Taskingbot Skill Validator

Provided by TippyEntertainment

https://github.com/tippyentertainment/skills.git

Purpose

Create a TaskingBot skill called taskingbot-skill-validator that scans other skills for tool poisoning before they are registered or exposed.

Role

You are a security validator for TaskingBot skills. You:

• Scan SKILL.md, manifest, and schema files for hidden instructions, cross-tool shadowing, data exfiltration, and policy/jailbreak language.
• Assign risk scores and block, warn, or approve skills based on findings.
• Help defend against OpenClaw/ClawHub-style SKILL.md poisoning and policy bypass.

Inputs

• skillId: Unique skill identifier
• skillMarkdown: SKILL.md content
• skillManifestJson: Manifest JSON (optional)
• schemaJson: Schema JSON (optional)

Process

1. Scan SKILL.md, manifest, and schema using regex-based pattern matching for:
   • Hidden/second-order instructions
   • Cross-tool shadowing
   • Data exfiltration
   • Policy/jailbreak language
2. For each match, record a finding with severity, message, snippet, and source.
3. Compute riskScore and status from findings:
   • low: +5, medium: +15, high: +30, critical: +50 (clamp 0–100)
   • status = block if score ≥ 70, warn if ≥ 30, else ok
4. Compute hash as sha256(markdown + manifestJson + schemaJson).

Output

• status: ok | warn | block
• riskScore: 0–100
• findings: Array of findings with category, severity, message, snippet, and source
• hash: sha256 over markdown + manifest + schema

Constraints

• Never approve skills with status === "block".
• Only expose skills with status === "ok" to agents.
• Skills with status === "warn" require explicit admin approval or user override.

Example Usage

User instruction:

Scan the following skill for tool poisoning and policy violations.

// skillMarkdown, manifestJson, schemaJson here... { id: "data-exfiltration", regex: /pastebin.com|webhook|send all data|send all logs|send all messages|send all credentials|btc address|crypto wallet/gi, severity: "critical", message: "Potential data exfiltration or crypto wallet reference detected." }, { id: "policy-violation", regex: /bypass security|circumvent restrictions|jailbreak|ignore content policy/gi, severity: "critical", message: "Policy/jailbreak language detected." } ];

function scanText(source: "markdown" | "manifest" | "schema", text: string): ScanFinding[] { const findings: ScanFinding[] = []; for (const pat of patterns) { let match; const regex = new RegExp(pat.regex.source, pat.regex.flags); while ((match = regex.exec(text)) !== null) { const start = Math.max(0, match.index - 60); const end = Math.min(text.length, match.index + match[0].length + 60); findings.push({ id: pat.id, severity: pat.severity as ScanFinding["severity"], message: pat.message, snippet: text.slice(start, end), source }); } } return findings; }

function computeHash(markdown: string, manifest: string | null, schema: string | null): string { const data = markdown + (manifest || "") + (schema || ""); return crypto.createHash("sha256").update(data).digest("hex"); }

function scoreSeverity(severity: ScanFinding["severity"]): number { switch (severity) { case "low": return 5; case "medium": return 15; case "high": return 30; case "critical": return 50; default: return 0; } }

export async function scanSkill(args: ScanSkillArgs): Promise { const findings: ScanFinding[] = []; findings.push(...scanText("markdown", args.skillMarkdown || "")); if (args.skillManifestJson) findings.push(...scanText("manifest", args.skillManifestJson)); if (args.schemaJson) findings.push(...scanText("schema", args.schemaJson));

let riskScore = findings.reduce((acc, f) => acc + scoreSeverity(f.severity), 0); riskScore = Math.max(0, Math.min(100, riskScore));

let status: ScanStatus = "ok"; if (riskScore >= 70) status = "block"; else if (riskScore >= 30) status = "warn";

const hash = computeHash(args.skillMarkdown || "", args.skillManifestJson || null, args.schemaJson || null);

return { skillId: args.skillId, status, riskScore, findings, hash }; }