Agent skill

Performing Service Account Credential Rotation

by mukul975 in mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills

Automates credential rotation for service accounts across Active Directory, cloud platforms, and application databases to eliminate stale secrets and reduce compromise risk.

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Install Performing Service Account Credential Rotation

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill performing-service-account-credential-rotation -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills performing-service-account-credential-rotation --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/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/performing-service-account-credential-rotation .claude/skills/performing-service-account-credential-rotation && 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
performing-service-account-credential-rotation
GitHub stars
34k
Token cost
~2.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
421 words
Files
8 (incl. scripts, references, assets)
Skills in repo
644
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Automates credential rotation for service accounts across Active Directory, cloud platforms, and application databases to eliminate stale secrets and reduce compromise risk.

  • Works in 5 steps: Discover and Inventory Service Accounts → Implement gMSA for Windows Services → AWS Access Key Rotation with Secrets… → …
  • Automating rotation of service account passwords
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use, Prerequisites and Core Concepts, plus 3 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Performing Service Account Credential Rotation is an agent skill from mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills. Automates credential rotation for service accounts across Active Directory, cloud platforms, and application databases to eliminate stale secrets and reduce compromise risk. Use when rotating or automating rotation of service account passwords, API keys, or secrets stored in a vault.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 10 other files, including scripts, reference files and assets (for example `assets/template.md`, `references/api-reference.md` and `references/standards.md`).

It sits in Security, covering Red teaming and adversary simulation. It works with Amazon Web Services. The repository describes itself as: 817 structured cybersecurity skills for AI agents · Mapped to 6 frameworks: MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF 2.0, MITRE ATLAS, D3FEND, NIST AI RMF & MITRE F3 (Fight Fraud) · agentskills.io…. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Automating rotation of service account passwords
  • Secrets stored in a vault

Example prompts

  • “Use the performing-service-account-credential-rotation skill to automate credential rotation for service accounts across Active Directory, cloud…”
  • “/performing-service-account-credential-rotation”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Discover and Inventory Service Accounts
  2. Implement gMSA for Windows Services
  3. AWS Access Key Rotation with Secrets Manager
  4. Database Credential Rotation with Vault
  5. Post-Rotation Verification

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 2 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • cloud.google.com
    • docs.aws.amazon.com
    • learn.microsoft.com
    • developer.hashicorp.com

    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

Performing Service Account Credential Rotation loads about 2.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 83 tokens; SKILL.md has 421 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~83
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.6k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~4.6k

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); 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). 421 words, ~2,649 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/performing-service-account-credential-rotation/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 7 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
performing-service-account-credential-rotation
description
Automates credential rotation for service accounts across Active Directory, cloud platforms, and application databases to eliminate stale secrets and reduce compromise risk. Use when rotating or automating rotation of service account passwords, API keys, or secrets stored in a vault.
domain
cybersecurity
subdomain
identity-access-management
tags
service-accounts, credential-rotation, secrets-management, pam, automation, vault
version
1.0
author
mahipal
license
Apache-2.0
nist_csf
PR.AA-01, PR.AA-02, PR.AA-05, PR.AA-06
mitre_attack
T1078, T1110, T1556, T1098, T1003
mitre_f3.version
1.1
mitre_f3.tactics
initial-access, positioning, stealth

Performing Service Account Credential Rotation

Overview

Service accounts are non-human identities used by applications, daemons, CI/CD pipelines, and automated processes to authenticate to systems and APIs. These accounts often have elevated privileges and their credentials (passwords, API keys, certificates, tokens) are frequently long-lived and shared across teams, making them prime targets for attackers. Credential rotation is the systematic process of replacing these secrets on a scheduled basis, propagating new credentials to all dependent systems, and verifying service continuity after rotation.

When to Use

  • When conducting security assessments that involve performing service account credential rotation
  • When following incident response procedures for related security events
  • When performing scheduled security testing or auditing activities
  • When validating security controls through hands-on testing

Prerequisites

  • Inventory of all service accounts across AD, cloud, and applications
  • Secrets management platform (HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, or CyberArk)
  • Service dependency mapping (which services use which credentials)
  • Change management process for rotation windows
  • Monitoring for service health post-rotation

Core Concepts

Service Account Types
TypePlatformCredentialRotation Method
Active Directory Service AccountWindows/ADPasswordgMSA (automatic) or PAM-managed
AWS IAM UserAWSAccess Key/Secret KeyAWS Secrets Manager rotation Lambda
GCP Service AccountGCPJSON key fileKey rotation via IAM API
Azure Service PrincipalAzureClient secret/certificateKey Vault + rotation policy
Database Service AccountSQL/Oracle/PostgresPasswordVault dynamic secrets
API KeySaaS applicationsAPI tokenApplication-specific API
Show full SKILL.md (190 more words)Show less
Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA)

Windows gMSAs provide automatic password management by Active Directory:

  • AD automatically rotates the password every 30 days
  • Password is 240 bytes, cryptographically random
  • Multiple servers can use the same gMSA simultaneously
  • No administrator knows or manages the password
  • Eliminates manual rotation for Windows services
Rotation Architecture
Secrets Manager / Vault
        │
        ├── Rotation Trigger (schedule or on-demand)
        │
        ├── Generate new credential
        │
        ├── Update credential at source (AD, cloud IAM, database)
        │
        ├── Update credential in all consumers:
        │   ├── Application configuration
        │   ├── CI/CD pipeline secrets
        │   ├── Kubernetes secrets
        │   └── Other dependent services
        │
        ├── Verify service health
        │   ├── Health check endpoints
        │   ├── Authentication test
        │   └── Functional smoke test
        │
        └── Revoke old credential (after grace period)

Workflow

Step 1: Discover and Inventory Service Accounts

Enumerate all service accounts and their dependencies:

powershell
# Active Directory: Find all service accounts
Get-ADServiceAccount -Filter * -Properties *
Get-ADUser -Filter {ServicePrincipalName -ne "$null"} -Properties ServicePrincipalName,PasswordLastSet,LastLogonDate

# Find accounts with passwords older than 90 days
$threshold = (Get-Date).AddDays(-90)
Get-ADUser -Filter {PasswordLastSet -lt $threshold -and Enabled -eq $true} -Properties PasswordLastSet,ServicePrincipalName |
    Where-Object {$_.ServicePrincipalName} |
    Select-Object Name, PasswordLastSet, ServicePrincipalName
Step 2: Implement gMSA for Windows Services
powershell
# Create KDS Root Key (one-time, domain-wide)
Add-KdsRootKey -EffectiveImmediately

# Create the gMSA account
New-ADServiceAccount -Name "svc-webapp-gmsa" `
    -DNSHostName "svc-webapp-gmsa.corp.example.com" `
    -PrincipalsAllowedToRetrieveManagedPassword "WebServerGroup" `
    -KerberosEncryptionType AES128,AES256

# Install on target server
Install-ADServiceAccount -Identity "svc-webapp-gmsa"

# Test the account
Test-ADServiceAccount -Identity "svc-webapp-gmsa"

# Configure IIS Application Pool to use gMSA
# Set identity to: CORP\svc-webapp-gmsa$
Step 3: AWS Access Key Rotation with Secrets Manager
python
import boto3
import json

def rotate_iam_access_key(secret_arn, iam_username):
    """Rotate an IAM user's access key via Secrets Manager."""
    iam = boto3.client("iam")
    sm = boto3.client("secretsmanager")

    # Create new access key
    new_key = iam.create_access_key(UserName=iam_username)
    new_access_key = new_key["AccessKey"]["AccessKeyId"]
    new_secret_key = new_key["AccessKey"]["SecretAccessKey"]

    # Store new credentials in Secrets Manager
    sm.put_secret_value(
        SecretId=secret_arn,
        SecretString=json.dumps({
            "accessKeyId": new_access_key,
            "secretAccessKey": new_secret_key,
            "username": iam_username,
        })
    )

    # List old access keys and deactivate them
    keys = iam.list_access_keys(UserName=iam_username)
    for key in keys["AccessKeyMetadata"]:
        if key["AccessKeyId"] != new_access_key and key["Status"] == "Active":
            iam.update_access_key(
                UserName=iam_username,
                AccessKeyId=key["AccessKeyId"],
                Status="Inactive"
            )

    return {"new_key_id": new_access_key, "old_keys_deactivated": True}
Step 4: Database Credential Rotation with Vault
python
import hvac

def configure_vault_database_rotation(vault_url, vault_token, db_config):
    """Configure HashiCorp Vault for automatic database credential rotation."""
    client = hvac.Client(url=vault_url, token=vault_token)

    # Enable database secrets engine
    client.sys.enable_secrets_engine(
        backend_type="database",
        path="database"
    )

    # Configure database connection
    client.secrets.database.configure(
        name=db_config["name"],
        plugin_name="postgresql-database-plugin",
        connection_url=f"postgresql://{{{{username}}}}:{{{{password}}}}@"
                       f"{db_config['host']}:{db_config['port']}/{db_config['database']}",
        allowed_roles=[db_config["role_name"]],
        username=db_config["admin_user"],
        password=db_config["admin_password"],
    )

    # Create a role for dynamic credentials
    client.secrets.database.create_role(
        name=db_config["role_name"],
        db_name=db_config["name"],
        creation_statements=[
            "CREATE ROLE \"{{name}}\" WITH LOGIN PASSWORD '{{password}}' VALID UNTIL '{{expiration}}';",
            f"GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO \"{{{{name}}}}\";"
        ],
        default_ttl="1h",
        max_ttl="24h",
    )

    return {"status": "configured", "role": db_config["role_name"]}
Step 5: Post-Rotation Verification

After every rotation, verify service continuity:

python
import requests
import time

def verify_service_health(service_endpoints, max_retries=3, delay=10):
    """Check that services are healthy after credential rotation."""
    results = []
    for endpoint in service_endpoints:
        for attempt in range(max_retries):
            try:
                response = requests.get(
                    endpoint["health_url"],
                    timeout=10,
                    headers=endpoint.get("headers", {})
                )
                healthy = response.status_code == 200
                results.append({
                    "service": endpoint["name"],
                    "status": "healthy" if healthy else f"unhealthy ({response.status_code})",
                    "attempt": attempt + 1,
                })
                if healthy:
                    break
            except requests.RequestException as e:
                results.append({
                    "service": endpoint["name"],
                    "status": f"error: {str(e)}",
                    "attempt": attempt + 1,
                })
            if attempt < max_retries - 1:
                time.sleep(delay)

    return results

Validation Checklist

  • Complete inventory of service accounts with dependency mapping
  • gMSA implemented for all eligible Windows service accounts
  • Cloud access keys rotated via secrets manager (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Database credentials managed via dynamic secrets (Vault) or rotation policy
  • Rotation schedule defined (30-90 days depending on risk level)
  • Post-rotation health checks automated
  • Alerting configured for rotation failures
  • Old credentials revoked after grace period
  • Rotation events logged and auditable
  • Rollback procedure documented and tested

References

© 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 7 other files (scripts, references, assets) in skills/performing-service-account-credential-rotation of mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • LICENSE
  • assets/template.md
  • references/api-reference.md
  • references/standards.md
  • references/workflows.md
  • scripts/agent.py
  • scripts/process.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 54a7988

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Questions about Performing Service Account Credential Rotation

What does Performing Service Account Credential Rotation do?

Automates credential rotation for service accounts across Active Directory, cloud platforms, and application databases to eliminate stale secrets and reduce compromise risk. Performing Service Account Credential Rotation is an agent skill from mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills. Automates credential rotation for service accounts across Active Directory, cloud platforms, and application databases to eliminate stale secrets and reduce compromise risk.

When should I use Performing Service Account Credential Rotation?

Performing Service Account Credential Rotation fits situations like: automating rotation of service account passwords; secrets stored in a vault.

How do I install Performing Service Account Credential Rotation in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill performing-service-account-credential-rotation -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/performing-service-account-credential-rotation in mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills) into .claude/skills/performing-service-account-credential-rotation in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Performing Service Account Credential Rotation in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill performing-service-account-credential-rotation -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/performing-service-account-credential-rotation in mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills) into .agents/skills/performing-service-account-credential-rotation in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Performing Service Account Credential Rotation 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 mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill performing-service-account-credential-rotation -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/performing-service-account-credential-rotation, .gemini/skills/performing-service-account-credential-rotation, .github/skills/performing-service-account-credential-rotation and .opencode/skills/performing-service-account-credential-rotation in your project.

What does Performing Service Account Credential Rotation need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Performing Service Account Credential Rotation needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Performing Service Account Credential Rotation access the network?

SKILL.md names 4 domains. As links in the text: cloud.google.com, docs.aws.amazon.com, learn.microsoft.com and developer.hashicorp.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Performing Service Account Credential Rotation 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Performing Service Account Credential Rotation use?

Performing Service Account Credential Rotation is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Performing Service Account Credential Rotation use?

About 2.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 11k 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 2k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

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Who maintains Performing Service Account Credential Rotation?

mukul975 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills, which has 34,116 GitHub stars. The repository holds 644 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 31, 2026.

Source: mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.