CodeQL Security Scan
trailofbits/skills
Scans a codebase for vulnerabilities with CodeQL's data flow and taint tracking in run-all or important-only modes, including data extensions for project-specific sources and sinks.
Instruments code to track the flow of untrusted or sensitive data at runtime, enabling detection of injection vulnerabilities, data leaks, and privilege violations.
$ npx skills add ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE --skill taint-instrumentation-assistant -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE taint-instrumentation-assistant --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant .claude/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "taint-instrumentation-assistant" agent skill from https://github.com/ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE/tree/main/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant into .claude/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "taint-instrumentation-assistant", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE/tree/main/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistantType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE --skill taint-instrumentation-assistant -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE taint-instrumentation-assistant --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant .agents/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "taint-instrumentation-assistant" agent skill from https://github.com/ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE/tree/main/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant into .agents/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "taint-instrumentation-assistant", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE --skill taint-instrumentation-assistant -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE taint-instrumentation-assistant --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant .cursor/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "taint-instrumentation-assistant" agent skill from https://github.com/ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE/tree/main/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant into .cursor/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "taint-instrumentation-assistant", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE.git --path skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE --skill taint-instrumentation-assistant -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE taint-instrumentation-assistant --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant .gemini/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "taint-instrumentation-assistant" agent skill from https://github.com/ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE/tree/main/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant into .gemini/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "taint-instrumentation-assistant", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE taint-instrumentation-assistantInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE --skill taint-instrumentation-assistant -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant .github/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "taint-instrumentation-assistant" agent skill from https://github.com/ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE/tree/main/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant into .github/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "taint-instrumentation-assistant", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE --skill taint-instrumentation-assistant -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE taint-instrumentation-assistant --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant .opencode/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "taint-instrumentation-assistant" agent skill from https://github.com/ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE/tree/main/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant into .opencode/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "taint-instrumentation-assistant", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
taint-instrumentation-assistantInstruments code to track the flow of untrusted or sensitive data at runtime, enabling detection of injection vulnerabilities, data leaks, and privilege violations.
Taint Instrumentation Assistant is an agent skill from ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE. Instruments code to track the flow of untrusted or sensitive data at runtime, enabling detection of injection vulnerabilities, data leaks, and privilege violations. Use when users need to: (1) Track untrusted input propagation through code, (2) Detect SQL injection, XSS, or command injection vulnerabilities, (3) Identify sensitive data leaks, (4) Monitor privilege escalation paths, (5) Perform dynamic taint analysis for security testing. Supports Python, Java, JavaScript, and C/C++ with configurable taint sources…
Its SKILL.md is about 2.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including scripts, reference files and assets (for example `references/api_reference.md` and `scripts/example.py`).
It sits in Security, covering Web application vulnerabilities, Static analysis and SAST and Red teaming and adversary simulation. It works with Java, JavaScript, Python and C++. The repository describes itself as: A curated list of 180+ useful Claude Skills for Software Engineering and resources for customizing AI for SE workflows. The licence is Apache-2.0.
5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4f38503. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
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.
Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Taint Instrumentation Assistant loads about 2.9k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 140 tokens; SKILL.md has 275 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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.
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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
The full file from ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE at commit 4f38503, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© ArabelaTso). 275 words, ~2,910 tokens.
.claude/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.Instrument code to track untrusted and sensitive data flow for security vulnerability detection.
Follow these steps to add taint tracking instrumentation:
Define what data to track and where violations occur:
Taint sources (untrusted/sensitive data origins):
Taint sinks (dangerous operations):
Mark data from untrusted sources as tainted:
# Mark user input as tainted
def mark_tainted(value, source):
"""Mark a value as tainted from a specific source"""
if hasattr(value, '__taint__'):
value.__taint__ = source
return value
# Example: HTTP parameter
user_input = request.GET['username']
user_input = mark_tainted(user_input, source="HTTP_PARAM")Track taint as data flows through the program:
# Taint propagation for string operations
def tainted_concat(str1, str2):
result = str1 + str2
# If either input is tainted, result is tainted
if hasattr(str1, '__taint__') or hasattr(str2, '__taint__'):
result.__taint__ = getattr(str1, '__taint__', None) or getattr(str2, '__taint__', None)
return resultDetect when tainted data reaches dangerous operations:
# Check for tainted data at SQL sink
def execute_query(query):
if hasattr(query, '__taint__'):
print(f"TAINT VIOLATION: Tainted data from {query.__taint__} used in SQL query")
print(f"Query: {query}")
# Optionally: raise exception or log for analysis
# Execute query...Produce code with complete taint tracking:
# Taint tracking infrastructure
class TaintedStr(str):
"""String wrapper that carries taint information"""
def __new__(cls, value, taint_source=None):
instance = super().__new__(cls, value)
instance.taint_source = taint_source
return instance
def __add__(self, other):
result = TaintedStr(super().__add__(other))
result.taint_source = self.taint_source or getattr(other, 'taint_source', None)
return result
# Mark taint source
def get_user_input():
user_data = input("Enter username: ")
return TaintedStr(user_data, taint_source="USER_INPUT")
# Check taint sink
def execute_sql(query):
if isinstance(query, TaintedStr) and query.taint_source:
print(f"[TAINT VIOLATION] SQL Injection risk!")
print(f" Source: {query.taint_source}")
print(f" Query: {query}")
raise SecurityError("Tainted data in SQL query")
# Execute query...
# Example usage
username = get_user_input()
query = TaintedStr("SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = '") + username + TaintedStr("'")
execute_sql(query) # Triggers violation// Taint tracking class
class TaintedString {
private String value;
private String taintSource;
public TaintedString(String value, String taintSource) {
this.value = value;
this.taintSource = taintSource;
}
public String getValue() { return value; }
public String getTaintSource() { return taintSource; }
public boolean isTainted() { return taintSource != null; }
public TaintedString concat(TaintedString other) {
String newValue = this.value + other.value;
String newSource = this.taintSource != null ? this.taintSource : other.taintSource;
return new TaintedString(newValue, newSource);
}
}
// Mark taint source
TaintedString getUserInput() {
Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
String input = scanner.nextLine();
return new TaintedString(input, "USER_INPUT");
}
// Check taint sink
void executeSQL(TaintedString query) {
if (query.isTainted()) {
System.err.println("[TAINT VIOLATION] SQL Injection risk!");
System.err.println(" Source: " + query.getTaintSource());
System.err.println(" Query: " + query.getValue());
throw new SecurityException("Tainted data in SQL query");
}
// Execute query...
}// Taint tracking wrapper
class TaintedString {
constructor(value, taintSource = null) {
this.value = value;
this.taintSource = taintSource;
}
concat(other) {
const newValue = this.value + (other.value || other);
const newSource = this.taintSource || other.taintSource;
return new TaintedString(newValue, newSource);
}
toString() {
return this.value;
}
}
// Mark taint source
function getUserInput() {
const input = prompt("Enter username:");
return new TaintedString(input, "USER_INPUT");
}
// Check taint sink
function executeSQL(query) {
if (query instanceof TaintedString && query.taintSource) {
console.error("[TAINT VIOLATION] SQL Injection risk!");
console.error(` Source: ${query.taintSource}`);
console.error(` Query: ${query.value}`);
throw new Error("Tainted data in SQL query");
}
// Execute query...
}# Original vulnerable code
def login(username, password):
query = f"SELECT * FROM users WHERE name='{username}' AND pass='{password}'"
return db.execute(query)
# Instrumented code
def login(username, password):
# Mark inputs as tainted
username = TaintedStr(username, "HTTP_PARAM:username")
password = TaintedStr(password, "HTTP_PARAM:password")
# Build query (taint propagates)
query = TaintedStr(f"SELECT * FROM users WHERE name='") + username + TaintedStr("' AND pass='") + password + TaintedStr("'")
# Check at sink
if isinstance(query, TaintedStr) and query.taint_source:
print(f"[TAINT VIOLATION] SQL Injection detected!")
print(f" Tainted input: {query.taint_source}")
print(f" Query: {query}")
return db.execute(str(query))# Original vulnerable code
def render_greeting(name):
return f"<h1>Hello, {name}!</h1>"
# Instrumented code
def render_greeting(name):
# Mark input as tainted
name = TaintedStr(name, "HTTP_PARAM:name")
# Build HTML (taint propagates)
html = TaintedStr("<h1>Hello, ") + name + TaintedStr("!</h1>")
# Check at sink (HTML output)
if isinstance(html, TaintedStr) and html.taint_source:
print(f"[TAINT VIOLATION] XSS risk detected!")
print(f" Tainted input: {html.taint_source}")
print(f" HTML: {html}")
return str(html)# Original vulnerable code
def process_file(filename):
os.system(f"cat {filename}")
# Instrumented code
def process_file(filename):
# Mark input as tainted
filename = TaintedStr(filename, "USER_INPUT:filename")
# Build command (taint propagates)
command = TaintedStr("cat ") + filename
# Check at sink (system command)
if isinstance(command, TaintedStr) and command.taint_source:
print(f"[TAINT VIOLATION] Command Injection risk!")
print(f" Tainted input: {command.taint_source}")
print(f" Command: {command}")
os.system(str(command))# taint_policy.py
TAINT_SOURCES = {
"HTTP_PARAM": ["request.GET", "request.POST", "request.args"],
"USER_INPUT": ["input()", "sys.stdin.read()"],
"FILE_READ": ["open().read()", "Path.read_text()"],
"ENV_VAR": ["os.getenv()", "os.environ"],
}
TAINT_SINKS = {
"SQL_QUERY": ["db.execute()", "cursor.execute()"],
"SYSTEM_CMD": ["os.system()", "subprocess.call()"],
"HTML_OUTPUT": ["render_template()", "HttpResponse()"],
"FILE_WRITE": ["open().write()", "Path.write_text()"],
"EVAL": ["eval()", "exec()"],
}
TAINT_ENABLED = True
REPORT_FORMAT = "detailed" # or "summary"## Taint Analysis Report
**File**: app.py
**Analysis Date**: 2024-02-17
### Violations Detected
#### Violation 1: SQL Injection Risk
- **Severity**: HIGH
- **Location**: app.py:45
- **Taint Source**: HTTP_PARAM:username
- **Taint Sink**: db.execute()
- **Data Flow**:
1. User input from HTTP parameter 'username' (line 42)
2. String concatenation in query building (line 44)
3. Passed to db.execute() without sanitization (line 45)
- **Recommendation**: Use parameterized queries
#### Violation 2: XSS Risk
- **Severity**: MEDIUM
- **Location**: app.py:78
- **Taint Source**: HTTP_PARAM:comment
- **Taint Sink**: render_template()
- **Data Flow**:
1. User input from HTTP parameter 'comment' (line 75)
2. Embedded in HTML template (line 78)
- **Recommendation**: Use HTML escaping
### Summary
- Total violations: 2
- High severity: 1
- Medium severity: 1
- Low severity: 0def sanitize_sql(value):
"""Remove taint after sanitization"""
if isinstance(value, TaintedStr):
# Sanitize and remove taint
sanitized = value.replace("'", "''")
return str(sanitized) # Return regular string (untainted)
return value
# Usage
username = TaintedStr(user_input, "HTTP_PARAM")
safe_username = sanitize_sql(username) # No longer tainted
query = f"SELECT * FROM users WHERE name='{safe_username}'" # Safeclass TaintLevel:
UNTAINTED = 0
LOW = 1
MEDIUM = 2
HIGH = 3
class TaintedStr(str):
def __init__(self, value, taint_level=TaintLevel.UNTAINTED):
self.taint_level = taint_level
# Different sources have different taint levels
public_data = TaintedStr(data, TaintLevel.LOW)
user_input = TaintedStr(input, TaintLevel.HIGH)© ArabelaTso, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
SKILL.md and 3 other files (scripts, references, assets) in skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant of ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4f38503
Taint Instrumentation Assistant next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taint Instrumentation Assistant this skillArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE | 253 | — | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| CodeQL Security Scantrailofbits/skills | 7.5k | — | ~4.6k | Automated safety check: Notes | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | |
| Constant-Time Analysistrailofbits/skills | 7.5k | — | ~3.3k | Automated safety check: Notes | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | |
| Code Audit3stoneBrother/code-audit | 892 | 1 repos | ~2.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Skylosduriantaco/skylos | 846 | — | ~620 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Security Verification Gatefengshao1227/ccg-workflow | 5.9k | — | ~621 | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT |
trailofbits/skills
Scans a codebase for vulnerabilities with CodeQL's data flow and taint tracking in run-all or important-only modes, including data extensions for project-specific sources and sinks.
trailofbits/skills
Compiles cryptographic code and inspects the assembly or bytecode for variable-time instructions, then triages which flagged operations actually touch secrets.
3stoneBrother/code-audit
Professional code security audit skill covering 55+ vulnerability types.
duriantaco/skylos
Run, interpret, or modify Skylos safely. An agent skill from duriantaco/skylos.
fengshao1227/ccg-workflow
Scans code with a bundled Node script for injection, secrets, XSS and other risky patterns, ranks findings by severity and checks that security decisions are documented.
duriantaco/skylos
Investigate and harden Skylos security behavior. An agent skill from duriantaco/skylos.
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Generate test cases using metamorphic testing by applying transformations based on metamorphic properties.
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ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE
Instrument programs (Python, C/C++, Java) to capture snapshots of key program states at runtime, including variables, memory, and call stacks.
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Instruments code to track the flow of untrusted or sensitive data at runtime, enabling detection of injection vulnerabilities, data leaks, and privilege violations. Taint Instrumentation Assistant is an agent skill from ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE. Instruments code to track the flow of untrusted or sensitive data at runtime, enabling detection of injection vulnerabilities, data leaks, and privilege violations.
Taint Instrumentation Assistant fits situations like: track untrusted input propagation through code; detect SQL injection; command injection vulnerabilities; identify sensitive data leaks.
Run `npx skills add ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE --skill taint-instrumentation-assistant -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant in ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE) into .claude/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE --skill taint-instrumentation-assistant -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant in ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE) into .agents/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE --skill taint-instrumentation-assistant -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant, .gemini/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant, .github/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant and .opencode/skills/taint-instrumentation-assistant in your project.
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Taint Instrumentation Assistant needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.
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.
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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
Taint Instrumentation Assistant is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 2.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 12k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 246 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Taint Instrumentation Assistant: CodeQL Security Scan (trailofbits/skills, 7.5k stars), Constant-Time Analysis (trailofbits/skills, 7.5k stars), Code Audit (3stoneBrother/code-audit, 892 stars) and Skylos (duriantaco/skylos, 846 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
ArabelaTso (a GitHub user) maintains it in ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE, which has 253 GitHub stars. The repository holds 170 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 21, 2026.
Source: ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.