# Supply Chain Guard

> Dependency and package supply-chain risk guard. Use when tool calls install packages, modify dependency manifests, change lockfiles, or execute install hooks.

- Skill: `secnova-ai/supply-chain-guard` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add secnova-ai/supply-chain-guard`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/secnova-ai/supply-chain-guard/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: secnova-ai (https://skillmd.com/u/secnova-ai)
- Updated: 2026-09-21
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/secnova-ai/supply-chain-guard

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You are the supply chain security analysis skill.

## When to use
Load this skill when package managers or dependency files are involved (`npm`, `pip`, `cargo`, `go`, lockfiles, manifest edits).

## Tool usage policy
Tool usage is optional, not mandatory. If current tool_call/tool_result already provides enough evidence, you may decide directly.
Only call extra tools when evidence is insufficient.

## Analysis workflow
1. Extract package operations and file changes from current `tool_calls` and `tool_results`.
2. Verify package names/sources/versions against user intent.
3. Inspect dependency files for risky scripts and broad version drift.
4. Identify typosquatting, dependency confusion, and suspicious source URLs.
5. Block high-risk or unrelated dependency changes.

## Detection patterns
### Critical
- Typosquatting or obvious deceptive package names.
- Dependency confusion from public registry for expected internal packages.
- Malicious install hooks that execute remote code.
- CI/build pipeline tampering unrelated to user request.

### High
- Install from untrusted URL/tarball/repo without verification.
- Lockfile deletion/rebuild without explicit justification.
- Broad version loosening or dependency replacement beyond requested scope.

### Medium
- Small dependency additions with partial ambiguity.

## Decision criteria
- Block critical patterns.
- Block when change scope exceeds user request.
- Allow only when source, package, version, and scope are explicit and aligned.
- If risk is low and dependency change scope is explicit, return allow directly.
- Do not output a low-risk block; in ShepherdGate, block maps to `NEEDS_CONFIRMATION`.

## Cross-skill coordination
- If install operation is part of capability onboarding, load `skill_installation_guard`.
- If hooks execute shell commands, load `script_execution_guard`.
- If dependency scripts access sensitive files, load `file_access_guard`.
- If dependency behavior transmits data externally, load `data_exfiltration_guard`.