Best AI Agent Skills for Agent Security in 2026

Security tools for AI agents — scan dangerous Skills/MCP configs, detect prompt injection, audit tool permissions, and harden agent supply chains.

🔍 Browse 30 agent security tools ⭐ 110.9k total stars 🔄 Refreshed every 8h
Quick Pick — If you only pick one, go with Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills ★ 31.8k — 817 structured cybersecurity skills for AI agents · Mapped to 6 frameworks: MITR

The Complete Guide to Agent Security Tools (2026)

What Are Agent Security Tools?

Agent Security tools are AI-powered software designed to help developers and teams tackle agent security-related tasks more efficiently. These tools are typically published as open-source projects on GitHub and can be integrated into existing workflows via MCP (Model Context Protocol), Claude Skills, or standalone agent frameworks. On Agent Skills Hub, we index 30 quality-scored agent security tools across languages including Python, TypeScript, JavaScript.

Why Use Agent Security Tools?

In 2026, the AI agent ecosystem is maturing rapidly. Agent Security tools can significantly boost development efficiency by automating repetitive tasks, reducing human error, and providing intelligent suggestions. The top 3 tools — Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills, claude-code-security-review, codex-security — have earned an average of 3,696 GitHub stars, reflecting strong community validation. 26 of the listed tools come with clear open-source licenses, ensuring freedom to use and modify.

How to Choose the Best Agent Security Tool?

When choosing a agent security tool, consider these factors: 1) Community activity — GitHub stars and recent commit frequency indicate reliability; 2) Integration method — check if it supports MCP, Claude, or your preferred agent framework; 3) Language compatibility — the most common language in this list is Python; 4) Quality score — Agent Skills Hub's composite score evaluates code quality, documentation completeness, and maintenance activity. Our recommendation: start with Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills — it ranks highest in both star count and quality score.

Top 30 Agent Security Tools

1 Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills by mukul975
★ 31.8k Python MCP Server

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 standard · Works with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex CLI, Cursor, Gemini CLI & 20+ platforms · 29 security domains · Apache 2.0

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2 claude-code-security-review by anthropics
★ 6.3k Python Claude Skill

An AI-powered security review GitHub Action using Claude to analyze code changes for security vulnerabilities.

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3 codex-security by openai
★ 10.8k TypeScript Codex Skill

OpenAI's Codex Security CLI and TypeScript SDK for finding, validating, and fixing security vulnerabilities. npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@openai/codex-security

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4 skills by trailofbits
★ 7.2k Python Claude Skill

Trail of Bits Claude Code skills for security research, vulnerability detection, and audit workflows

Quick Start: Add the Marketplace Browse and Install Plugins Local Development To add the marketplace locally (e.g., for testing or development), navigate to the pa...
```
/plugin marketplace add trailofbits/skills
```
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5 promptfoo by promptfoo
★ 25.4k TypeScript LLM Plugin

Test your prompts, agents, and RAGs. Red teaming/pentesting/vulnerability scanning for AI. Compare performance of GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, and more. Simple declarative configs with command line and CI/CD integration. Used by OpenAI and Anthropic.

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6 agentseal by getagentseal
★ 374 Python MCP Server

Security toolkit for AI agents. Scan your machine for dangerous skills and MCP configs, monitor for supply chain attacks, test prompt injection resistance, and audit live MCP servers for tool poisoning.

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7 agentseal by AgentSeal
★ 156 Python MCP Server

Security toolkit for AI agents. Scan your machine for dangerous skills and MCP configs, monitor for supply chain attacks, test prompt injection resistance, and audit live MCP servers for tool poisoning.

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8 Adrian by secureagentics
★ 564 Python MCP Server

Open-source runtime AI agent security tool - monitors and controls AI agents, catching malicious tool use, prompt injection, and policy drift in real time, before the agent acts.

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9 agent-threat-rules by Agent-Threat-Rule
★ 399 TypeScript MCP Server

Open detection-rule standard for AI agent security threats — like Sigma, but for AI agents. Executable, testable rules for prompt injection, tool poisoning, context exfiltration and MCP attacks. Merged into open-source projects at Microsoft, Cisco, Gen Digital, MISP and FINOS. MIT-licensed.

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10 hol-guard by hashgraph-online
★ 650 Python MCP Server

Open-source antivirus for AI agents: block risky tools, secret access, prompt injection, malicious packages, MCP servers, plugins, and skills at runtime.

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11 agent-security-scanner-mcp by sinewaveai
★ 121 JavaScript MCP Server

Security scanner MCP server for AI coding agents. Prompt injection firewall, package hallucination detection (4.3M+ packages), 1000+ vulnerability rules with AST & taint analysis, auto-fix.

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12 pipelock by luckyPipewrench
★ 896 Go MCP Server

Firewall for AI agents. DLP scanning, SSRF protection, bidirectional MCP scanning, tool poisoning detection, and prompt injection blocking.

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13 prismor by PrismorSec
★ 362 Python MCP Server

Self-hosted runtime control plane for AI agents. Observe or HITL approve or Block rogue tool calls before it executes: secret leaks, prompt injection, supply chain etc in a local dashboard. Agent agnostic (Claude, codex, langchain etc.)

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14 openclaw-skills-security by UseAI-pro
★ 70 Python Codex Skill

Curated, security-first OpenClaw skills (Markdown-based). Security audit skills - detect prompt injection, supply chain attacks, credential leaks. Works with Codex CLI, Claude Code, any LLM.

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15 SkillSpector by NVIDIA
★ 18.1k Python MCP Server

Security scanner for AI agent skills. Detect vulnerabilities, malicious patterns, security risks, prompt injection, data exfiltration, and supply-chain risks in Claude Code, Codex, and MCP skills before you install them.

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16 api-relay-audit by toby-bridges
★ 838 Python Agent Tool

Local security audit for AI API relays and LLM proxies: detects prompt injection, model substitution, tool-call rewriting, SSE anomalies, error leakage, and Web3 wallet risks.

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17 arcjet-js by arcjet
★ 683 TypeScript MCP Server

Runtime security for AI apps and agents: prompt injection detection, tool-call authorization, sensitive-data redaction, bot protection, and rate limiting. Drop it into your JS/TS code.

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18 defender by StackOneHQ
★ 121 TypeScript MCP Server

Open source prompt injection protection for Agents calling tools (via MCP, CLI or direct function calling). Detect and defend against prompt injection attacks. 22MB, CPU-only, < 10ms latency.

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19 MCP-Dandan by 82ch
★ 65 Python MCP Server

MCP Security Solution for Agentic AI — real-time proxying, behavior analysis, and malicious tool detection

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20 slowmist-agent-security by slowmist
★ 506 Agent Tool

SlowMist Agent Security Skill: A comprehensive security review framework for AI agents operating in adversarial environments. Core principle: Every external input is untrusted until verified.

Quick Start: Option 1: Direct Download Download the latest release and extract to your OpenClaw workspace: Option 2: ClawHub (when available)
```bash
cd ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills
git clone https://github.com/slowmist/slowmist-agent-security.git
```
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21 nono by always-further
★ 2.2k Rust MCP Server

nono - a capability-based, multiplexing sandbox tool, built for developers - lift'n'shift seamless path to prod. Run agents securely without needing any additional infra, zero setup, zero latency.

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22 emilia-protocol by emiliaprotocol
★ 650 TypeScript MCP Server

Authority control plane for autonomous work. EMILIA Gate enforces finite customer-owned mandates at protected executor boundaries; the open protocol keeps evidence verifiable.

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23 node9-proxy by node9-ai
★ 216 TypeScript MCP Server

IAM for your AI agents. Set what Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Cursor and any MCP server are allowed to do, review risky actions before they run, and keep every action on the record.

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24 awesome-ai-security-tools by scadastrangelove
★ 1.5k Python Agent Tool

A curated list of public-source, research, and commercial tools for AI security and AI-assisted cybersecurity — autotriage, agent security, AI/ML supply chain, pentest agents, AI SAST, LLM-driven fuzzing, threat intelligence, SOC/SIEM triage, reverse engineering, LLM red-teaming, and more.

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25 repo-forensics by alexgreensh
★ 177 Python MCP Server

Offline security scanner for AI-agent repos, skills, plugins, and MCP servers.

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26 shellward by jnMetaCode
★ 136 TypeScript MCP Server

AI 应用合规网关 · 一行命令体检 AI 项目的「数据出境 / 硬编码密钥 / 个人信息暴露」(网安法·PIPL·等保2.0·数据出境·AI标识),并给出境内模型替代建议;可作运行时防护拦截注入与数据外泄 · 中文优先 · 零依赖 · 开源

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27 mcp-observatory by KryptosAI
★ 139 HTML MCP Server

CI-native security testing for MCP servers. Attack simulation, schema drift detection, and health scoring before agents depend on them.

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28 compliant-llm by fiddlecube
★ 162 Python MCP Server

Build Secure and Compliant AI agents and MCP Servers. YC W23

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29 clawseccheck by gl0di
★ 58 Python MCP Server

🦞 Local, read-only security audit for your OpenClaw agent. Finds config, prompt-injection and supply-chain risks, watches for drift, and vets a skill before you install it. Offline, zero deps. A–F grade when all five layers ran.

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30 agent-audit by HeadyZhang
★ 229 Python MCP Server

Static security scanner for LLM agents — prompt injection, MCP config auditing, taint analysis. 51 rules mapped to OWASP Agentic Top 10 (2026). Works with LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen.

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Comparison

Tool Stars Language License Score
Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills ★ 31.8k Python Apache-2.0 85
claude-code-security-review ★ 6.3k Python MIT 74
codex-security ★ 10.8k TypeScript Apache-2.0 74
skills ★ 7.2k Python CC-BY-SA-4.0 73
promptfoo ★ 25.4k TypeScript MIT 78
agentseal ★ 374 Python 56
agentseal ★ 156 Python 56
Adrian ★ 564 Python Apache-2.0 69
agent-threat-rules ★ 399 TypeScript MIT 66
hol-guard ★ 650 Python Apache-2.0 67
agent-security-scanner-mcp ★ 121 JavaScript MIT 65
pipelock ★ 896 Go Apache-2.0 60
prismor ★ 362 Python Apache-2.0 66
openclaw-skills-security ★ 70 Python MIT 62
SkillSpector ★ 18.1k Python Apache-2.0 78
api-relay-audit ★ 838 Python AGPL-3.0 74
arcjet-js ★ 683 TypeScript Apache-2.0 72
defender ★ 121 TypeScript Apache-2.0 64
MCP-Dandan ★ 65 Python MIT 69
slowmist-agent-security ★ 506 MIT 73
nono ★ 2.2k Rust Apache-2.0 59
emilia-protocol ★ 650 TypeScript Apache-2.0 63
node9-proxy ★ 216 TypeScript Apache-2.0 65
awesome-ai-security-tools ★ 1.5k Python 79
repo-forensics ★ 177 Python 66
shellward ★ 136 TypeScript Apache-2.0 67
mcp-observatory ★ 139 HTML MIT 63
compliant-llm ★ 162 Python MIT 39
clawseccheck ★ 58 Python MIT 64
agent-audit ★ 229 Python MIT 69

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best agent security tools in 2026?

The top agent security tools in 2026 are Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills, claude-code-security-review, codex-security. Agent Skills Hub ranks 30 options by GitHub stars, quality score (6 dimensions including completeness, examples, and agent readiness), and recent activity. The list is rebuilt every 8 hours from live GitHub data.

How do I choose between Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills and claude-code-security-review?

Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills (31.8k stars) is the most adopted choice for general agent security workflows, written in Python. claude-code-security-review (6.3k stars) is a strong alternative. Pick by your existing stack: match the language and runtime your team already uses to minimize integration cost. If unsure, start with Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills — it has the deepest community and the most examples online.

When should I NOT use an agent security tool?

Avoid pre-built agent security tools when (1) your use case requires deep customization that the tool's plugin system doesn't support, (2) you have strict compliance requirements that ban third-party dependencies, (3) the tool's maintenance is inactive (last commit >6 months ago), or (4) your data volume is small enough that a 50-line custom script is cheaper than learning the tool. For most production workflows above 100 requests/day, the time savings from a maintained tool outweigh the customization loss.

What's the difference between agent security and ci/cd & devops?

Agent Security focuses specifically on security tools for ai agents — scan dangerous skills/mcp configs, detect prompt injection, audit tool permissions, and harden agent supply chains. CI/CD & DevOps is a related but distinct category — see https://agentskillshub.top/best/ci-cd/ for those tools. The two often appear in the same agent pipeline but solve different problems: choose agent security when your primary goal is the specific task, and ci/cd & devops when the workflow is broader.

Is Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills better than building it yourself?

For most teams, yes. Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills has 31.8k stars worth of community testing, handles edge cases you haven't thought of, and ships with documentation. Build your own only when (1) your requirements are deeply non-standard, (2) you have a security/compliance reason to avoid OSS dependencies, or (3) the maintenance burden is small enough (<200 lines of code) that you'll save time long-term. The break-even point is usually around 2-3 weeks of dev time saved.

Are these agent security tools free to use?

Most agent security tools listed are open source under permissive licenses (MIT, Apache 2.0). A handful offer paid managed/cloud versions on top of free self-hosted core. Always check the LICENSE file on each tool's GitHub repository before commercial use — some use AGPL or non-commercial restrictions that may not fit your deployment model.

How this security grade is produced

Grades come from a rule-based scan built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, covering 11 red-flag categories including credential harvesting, data exfiltration, and curl | sh installers. It is a first-layer scan, not a manual audit — we say so rather than overstate it.

The scale of the problem is documented independently: Liu et al. (2026), in a study of 31,132 agent skills, report that 26.1% contain security vulnerabilities. Our own full-catalog census is published as a citable open dataset.

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