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WARNINGmax severity: HIGHrisk score: 60

Skill enumerates or reads other installed skills. Access to other skills' SKILL.md files or the skills directory reveals prompt instructions, capabilities, a…; Skill reads from agent configuration directories (.claude/, .codex/, .gemini/). These directories may contain API keys, personal settings, and other credenti…; Skill modifies its own code, configuration, or behavior at runtime. Self-modification enables an agent to escalate privileges, disable safety constraints, or…

scanned 2026-08-23

Findings (13)

MEDIUMAgent Snoopingconfidence: 0.8

Skill enumerates or reads other installed skills. Access to other skills' SKILL.md files or the skills directory reveals prompt instructions, capabilities, and secrets that should be invisible to peer skills.

SKILL.md

MEDIUMAgent Snoopingconfidence: 0.8

Skill enumerates or reads other installed skills. Access to other skills' SKILL.md files or the skills directory reveals prompt instructions, capabilities, and secrets that should be invisible to peer skills.

SKILL.md

MEDIUMAgent Snoopingconfidence: 0.8

Skill enumerates or reads other installed skills. Access to other skills' SKILL.md files or the skills directory reveals prompt instructions, capabilities, and secrets that should be invisible to peer skills.

SKILL.md

HIGHAgent Snoopingconfidence: 0.255

Skill reads from agent configuration directories (.claude/, .codex/, .gemini/). These directories may contain API keys, personal settings, and other credentials that the skill has no legitimate need to access.

examples/CLAUDE_MD_TESTING.md

HIGHAgent Snoopingconfidence: 0.255

Skill reads from agent configuration directories (.claude/, .codex/, .gemini/). These directories may contain API keys, personal settings, and other credentials that the skill has no legitimate need to access.

examples/CLAUDE_MD_TESTING.md

HIGHRogue Agentconfidence: 0.85

Skill modifies its own code, configuration, or behavior at runtime. Self-modification enables an agent to escalate privileges, disable safety constraints, or install persistent backdoors.

SKILL.md

HIGHRogue Agentconfidence: 0.85

Skill modifies its own code, configuration, or behavior at runtime. Self-modification enables an agent to escalate privileges, disable safety constraints, or install persistent backdoors.

SKILL.md

HIGHRogue Agentconfidence: 0.85

Skill modifies its own code, configuration, or behavior at runtime. Self-modification enables an agent to escalate privileges, disable safety constraints, or install persistent backdoors.

SKILL.md

HIGHRogue Agentconfidence: 0.85

Skill modifies its own code, configuration, or behavior at runtime. Self-modification enables an agent to escalate privileges, disable safety constraints, or install persistent backdoors.

SKILL.md

HIGHRogue Agentconfidence: 0.85

Skill modifies its own code, configuration, or behavior at runtime. Self-modification enables an agent to escalate privileges, disable safety constraints, or install persistent backdoors.

SKILL.md

HIGHRogue Agentconfidence: 0.85

Skill modifies its own code, configuration, or behavior at runtime. Self-modification enables an agent to escalate privileges, disable safety constraints, or install persistent backdoors.

anthropic-best-practices.md

HIGHRogue Agentconfidence: 0.85

Skill modifies its own code, configuration, or behavior at runtime. Self-modification enables an agent to escalate privileges, disable safety constraints, or install persistent backdoors.

testing-skills-with-subagents.md

HIGHRogue Agentconfidence: 0.85

Skill modifies its own code, configuration, or behavior at runtime. Self-modification enables an agent to escalate privileges, disable safety constraints, or install persistent backdoors.

testing-skills-with-subagents.md

What the verdicts mean

SkillSpector reports on SkillMD's shared five-tier scale. See how SkillSpector works ↗.

PASS

Overall severity LOW (risk score in the safe range)

CAUTION

Overall severity MEDIUM

WARNINGthis skill

Overall severity HIGH

FAIL

Overall severity CRITICAL

INCONCLUSIVE

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