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Deploy and operate the CAPEv2 malware sandbox (a Cuckoo derivative) to run samples in a monitored Windows guest VM, capturing behavioral signatures, dropped files, PCAP network traffic, and family-specific configuration extraction (e.g. Emotet, TrickBot, Cobalt Strike) via cape-parsers. Use when a suspicious file or payload needs automated dynamic analysis, anti-evasion debugger tricks, or config/payload extraction.

mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills Agent Skills author: mukul975 Apache-2.0 7 files · 1 script body ≈ 1 506 tokens Open the sourcegithub.com↗ analyzed 5 d ago

Deploy and operate the CAPEv2 malware sandbox (a Cuckoo derivative) to run samples in a monitored Windows guest VM, capturing behavioral signatures, dropped…

As a process C 51/100 · Has gaps — weak spots: result and completion, when it triggers, failures and branches

AnalyzerSecurityInfrastructuretype and topics are labelled automatically from the skill text
Runs in: Claude / Claude Code ChatGPT / Codex Gemini CLI Cursor GitHub Copilot / VS Code Qwen Code Kimi Code CLI Z.ai (GLM) DeepSeek (Deep Code) Mistral Vibe LangChain (deepagents) OpenClaw Goose OpenCode
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Technical rating
C
86/100
safety, quality, tests
Safety 60%
95
Quality 40%
73
Run on models
none yet
Process rating
C
51/100
Has gaps
Result and completion w 14
0
Failures and branches w 10
0
Progress reporting w 2
0
the three weakest of ten parameters · all ten

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 · 5

    ✓ No critical or high findings

    Medium and low: 5
    • low Risky intent intent-offensive-security references/api-reference.md:1
      Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use)
      # API Reference: CAPE Sandbox Automated Malware Analysis
    • low Risky intent intent-offensive-security SKILL.md:33
      Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use)
      # Performing Automated Malware Analysis with CAPE
    • low Risky intent intent-offensive-security SKILL.md:37
      Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use) (detector / deny-list definition)
      CAPE (Config And Payload Extraction) is an open-source malware sandbox derived from Cuckoo that automates behavioral analysis, payload dumping, and configuration extraction. CAPEv2 features API hookin
      detector
    • low Risky intent intent-offensive-security SKILL.md:42
      Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use)
      - When conducting security assessments that involve performing automated malware analysis with cape
    • low Risky intent intent-offensive-security SKILL.md:181
      Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use)
      - [Automating Malware Analysis with CAPE](https://endsec.au/blog/building-an-automated-malware-sandbox-using-cape/)

    Files scanned: 7. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.

    Against the Agent Skills spec

    • note frontmatter-key unknown frontmatter key "domain"
    • note frontmatter-key unknown frontmatter key "subdomain"
    • note frontmatter-key unknown frontmatter key "nist_csf"
    • note frontmatter-key unknown frontmatter key "mitre_attack"

    Process rating: all ten parameters 51/100

    • 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
    • 0Failures and branches. Linear process with no failure handling
    • 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
    • 60Tools and files. Uses tools (python) that frontmatter does not declare
    • 70Inputs and preconditions. Inputs and preconditions are listed
    • 100Steps. 19 steps
    • 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
    • 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 1506 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

    • +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
    • -2localhost URLs: will not work for another user
    • -43 reference files, but SKILL.md never points to them: the model will not open them
    • -31 of 1 scripts are never mentioned in SKILL.md
    • +2Single-language instructions
    • +3Description length 419: enough signal without eating the budget
    • +4Structure: 8 headings
    • +3Step-by-step instructions: 19 items
    • +4Has examples (1 code blocks)
    • +1License stated

    Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 73.