64/encoded payload (detector / deny-list definition)- Add patterns for common encoding patterns (`base64 -d`, `echo | sh`)
detector
Medium and low: 10
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low Exfiltration
exfil-webhook-urlconfig_example.py:139Webhook / callback URL commonly used for exfiltration (verify the destination) (placeholder value)# alert_webhook = 'https://hooks.slack.com/...'
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low Exfiltration
exfil-webhook-urlLIMITATIONS.md:50Webhook / callback URL commonly used for exfiltration (verify the destination) (placeholder value)requests.post('https://hooks.slack.com/...', json={placeholder -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-pipe-to-shellREADME.md:26Downloads and executes remote code from an unrecognised host (pipe to shell) (negated — the text forbids it)- Detects `rm -rf /`, `chmod 777`, `curl | sh`, etc.
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-privilegeREADME.md:26Privilege escalation / world-writable permissions (negated — the text forbids it)- Detects `rm -rf /`, `chmod 777`, `curl | sh`, etc.
negated -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-privilegeREADME.md:397Privilege escalation / world-writable permissions (quoted — discussed, not commanded)assert not canary.check_command('chmod 777 /tmp')[0]quoted -
low Risky intent
intent-offensive-securityREADME.md:463Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use)is NOT a replacement for professional security auditing, penetration testing, or
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-pipe-to-shellSKILL.md:40Downloads and executes remote code from an unrecognised host (pipe to shell) (negated — the text forbids it)- Detects `rm -rf /`, `chmod 777`, `curl | sh`, etc.
negated -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-privilegeSKILL.md:40Privilege escalation / world-writable permissions (negated — the text forbids it)- Detects `rm -rf /`, `chmod 777`, `curl | sh`, etc.
negated -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-privilegeSKILL.md:412Privilege escalation / world-writable permissions (quoted — discussed, not commanded)assert not canary.check_command('chmod 777 /tmp')[0]quoted -
low Risky intent
intent-offensive-securitySKILL.md:496Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use)is NOT a replacement for professional security auditing, penetration testing, or
Files scanned: 10. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- warning
name-formatname should be kebab-case (lowercase letters, digits, hyphens) - warning
description-no-whendescription does not say WHEN to use the skill (no "use when") - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: LICENSE - note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "slug"
Process rating: all ten parameters 33/100
- 0Tools and files. 1 referenced file(s) missing: LICENSE
- 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. 13 mutating operations with no state check
- 40Consistency. Frontmatter name (Canary Agent Safety Tripwire System) differs from the folder (canary-sr)
- 55Failures and branches. 1 branches
- 85Steps. 61 steps, 1 vague phrases
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 3575 tokens
- 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
- 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)
- +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 213: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 34 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 61 items
- +4Has examples (14 code blocks)
- +1License stated
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 61.