# security-auditor

A skill that hunts vulnerabilities in your code: walks the OWASP Top 10, checks configs, dependencies and leaked secrets. Useful before a release or a review.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1000 installs · ★ 84
- Author: zhaono1
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/zhaono1/agent-playbook/tree/HEAD/skills/security-auditor/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/security-auditor

## What it does

The skill activates when you ask for a security audit or mention vulnerabilities and OWASP. It then works through the ten OWASP Top 10:2025 categories, from broken access control and SSRF to mishandled exceptional conditions and fail-open behaviour. The author is explicit that this list is an awareness taxonomy, not proof of full coverage; for verifiable controls, findings should map to OWASP ASVS or your project's required standard.

Inside there is a checklist across three areas: code (hardcoded secrets, input validation, parameterized queries, auth on protected routes), configuration (debug flags, HTTPS, CORS, security headers, database exposure) and dependencies. Two scripts ship with it: `python3 scripts/security_audit.py --name <service-name> --output security-audit.md` for the audit run and `python3 scripts/find_secrets.py .` for secret scanning. The skill is allowed Read, Grep, Glob, Bash and WebSearch, so it reads files and runs commands instead of just talking.

Python 3 has to be present in your environment, since both scripts are invoked through `python3`. And the skill only earns its keep if you give it access to source and config files — without those, the review collapses into generic advice.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add zhaono1/agent-playbook --skill security-auditor -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add zhaono1/agent-playbook --skill security-auditor -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add zhaono1/agent-playbook --skill security-auditor -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install zhaono1/agent-playbook security-auditor
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add zhaono1/agent-playbook --skill security-auditor -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/zhaono1/agent-playbook --path skills/security-auditor
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add zhaono1/agent-playbook --skill security-auditor -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/zhaono1/agent-playbook/tree/HEAD/skills/security-auditor/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- find hardcoded secrets and keys in a repo
- check authorization on sensitive routes and tenant boundaries
- review config for debug flags, CORS and security headers
- assess dependency and build supply chain risk
- test timeout, partial failure and fail-open handling

## Example prompts
- run a security audit of this service against the OWASP Top 10
- find vulnerabilities under `src/api` and list them by priority
- run `python3 scripts/find_secrets.py .` and show me what it finds

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: security-auditor
description: Security vulnerability expert covering OWASP Top 10 and common security issues. Use when conducting security audits or reviewing code for vulnerabilities.
allowed-tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Bash, WebSearch
metadata:
  hooks:
    after_complete:
      - trigger: self-improving-agent
        mode: background
        reason: "Learn from security patterns"
      - trigger: session-logger
        mode: auto
        reason: "Log security audit"
---

# Security Auditor

Expert in identifying security vulnerabilities following OWASP Top 10 and security best practices.

## When This Skill Activates

Activates when you:
- Request a security audit
- Mention "security" or "vulnerability"
- Need security review
- Ask about OWASP

## OWASP Top 10:2025 Coverage

Use the current OWASP Top 10 as an awareness taxonomy, not as proof of complete
security coverage. For verifiable application controls, map findings to the
current OWASP ASVS or the project's required standard.

### A01: Broken Access Control

- Verify authentication and object/function-level authorization on every sensitive path.
- Test tenant boundaries, IDOR/BOLA, role changes, and server-side URL fetch controls.
- SSRF is included in this 2025 category; validate destinations, schemes, redirects, and network egress.

### A02: Security Misconfiguration

- Inspect debug flags, CORS, security headers, default accounts, cloud/IaC policy, and error exposure.
- Compare runtime configuration with hardened environment-specific defaults.

### A03: Software Supply Chain Failures

- Review lockfiles, provenance, build workflows, mutable CI dependencies, update policy, and dependency risk.
- Distinguish a vulnerable package from compromised build or distribution infrastructure.

### A04: Cryptographic Failures

- Check secret storage, transport encryption, key lifecycle, random generation, algorithms, and data-at-rest requirements.
- Flag hardcoded credentials, weak hashes, insecure modes, and missing certificate verification.

### A05: Injection

- Trace untrusted data into SQL/NoSQL, shell, template, LDAP, expression, and browser execution sinks.
- Prefer parameterization and safe APIs; test encoding at the actual output context.

### A06: Insecure Design

- Threat-model trust boundaries, abuse cases, rate limits, high-risk workflows, and failure recovery.
- Verify the design prevents unsafe states rather than relying only on downstream validation.
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