# security

Walks a Flows app step by step, finds leaked secrets, unsafe DOM calls and auth gaps, then fixes each one in place.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1900 installs · ★ 6
- Author: cognitedata
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/cognitedata/builder-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/security/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/security

## What it does

The skill fires when you ask for a security fix or you are about to ship a feature that touches credentials, user input or external data. It does not stop at a report — every issue it finds gets rewritten in the code.

It works through ordered steps. First it maps the attack surface by reading `src/main.tsx`, `vite.config.ts`, `package.json` and files matching `**/auth*`, `**/token*`. Then all Cognite Data Fusion traffic moves to the official Cognite SDK: raw `fetch` and `axios` calls to CDF hosts, hand-rolled `Authorization` and `api-key` headers, and proxy endpoints get rewritten or removed. Secret hygiene comes next — hardcoded values become `import.meta.env.VITE_*` references, `.env.example` gets a placeholder, `.env` goes into `.gitignore`. A separate pass covers dangerous DOM APIs: `dangerouslySetInnerHTML` is wrapped in `DOMPurify.sanitize()`, `eval()` and `new Function()` are replaced with data parsing, string arguments to `setTimeout` become function references. The last block is auth: routes showing CDF data must sit behind the Flows auth guard, the client is initialized with short-lived OIDC tokens, and role checks belong in CDF ACLs rather than in hidden UI.

Sanitizing needs DOMPurify, which the skill installs with `pnpm add dompurify` and `pnpm add -D @types/dompurify`. The whole thing targets Flows apps built on Vite and React — point it at a project without CDF and the SDK and Atlas steps have nothing to bite on.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cognitedata/builder-skills --skill security -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cognitedata/builder-skills --skill security -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cognitedata/builder-skills --skill security -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install cognitedata/builder-skills security
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cognitedata/builder-skills --skill security -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/cognitedata/builder-skills --path skills/security
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cognitedata/builder-skills --skill 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/cognitedata/builder-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/security/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- find hardcoded tokens and keys in source files
- move raw CDF requests onto the official SDK
- close XSS holes from dangerouslySetInnerHTML
- put data-bearing routes behind an auth guard
- move secrets into environment variables and .env.example

## Example prompts
- audit this Flows app for security issues and fix everything you find
- run a security pass over src/components
- do a security check across the whole project before release

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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````text
---
name: security
description: "MUST be used whenever fixing security issues in a Flows app, or before shipping any feature that handles credentials, user input, or external data. This skill finds AND fixes security problems — it does not just report them. Do NOT skip this when the user asks for a security fix, security hardening, or vulnerability remediation — run every step in order. Triggers: security, security fix, security hardening, vulnerability, XSS, injection, credentials, secrets, auth, authentication, authorization, token, sensitive data, input validation, CORS, CSP, dependency audit."
allowed-tools: Read, Glob, Grep, Shell, Write
metadata:
  argument-hint: "[file or directory to audit, or leave blank to audit the whole app]"
---

# Security Fix

Find and fix security issues in **$ARGUMENTS** (or the whole app if no argument is given). Work through every step below in order. Every step that finds an issue must also fix it.

---

## Step 1 — Map the attack surface

Read these files before checking anything:

- `src/main.tsx` / `src/App.tsx` — entry point, routing, auth gating
- `vite.config.ts` — dev server proxy, CORS, headers
- `package.json` — list of third-party dependencies
- Any file matching `**/auth*`, `**/login*`, `**/token*`, `**/credential*`

Identify:
- All pages/routes and whether each is behind an auth guard
- All places where external data enters the app (CDF SDK calls, `fetch`, user form input)
- All places where data is written back (CDF upsert, `fetch` POST/PUT/DELETE)

---

## Step 2 — Migrate all CDF access to the Cognite SDK

All traffic to **Cognite Data Fusion (CDF)** must go through the **official Cognite SDK**. Find **any** HTTP, WebSocket, or other network call to CDF-like hosts or APIs that **bypasses** the SDK and rewrite it to use the SDK.

### Search for raw HTTP calls

```bash
# Find fetch, axios, XMLHttpRequest, and other HTTP client usage
grep -rn --include="*.ts" --include="*.tsx" --include="*.js" \
  -E "(fetch\(|axios\.|axios\(|XMLHttpRequest|\.ajax\(|http\.get\(|http\.post\(|request\()" src/

# Find raw URL construction that looks like CDF endpoints
grep -rn --include="*.ts" --include="*.tsx" \
  -E "(cognitedata\.com|cognite\.ai|/api/v1/projects|cdf\.|\.cognite\.)" src/

# Find custom Authorization or api-key headers
grep -rn --include="*.ts" --include="*.tsx" \
````
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