# injection-checking

A router skill for injection testing: pick the right workflow based on where attacker-controlled input ends up.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3700 installs · ★ 2547
- Author: yaklang
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/yaklang/hack-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/injection-checking/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/injection-checking

## What it does

injection-checking is the entry point for the injection category. Once input reaches a dangerous interpreter or execution environment, the skill helps you tell whether you are dealing with browser context, a database, a template engine, server-side requests, XML parsing, or system commands.

Inside is a map of related skills: XSS, SQLi, SSRF, XXE, SSTI, CMDi, NoSQL, deserialization, JNDI, expression language, CRLF, request smuggling, prototype pollution, type juggling, HTTP parameter pollution, XSLT, CSV formula injection, plus extra types such as SSI, LDAP and XPath. The recommended flow is simple: identify the final sink of the input first, then pick the skill matching that interpreter. Small payload samples and quick triage are merged into each main skill, so no separate payload router is needed.

Reach for it when you have not yet decided between XSS, SQLi, SSRF, XXE, SSTI, CMDi and NoSQL. If the input never reaches an interpreter, this router is not the tool you want.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add yaklang/hack-skills --skill injection-checking -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add yaklang/hack-skills --skill injection-checking -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add yaklang/hack-skills --skill injection-checking -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install yaklang/hack-skills injection-checking
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/injection-checking/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add yaklang/hack-skills --skill injection-checking -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/yaklang/hack-skills --path skills/injection-checking
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add yaklang/hack-skills --skill injection-checking -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/yaklang/hack-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/injection-checking/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pick a testing workflow from the final sink of the input
- separate XSS, SQLi and SSRF when the starting point is unclear
- find the right skill for template engines and XML parsing
- navigate rarer types like CRLF and prototype pollution
- classify injection into system commands

## Example prompts
- form input reaches SQL — which skill should I use?
- user input lands in a template engine, help me sort it out
- I can't tell if this is XSS or SSRF, point me in a direction

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: injection-checking
description: >-
  Entry P1 category router for injection testing. Use when routing between XSS,
  SQLi, SSRF, XXE, SSTI, command injection, and NoSQL injection workflows based
  on how attacker-controlled input is consumed.
---

# Injection Testing Router

This is the routing entry point when input reaches a dangerous interpreter or execution environment.

After confirming this is an injection-class issue, use it to decide whether it is mainly browser context, database, template engine, server-side requests, XML parsing, or system commands.

## When to Use

- Input reaches HTML, JS, SQL, templates, URL fetchers, XML parsers, or shell
- You have not yet decided whether to start with XSS, SQLi, SSRF, XXE, SSTI, CMDi, or NoSQL
- You need to choose the correct deep-topic skill based on input flow

## Skill Map

- [XSS Cross Site Scripting](../xss-cross-site-scripting/SKILL.md)
- [SQLi SQL Injection](../sqli-sql-injection/SKILL.md)
- [SSRF Server Side Request Forgery](../ssrf-server-side-request-forgery/SKILL.md)
- [XXE XML External Entity](../xxe-xml-external-entity/SKILL.md)
- [SSTI Server Side Template Injection](../ssti-server-side-template-injection/SKILL.md)
- [CMDi Command Injection](../cmdi-command-injection/SKILL.md)
- [NoSQL Injection](../nosql-injection/SKILL.md)
- [Deserialization Insecure](../deserialization-insecure/SKILL.md)
- [JNDI Injection](../jndi-injection/SKILL.md)
- [Expression Language Injection](../expression-language-injection/SKILL.md)
- [CRLF Injection](../crlf-injection/SKILL.md)
- [Extra Injection Types (SSI, LDAP, XPath)](./EXTRA_INJECTION_TYPES.md)
- [Request Smuggling](../request-smuggling/SKILL.md)
- [Prototype Pollution](../prototype-pollution/SKILL.md)
- [Type Juggling](../type-juggling/SKILL.md)
- [HTTP Parameter Pollution](../http-parameter-pollution/SKILL.md)
- [XSLT Injection](../xslt-injection/SKILL.md)
- [CSV Formula Injection](../csv-formula-injection/SKILL.md)

## Recommended Flow

1. First identify the final sink of the input
2. Then choose the topic skill that best matches that interpreter
3. Small payload samples and quick triage are merged into each main skill; no extra payload router is needed

## Related Categories

- [file-access-vuln](../file-access-vuln/SKILL.md)
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© yaklang · MIT · https://github.com/yaklang/hack-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/injection-checking/SKILL.md

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