launch-audit

From the files and frontmatter at commit 8beb1de. This is how much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.

• Reaches the network

  It sends or fetches data over the internet, for example with curl, an HTTP library or a package install.

• Names web addresses

  It mentions outside web addresses the agent may visit. We list them but don't follow them.

  Outside links we did not follow

• Bundles scripts

  The folder holds code files the agent may run.

Pattern check: nothing flagged · commit 8beb1de · 3 Nov 2026

We checked every text file in this skill, at commit 8beb1de 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

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 specFails

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

  • Error

    Line 3: the description value contains a colon followed by a space, which YAML reads as the start of another field. Strict YAML parsers, including the spec's validator, reject the file. F4

    Fix: Put the value in quotes, like this: description: 'Audit a live or staging website and report what would go wrong at launch — crawl and …

  • Note

    The first sentence of the description is 263 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: references/accessibility.md (148 lines), references/analytics.md (138 lines), references/content.md (152 lines), references/forms.md (162 lines), references/head.md (282 lines) and 8 more. B5

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

• Claude CodePasses

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

  • Note

    Line 3: the description value contains a colon followed by a space, which YAML reads as the start of another field. Claude Code quotes the value itself and loads the skill, but other agents reject it. F4

    Fix: Put the value in quotes, like this: description: 'Audit a live or staging website and report what would go wrong at launch — crawl and …

  • Note

    The first sentence of the description is 263 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: references/accessibility.md (148 lines), references/analytics.md (138 lines), references/content.md (152 lines), references/forms.md (162 lines), references/head.md (282 lines) and 8 more. 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

    Line 3: the description value contains a colon followed by a space, which YAML reads as the start of another field. Anthropic's validator rejects it, so packaging and upload fail. F4

    Fix: Put the value in quotes, like this: description: 'Audit a live or staging website and report what would go wrong at launch — crawl and …

  • Note

    The description is 520 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

    Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/accessibility.md (148 lines), references/analytics.md (138 lines), references/content.md (152 lines), references/forms.md (162 lines), references/head.md (282 lines) and 8 more. B5

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

• OpenAI (Codex & API)Fails

  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.

  • Error

    Line 3: the description value contains a colon followed by a space, which YAML reads as the start of another field. Codex quotes the value and loads the skill, but OpenAI's upload follows the spec, which needs valid YAML. F4

    Fix: Put the value in quotes, like this: description: 'Audit a live or staging website and report what would go wrong at launch — crawl and …

  • Note

    The first sentence of the description is 263 characters. Agents shorten long descriptions, so lead with the main job. D8

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

• 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

    Line 3: the description value contains a colon followed by a space, which YAML reads as the start of another field. VS Code's own YAML reader still loads the skill, but may read some values differently. F4

    Fix: Put the value in quotes, like this: description: 'Audit a live or staging website and report what would go wrong at launch — crawl and …

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