# llm-app-security

Security controls and validation rules to protect chatbots, RAG pipelines, and SaaS AI features from prompt injection, leaks, and abuse.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 327 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/llm-app-security/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-05-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/llm-app-security

## What it does

The skill provides hardened defensive patterns for LLM-backed applications. It includes concrete validation code in Python and Node.js to enforce message size limits, strip control characters, and catch prompt injection attempts using targeted regex rules.

Its defensive design maps directly to the OWASP LLM Top 10 (2025) matrix. The guidance details mitigations for insecure output handling, tenant isolation in multi-tenant backends, and least-privilege tool execution for plugins.

Full end-to-end content scanning relies on the OpenAI Moderation endpoint, which requires an active API key and the `httpx` package in Python. Purely structural and regex-based checks run locally with standard runtimes.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/llm-app-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 llm-app-security
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill llm-app-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/llm-app-security/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- block prompt injection patterns before they reach the model
- validate input length, line limits, and control characters in Python or Node.js
- screen user messages through the OpenAI Moderation API
- align RAG and agent architectures with the OWASP LLM Top 10 list

## Example prompts
- Audit our message validation pipeline for prompt injection vulnerabilities
- Implement structural input checks for our chat endpoint in Python
- Set up an input validation flow combining regex guards with the OpenAI moderation API

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: llm-app-security
description: Secure LLM-powered applications with input validation, output controls, tenant isolation, and abuse prevention.
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---

# LLM Application Security

Harden chatbots, RAG pipelines, and AI features embedded in SaaS products against prompt injection, data leakage, abuse, and compliance violations.

---

## When to Use

Apply this skill whenever you are building or operating:

- **Customer-facing chatbots** -- support bots, sales assistants, or any conversational UI backed by an LLM.
- **RAG-augmented applications** -- internal knowledge bases, document Q&A, or code assistants that retrieve context from a vector store before generating a response.
- **AI features inside SaaS products** -- summarization, auto-complete, content generation, or classification endpoints exposed to end users.
- **Internal copilots** -- developer tools, HR bots, or finance assistants that handle sensitive corporate data.
- **Multi-tenant platforms** -- any system where multiple customers share the same LLM infrastructure.

If your application sends user-controlled text to an LLM and returns the result, every section below applies.

---

## OWASP LLM Top 10 -- Risk Map and Mitigations

The OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications (2025) defines the most critical risks. The table below maps each risk to concrete controls implemented later in this document.

| # | Risk | Key Mitigation | Section |
|---|------|----------------|---------|
| LLM01 | Prompt Injection | Input validation, instruction hierarchy | Input Validation, System Prompt Protection |
| LLM02 | Insecure Output Handling | Output sanitization, PII scrubbing | Output Safety |
| LLM03 | Training Data Poisoning | Document ingestion scanning | Secure RAG Pipeline |
| LLM04 | Model Denial of Service | Per-user token budgets, rate limiting | Rate Limiting |
| LLM05 | Supply Chain Vulnerabilities | Pin model versions, verify checksums | Compliance |
| LLM06 | Sensitive Information Disclosure | PII detection, tenant isolation | Output Safety, Tenant Isolation |
| LLM07 | Insecure Plugin Design | Tool allowlists, parameter validation | System Prompt Protection |
| LLM08 | Excessive Agency | Least-privilege tool scopes | System Prompt Protection |
| LLM09 | Overreliance | Provenance tracking, confidence scores | Secure RAG Pipeline |
| LLM10 | Model Theft | Access controls, API key rotation | Rate Limiting, Compliance |

---

## Input Validation

Every user message must be validated before it reaches the LLM. Validation has three layers: structural checks, injection detection, and content moderation.

### Structural Checks (Python)

```python
import re
from dataclasses import dataclass

@dataclass
class InputPolicy:
    max_length: int = 4096
````
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