maintaining-core-documentation

Pass

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 14, 2026

Risk Level: SAFEEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSPERSISTENCEPRIVILEGE_ESCALATIONINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
  • [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill recommends installing a third-party extension from an external repository.
    • Evidence: In SKILL.md, the "Technical Writer Skill Synergy" section provides the command npx skills add https://github.com/shubhamsaboo/awesome-llm-apps --skill technical-writer -g -y to install an external skill.
  • [PERSISTENCE]: The provided documentation samples include instructions for modifying shell configuration files.
    • Evidence: references/samples/README.md contains an instruction to append a command to the user's ~/.bashrc file: echo "eval \"\$(direnv hook bash)\"" >> ~/.bashrc.
  • [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The documentation samples include commands that require administrative privileges.
    • Evidence: references/samples/README.md suggests using sudo to install software: sudo apt install direnv.
  • [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill processes untrusted project data which creates a vulnerability surface for indirect prompt injection.
    • Ingestion points: The agent is instructed to read existing documentation files (e.g., README.md, TODO.md, DESIGN.md) and codebase configuration files (e.g., config.py, Makefile, *.tfvars, pyproject.toml) in the SKILL.md under "Core Principles" and "Document Maintenance Guide".
    • Boundary markers: The skill does not define specific delimiters or "ignore" instructions for the content it reads.
    • Capability inventory: The skill has the capability to write and modify files in the repository and suggests executing shell commands for skill installation (npx skills add).
    • Sanitization: There are no explicit instructions for sanitizing or validating the contents of the read files before they are used to update documentation.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
SAFE
Analyzed
Sep 14, 2026, 04:30 PM
Security Audit — agent-trust-hub — maintaining-core-documentation