writing-standards

Fail

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Aug 13, 2026

Risk Level: HIGHCOMMAND_EXECUTIONPROMPT_INJECTIONDATA_EXFILTRATION
Full Analysis
  • [PERSISTENCE_MECHANISMS]: The skill instructs the user to execute a bootstrap script that modifies the agent's settings.json file (either globally in ~/.claude/ or at the project level). It installs hooks for SessionStart and UserPromptSubmit that automatically execute the hooks/inject-writing-standards.py script. This establishes a persistent execution channel within the agent's core operational loop.
  • [DATA_EXPOSURE_AND_EXFILTRATION]: The bootstrap process reads and modifies the agent's platform configuration file (settings.json). This is a sensitive system component that governs the agent's behavior, hooks, and environment settings.
  • [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill is designed to ingest and review external documents (READMEs, specs, etc.) to enforce writing standards. This process lacks boundary markers and sanitization, creating a surface where instructions embedded in untrusted prose could influence agent behavior.
  • Ingestion points: Document content provided for review or editing tasks.
  • Boundary markers: None identified in the instructional rules or hook scripts for separating untrusted content from system instructions.
  • Capability inventory: The skill has established the ability to modify system settings and execute scripts automatically on every prompt via the bootstrap process.
  • Sanitization: No sanitization or filtering of external document content is performed prior to processing.
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The SKILL.md file directs the user to perform manual command execution of the bootstrap.py script to wire the automated reminders.
Recommendations
  • AI detected serious security threats
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
HIGH
Analyzed
Aug 13, 2026, 06:25 AM
Security Audit — agent-trust-hub — writing-standards