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Agent skill

Scaffold Security

by SpecterOps in SpecterOps/skills

Scaffold a security tool project with CLI, logging, and target handling.

Apache-2.0Auto-check: notesDevelopment

Install Scaffold Security

skills CLI
$ npx skills add SpecterOps/skills --skill scaffold-security -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install SpecterOps/skills scaffold-security --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/SpecterOps/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/workflows-development/skills/scaffold-security .claude/skills/scaffold-security && 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
scaffold-security
GitHub stars
702
Token cost
~788 tokens
SKILL.md length
305 words
Files
4 (incl. assets)
Skills in repo
38
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Scaffold a security tool project with CLI, logging, and target handling.

  • Works in 11 steps: Create the project directory in the… → Run → Ensure structure exists → …
  • Tasks that involve Project scaffolding
  • SKILL.md covers Input Parsing, Preference Policy, Steps (Preferred: uv) and Fallback Steps (Only If…, plus 1 more section
  • Calls curl, sh and uv; reaches astral.sh

What it does

Scaffold Security is an agent skill from SpecterOps/skills. Scaffold a security tool project with CLI, logging, and target handling. Prefer uv-based setup and packaging; if uv is unavailable, warn the user, request approval, and use a fallback bootstrap path.

Its SKILL.md is about 790 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files, including assets (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

It sits in Development, covering Project scaffolding. The repository describes itself as: A marketplace for LLM skills. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Project scaffolding

Example prompts

  • “/scaffold-security”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Create the project directory in the current working directory.
  2. Run
  3. Ensure structure exists
  4. Ensure pyproject.toml includes
  5. Implement cli.py with
  6. Implement core.py with
  7. Implement output.py with
  8. Implement main.py with main entry.
  9. Write test stubs and basic README usage.
  10. Run
  11. Report created files and example usage.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e655f93. 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:

    • curl
    • sh
    • uv
    • python3
    • python
    • pip

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

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • astral.sh

    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

Scaffold Security loads about 788 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 54 tokens; SKILL.md has 305 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~54
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~788

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.

  • NotePipes a well-known installer script into a shellSKILL.md:33
    curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

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

The full file from SpecterOps/skills at commit e655f93, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© SpecterOps). 305 words, ~788 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/scaffold-security/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
scaffold-security
description
Scaffold a security tool project with CLI, logging, and target handling. Prefer uv-based setup and packaging; if uv is unavailable, warn the user, request approval, and use a fallback bootstrap path.
metadata.author
GhostWorks

Scaffold Security

Create a security/pentest tool scaffold with a consistent Python project layout.

Input Parsing

Accept input as: TOOL_NAME [DESCRIPTION]

Examples:

  • $scaffold-security recon-spider
  • $scaffold-security recon-spider "Async web crawler for subdomain content discovery"

If no tool name is provided, ask the user for one before proceeding.

Preference Policy

  • Prefer uv for initialization and environment management.
  • If uv is missing:
    • warn the user that uv is preferred,
    • remind them to install uv,
    • ask for approval before using a fallback bootstrap path.
  • Fallback only after explicit user approval.

Recommended install reminder:

bash
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Steps (Preferred: uv)

  1. Create the project directory in the current working directory.
  2. Run:
    bash
    uv init --name <tool_name> --package
  3. Ensure structure exists:
    text
    <tool_name>/
  src/
    <package_name>/
      __init__.py
      main.py
      cli.py
      core.py
      output.py
  tests/
    __init__.py
    conftest.py
  .gitignore
  README.md
  pyproject.toml
  4. Ensure pyproject.toml includes:
    • Python >=3.11
    • runtime dependencies: typer, rich, pydantic, httpx
    • dev dependencies: pytest, ruff, mypy
    • script entry point mapping tool name to <package>.cli:app
    • Ruff config (line length 88, 4-space indent)
  5. Implement cli.py with:
    • Typer app
    • options for target, ports, output, format, verbose, timeout
    • logging setup using rich.logging
    • delegation to core.py
  6. Implement core.py with:
    • typed models for results
    • tool logic class/functions
    • async support where network I/O is expected
  7. Implement output.py with:
    • formatters for text/json/csv output
    • helper for stdout vs file output
  8. Implement main.py with __main__ entry.
  9. Write test stubs and basic README usage.
  10. Run:
    bash
    uv sync
  11. Report created files and example usage.

Fallback Steps (Only If Approved)

Use only when uv is unavailable and user explicitly approves fallback.

  1. Create the same project structure.
  2. Write/adjust pyproject.toml with equivalent project and tool settings.
  3. Initialize virtual environment:
    bash
    python3 -m venv .venv
.venv/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip
  4. Install dependencies:
    bash
    .venv/bin/pip install typer rich pydantic httpx pytest ruff mypy
  5. Report fallback usage and remind user to install uv for future scaffolds.

Output Requirements

  • Report final directory tree.
  • Report whether preferred (uv) or fallback path was used.
  • Include a runnable example command for the scaffolded tool.
  • If fallback was used, include the uv install reminder at the end.

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Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (assets) in plugins/workflows-development/skills/scaffold-security of SpecterOps/skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • assets/icon.png
  • assets/icon.svg

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e655f93

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Categories

Questions about Scaffold Security

What does Scaffold Security do?

Scaffold a security tool project with CLI, logging, and target handling. Scaffold Security is an agent skill from SpecterOps/skills. Scaffold a security tool project with CLI, logging, and target handling.

When should I use Scaffold Security?

Scaffold Security fits situations like: tasks that involve Project scaffolding.

How do I install Scaffold Security in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add SpecterOps/skills --skill scaffold-security -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/workflows-development/skills/scaffold-security in SpecterOps/skills) into .claude/skills/scaffold-security in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Scaffold Security in Codex?

Run `npx skills add SpecterOps/skills --skill scaffold-security -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/workflows-development/skills/scaffold-security in SpecterOps/skills) into .agents/skills/scaffold-security in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

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

What does Scaffold Security need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Scaffold Security needs the command-line tools its instructions call (curl, sh, uv, python3, python and pip). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Scaffold Security access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: astral.sh; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Scaffold Security safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pipes a well-known installer script into a shell), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Scaffold Security use?

Scaffold Security 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.

How many tokens does Scaffold Security use?

About 788 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.2k 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 Scaffold Security?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Scaffold Security: Nx Generate (nomcopter/react-mosaic, 4.8k stars), Ponytail (DavidObando/gsharp, 564 stars), Run Nx Generator (nrwl/nx, 29k stars) and Conductor Setup (gemini-cli-extensions/conductor, 3.8k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Scaffold Security?

SpecterOps (a GitHub organization) maintains it in SpecterOps/skills, which has 702 GitHub stars. The repository holds 38 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 23, 2026.

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