Claude Skills are markdown + scripts loaded into Claude Code; scanned with the same pipeline.
We found this by crawling public sources and nobody has attested to it. That is how most of the registry gets here, and it is not a mark against the artifact — it only means no authenticated act of publication is on record. An artifact can be the vendor's own and still appear here.
86 critical findings reported by cisco-skill-scanner, agent-audit-kit, 70 of them in the installed artifact. The composite score alone does not reflect this — read the per-scanner reports below.
Claude Skills install to a single target, no runtime picker.
nerlo install -- helpers
Manual alternative: copy the skill folder into ~/.claude/skills/ so Claude Code loads it on next launch.
cp -r -- helpers ~/.claude/skills/
Install respects the composite badge: Clean proceeds, Caution prompts for confirmation, and Flagged is refused. Write operations require an API token.
5 of 11 scanners examined this package. The rest do not apply to it — language, ecosystem and packaging decide which analyzers can say anything, and a scanner that cannot examine an artifact reports nothing rather than passing it.
v1.4.0
71 findings · 1.1s
v2.0.11
1381 findings · 132.5s
v0.3.74
44 findings · 115.0s
v0.1.0
72 findings · 23.2s
v0.1.0
27 findings · 23.2s
vv0.3.2
No Go packages were found in this artifact. What each scanner covers
0 findings · 0.1s
v0.1.0
This scanner found nothing in this artifact that it assesses. What each scanner covers
0 findings · 0.9s
No report in this scan: govulncheck, osv-scanner, trivy, trivy_image.
1 scan on record. Every scan's full results are retained immutably for 24 months.
| Completed | Composite | Change | Scanners | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2026 | Scan Halted | — | agentshield: completecisco-skill-scanner: completeagent-audit-kit: completenerlo-behavioral: completenerlo-install-instruction: completecapslock ·n/a: not applicablenerlo-multi-source ·n/a: not applicable | rejected |
Findings in files this artifact installs stand as reported; a model re-read the rest and said which ones it believes are false positives. This is a second opinion published beside the evidence, not a correction to it: the per-scanner reports above are unchanged, every dismissed finding is still listed there at its original severity, and the score and the Flagged badge are computed from those raw severities alone. Nothing below moved them.
Out of 1,595 findings across every scanner that examined this package. 16 of 86 findings rated critical by their scanner were among the dismissals.
Not reviewed is not the same as clean. Those 10 findings stand exactly as their scanners reported them, at full severity, as they would have without this review.
Two keys had to turn. The model had to name a reason from a fixed list of six, and a deterministic check of ours — over which files this artifact actually installs — had to independently agree. Anything it could not corroborate is in “not reviewed” above, at full severity.
501 Test or fixture file — The match is in a test or fixture. Our own check confirmed the file is not part of what gets installed.
Rules: COMMAND_INJECTION_EVAL, FILE_MAGIC_MISMATCH, AAK-TASKS-003 and 4 more · Files: /repo/config_root/config/test/test_config.py, /repo/helpers/lib_tasks/test/test_lib_tasks.py, /repo/helpers/test/test_hintrospection.py and 214 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner, agent-audit-kit
141 Documentation or example — The match is in documentation or sample code, confirmed by our own check to be outside the installed artifact.
Rules: COMPOUND_FETCH_EXECUTE, YARA_prompt_injection_unicode_steganography, AAK-HEALTHCARE-AI-004 and 7 more · Files: /repo/docs/tools/SKILL.md, /repo/docs/blogging/figs/image7.png, /repo/docs/tools/dev_system/figs/synchronize_gh_issue_labels/image1.png and 70 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner, agent-audit-kit, nerlo-install-instruction
14 CI or editor configuration — The match is in build, CI or editor configuration, confirmed by our own check to be outside the installed artifact.
Rules: AAK-AGENT-TRUST-002, AAK-AGENT-TRUST-001, AAK-GHA-IMMUTABLE-001 · Files: .github/workflows/claude.yml, .github/workflows/claude-code-review.yml, .github/workflows/common_dev_image_build.yml and 5 more · reported by agent-audit-kit
2 Agent instruction file — The match is in a file that instructs an AI coding agent — a CLAUDE.md or similar. It is documentation of intent, and our own check confirmed it is not part of what gets installed.
Rules: TOOL_ABUSE_UNDECLARED_NETWORK · Files: /repo/repo/CLAUDE.md, /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/documentation/repo/dev_scripts_helpers/documentation/README.md · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
These findings are in files this artifact installs and are not placeholder values. No false-positive basis can be corroborated for such a finding, so this review never dismisses one; they were not sent to the model and stand at their scanner's severity.
160 MANIFEST_MISSING_LICENSE
Files: /repo/.claude/skills/coding.fix_dasserts/SKILL.md, /repo/.claude/skills/figure.create_svg_from_description/SKILL.md, /repo/.claude/skills/tool_X_in_60_mins.create/SKILL.md and 157 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
141 MANIFEST_INVALID_NAME
Files: /repo/.claude/skills/coding.fix_bloated_imports/SKILL.md, /repo/.claude/skills/book.gather_info/SKILL.md, /repo/.claude/skills/coding.fix_comments/SKILL.md and 138 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
135 DATA_EXFIL_NETWORK_REQUESTS
Files: /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/download/download_academic_paper_to_md.py, /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/download/download_hn_article_to_md.py, /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/download/download_html_to_md.py and 23 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
59 COMMAND_INJECTION_SHELL_TRUE
Files: /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/coding_tools/diff_to_vimdiff.py, /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/coding_tools/traceback_to_cfile.py, /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/git/gd_notebook.py and 13 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
50 COMMAND_INJECTION_EVAL
The model could have called any of these a false positive and did not.
37 DATA_EXFIL_NETWORK_REQUESTS
Files: /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/documentation/generate_images.py, /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/download/test/test_process_gsheet_links.py, /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/download/test/test_update_gsheet_links_from_raindrop.py and 3 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
6 COMMAND_INJECTION_SHELL_TRUE
Files: /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/documentation/piper_markdown_reader.py · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
4 opt.nerlo-rules.nerlo-py-secret-to-network-egress
Files: /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/documentation/check_ai_slop.py · reported by nerlo-behavioral
1 AAK-SECRET-004
Files: devops/docker_run/test_setup.sh · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 COMPOUND_EXTRACT_EXECUTE
Files: /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/documentation/OLD/lint_latex2.sh · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
10 The model called these false positives and our own check did not agree, so the dismissal was refused.
Rules: skills-missing-governance-commands/lint.md, skills-missing-governance-commands/instr2.md, skills-missing-governance-commands/instr.md and 7 more · Files: commands/lint.md, commands/instr2.md, commands/instr.md and 2 more · reported by agentshield
Critical command injection and system modification risks identified.
The artifact contains critical command injection vulnerabilities in configuration files and video generation scripts, allowing for arbitrary shell execution. It also exhibits critical system modification capabilities in cleanup scripts and path traversal risks in video processing. Additionally, there are high severity findings for dynamic code execution, potential secret exfiltration over the network, and various other command injection points.
Concern level assessed by the review: Critical. This is the review's scale, not the registry badge.
Reviewed by gemini-2.5-flash. The model sees the findings, not your code, and cannot change a score.
Files: /repo/config_root/config/config_.py, /repo/config_root/config/config_builder.py, /repo/config_root/config/config_utils.py and 10 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
43 opt.nerlo-rules.nerlo-py-dynamic-exec
Files: /repo/config_root/config/config_builder.py, /repo/config_root/config/config_utils.py, /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/coding_tools/diff_to_vimdiff.py and 24 more · reported by nerlo-behavioral
42 FILE_MAGIC_MISMATCH
Files: /repo/changelog.txt, /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/thin_client/changelog.txt, /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/cleanup_scripts/LimeTask506_Get_E8f_in_prod.sh and 19 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
34 SOCIAL_ENG_VAGUE_DESCRIPTION
Files: /repo/.claude/skills/tikz.make_professional/SKILL.md, /repo/SKILL.md, /repo/linters2/SKILL.md and 31 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
24 opt.nerlo-rules.nerlo-py-secret-to-network-egress
Files: /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/download/update_gsheet_links_from_raindrop.py, /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/generate_videos/download_synthesia_video.py, /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/generate_videos/generate_elevenlabs_voice.py and 10 more · reported by nerlo-behavioral
14 RESOURCE_ABUSE_INFINITE_LOOP
Files: /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/download/update_gsheet_links_from_raindrop.py, /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/github/run_local_ci.py, /repo/helpers/hasyncio.py and 1 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
14 UNANALYZABLE_BINARY
Files: /repo/papers/template/template.pdf, /repo/papers/Causify_Platform_UI_as_Policy/submissions/ieee_software/Causify_Platform_UI_as_Policy_IEEE_Software.pdf, /repo/papers/Orchestrating_Near_Exchange_Compute/Orchestrating_Near_Exchange_Compute.pdf and 4 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
8 AAK-SECRET-004
Files: helpers/hllm.py, helpers/haws.py, helpers/telegram_notify/config.py and 3 more · reported by agent-audit-kit
8 TOOL_ABUSE_UNDECLARED_NETWORK
Files: /repo/helpers/repo/helpers/README.md, /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/repo/dev_scripts_helpers/README.md, /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/download/repo/dev_scripts_helpers/download/README.md and 5 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
7 GLOB_HIDDEN_FILE_TARGETING
Files: /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/system_tools/mdm_utils.py, /repo/helpers/hcoverage.py · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
7 opt.nerlo-rules.nerlo-install-run-bundled-artifact
Files: /repo/.claude/skills/fix_optional.md, /repo/.claude/skills/pytest.triage_local_unit_tests/SKILL.md, /repo/.claude/skills/testing.rules.md and 1 more · reported by nerlo-install-instruction
6 COMMAND_INJECTION_OS_SYSTEM
Files: /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/system_tools/mdm_utils.py, /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/system_tools/capture_notebook_cells.py · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
5 EXCESSIVE_FILE_COUNT
Files: /repo/.claude/skills/., /repo/., /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/. and 2 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
5 LOW_ANALYZABILITY
Files: /repo/papers/Causify_Platform_UI_as_Policy, /repo/papers/Causify_Serverless_Control_Plane, /repo/papers/Causify_Platform_UI_as_Policy/submissions/ieee_software and 2 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
5 opt.nerlo-rules.nerlo-install-shell-inline-command
Files: /repo/.claude/skills/notebook.rules.md, /repo/linters2/lint.README.md · reported by nerlo-install-instruction
5 TOOL_ABUSE_SYSTEM_MODIFICATION
Files: /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/thin_client/thin_client_utils.sh, /repo/devops/docker_build/create_users.sh · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
5 TOOL_ABUSE_SYSTEM_PACKAGE_INSTALL
Files: /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/thin_client/build.py, /repo/devops/docker_build/install_cprofile.sh · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
4 COMPOUND_FIND_EXEC
Files: /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/cleanup_scripts/HelpersTask135_Rename_IS_SUPER_REPO_var.sh, /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/cleanup_scripts/HelpersTask88_Improve_repo_config.sh · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
4 FIND_EXEC_PATTERN
Files: /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/cleanup_scripts/HelpersTask88_Improve_repo_config.sh, /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/cleanup_scripts/HelpersTask135_Rename_IS_SUPER_REPO_var.sh · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
4 HIDDEN_DATA_FILE
Files: /repo/.pre-commit-config.yaml, /repo/.gitleaksignore, /repo/.coveragerc and 1 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
4 YARA_code_execution_generic
Files: /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/git/git_productivity_metrics.py, /repo/main_pytest.py · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
3 PATH_TRAVERSAL_OPEN
Files: /repo/dev_scripts_helpers/generate_videos/extract_png_from_ppt.py · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
3 PIPELINE_TAINT_FLOW
Files: /repo/helpers/hserver.py, /repo/devops/docker_build/os_packages/install_os_publishing_tools.sh · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
3 YARA_prompt_injection_unicode_steganography
Files: /repo/papers/Causify_Platform_UI_as_Policy/submissions/ieee_software/Causify_Platform_UI_as_Policy_IEEE_Software.pdf · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
2 SQL_INJECTION_STRING_FORMAT
Files: /repo/helpers/hsql_implementation.py · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
1 AAK-HEALTHCARE-AI-004
Files: .claude/skills/coding.rules.md · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 AAK-HOOK-RCE-003
Files: .claude/settings.local.json · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 AAK-IPI-WILD-CORPUS-001
Files: helpers/hsql_implementation.py · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 AAK-OAUTH-001
Files: helpers/hgoogle_drive_api.py · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 AAK-OAUTH-007
Files: helpers/hgoogle_drive_api.py · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 AAK-SUPPLY-004
Files: pyproject.toml · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 AAK-TASKS-003
Files: helpers/lib_tasks/lib_tasks_find.py · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 AAK-TRUST-004
Files: .claude/settings.local.json · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 AAK-TRUST-006
Files: .claude/settings.local.json · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 agents-no-tools-agents/code.reviewer.md
Files: agents/code.reviewer.md · reported by agentshield
1 COMMAND_INJECTION_USER_INPUT
Files: /repo/devops/docker_run/entrypoint.sh · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
1 COMPOUND_FETCH_EXECUTE
Files: /repo/devops/docker_build/install_os_packages.sh · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
1 hooks-no-pretooluse
Files: settings.local.json · reported by agentshield
1 opt.nerlo-rules.nerlo-install-pipe-to-shell
Files: /repo/.claude/skills/blog.write_tutorial_readme/SKILL.md · reported by nerlo-install-instruction
1 opt.nerlo-rules.nerlo-py-clipboard-read-exfiltration
Files: /repo/helpers/hclipboard.py · reported by nerlo-behavioral
1 permissions-no-deny-list
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1 permissions-permissive-Bash(python *)
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1 permissions-permissive-Bash(python3 *)
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/architecture.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/auto_task.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/bash.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/blog.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/book.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/cfile.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/coding.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/fix_optional.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/latex.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/markdown.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/notebook.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/pytest.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/readme_file.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/references.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/role.ai_researcher.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/role.coding.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/role.notebook.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/role.skill.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/skill.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/slides.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/svg.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/testing.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/tikz.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/tool_X_in_30_mins.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/tool_X_in_60_mins.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-governance-skills/visuals.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/architecture.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/auto_task.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/book.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/cfile.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/coding.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/fix_optional.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/latex.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/markdown.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/notebook.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/pytest.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/readme_file.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/references.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/role.ai_researcher.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/role.coding.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/role.notebook.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/role.skill.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/skill.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/slides.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/svg.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/testing.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/text.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/tikz.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/tool_X_in_30_mins.rules.md
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1 skills-missing-telemetry-skills/tool_X_in_60_mins.rules.md
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