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- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/.github/workflows/publish.yml +30 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/.github/workflows/test.yml +31 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/.gitignore +7 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/CONTRIBUTING.md +72 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/LICENSE +21 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/PKG-INFO +488 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/README.md +459 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/examples/clean-role.md +22 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/examples/clean-skill.md +33 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/examples/malicious-skill.md +48 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/examples/mcp.json +16 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/pyproject.toml +47 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/src/skill_audit/__init__.py +3 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/src/skill_audit/analyzer.py +285 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/src/skill_audit/cli.py +461 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/src/skill_audit/config.py +175 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/src/skill_audit/fetcher.py +134 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/src/skill_audit/formatters.py +435 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/src/skill_audit/ignore.py +160 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/src/skill_audit/llm_reviewer.py +346 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/src/skill_audit/mcp_scanner.py +311 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/src/skill_audit/models.py +80 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/src/skill_audit/parser.py +455 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/src/skill_audit/rubrics/__init__.py +6 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/src/skill_audit/rubrics/role_rubrics.py +193 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/src/skill_audit/rubrics/skill_rubrics.py +880 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/tests/__init__.py +0 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/tests/test_adversarial.py +546 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/tests/test_analyzer.py +208 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/tests/test_config.py +150 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/tests/test_fetcher.py +20 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/tests/test_ignore.py +344 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/tests/test_llm_reviewer.py +79 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/tests/test_mcp_scanner.py +398 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/tests/test_parser.py +202 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/tests/test_rubrics.py +432 -0
- ai_skill_audit-0.3.0/uv.lock +318 -0
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# Contributing to skill-audit
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Thanks for your interest in making AI skills safer. Here's how to contribute.
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## Setup
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## Adding detection patterns
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| Destructive | `_DESTRUCTIVE_PATTERNS` | Commands that destroy data |
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- `src/skill_audit/rubrics/skill_rubrics.py` — 6 dimensions for skills
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Name: ai-skill-audit
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Summary: Audit AI skill and role files for quality and trust. Catches bad prompts before they reach your agent.
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Keywords: ai,audit,claude,prompt-engineering,quality,security,skills
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# skill-audit
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Audit AI skill and role files for quality and trust. Catches bad prompts before they reach your agent.
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## Why
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The AI skill ecosystem is growing fast — 80k+ community skills across Claude Code, OpenClaw, and other platforms. Some are excellent. Many are vague or incomplete. And some are actively malicious: audits have found 13-37% of marketplace skills contain critical issues including prompt injection, credential theft, and data exfiltration.
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- **Vet before installing** — is this community skill safe and well-written?
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- **Catch threats** — prompt injection, hardcoded secrets, destructive commands, data exfiltration, obfuscation
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- **Improve what you write** — get specific, actionable feedback on your own skills
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- **Gate quality in CI** — fail pipelines if skill quality drops below a threshold
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- **Scan MCP configs** — audit MCP server configurations for risky permissions and exposed secrets
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## What it checks
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### Skills (6 dimensions)
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| **Trust** | 20% | Security scan across 7 threat categories |
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Valid categories: `DESTRUCTIVE`, `EXFILTRATION`, `OBFUSCATION`, `PRIVILEGE`, `INJECTION`, `SECRET`, `SUSPICIOUS_URL`, `ENTROPY`
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Suppress findings directly in skill files:
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Suppressed findings still appear in verbose output (marked as "ignored") but don't affect the score.
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```toml
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# Customize scoring weights (must sum to 1.0 within skill/role groups)
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[weights]
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# Skill dimension weights
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completeness = 0.20
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persona_clarity = 0.30
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entropy_threshold = 4.8
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CLI flags always override config file values. View effective config:
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```
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## Supported formats
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| Format | Description | Auto-detected by |
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|--------|-------------|-----------------|
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| `dotai-skill` | [dotai](https://github.com/dawalama/dotai) structured skills | `trigger`, `category`, `## Steps` in frontmatter/body |
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435
|
+
| `dotai-role` | dotai role files | `## Principles` + `## Anti-patterns` sections |
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| `claude-native` | Claude Code SKILL.md files | `argument-hint`, `compatibility`/`license` in frontmatter, `SKILL.md` filename |
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| `mcp-config` | MCP server configurations | `mcp.json` or `claude_desktop_config.json` filename |
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| `unknown` | Plain markdown | Fallback — still scored as a skill |
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## Limitations
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This is a **static analysis tool**. It uses pattern matching and heuristics to identify known threat patterns. It cannot:
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+
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- Detect obfuscated or encoded malware beyond known patterns
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- Catch novel attack techniques not in its ruleset
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- Determine contextual intent (legitimate `rm -rf` vs. malicious)
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|
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- Detect indirect prompt injection from external data sources
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448
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- Analyze runtime behavior or dynamic code generation
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- Identify supply-chain attacks from compromised dependencies
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- Replace manual code review for high-risk skills
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+
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**A passing audit does not mean a skill is safe.** Always review skills manually before granting them access to your systems, especially skills that request broad permissions (Bash, filesystem, network).
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+
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Use skill-audit as a **first-pass filter**, not a replacement for manual review or more comprehensive scanners.
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## Examples
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The `examples/` directory contains sample files for testing:
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| File | Grade | Purpose |
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|------|-------|---------|
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| `clean-skill.md` | A | Well-structured skill with all sections |
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| `clean-role.md` | A | Complete role with persona, principles, anti-patterns |
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| `malicious-skill.md` | F | Intentionally malicious skill with multiple attack vectors |
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| `mcp.json` | C | MCP config with risky server configurations |
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```bash
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# Try it yourself
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skill-audit audit examples/ --summary
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skill-audit audit examples/malicious-skill.md --verbose
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```
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## Development
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```bash
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git clone https://github.com/dawalama/skill-audit.git
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cd skill-audit
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uv sync --extra dev
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uv run pytest tests/ -v
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```
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198 tests covering all scoring dimensions, 7 threat categories, and 38 adversarial attack patterns.
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See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for how to add detection patterns and rubrics.
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## License
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MIT
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