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.jsonfile (either globally in~/.claude/or at the project level). It installs hooks forSessionStartandUserPromptSubmitthat automatically execute thehooks/inject-writing-standards.pyscript. 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.mdfile directs the user to perform manual command execution of thebootstrap.pyscript to wire the automated reminders.
Recommendations
- AI detected serious security threats
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