Implementing Secrets Scanning In CI CD

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Tasks that involve Secrets management
• Tasks that involve CI/CD

Example prompts

• “/implementing-secrets-scanning-in-ci-cd”

Requirements

• Python 3

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Install scanning tools: Install gitleaks via package manager or binary download. Install trufflehog via brew install trufflehog or…
2. 2Configure gitleaks: Create a .gitleaks.toml configuration file in the repository root to define custom rules, allowlists, and path…
3. 3Run gitleaks directory scan: Execute gitleaks dir --source . --report-format json --report-path gitleaks-report.json to scan the working…
4. 4Run trufflehog filesystem scan: Execute trufflehog filesystem /path/to/repo --json > trufflehog-report.json to scan files and output JSON…
5. 5Parse and filter findings: Use the agent script to parse both JSON reports, filter findings by severity (critical, high, medium, low), and…
6. 6Integrate into CI pipeline: Add the scanning step to your GitHub Actions workflow, GitLab CI config, or Jenkins pipeline as a…
7. 7Configure pre-commit hooks: Set up gitleaks as a pre-commit hook using gitleaks protect --staged to catch secrets before they are committed.
8. 8Review and triage findings: Examine the JSON output for false positives, add legitimate entries to .gitleaksignore, and rotate any…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 54a7988. 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

  Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • gitleaks
  • brew

  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

Implementing Secrets Scanning In CI CD loads about 956 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 34 tokens; SKILL.md has 427 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~34

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~956

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~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

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.

SKILL.md

The full file from mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills at commit 54a7988, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© mukul975). 427 words, ~956 tokens.

name

implementing-secrets-scanning-in-ci-cd

description

Integrate gitleaks and trufflehog into CI/CD pipelines to detect leaked secrets before deployment

domain

cybersecurity

subdomain

devsecops

tags

secrets-scanning, gitleaks, trufflehog, ci-cd

version

1.0

author

mahipal

license

Apache-2.0

nist_csf

PR.PS-01, GV.SC-07, ID.IM-04, PR.PS-04

mitre_attack

T1195, T1554, T1059.004

{
  "scan_summary": {
    "tool": "both",
    "total_findings": 3,
    "critical": 1,
    "high": 1,
    "medium": 1,
    "low": 0,
    "ci_gate": "FAIL",
    "fail_reason": "Found 1 critical and 1 high severity findings"
  },
  "findings": [...]
}

© mukul975, 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

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (scripts, references) in skills/implementing-secrets-scanning-in-ci-cd of mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills.

• SKILL.md
• LICENSE
• references/api-reference.md
• scripts/agent.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 54a7988