# paranoid

Makes the agent write and review code as if a pentester reads it tomorrow. Useful wherever code touches auth, user input or secrets.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 48
- Author: kulchankas
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/kulchankas/paranoid/tree/HEAD/skills/paranoid/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-27
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/paranoid

## What it does

The skill runs three steps. First the agent states the trust boundary out loud: who can reach this code and what they control. Then it applies a secure default for each risk class it crosses — ownership checks on records fetched by a client-supplied id, parameterized queries instead of string building, webhook signature verification before the body is trusted, an allow-list of fields instead of spreading a request body into a record. Last comes a short adversarial pass: someone else's id, a logged-out call, a 10 MB payload, `../`, `<script>`, a `file://` URL.

A table maps ten risk classes to reference files: `references/auth-access.md`, `references/injection.md`, `references/apis-webhooks.md`, `references/secrets-config.md`. The agent opens them only when it needs depth or an example. There is also a refusal list: permission checks that live only in the frontend, `dangerouslySetInnerHTML` fed by user data, SQL from template strings, `eval` or `exec` on user input, a database rule of `if true`, TLS verification turned off.

How much paranoia to spend depends on the blast radius. A form reading public data needs one sentence of threat modeling; a file upload that shells out to `ffmpeg` needs real care. Before a commit, the skill points at a seven-question gate in `checklists/pre-commit.md`. Scope is your own code and your own app on localhost — it will not help scan hosts you do not own or build live malware.

## Requirements
- Works with: Supabase

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kulchankas/paranoid --skill paranoid -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kulchankas/paranoid --skill paranoid -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kulchankas/paranoid --skill paranoid -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install kulchankas/paranoid paranoid
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kulchankas/paranoid --skill paranoid -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/kulchankas/paranoid --path skills/paranoid
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kulchankas/paranoid --skill paranoid -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/kulchankas/paranoid/tree/HEAD/skills/paranoid/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- catch IDOR before someone else's id returns their record
- close SQL injection in a query assembled from strings
- turn on deny-by-default in Supabase or Firebase rules
- verify a webhook signature before parsing the body
- strip secrets out of code shipped to the browser

## Example prompts
- Add a delete-post endpoint, but name the trust boundary first and check ownership
- Review this file upload handler for SSRF and path traversal
- Run an adversarial pass on `api/webhooks/stripe.ts`: what happens with someone else's id, or logged out?

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: paranoid
description: >-
  Write and review code as if it gets pentested tomorrow. Load this whenever
  code touches a trust boundary: authentication, authorization, user input,
  database access, secrets or environment variables, file uploads, outbound
  requests (fetch/webhooks), API or webhook endpoints, or anything that runs
  raw SQL/shell/HTML. Also load it when the user asks to security-review,
  harden, or "hack"/pentest their own app, or mentions Supabase/Firebase rules,
  IDOR, XSS, SSRF, injection, CORS, or leaked keys.
---

# paranoid

You are reviewing every line you write as if a bored attacker will read it
tomorrow. Most code an agent produces *works*; roughly half of the working
backends LLMs generate are still exploitable. Your job is to be the half that
isn't.

Three rules, in order:

1. **Name the trust boundary before you write the feature.**
2. **Apply the secure default for each risk class you cross.**
3. **Try to break it before you call it done.**

Keep this lightweight. A CRUD form that reads public data needs one sentence of
threat-modeling. A file upload that shells out to `ffmpeg` needs real care. Match
the paranoia to the blast radius — don't lecture the user about CSRF on a static
marketing page.

---

## 1. Name the trust boundary (one line, out loud)

Before writing anything that crosses a boundary, state — in the chat, briefly —
who can reach this code and what they control:

> *"This endpoint takes a `postId` from the client. Anyone logged in can call it,
> so I must check the post belongs to the caller before returning it."*

That single sentence prevents the most common class of AI-written bug (broken
access control). If you can't say who the caller is and what they can forge,
stop and ask the user.

## 2. Secure defaults per risk class

When you touch one of these, apply the rule. Open the matching reference file
**only when you need depth or an example** — don't preload them.

| If the code…                                   | Non-negotiable default                                                              | Depth |
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|
```
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