tos-clause-scanner
tos-clause-scanner is a skill in zebbern/claude-code-guide, last changed 31 May 2026. It is instructions only: no scripts, no named hosts and no pre-approved tools.
Audit Terms of Service, user agreements, and privacy policies for consumer risks, producing a structured report that flags unfair clauses, data traps, and liability issues. Trigger when a user asks to review, audit, or analyze a ToS, privacy policy, or user agreement, or mentions specific concerns like auto-renewal or data authorization.
At a glance
What it can touch
- Instructions only
It is instructions only: no scripts, no named hosts and no pre-approved tools.
How much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.
Pattern check
1 item to review
Telling the agent to hide what it does
R22 · High · SKILL.md:88Commit 2b927dd · 3 Nov 2026
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Install
Each tab says whether it installs commit 2b927dd, the one we checked, or the latest version.
OpenCode also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Goose also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Windsurf (Devin Desktop) also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Zed also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Roo Code also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Factory Droid also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Junie also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Amp also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
No install command here reaches Kiro. Copy the skill's folder into .kiro/skills/ in your project, or ~/.kiro/skills/ for all your projects. zebbern/claude-code-guide/skills/tos-clause-scanner (opens in a new tab)
Antigravity also looks in .agents/skills/, so the Any agent steps reach it with This project. For All projects, see where Antigravity looks.
Cline also looks in .claude/skills/, so the Claude Code steps reach it with This project. For All projects, see where Cline looks.
Read this before installing: Telling the agent to hide what it does — SKILL.md:88
Claude Code
Pinned to commit 2b927dd, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/zebbern/claude-code-guide.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 2b927dd838f8744ea8d8e9b18edc550d03aee503 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/tos-clause-scanner &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 2b927dd838f8744ea8d8e9b18edc550d03aee503 &&mkdir -p .claude/skills &&mkdir .claude/skills/tos-clause-scanner &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/tos-clause-scanner/. .claude/skills/tos-clause-scanner/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"If Claude Code was already running and this created the skills folder, run /reload-skills.
Claude apps
Pinned to commit 2b927dd, the one we checked.
Skills in the Claude apps belong to your account rather than to a project.
Make tos-clause-scanner.zip, with the skill folder at the top level:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/zebbern/claude-code-guide.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 2b927dd838f8744ea8d8e9b18edc550d03aee503 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/tos-clause-scanner &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 2b927dd838f8744ea8d8e9b18edc550d03aee503 &&out="$(mktemp -d)" &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/tos-clause-scanner "$out"/tos-clause-scanner &&(cd "$out" && zip -qr - tos-clause-scanner) > tos-clause-scanner.zip &&rm -rf "$tmp" "$out"In Claude, open Customize > Skills, select +, then + Create skill > Upload a skill, and choose tos-clause-scanner.zip.
On Free, Pro and Max plans, turn on Code execution and file creation (Create and edit files in newer settings) under Settings > Capabilities.
Codex
Pinned to commit 2b927dd, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/zebbern/claude-code-guide.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 2b927dd838f8744ea8d8e9b18edc550d03aee503 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/tos-clause-scanner &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 2b927dd838f8744ea8d8e9b18edc550d03aee503 &&mkdir -p .agents/skills &&mkdir .agents/skills/tos-clause-scanner &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/tos-clause-scanner/. .agents/skills/tos-clause-scanner/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"Codex picks up new skills on its own; restart it if this one does not appear.
Cursor
Pinned to commit 2b927dd, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/zebbern/claude-code-guide.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 2b927dd838f8744ea8d8e9b18edc550d03aee503 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/tos-clause-scanner &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 2b927dd838f8744ea8d8e9b18edc550d03aee503 &&mkdir -p .cursor/skills &&mkdir .cursor/skills/tos-clause-scanner &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/tos-clause-scanner/. .cursor/skills/tos-clause-scanner/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"Copilot & VS Code
Pinned to commit 2b927dd, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/zebbern/claude-code-guide.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 2b927dd838f8744ea8d8e9b18edc550d03aee503 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/tos-clause-scanner &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 2b927dd838f8744ea8d8e9b18edc550d03aee503 &&mkdir -p .github/skills &&mkdir .github/skills/tos-clause-scanner &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/tos-clause-scanner/. .github/skills/tos-clause-scanner/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"In a running Copilot CLI session, run /skills reload.
Or install it with gh skill, which also installs the commit we checked. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90 or later.
gh skill install zebbern/claude-code-guide skills/tos-clause-scanner/SKILL.md@2b927dd838f8744ea8d8e9b18edc550d03aee503 --agent github-copilot --scope projectGemini CLI
Pinned to commit 2b927dd, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/zebbern/claude-code-guide.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 2b927dd838f8744ea8d8e9b18edc550d03aee503 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/tos-clause-scanner &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 2b927dd838f8744ea8d8e9b18edc550d03aee503 &&mkdir -p .gemini/skills &&mkdir .gemini/skills/tos-clause-scanner &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/tos-clause-scanner/. .gemini/skills/tos-clause-scanner/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"In a running session, run /skills reload.
Or use Gemini CLI’s own installer. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked.
gemini skills install https://github.com/zebbern/claude-code-guide.git --path skills/tos-clause-scanner --scope workspaceAny agent
Pinned to commit 2b927dd, the one we checked.
OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Zed, Roo Code, Factory Droid, Junie, Amp and Antigravity read .agents/skills in a project.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/zebbern/claude-code-guide.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 2b927dd838f8744ea8d8e9b18edc550d03aee503 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/tos-clause-scanner &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 2b927dd838f8744ea8d8e9b18edc550d03aee503 &&mkdir -p .agents/skills &&mkdir .agents/skills/tos-clause-scanner &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/tos-clause-scanner/. .agents/skills/tos-clause-scanner/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"Or use the skills CLI from skills.sh. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked. The skills CLI reports installs to skills.sh unless you set DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1.
npx skills@1.7.4 add zebbern/claude-code-guide --skill tos-clause-scannerWhat it can touch
From the files and frontmatter at commit 2b927dd. This is how much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.
Instructions only
It is instructions only: no scripts, no named hosts and no pre-approved tools.
Pattern check
Pattern check: 1 item to review · commit 2b927dd · 3 Nov 2026
We checked every text file in this skill, at commit 2b927dd 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.
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
- Claude CodePasses
Claude apps & API uploadPasses
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.
- Note
The description is 339 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
- OpenAI (Codex & API)Passes
- VS Code & CopilotPasses
SKILL.md
We don't show this file's text because our check flagged hidden or instruction-override text in it.
Read SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)Files
2 files
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| LICENSE (opens in a new tab) | 1.1 KB |
| SKILL.md (opens in a new tab) | 12.8 KB |
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