claude-security

anthropics/claude-plugins-officialOfficial collectionSecurityCoding & code review

claude-security is a skill in anthropics/claude-plugins-official, last changed 25 Sept 2026. It can run shell commands, reach the network, name web addresses, pre-approve tools and run commands as it loads — read the findings before installing.

From the author
Claude Security: scan the codebase (the whole repository or a scoped part of it), scan changes (this branch's or a pull request's diff, or one commit), or suggest patches (findings turned into targeted patch files, each verified by a panel of agents, that you apply when you choose). Use when the user asks to scan, audit or check code with Claude Security, to scan their changes with Claude Security, or to fix or patch Claude Security findings.

At a glance

Pattern check

3 items to review

Broad tools pre-approved in allowed-tools

R34 · High · SKILL.md:6and 2 more

Commit a7ba5b9 · 3 Nov 2026

How the check works

Pattern check:3 items to reviewSee them

Install

Each tab says whether it installs commit a7ba5b9, the one we checked, or the latest version.

Read these 3 items before installing, starting with Broad tools pre-approved in allowed-tools — SKILL.md:6

Read SKILL.md first
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What it can touch

From the files and frontmatter at commit a7ba5b9. This is how much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.

Pattern check

Pattern check: 3 items to review · commit a7ba5b9 · 3 Nov 2026

We checked every text file in this skill, at commit a7ba5b9 on 3 Nov 2026, against 45 published patterns such as download-and-run commands, hidden text and credential access. We don't run the skill, we don't read the web pages it points to, and we can't judge everything its instructions might lead an agent to do. In published tests, pattern checks like this one missed most malicious skills. Read the skill before you install it — especially anything it asks you to download or run.

How the check worksReport an incorrect finding

  • https://github.com/anthropic-experimental/sandbox-runtime

Format check

Each agent reads SKILL.md a little differently. We check the file against each one's published rules; we don't run the skill in any agent.

  • Agent Skills specPasses with warnings

    The open format from agentskills.io, held to the strictest version of each rule among the agents we check.

    • Warning

      The name "claude-security" uses the reserved word claude. Uploads to the Claude apps and API reject it. N5

      Fix: Choose a name without "anthropic" or "claude".

    • Warning

      allowed-tools is a list; the spec defines a space-separated string. gh skill publish rejects a list, though Claude Code accepts one. O5

      Fix: Write it on one line: allowed-tools: Read Write Edit Glob Grep AskUserQuestion Workflow Workflow(claude-security:scan) Agent(claude-security:scan-inventory, claude-security:scan-researcher, claude-security:scan-verifier, claude-security…

    • Warning

      Links to files that aren't in the skill folder: line 42: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/jobs/scan-codebase.md, line 43: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/jobs/scan-changes.md, line 44: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/jobs/suggest-patches.md, line 51: ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts, line 52: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/specs/report-spec.md and 1 more. B3

      Fix: Add the missing files or correct the paths, relative to SKILL.md.

    • Note

      The first sentence of the description is 283 characters. Agents shorten long descriptions, so lead with the main job. D8

      Fix: Start with one short sentence that names the job.

    • Note

      There is no license field, so readers can't tell whether they may reuse the skill. O2

      Fix: Add license: with an SPDX name such as MIT or Apache-2.0, or the name of a bundled licence file.

    • Note

      Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: jobs/scan-changes.md (147 lines), jobs/scan-codebase.md (127 lines), jobs/suggest-patches.md (126 lines) and specs/report-spec.md (220 lines). B5

      Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.

  • Claude CodePasses with warnings

    Claude Code reads its own extra fields, ignores unknown ones, and still loads a skill whose frontmatter is broken, without its fields.

    • Warning

      Links to files that aren't in the skill folder: line 42: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/jobs/scan-codebase.md, line 43: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/jobs/scan-changes.md, line 44: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/jobs/suggest-patches.md, line 51: ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts, line 52: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/specs/report-spec.md and 1 more. B3

      Fix: Add the missing files or correct the paths, relative to SKILL.md.

    • Note

      The name "claude-security" uses the reserved word claude. Claude Code loads it, but uploading it to claude.ai or the Claude API fails. N5

      Fix: Choose a name without "anthropic" or "claude".

    • Note

      The first sentence of the description is 283 characters. Agents shorten long descriptions, so lead with the main job. D8

      Fix: Start with one short sentence that names the job.

    • Note

      Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: jobs/scan-changes.md (147 lines), jobs/scan-codebase.md (127 lines), jobs/suggest-patches.md (126 lines) and specs/report-spec.md (220 lines). B5

      Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.

  • Claude apps & API uploadFails

    Uploading to claude.ai or the Claude API, or packaging with Anthropic's script, accepts only the six spec fields and stops on anything else.

    • Error

      The name "claude-security" uses the reserved word claude. Anthropic's API docs don't allow "anthropic" or "claude" in skill names. N5

      Fix: Choose a name without "anthropic" or "claude".

    • Warning

      Links to files that aren't in the skill folder: line 42: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/jobs/scan-codebase.md, line 43: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/jobs/scan-changes.md, line 44: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/jobs/suggest-patches.md, line 51: ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts, line 52: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/specs/report-spec.md and 1 more. B3

      Fix: Add the missing files or correct the paths, relative to SKILL.md.

    • Note

      The description is 446 characters. The claude.ai Help Center says 200 at most, though Anthropic's API docs and validator allow 1,024. D4

      Fix: If the claude.ai upload refuses it, trim the description to 200 characters.

    • Note

      allowed-tools is a list; the spec defines a space-separated string. O5

      Fix: Write it on one line: allowed-tools: Read Write Edit Glob Grep AskUserQuestion Workflow Workflow(claude-security:scan) Agent(claude-security:scan-inventory, claude-security:scan-researcher, claude-security:scan-verifier, claude-security…

    • Note

      Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: jobs/scan-changes.md (147 lines), jobs/scan-codebase.md (127 lines), jobs/suggest-patches.md (126 lines) and specs/report-spec.md (220 lines). B5

      Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.

  • OpenAI (Codex & API)Passes with warnings

    Codex finds SKILL.md by its exact name and needs a description; OpenAI's Skills API checks the frontmatter against the spec and caps uploads.

    • Warning

      Links to files that aren't in the skill folder: line 42: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/jobs/scan-codebase.md, line 43: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/jobs/scan-changes.md, line 44: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/jobs/suggest-patches.md, line 51: ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts, line 52: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/specs/report-spec.md and 1 more. B3

      Fix: Add the missing files or correct the paths, relative to SKILL.md.

    • Note

      The first sentence of the description is 283 characters. Agents shorten long descriptions, so lead with the main job. D8

      Fix: Start with one short sentence that names the job.

    • Note

      allowed-tools is a list; the spec defines a space-separated string. O5

      Fix: Write it on one line: allowed-tools: Read Write Edit Glob Grep AskUserQuestion Workflow Workflow(claude-security:scan) Agent(claude-security:scan-inventory, claude-security:scan-researcher, claude-security:scan-verifier, claude-security…

  • VS Code & CopilotPasses with warnings

    VS Code reads skills one folder below .github/skills, .claude/skills or .agents/skills and falls back to the folder name when the name is missing or differs; GitHub's Copilot docs require the exact name SKILL.md.

    • Warning

      Links to files that aren't in the skill folder: line 42: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/jobs/scan-codebase.md, line 43: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/jobs/scan-changes.md, line 44: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/jobs/suggest-patches.md, line 51: ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts, line 52: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/specs/report-spec.md and 1 more. B3

      Fix: Add the missing files or correct the paths, relative to SKILL.md.

    • Note

      allowed-tools is a list; the spec defines a space-separated string. O5

      Fix: Write it on one line: allowed-tools: Read Write Edit Glob Grep AskUserQuestion Workflow Workflow(claude-security:scan) Agent(claude-security:scan-inventory, claude-security:scan-researcher, claude-security:scan-verifier, claude-security…

SKILL.md

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Repo facts from GitHub on 3 Nov 2026. Files read at commit a7ba5b9.

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