implementing-github-advanced-security-for-code-scanning

implementing-github-advanced-security-for-code-scanning is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from adriannoes/awesome-agentic-ai. It costs 34 tokens per session (1,855 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of implementing-github-advanced-security-for-code-scanning, MIT.

A configuration guide for GitHub Advanced Security and CodeQL, a tool that analyzes source code for security vulnerabilities. It is intended for scanning repositories across an organization.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to configure CodeQL code scanning for GitHub repositories and connect the checks with GitHub Actions. It requires suitable GitHub permissions and an Advanced Security license in some environments.
Why use it?
It brings automated security checks into GitHub, helping teams find issues such as injection flaws, unsafe memory use, and authentication problems earlier in development. It can support security and compliance controls.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to configure CodeQL code scanning for GitHub repositories and connect the checks with GitHub Actions. It requires suitable GitHub permissions and an Advanced Security license in some environments.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/adriannoes/awesome-agentic-ai/implementing-github-advanced-security-for-code-scanning
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add adriannoes/awesome-agentic-ai --skill implementing-github-advanced-security-for-code-scanning
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/adriannoes/awesome-agentic-ai

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 34 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,855 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin 88% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
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Opus 5 $0.00017 $0.00928
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00371
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00186

Measured 6d ago against content hash eb11fb928c5b, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

implementing-github-advanced-security-for-code-scanning scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 6d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 2 executable files (scripts/agent.py, scripts/process.py), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

This is a copy

88% identical to implementing-github-advanced-security-for-code-scanning — 23 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

cursor-claude-codex/skills/anthropic-cybersecurity-skills/skills/implementing-github-advanced-security-for-code-scanning/SKILL.md · 214 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 214 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Implementing GitHub Advanced Security for Code Scanning

Overview

GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) integrates CodeQL-powered static application security testing directly into the GitHub development workflow. CodeQL treats code as data, enabling semantic analysis that identifies security vulnerabilities such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, buffer overflows, and authentication flaws with significantly fewer false positives than traditional pattern-matching scanners. GHAS encompasses code scanning, secret scanning, dependency review, and Dependabot alerts to provide a comprehensive security posture for repositories.

When to Use

  • When deploying or configuring implementing github advanced security for code scanning capabilities in your environment
  • When establishing security controls aligned to compliance requirements
  • When building or improving security architecture for this domain
  • When conducting security assessments that require this implementation

Prerequisites

  • GitHub Enterprise Cloud or GitHub Enterprise Server 3.0+ with GHAS license
  • Repository admin or organization owner permissions
  • Familiarity with GitHub Actions workflow syntax (YAML)
  • Supported languages: C/C++, C#, Go, Java/Kotlin, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Ruby, Swift

Core Concepts

CodeQL Analysis Engine

CodeQL compiles source code into a queryable database, then executes security-focused queries against that database. The query suites ship with hundreds of checks mapped to CWE identifiers and cover OWASP Top 10, SANS Top 25, and language-specific vulnerability patterns. Custom queries can be authored using the CodeQL query language (QL) to detect organization-specific anti-patterns.

Default Setup vs. Advanced Setup

Default Setup enables code scanning with a single click from the repository's Code Security settings. GitHub automatically determines the languages present, selects appropriate query suites, and configures scanning triggers. This approach requires no workflow file and is ideal for rapid onboarding.

Read the full file on GitHub · 214 lines

Files

What ships with it

7 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 6d ago First seen · 214 lines · 34 tokens per session scan A eb11fb928c5b

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implementing-github-advanced-security-for-code-scanning is a skill published in the GitHub repository adriannoes/awesome-agentic-ai (57 stars, last pushed 12d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 34 tokens to every session and 1,855 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 88% identical to implementing-github-advanced-security-for-code-scanning, differing in 23 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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