Agent skill

Malware Analyst

by aiskillstore in aiskillstore/marketplace

Expert malware analyst specializing in defensive malware research, threat intelligence, and incident response.

No licenceAuto-check passedSecurity

Install Malware Analyst

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill malware-analyst -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aiskillstore/marketplace malware-analyst --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aiskillstore/marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/sickn33/malware-analyst .claude/skills/malware-analyst && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
malware-analyst
GitHub stars
430
Used in
6 other repos
Token cost
~1.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
375 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
1,108
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Expert malware analyst specializing in defensive malware research, threat intelligence, and incident response.

  • Works in 3 steps: Environment Setup → Execution → Documentation
  • Tasks that involve Incident response
  • SKILL.md covers Reporting Framework, Ethical Guidelines and Response Approach
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Malware Analyst is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. Expert malware analyst specializing in defensive malware research, threat intelligence, and incident response. Masters sandbox analysis, behavioral analysis, and malware family identification. Handles static/dynamic analysis, unpacking, and IOC extraction. Use PROACTIVELY for malware triage, threat hunting, incident response, or security research.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `skill-report.json`).

It sits in Security, covering Incident response, OSINT and Security operations. The repository describes itself as: Security-audited skills for Claude, Codex & Claude Code. One-click install, quality verified.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Incident response
  • Tasks that involve OSINT
  • Tasks that involve Security operations

Example prompts

  • “/malware-analyst”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Environment Setup
  2. Execution
  3. Documentation

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ad8daf7. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are yara and markdown).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Malware Analyst loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 91 tokens; SKILL.md has 375 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~91
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.7k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 375 words (~1,658 tokens).

name
malware-analyst
metadata.model
opus

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/sickn33/malware-analyst of aiskillstore/marketplace.

  • SKILL.md
  • skill-report.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ad8daf7

Used in 6 other repositories

We found 15 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 6 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in aiskillstore/marketplace, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Malware Analyst

What does Malware Analyst do?

Expert malware analyst specializing in defensive malware research, threat intelligence, and incident response. Malware Analyst is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. Expert malware analyst specializing in defensive malware research, threat intelligence, and incident response.

When should I use Malware Analyst?

Malware Analyst fits situations like: tasks that involve Incident response; tasks that involve OSINT; tasks that involve Security operations.

How do I install Malware Analyst in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill malware-analyst -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/sickn33/malware-analyst in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .claude/skills/malware-analyst in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Malware Analyst in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill malware-analyst -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/sickn33/malware-analyst in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .agents/skills/malware-analyst in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Malware Analyst in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill malware-analyst -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/malware-analyst, .gemini/skills/malware-analyst, .github/skills/malware-analyst and .opencode/skills/malware-analyst in your project.

What does Malware Analyst need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Malware Analyst is instructions for the agent only.

Does Malware Analyst access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Malware Analyst safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Malware Analyst use?

No licence was found for Malware Analyst or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Malware Analyst use?

About 1.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Malware Analyst?

aiskillstore (a GitHub organization) maintains it in aiskillstore/marketplace, which has 430 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,108 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: aiskillstore/marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.