# prompt-injection-defense

Defends LLM applications against direct and indirect prompt injection attacks. It is designed for securing RAG pipelines and agentic tool-calling workflows.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 372 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/prompt-injection-defense/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-05-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/prompt-injection-defense

## What it does

This skill implements defense-in-depth patterns to protect LLM systems from hostile instructions. It includes Python sanitization functions, context segregation wrappers, and tool call validators. The provided `prompt_sanitizer.py` script scans inputs against injection patterns like DAN prompts or system overrides, while stripping control characters and confusable Unicode spaces.

For retrieval pipelines, the skill wraps untrusted documents in explicit boundary markers tagged with SHA-256 reference hashes. It also restricts tool execution by matching arguments against an allow-list dictionary. To spot data exfiltration, it defines a `CanaryTokenManager` that generates unique tracked tokens for system prompts.

The skill requires Python 3.10+ using only standard modules: `re`, `hashlib`, and `json`. Relying solely on pattern matching will fail against obfuscated instructions. That makes strict context isolation and output validation mandatory rather than optional.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill prompt-injection-defense -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill prompt-injection-defense -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill prompt-injection-defense -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills prompt-injection-defense
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill prompt-injection-defense -a gemini-cli
```

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill prompt-injection-defense -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/prompt-injection-defense/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- detect known prompt injection patterns and jailbreak phrases in user text
- isolate untrusted RAG documents using hashed boundary markers
- validate tool calling parameters against an explicit allow-list
- monitor context leakage and exfiltration with canary tokens

## Example prompts
- Scan this user input for prompt injection patterns using detect_injection
- Wrap these retrieved documents with boundary markers using sanitize_retrieved_context
- Validate tool call arguments for search against our allow-list constraints

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: prompt-injection-defense
description: Defend AI systems against prompt injection and indirect prompt attacks using input controls, tool permissions, output validation, and isolation boundaries.
license: MIT
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  author: devops-skills
  version: "1.0"
---

# Prompt Injection Defense

Mitigate direct and indirect prompt injection across chat apps, agentic workflows, and RAG pipelines.

## When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:
- Building or securing any LLM-powered application
- Designing RAG pipelines that ingest untrusted documents
- Implementing agentic workflows with tool-calling capabilities
- Responding to a reported prompt injection vulnerability
- Performing security reviews of AI-integrated products

## Prerequisites

- Python 3.10+ with `re`, `hashlib`, `json` standard libraries
- Access to the LLM application source code or configuration
- Understanding of the application's prompt architecture (system/user/tool boundaries)
- Test environment with representative user inputs and documents

## Attack Surface

- User input attempting to override system instructions
- Untrusted documents/web pages in retrieval context
- Tool output that smuggles malicious instructions
- Cross-tenant leakage via shared context windows
- Markdown or HTML injection in rendered outputs
- Multi-turn attacks that gradually shift context

## Defense-in-Depth Pattern

1. **Instruction hierarchy enforcement**: system > developer > user > tool output.
2. **Context segregation**: isolate untrusted text from control instructions.
3. **Tool permissioning**: explicit allow-list per task and tenant.
4. **Output policy checks**: validate schema, redact secrets, block unsafe actions.
5. **Human approval**: required for high-impact operations.

## Input Sanitization Functions

```python
"""prompt_sanitizer.py - Input sanitization for LLM applications."""

import re
import hashlib
import json
from typing import Optional

# Patterns that commonly appear in injection attempts
INJECTION_PATTERNS = [
    r"(?i)ignore\s+(all\s+)?previous\s+instructions",
    r"(?i)disregard\s+(all\s+)?(above|previous|prior)",
    r"(?i)you\s+are\s+now\s+(DAN|evil|unrestricted|jailbroken)",
    r"(?i)system\s*:\s*override",
    r"(?i)SYSTEM\s+OVERRIDE",
    r"(?i)new\s+instructions?\s*:",
    r"(?i)forget\s+(everything|all|your\s+instructions)",
````
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