BB hunting-for-unusual-network-connections
Runs a hypothesis-driven threat hunt for command-and-control activity (T1071) by querying SIEM/EDR network telemetry for anomalous outbound traffic, rare destinations, non-standard ports, and unusual connection frequencies from endpoints. Use when hunting for beaconing/C2 traffic, after threat intel flags suspicious infrastructure, or when alerts fire on anomalous connections.
Runs a hypothesis-driven threat hunt for command-and-control activity (T1071) by querying SIEM/EDR network telemetry for anomalous outbound traffic, rare…
As a process B 75/100 · Nearly there — weak spots: failures and branches, running it twice
How to improve
- 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 · 2
✓ No critical or high findings
Medium and low: 2
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low Risky intent
intent-offensive-securityreferences/standards.md:38Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use)- Atomic Red Team Tests: https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team
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low Risky intent
intent-offensive-securityreferences/workflows.md:47Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use)- Trace lateral movement and privilege escalation paths
Files scanned: 8. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
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frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "domain" - note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "subdomain" - note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "d3fend_techniques" - note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "nist_csf" - note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "mitre_attack"
Process rating: all ten parameters 75/100
- 0Failures and branches. Linear process with no failure handling
- 30Running it twice. 1 mutating operations with no state check
- 60Result and completion. Output format stated, no completion criterion
- 70When it triggers. States when to use, but not when not to
- 70Inputs and preconditions. Inputs and preconditions are listed
- 100Tools and files. No external tools needed
- 100Steps. 21 steps
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 681 tokens
- 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
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)
- -43 reference files, but SKILL.md never points to them: the model will not open them
- -32 of 2 scripts are never mentioned in SKILL.md
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 379: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 8 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 21 items
- +3Output format is stated explicitly
- +4Has examples (1 code blocks)
- +1License stated
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 78.