SkillSpector — security grade SAFE, quality 76/100

Security audit verdict: SAFE · quality 76/100

No red flags found in any of the 11 categories — no credential harvesting, no data exfiltration, no curl-pipe-shell installer. Scanned against the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours. Full audit →

by NVIDIA · MCP Server · ★ 19.3k

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About SkillSpector

SkillSpector Security scanner for AI agent skills. Detect vulnerabilities, malicious patterns, and security risks before installing agent skills. Overview AI agent skills (used by Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, etc.) execute with implicit trust and minimal vetting. Research shows that 26.1% of skills contain vulnerabilities and 5.2% show likely malicious intent. SkillSpector helps you answer: "Is this skill safe to install?" Documentation Development guide — Architecture, package layout, and how to extend the analyzer pipeline. Features Multi-format input: Scan Git repos, URLs, zip files, directories, or single files 64 vulnerability patterns across 16 categories: prompt injection, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, excessive agency, output handling, system prompt leakage, memory poisoning, tool misuse, rogue agent, trigger abuse, dangerous code (AST), taint tracking, YARA signatures, MCP least privilege, and MCP tool poisoning Two-stage analysis: Fast static analysis + optional LLM semantic evaluation Live vulnerability lookups: SC4 queries OSV.dev for real-time CVE data with automatic offline fallback Multipl

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Quick Facts

Stars19,308
Forks1,687
LanguagePython
CategoryMCP Server
LicenseApache-2.0
Quality Score75.7801042092503/100
Open Issues158
Last Updated2026-10-02
Created2026-03-21
Platformsclaude-code, cli, codex, mcp, python
Est. Tokens~18k

Compatible Skills

These tools work well together with SkillSpector for enhanced workflows:

  • agent-scan — semantic(0.48)+complementary+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (67%)
  • Semia — semantic(0.29)+complementary+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (60%)
  • claude-code-security-review — semantic(0.23)+complementary+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (58%)
  • repo-forensics — semantic(0.47)+complementary+same_lang+shared_platform (57%)
  • mcp-scanner — semantic(0.16)+complementary+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (56%)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is SkillSpector?

SkillSpector is 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 befo. It is categorized as a MCP Server with 19.3k GitHub stars.

What programming language is SkillSpector written in?

SkillSpector is primarily written in Python. It covers topics such as agent-security, agent-skills, agentic-ai.

How do I install or use SkillSpector?

You can find installation instructions and usage details in the SkillSpector GitHub repository at github.com/NVIDIA/SkillSpector. The project has 19.3k stars and 1687 forks, indicating an active community.

What license does SkillSpector use?

SkillSpector is released under the Apache-2.0 license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.

What are the best alternatives to SkillSpector?

The top alternatives to SkillSpector on Agent Skills Hub include awesome-claude-skills, antigravity-awesome-skills, claude-skills. Each offers a different approach to the same problem space — compare them side-by-side by stars, quality score, and community activity.

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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