release-it
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Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Aug 20, 2026
Risk Level: SAFECOMMAND_EXECUTIONREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS
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- [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill documents the configuration and use of lifecycle hooks (e.g.,
before:init,after:bump,after:release) that execute arbitrary shell commands. This is a primary, intended feature of the release-it CLI tool for release automation tasks like testing and building. - [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: The configuration reference describes an
extendsproperty powered by thec12library, which allows fetching and applying configuration from remote sources including GitHub repositories and HTTPS URLs. - [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill facilitates the ingestion of external, untrusted data to generate changelogs and release notes, which could contain malicious instructions.
- Ingestion points: Git commit history (
git log), Pull Request metadata, and Issue descriptions from GitHub/GitLab APIs. - Boundary markers: The skill does not explicitly define delimiters or 'ignore' instructions for the agent when processing these data streams; content is interpolated via template variables like
${changelog}. - Capability inventory: The skill supports shell command execution (
hooks), file system writes (bump), and authenticated network operations (npm publish,github.release). - Sanitization: The instructions do not specify sanitization or validation routines for commit messages or PR content before they are incorporated into the agent's workflow.
- [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The documentation encourages the installation and use of various official and community-maintained plugins and companion tools from the npm registry (e.g.,
@release-it/conventional-changelog,@release-it/bumper,git-cliff) and references JSON schemas hosted onunpkg.com.
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