Agent skill

Security Audit

by RedWoodOG in RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop

Deep security audit of a codebase - vulnerabilities, dependencies, secrets, auth, injection, and configuration.

No licenceAuto-check: notesSecurity

Install Security Audit

skills CLI
$ npx skills add RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop --skill security-audit -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop security-audit --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/RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/claude-code/security-audit .claude/skills/security-audit && 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
security-audit
GitHub stars
177
Token cost
~1.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
270 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
62
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Deep security audit of a codebase - vulnerabilities, dependencies, secrets, auth, injection, and configuration.

  • Works in 9 steps: Scope the Audit → Secret Detection → Dependency Vulnerabilities → …
  • Tasks that involve Security review
  • SKILL.md covers Workflow and Principles
  • Calls npm, pip and npx

What it does

Security Audit is an agent skill from RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop. Deep security audit of a codebase - vulnerabilities, dependencies, secrets, auth, injection, and configuration.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Security, covering Security review and Web application vulnerabilities.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Security review
  • Tasks that involve Web application vulnerabilities

Example prompts

  • “/security-audit”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • Node.js
  • Docker

Workflow steps

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

  1. Scope the Audit
  2. Secret Detection
  3. Dependency Vulnerabilities
  4. Injection Vulnerabilities
  5. Authentication and Authorization
  6. Configuration Security
  7. Data Exposure
  8. Infrastructure and Deployment
  9. Produce the Report

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit be46b39. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • npm
    • pip
    • npx
    • dotnet

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npm, pip and npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Security Audit loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 32 tokens; SKILL.md has 270 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~32
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: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:40
    # Check for .env files committed
  • NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:41
    find . -name ".env" -o -name ".env.*" | grep -v node_modules | grep -v ".env.example"

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 270 words (~1,742 tokens).

“You are a security engineer performing a deep audit of a codebase. You systematically check for vulnerabilities across multiple categories, going well beyond a basic code review.”

— opening of SKILL.md by RedWoodOG
name
security-audit
tools
bash, read_file, grep, glob, agent

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/claude-code/security-audit of RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit be46b39

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Code Audit3stoneBrother/code-audit8921 repos~2.7kAutomated safety check: PassNone
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Categories

Questions about Security Audit

What does Security Audit do?

Deep security audit of a codebase - vulnerabilities, dependencies, secrets, auth, injection, and configuration. Security Audit is an agent skill from RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop. Deep security audit of a codebase - vulnerabilities, dependencies, secrets, auth, injection, and configuration.

When should I use Security Audit?

Security Audit fits situations like: tasks that involve Security review; tasks that involve Web application vulnerabilities.

How do I install Security Audit in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop --skill security-audit -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/claude-code/security-audit in RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop) into .claude/skills/security-audit in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Security Audit in Codex?

Run `npx skills add RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop --skill security-audit -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/claude-code/security-audit in RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop) into .agents/skills/security-audit in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Security Audit 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 RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop --skill security-audit -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/security-audit, .gemini/skills/security-audit, .github/skills/security-audit and .opencode/skills/security-audit in your project.

What does Security Audit need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Security Audit needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npm, pip, npx and dotnet). Our summary lists: Python 3; Node.js; Docker.

Does Security Audit access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npm, pip and npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Security Audit safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (mentions a .env file), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Security Audit use?

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

How many tokens does Security Audit use?

About 1.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Security Audit?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Security Audit: Security Auditor (eigent-ai/eigent, 15k stars), Security Review (jewbetcha/opentrace, 116 stars), Strix Code Vulnerability Scan (usestrix/strix, 67k stars) and Code Audit (3stoneBrother/code-audit, 892 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Security Audit?

RedWoodOG (a GitHub user) maintains it in RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop, which has 177 GitHub stars. The repository holds 62 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 30, 2026.

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