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WARNINGmax severity: HIGHrisk score: 58

Skill reads from agent configuration directories (.claude/, .codex/, .gemini/). These directories may contain API keys, personal settings, and other credenti…; Skill's behavior or capabilities extend beyond its stated purpose. Scope creep allows an agent to perform actions unrelated to its documented functionality, …; Skill attempts to fill the context window with filler content, displacing legitimate instructions and safety constraints. This can degrade agent performance …; +1 more

scanned 2026-08-23

Findings (15)

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

LOWExcessive Agencyconfidence: 0.7

Skill's behavior or capabilities extend beyond its stated purpose. Scope creep allows an agent to perform actions unrelated to its documented functionality, increasing the attack surface.

LICENSE

MEDIUMMemory Poisoningconfidence: 0.8

Skill attempts to fill the context window with filler content, displacing legitimate instructions and safety constraints. This can degrade agent performance or bypass safety boundaries.

SKILL.md

MEDIUMMemory Poisoningconfidence: 0.8

Skill attempts to fill the context window with filler content, displacing legitimate instructions and safety constraints. This can degrade agent performance or bypass safety boundaries.

SKILL.md

MEDIUMMemory Poisoningconfidence: 0.8

Skill attempts to fill the context window with filler content, displacing legitimate instructions and safety constraints. This can degrade agent performance or bypass safety boundaries.

SKILL.md

MEDIUMMemory Poisoningconfidence: 0.8

Skill attempts to fill the context window with filler content, displacing legitimate instructions and safety constraints. This can degrade agent performance or bypass safety boundaries.

SKILL.md

MEDIUMMemory Poisoningconfidence: 0.8

Skill attempts to fill the context window with filler content, displacing legitimate instructions and safety constraints. This can degrade agent performance or bypass safety boundaries.

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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