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GitHub - cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner: Security Scanner for Agent Skills
chha · 2026-06-24 · via Hacker News - Newest: "AI"

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A best-effort security scanner for AI Agent Skills that detects prompt injection, data exfiltration, and malicious code patterns. Combines pattern-based detection (YAML + YARA), LLM-as-a-judge, and behavioral dataflow analysis to maximize detection coverage of probable threats while minimizing false positives.

Important: This scanner provides best-effort detection, not comprehensive or complete coverage. A scan that returns no findings does not guarantee that a skill is free of all threats. See Scope and Limitations below.

Supports OpenAI Codex Skills and Cursor Agent Skills formats following the Agent Skills specification. With --lenient, also scans non-standard formats such as Claude Code .claude/commands/*.md and flat markdown skill repos.


Highlights

  • Multi-Engine Detection - Static analysis, behavioral dataflow, LLM semantic analysis, and cloud-based scanning for layered, best-effort coverage
  • False Positive Filtering - Meta-analyzer significantly reduces noise while preserving detection capability
  • CI/CD Ready - SARIF output for GitHub Code Scanning, reusable GitHub Actions workflow, exit codes for build failures
  • Pre-commit Hook - Standard pre-commit framework integration to scan skills before every commit
  • Extensible - Plugin architecture for custom analyzers

Join the Cisco AI Discord to discuss, share feedback, or connect with the team.


Scope and Limitations

Skill Scanner is a detection tool. It identifies known and probable risk patterns, but it does not certify security.

Key limitations:

  • No findings ≠ no risk. A scan that returns "No findings" indicates that no known threat patterns were detected. It does not guarantee that a skill is secure, benign, or free of vulnerabilities.
  • Coverage is inherently incomplete. The scanner combines signature-based detection, LLM-based semantic analysis, behavioral dataflow analysis, optional cloud services, and configurable rule packs. While this approach improve coverage, no automated tool can detect every technique, especially novel or zero-day attacks.
  • False positives and false negatives can occur. Consensus modes and meta-analysis reduce noise, but no configuration eliminates all incorrect classifications. Tune the scan policy to your risk tolerance.
  • Human review remains essential. Automated scanning is one component of a defense-in-depth strategy. High-risk or production deployments should pair scanner results with manual code review and/or threat modeling.

Documentation

Guide Description
Quick Start Get started in 5 minutes
Architecture System design and components
Threat Taxonomy Complete AITech threat taxonomy with examples
LLM Analyzer LLM configuration and usage
Meta-Analyzer False positive filtering and prioritization
Behavioral Analyzer Dataflow analysis details
Scan Policy Custom policies, presets, and tuning guide
Policy Quick Reference Compact reference for policy sections and knobs
Rule Authoring How to add signature, YARA, and Python rules
GitHub Actions Reusable workflow for CI/CD integration
API Reference REST API documentation
Development Guide Contributing and development setup

Installation

Prerequisites: Python 3.10+ and uv (recommended) or pip

# Using uv (recommended)
uv pip install cisco-ai-skill-scanner

# Using pip
pip install cisco-ai-skill-scanner
Cloud Provider Extras
# AWS Bedrock support
pip install cisco-ai-skill-scanner[bedrock]

# Google AI Studio / Gemini support
pip install cisco-ai-skill-scanner[google]

# Google Vertex AI support
pip install cisco-ai-skill-scanner[vertex]

# Azure OpenAI support
pip install cisco-ai-skill-scanner[azure]

# All cloud providers
pip install cisco-ai-skill-scanner[all]

Quick Start

Environment Setup (Optional)

# For LLM analyzer and Meta-analyzer
export SKILL_SCANNER_LLM_API_KEY="your_api_key"
export SKILL_SCANNER_LLM_MODEL="claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022"

# For VirusTotal binary scanning
export VIRUSTOTAL_API_KEY="your_virustotal_api_key"

# For Cisco AI Defense
export AI_DEFENSE_API_KEY="your_aidefense_api_key"

Interactive Wizard

Not sure which flags to use? Run skill-scanner with no arguments to launch the interactive wizard:

The wizard walks you through selecting a scan target, analyzers, policy, and output format, then shows the assembled command before running it. Great for learning the CLI.

CLI Usage

# Scan a single skill (core analyzers: static + bytecode + pipeline)
skill-scanner scan /path/to/skill

# Scan with behavioral analyzer (dataflow analysis)
skill-scanner scan /path/to/skill --use-behavioral

# Scan with all engines
skill-scanner scan /path/to/skill --use-behavioral --use-llm --use-aidefense

# Scan with meta-analyzer for false positive filtering
skill-scanner scan /path/to/skill --use-llm --enable-meta

# Scan with trigger analyzer for vague description checks
skill-scanner scan /path/to/skill --use-trigger

# Run LLM analyzer multiple times and keep majority-agreed findings
skill-scanner scan /path/to/skill --use-llm --llm-consensus-runs 3

# Scan multiple skills recursively
skill-scanner scan-all /path/to/skills --recursive --use-behavioral

# Scan multiple skills with cross-skill overlap detection
skill-scanner scan-all /path/to/skills --recursive --check-overlap

# Lenient mode: tolerate malformed skills instead of failing
skill-scanner scan /path/to/skill --lenient
skill-scanner scan-all /path/to/skills --recursive --lenient

# Lenient mode with non-standard skill formats (no SKILL.md required)
skill-scanner scan .claude/commands/deploy --lenient
skill-scanner scan-all .claude/commands --recursive --lenient

# Use a custom metadata filename instead of SKILL.md
skill-scanner scan /path/to/skill --skill-file README.md

# CI/CD: Fail build if threats found
skill-scanner scan-all ./skills --fail-on-severity high --format sarif --output results.sarif

# Generate interactive HTML report with attack correlation groups
skill-scanner scan /path/to/skill --use-llm --enable-meta --format html --output report.html

# Use custom YARA rules
skill-scanner scan /path/to/skill --custom-rules /path/to/my-rules/

# Use custom taxonomy + threat mapping profiles (JSON/YAML)
skill-scanner scan /path/to/skill --taxonomy /path/to/taxonomy.json --threat-mapping /path/to/threat_mapping.json

# VirusTotal hash scan with optional unknown-file uploads
skill-scanner scan /path/to/skill --use-virustotal --vt-upload-files

# Use a scan policy preset (strict, balanced, permissive)
skill-scanner scan /path/to/skill --policy strict

# Use a custom org policy file
skill-scanner scan /path/to/skill --policy my_org_policy.yaml

# Generate a policy file to customise
skill-scanner generate-policy -o my_org_policy.yaml

# Interactive policy configurator (TUI)
skill-scanner configure-policy

LLM provider note: --llm-provider currently accepts anthropic or openai. For Bedrock, Vertex, Azure, Gemini, and other LiteLLM backends, set provider-specific model strings and environment variables (see LLM Analyzer docs).

Python SDK

from skill_scanner import SkillScanner
from skill_scanner.core.analyzers import BehavioralAnalyzer

# Create scanner with analyzers
scanner = SkillScanner(analyzers=[
    BehavioralAnalyzer(),
])

# Scan a skill
result = scanner.scan_skill("/path/to/skill")

print(f"Findings: {len(result.findings)}")
print(f"Max severity: {result.max_severity}")

# Note: is_safe indicates no HIGH/CRITICAL findings were detected.
# It does not guarantee the skill is free of all risk.
if not result.is_safe:
    print("Issues detected -- review findings before deployment")

Security Analyzers

Analyzer Detection Method Scope Requirements
Static YAML + YARA patterns All files None
Bytecode .pyc integrity verification Python bytecode None
Pipeline Command taint analysis Shell pipelines None
Behavioral AST dataflow analysis Python files None
LLM Semantic analysis SKILL.md + scripts API key
Meta False positive filtering All findings API key
VirusTotal Hash-based malware Binary files API key
AI Defense Cloud-based AI Text content API key

CLI Options

Option Description
--policy Scan policy: preset name (strict, balanced, permissive) or path to custom YAML
--use-behavioral Enable behavioral analyzer (dataflow analysis)
--use-llm Enable LLM analyzer (requires API key)
--llm-provider LLM provider for CLI routing: anthropic or openai
--llm-consensus-runs N Run LLM analysis N times and keep majority-agreed findings
--llm-max-tokens N Maximum output tokens for LLM responses (default: 8192)
--use-virustotal Enable VirusTotal binary scanner
--vt-api-key KEY Provide VirusTotal API key directly (optional)
--vt-upload-files Upload unknown binaries to VirusTotal (optional)
--use-aidefense Enable Cisco AI Defense analyzer
--aidefense-api-url URL Override AI Defense API URL (optional)
--use-trigger Enable trigger specificity analyzer
--enable-meta Enable meta-analyzer for false positive filtering
--verbose Include per-finding policy fingerprints, co-occurrence metadata, and keep meta-analyzer false positives
--format Output: summary, json, markdown, table, sarif, html. The html format produces a self-contained interactive report with collapsible correlation groups, expandable code snippets, and pipeline taint flow diagrams
--detailed Include detailed findings in Markdown output
--compact Compact JSON output
--output PATH Default output file path (overridden by --output-<fmt>)
--fail-on-findings Exit with error if HIGH/CRITICAL found (shorthand for --fail-on-severity high)
--fail-on-severity LEVEL Exit with error if findings at or above LEVEL exist (critical, high, medium, low, info)
--custom-rules PATH Use custom YARA rules from directory
--taxonomy PATH Load custom taxonomy profile (JSON/YAML) for this run
--threat-mapping PATH Load custom scanner threat mapping profile (JSON) for this run
--lenient Tolerate malformed skills (coerce bad fields, fill defaults) instead of failing. When SKILL.md is absent, falls back to scanning .md files in the directory
--skill-file FILENAME Custom metadata filename to use instead of SKILL.md (e.g. README.md)
--check-overlap (scan-all) Enable cross-skill description overlap checks
Command Description
(no command) Launch interactive scan wizard (when run in a terminal)
interactive Launch interactive scan wizard (explicit)
scan Scan a single skill directory
scan-all Scan multiple skills (with --recursive, --check-overlap)
generate-policy Generate a scan policy YAML for customisation
configure-policy Interactive TUI to build/edit a custom scan policy (--input supported)
list-analyzers Show available analyzers
validate-rules Validate rule signatures (--rules-file supported)

Example Output

$ skill-scanner scan ./my-skill --use-behavioral

============================================================
Skill: my-skill
============================================================
Status: [OK] No findings
Max Severity: NONE
Total Findings: 0
Scan Duration: 0.15s

Note: "No findings" means the scanner did not detect any known threat patterns -- it is not a guarantee that the skill is free of all risk. See Scope and Limitations.


GitHub Actions

Scan skills automatically on every push or PR using the reusable workflow:

# .github/workflows/scan-skills.yml
name: Scan Skills
on:
  pull_request:
    paths: [".cursor/skills/**"]
jobs:
  scan:
    uses: cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner/.github/workflows/scan-skills.yml@main
    with:
      skill_path: .cursor/skills
    permissions:
      security-events: write
      contents: read

Results appear as inline annotations in PRs via GitHub Code Scanning. See the full guide for LLM integration, secret configuration, and branch protection setup.


Pre-commit Hook

Scan skills before every commit using the pre-commit framework:

# .pre-commit-config.yaml
repos:
  - repo: https://github.com/cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner
    rev: v1.0.0  # use the latest release tag
    hooks:
      - id: skill-scanner

Or install the built-in hook directly:

skill-scanner-pre-commit install

The hook automatically detects which skill directories have staged changes and only scans those, keeping commit times fast. Use --all to scan everything.


Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

License

Apache 2.0 - See LICENSE for details.

Copyright 2026 Cisco Systems, Inc. and its affiliates


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