# ai-agent-security

A skill for defending agents against prompt injection, tool abuse and data exfiltration. Useful when an agent touches production, databases or cloud accounts.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 352 installs · ★ 1177
- Author: devops-skills
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills/tree/HEAD/security/ai/ai-agent-security/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-05-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/ai-agent-security

## What it does

The skill splits agent defense into layers: input validation, per-tool permissions, output filtering, audit logging. Its threat model applies STRIDE to agentic parts — a forged tool response, an injection that rewrites the reasoning chain mid-flight, PII or secrets leaking into replies, runaway tool loops, and privilege escalation from read-only to write through chained calls.

The hands-on part is Python. A validation function matches a list of regex patterns for common injections: instruction overrides, role hijacks, control tokens, code execution attempts, reads of `/etc/passwd` or `.env`. It strips null bytes and control characters and returns a risk level from low to critical. A decorator wraps agent entry points, blocks critical input, flags high-risk input for review, and logs the event with a hash of the input.

Running the examples needs Python 3.10+, Docker or Podman for sandboxed execution, and an OpenTelemetry collector for audit logging. You also need access to a policy engine such as OPA or Cedar — permission boundaries for tools don't exist without one. If you have neither a sandbox nor policies and the agent already reaches production, close that access first and write the guardrails after.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill ai-agent-security -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/ai-agent-security/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/ai-agent-security/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill ai-agent-security -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/ai-agent-security/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill ai-agent-security -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/ai-agent-security/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills ai-agent-security
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/ai-agent-security/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill ai-agent-security -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --path security/ai/ai-agent-security
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/ai-agent-security/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill ai-agent-security -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills/tree/HEAD/security/ai/ai-agent-security/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- map an agent against the STRIDE threat model and find gaps
- catch prompt injection before it reaches the model
- scope down which tools an agent may call
- stop secrets and PII from leaking into agent replies
- keep one tenant's context out of another tenant's session

## Example prompts
- review my agent against the STRIDE threat model and list the weak spots
- add input validation with prompt injection detection to the message handler
- set up audit logging of tool calls through OpenTelemetry

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: ai-agent-security
description: Secure AI agents against prompt injection, tool abuse, and data exfiltration with defense-in-depth controls. Use when building, deploying, or hardening agentic AI systems that invoke tools, access data, or interact with production infrastructure.
license: MIT
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  author: devops-skills
  version: "2.0"
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# AI Agent Security

Protect agentic AI systems from adversarial input, unsafe tool execution, data leakage, and privilege abuse with layered security controls.

## When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:
- Building AI agents that invoke tools, APIs, or shell commands
- Deploying agents with access to production databases, cloud accounts, or internal services
- Hardening multi-tenant agent platforms against cross-tenant data leakage
- Adding guardrails to autonomous coding agents or SRE bots
- Designing approval workflows for high-risk agent actions
- Conducting red-team exercises against agentic systems
- Responding to incidents involving compromised or misbehaving agents

## Prerequisites

- Python 3.10+ for guardrail code examples
- Docker or Podman for sandbox execution
- OpenTelemetry collector for audit logging
- Familiarity with your agent framework (LangChain, CrewAI, Autogen, custom)
- Access to policy engine (OPA/Cedar) for permission boundaries

## Threat Model — STRIDE for AI Agents

AI agents introduce a unique threat surface. Apply STRIDE specifically to agentic components:

| Threat | Agent-Specific Example | Control |
|--------|----------------------|---------|
| **Spoofing** | Attacker crafts input that mimics a trusted internal tool response | Signed tool responses, HMAC verification |
| **Tampering** | Prompt injection modifies agent reasoning mid-chain | Input validation, prompt armoring |
| **Repudiation** | Agent takes destructive action with no audit trail | Immutable structured logging |
| **Information Disclosure** | Agent leaks PII, secrets, or internal architecture in responses | Output filtering, content classifiers |
| **Denial of Service** | Adversarial prompt causes infinite tool loops or token exhaustion | Rate limits, token budgets, circuit breakers |
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