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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

Skill manipulates agent memory, state, or stored context. Memory corruption can alter personality, override safety rules, or cause unpredictable behavior.

templates/thought-leadership.md

This pattern attempts to override system instructions or ignore safety constraints. Without LLM analysis, manual review is recommended.

SKILL.md

Hidden instructions were detected in comments or invisible text. These could contain malicious directives. Manual review is recommended.

references/platform-guides.md

Hidden instructions were detected in comments or invisible text. These could contain malicious directives. Manual review is recommended.

references/platform-guides.md

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.

references/content-templates.md