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BC Ethical Hacking Methodology

This skill should be used when the user asks to "learn ethical hacking", "understand penetration testing lifecycle", "perform reconnaissance", "conduct security scanning", "exploit vulnerabilities", or "write penetration test reports". It provides comprehensive ethical hacking methodology and techniques.

modbender/skill-library-mcp Agent Skills author: modbender MIT 1 file body ≈ 2 619 tokens Open the sourcegithub.com↗ analyzed 3 d ago

This skill should be used when the user asks to "learn ethical hacking", "understand penetration testing lifecycle", "perform reconnaissance", "conduct…

As a process C 61/100 · Has gaps — weak spots: result and completion, consistency, running it twice

ProcedureSecurityResearchData and analyticstype and topics are labelled automatically from the skill text
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Technical rating
B
88/100
safety, quality, tests
Safety 60%
90
Quality 40%
84
Run on models
none yet
Process rating
C
61/100
Has gaps
Result and completion w 14
0
Progress reporting w 2
0
Running it twice w 4
30
the three weakest of ten parameters · all ten

The same skill appears in 1 more place: RA-Skills

What is at stake

Medium-severity findings: the skill is probably honest, but read what alarmed the scanner.

Dangerous commands medium severity

Below is the worst case for this category. The finding here is medium: the guard saw a sign, not a proof.

If you install

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.

For the author

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

    For the model run — optional
    • 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 · 6

    ✓ No critical or high findings

    Medium and low: 6
    • medium Dangerous commands cmd-persistence SKILL.md:285
      Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry) (documentation of a security skill)
      echo "* * * * * /tmp/backdoor.sh" >> /etc/crontab
      security skill
    • low Risky intent intent-offensive-security SKILL.md:3
      Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)
      description: This skill should be used when the user asks to "learn ethical hacking", "understand penetration testing lifecycle", "perform reconnaissance", "conduct security scanning", "exploit vulner
      quoted
    • low Risky intent intent-offensive-security SKILL.md:13
      Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use)
      Master the complete penetration testing lifecycle from reconnaissance through reporting. This skill covers the five stages of ethical hacking methodology, essential tools, attack techniques, and profe
    • low Risky intent intent-offensive-security SKILL.md:43
      Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use)
      - Conduct penetration testing with permission
    • low Risky intent intent-offensive-security SKILL.md:288
      Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use)
      **Privilege Escalation**
    • low Risky intent intent-offensive-security SKILL.md:359
      Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use)
      - **Ransomware**: Encrypts files for ransom

    Files scanned: 1. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.

    Against the Agent Skills spec

    • warning name-format name should be kebab-case (lowercase letters, digits, hyphens)

    Process rating: all ten parameters 61/100

    • 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
    • 0Progress reporting. Says nothing while it works
    • 30Running it twice. 1 mutating operations with no state check
    • 40Consistency. Frontmatter name (Ethical Hacking Methodology) differs from the folder (ethical-hacking-methodology)
    • 50Failures and branches. 0 branches, has a failure section
    • 60Tools and files. Uses tools (bash) that frontmatter does not declare
    • 70Inputs and preconditions. Inputs and preconditions are listed
    • 100Steps. 124 steps
    • 100When it triggers. States when to use and when not to
    • 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 2619 tokens

    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

    • +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
    • +5Description quotes 6 example trigger phrases
    • +3Description length 305: enough signal without eating the budget
    • +4Structure: 26 headings
    • +3Step-by-step instructions: 124 items
    • +4Has examples (13 code blocks)

    Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 84.