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2026-11-05 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-11-05

Skillverdict: a scorecard for the skill scanners

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A benchmark of four open-source AI-agent skill security scanners, tested against 186 skills in four languages and a set of attack samples.

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The project reports a 0.71 rank correlation between code-file count and SkillSpector’s score; 38 of 43 legitimate skills shipping code got “DO NOT INSTALL.”

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The page says it ran four open-source static scanners and its own language-aware LLM review against 186 skills in English, Russian, German, and Chinese, plus 40 defanged attack samples. It reports a 0.71 rank correlation between code-file count and SkillSpector’s score, and says none of 43 legitimate skills with six or more code files received SAFE. The site also links to a case study about Anthropic’s claude-api skill.

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