How do I install the Skill Guard skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add johnalbertini14-glitch/skill-guard in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

What does the Skill Guard skill do?

SkillShield v4 — Ultimate security scanner for OpenClaw skills. 65 security checks, SARIF v2.1.0 output, CI/CD ready, campaign detection, C2 IP blocklist, known malicious actor database, macOS attack detection, agent config tampering, LLM tool exploitation, pre-commit hooks, and more. Python 3 stdlib only. Single file. Zero dependencies. It is listed under Marketing & Growth, AI & ML on SkillMD.

Is Skill Guard safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. Independent scanners report: SkillSpector: PASS, Skill Scanner: PASS. Capability flags: executes scripts, makes network calls, reads secrets. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Skill Guard?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Skill Guard free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Skill Guard?

johnalbertini14-glitch (@johnalbertini14-glitch) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Skill Guard by johnalbertini14-glitch

Name: Skill Guard
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: johnalbertini14-glitch

SkillShield v4.0.0 — Ultimate Edition 🛡️

65 security checks | SARIF v2.1.0 | CI/CD ready | Zero dependencies

The most comprehensive security scanner for OpenClaw/ClawHub skills. Detects malware, credential theft, exfiltration, prompt injection, campaign signatures, agent takeover, macOS-specific attacks, and more.

Feature Comparison

Feature	SkillShield v4	Skillvet v2
Total security checks	65	48
Python 3 stdlib only	✅	❌ (bash)
Single file	✅	❌ (multi-file)
SARIF v2.1.0 output	✅	✅
JSON output	✅	✅
Summary mode	✅	✅
Verbose mode	✅	✅
Pre-commit hook	✅	✅
GitHub Actions template	✅	✅
HTML dashboard report	✅	❌
Markdown report	✅	❌
Interactive mode	✅	❌
Quarantine system	✅	❌
Baseline/tamper detection	✅	❌
SBOM generation	✅	❌
Diff scanning	✅	❌
Custom rules engine	✅	❌
Risk scoring (weighted)	✅	✅
Check IDs (SS-001+)	✅	✅
Exit codes (0/1/2)	✅	✅
Known C2/IOC IP blocklist	✅	✅
Known malicious actors	✅	✅
Exfiltration endpoints	✅	✅
Paste service detection	✅	✅
Campaign detection (3)	✅	❌
Behavioral analysis	✅	❌
macOS attack detection	✅	✅
Agent config tampering	✅	✅
LLM tool exploitation	✅	✅
String evasion detection	✅	✅
Punycode domains	✅	✅
Double encoding	✅	✅
Password archive detection	✅	✅
Network fingerprinting	✅	❌
Reputation grading	✅	❌
Context-aware domain checks	✅	❌
Inline ignore comments	✅	✅
.skillshield-ignore file	✅	✅ (.skillvetrc)
Max file size option	✅	✅
Max depth option	✅	✅
16 file types scanned	✅	✅
Statistics footer	✅	✅

Usage

Scan all skills

python3 skills/skill-guard/scripts/skillguard.py scan

Check a single skill

python3 skills/skill-guard/scripts/skillguard.py check skills/some-skill

Check a directory of skills

python3 skills/skill-guard/scripts/skillguard.py check /path/to/skills

Output Formats

# JSON output (for automation)
python3 scripts/skillguard.py check skills/some-skill --json

# SARIF v2.1.0 (for GitHub Code Scanning / VS Code)
python3 scripts/skillguard.py check skills/some-skill --sarif

# Summary mode (one-line per skill)
python3 scripts/skillguard.py scan --summary

# Verbose mode (debug check progress)
python3 scripts/skillguard.py scan --verbose

# HTML dashboard
python3 scripts/skillguard.py scan --html report.html

# Markdown report
python3 scripts/skillguard.py scan --report report.md

CI/CD Integration

GitHub Actions (SARIF upload):

- name: Run SkillShield
  run: python3 skills/skill-guard/scripts/skillguard.py check skills/ --sarif > results.sarif || true

- name: Upload SARIF
  uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
  with:
    sarif_file: results.sarif

Generate GitHub Actions workflow:

python3 scripts/skillguard.py ci > .github/workflows/skillshield.yml

Pre-commit hook:

python3 scripts/skillguard.py hook > .git/hooks/pre-commit
chmod +x .git/hooks/pre-commit

Exit Codes

Code	Meaning
0	Clean — no issues found
1	Warnings only — suspicious findings
2	Critical/malicious findings

All Commands

Command	Description
`scan [dir]`	Scan all skills (default: ~/clawd/skills/)
`check <path>`	Scan a single skill or directory
`watch [dir]`	One-liner summary for cron alerting
`diff <name>`	Compare skill against baseline
`quarantine <name>`	Move malicious skill to quarantine
`unquarantine <name>`	Restore from quarantine
`list-quarantine`	Show quarantined skills
`sbom <name>`	Generate Software Bill of Materials (JSON)
`hook`	Generate git pre-commit hook
`ci`	Generate GitHub Actions workflow

All Options

Flag	Description
`--json`	Machine-readable JSON output
`--sarif`	SARIF v2.1.0 output
`--summary`	One-line per skill output
`--verbose`	Show check progress
`--report <path>`	Markdown report file
`--html <path>`	HTML dashboard report
`--baseline`	Force re-baseline hashes
`--interactive`	Review findings interactively
`--ci`	Generate GitHub Actions workflow
`--max-file-size N`	Skip files > N bytes
`--max-depth N`	Limit traversal depth

False Positive Suppression

File-level: Create .skillshield-ignore in the skill:

Base64 encode/decode operation
HTTP request to unknown domain: my-legit-api.com

Inline: Add # skillshield-ignore comment:

url = "https://bit.ly/legit-link"  # skillshield-ignore

Security Checks (65 total)

Check IDs (SS-001 through SS-065)

ID	Check	Severity	Weight
SS-001	Outbound HTTP request	WARNING	3
SS-002	eval/exec call	WARNING	5
SS-003	Dynamic import	WARNING	5
SS-004	Base64 decode operation	WARNING	4
SS-005	Base64 decodes to suspicious content	CRITICAL	9
SS-006	Hex string decodes to suspicious content	CRITICAL	9
SS-007	URL shortener detected	WARNING	5
SS-008	Executable data URI	WARNING	5
SS-009	Hardcoded secret	CRITICAL	10
SS-010	SSL verification disabled	WARNING	5
SS-011	PATH modification	CRITICAL	8
SS-012	Library path modification	CRITICAL	8
SS-013	Shell execution (os.system)	WARNING	4
SS-014	subprocess with shell=True	CRITICAL	7
SS-015	Sensitive file access	CRITICAL	8
SS-016	Reverse shell pattern	CRITICAL	10
SS-017	DNS exfiltration	CRITICAL	9
SS-018	Crontab modification	CRITICAL	8
SS-019	System service creation	CRITICAL	8
SS-020	Shell RC file modification	CRITICAL	8
SS-021	Time bomb pattern	WARNING	6
SS-022	Pickle deserialization	CRITICAL	9
SS-023	Prompt injection override	CRITICAL	9
SS-024	Prompt injection exfiltration	CRITICAL	9
SS-025	Social engineering phrase	WARNING	5
SS-026	SVG JavaScript	CRITICAL	8
SS-027	SVG event handler	WARNING	5
SS-028	npm lifecycle hook	CRITICAL	8
SS-029	Typosquat package	WARNING	6
SS-030	Binary executable	CRITICAL	9
SS-031	Symlink to sensitive path	CRITICAL	8
SS-032	Archive file	WARNING	4
SS-033	Unicode homoglyph	CRITICAL	7
SS-034	ANSI escape injection	WARNING	5
SS-035	Writes outside skill dir	WARNING	5
SS-036	COMBO: sensitive + outbound	CRITICAL	10
SS-037	COMBO: subprocess + sensitive	CRITICAL	8
SS-038	Campaign signature match	CRITICAL	10
SS-039	BEHAVIORAL: staged exfiltration	CRITICAL	9
SS-040	BEHAVIORAL: download + exec	CRITICAL	9
SS-041	BEHAVIORAL: env harvest + network	CRITICAL	9
SS-042	Clipboard access	WARNING	4
SS-043	Bulk env variable capture	CRITICAL	9
SS-044	Permission mismatch (trojan)	CRITICAL	8
SS-045	Known C2/IOC IP address	CRITICAL	10
SS-046	Known exfiltration endpoint	CRITICAL	10
SS-047	Paste service reference	CRITICAL	7
SS-048	GitHub raw content execution	CRITICAL	9
SS-049	macOS Gatekeeper bypass (xattr)	CRITICAL	9
SS-050	macOS osascript social engineering	CRITICAL	8
SS-051	TMPDIR payload staging	CRITICAL	9
SS-052	Keychain theft	CRITICAL	10
SS-053	Password-protected archive	CRITICAL	7
SS-054	Double-encoded path bypass	CRITICAL	7
SS-055	Punycode domain (IDN attack)	CRITICAL	7
SS-056	String construction evasion	CRITICAL	7
SS-057	Process persistence + network	CRITICAL	9
SS-058	Agent config tampering	CRITICAL	9
SS-059	LLM tool exploitation	CRITICAL	9
SS-060	Fake prerequisite pattern	CRITICAL	7
SS-061	Network fingerprinting + exfil	WARNING	6
SS-062	Known malicious actor	CRITICAL	10
SS-063	Nohup/disown + network	CRITICAL	9
SS-064	chmod +x on downloaded file	CRITICAL	8
SS-065	open -a with downloaded binary	CRITICAL	8

Campaign Detection

ClawHavoc — 386-skill wallet theft campaign with C2 beacons
twitter-enhanced — Typosquatting popular skills with hidden eval/exec
ClickFix — Social engineering to run clipboard commands

Known C2/IOC IP Blocklist

Based on reports from Koi Security, Bitdefender, Snyk:

91.92.242.30 — AMOS C2 server
54.91.154.110 — AMOS C2 server
185.215.113.16 — ClawHavoc dropper relay
45.61.136.47 — AMOS stage-2 payload
194.169.175.232 — Atomic Stealer C2
91.92.248.52 — ClawHavoc wallet exfil
79.137.207.210 — Bandit Stealer C2
45.155.205.172 — Generic macOS stealer C2

Known Malicious Actors

zaycv, Ddoy233, Sakaen736jih, Hightower6eu, aslaep123, davidsmorais, clawdhub1

File Types Scanned

.py, .js, .ts, .tsx, .jsx, .sh, .bash, .rs, .go, .rb, .c, .cpp, .md, .json, .svg, .yml, .yaml, .toml, .txt, .cfg, .ini, .html, .css, .env*, Dockerfile*, Makefile, pom.xml, .gradle

Performance

25 real skills in < 1 second
16 test cases in < 0.5 seconds
Single Python 3 file, zero dependencies
2,800 lines of pure stdlib Python

Skill Guard

File contents

SkillShield v4.0.0 — Ultimate Edition 🛡️

Feature Comparison

Usage

Scan all skills

Check a single skill

Check a directory of skills

Output Formats

CI/CD Integration

Exit Codes

All Commands

All Options

False Positive Suppression

Security Checks (65 total)

Check IDs (SS-001 through SS-065)

Campaign Detection

Known C2/IOC IP Blocklist

Known Malicious Actors

File Types Scanned

Performance

Frequently asked questions

Skill Guard

File contents

SkillShield v4.0.0 — Ultimate Edition 🛡️

Feature Comparison

Usage

Scan all skills

Check a single skill

Check a directory of skills

Output Formats

CI/CD Integration

Exit Codes

All Commands

All Options

False Positive Suppression

Security Checks (65 total)

Check IDs (SS-001 through SS-065)

Campaign Detection

Known C2/IOC IP Blocklist

Known Malicious Actors

File Types Scanned

Performance

Related skills

Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Skill Guard skill?

What does the Skill Guard skill do?

Is Skill Guard safe to use?

Which AI agents work with Skill Guard?

Is Skill Guard free to use?

Who published Skill Guard?