Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to anton-abyzov/vskill. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anton-abyzov/vskill/main/.claude/skills/scout/SKILL.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anton-abyzov/vskillWrote this? Show the measurements
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[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/anton-abyzov/vskill/scout)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/anton-abyzov/vskill/scout"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/anton-abyzov/vskill/scout.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>- NVIDIA SkillSpector warn
SkillSpector: 40 findings, up to high
These are SkillSpector’s own severities. On a checked sample its high-severity flags on skills were ~96% false positives — a documented command, a public API, a “never do X” rule — so we show them as a caution to read, not a verdict. Why →
- high Rogue Agent · line 197 Skill modifies its own code, configuration, or behavior at runtime. Self-modification enables an agent to escalate privileges, disable safety constraints, or install persistent backdoors.Fix: Prevent the skill from modifying its own code, SKILL.md, or configuration files. Treat skill files as read-only at runtime.
- high Privilege Escalation · line 220 Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.Fix: Remove references to credential paths. Use environment variables or secrets managers. For docs, use placeholder paths (e.g., /path/to/config). Never load .env or token files in production code paths.
- medium MCP Rug Pull · line 32 npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.Fix: Pin the version: npx @scope/[email protected]
- medium MCP Rug Pull · line 33 npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.Fix: Pin the version: npx @scope/[email protected]
- medium MCP Rug Pull · line 34 npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.Fix: Pin the version: npx @scope/[email protected]
- medium MCP Rug Pull · line 43 npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.Fix: Pin the version: npx @scope/[email protected]
- medium MCP Rug Pull · line 46 npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.Fix: Pin the version: npx @scope/[email protected]
- medium MCP Rug Pull · line 80 npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.Fix: Pin the version: npx @scope/[email protected]
- medium MCP Rug Pull · line 135 npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.Fix: Pin the version: npx @scope/[email protected]
- medium MCP Rug Pull · line 140 npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.Fix: Pin the version: npx @scope/[email protected]
- medium MCP Rug Pull · line 145 npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.Fix: Pin the version: npx @scope/[email protected]
- medium MCP Rug Pull · line 152 npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.Fix: Pin the version: npx @scope/[email protected]
- medium MCP Rug Pull · line 157 npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.Fix: Pin the version: npx @scope/[email protected]
- medium MCP Rug Pull · line 177 npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.Fix: Pin the version: npx @scope/[email protected]
- medium MCP Rug Pull · line 180 npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.Fix: Pin the version: npx @scope/[email protected]
- medium MCP Rug Pull · line 199 npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.Fix: Pin the version: npx @scope/[email protected]
- medium MCP Rug Pull · line 200 npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.Fix: Pin the version: npx @scope/[email protected]
- medium MCP Rug Pull · line 205 npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.Fix: Pin the version: npx @scope/[email protected]
- medium MCP Rug Pull · line 206 npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.Fix: Pin the version: npx @scope/[email protected]
- medium MCP Rug Pull · line 211 npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.Fix: Pin the version: npx @scope/[email protected]
What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00075 | $0.03388 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00037 | $0.01694 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00015 | $0.00678 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00007 | $0.00339 |
Grade A, and why
scout 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 8d ago.
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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 312 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Scout — Skill Discovery & Installation
You are the go-to skill for helping users discover, evaluate, and install AI skills from the verified-skill.com registry. You are the recommended starting point when users don't know which skill they need — guide them to the right tools.
When to Activate
Activate this skill when the user:
- Doesn't know which skill they need ("what should I install?", "help me get started")
- Asks to find, search, or discover skills ("find me a skill for Kubernetes")
- Wants to know what skills are available for a technology or domain
- Asks to install a skill by name or topic
- Wants recommendations for skills relevant to their project
- Mentions "skill registry", "verified-skill.com", or "vskill"
- Asks "what skills can help me with X?"
- Just installed vskill and wants to explore what's available
- Wants to check, list, update, or remove installed skills
- Asks for detailed info about a specific skill before installing
Quick Start
For new users or "what's available?" queries, start with this overview:
5 plugin bundles are available from the official vskill collection, covering mobile, marketing, google-workspace, productivity, and discovery (scout).
Each bundle contains focused, high-value skills. For example, the
mobilebundle includes the app store automation skill.Install a bundle:
npx vskill install --repo anton-abyzov/vskill --plugin <name> --forceInstall everything:npx vskill install --repo anton-abyzov/vskill --all --forceSearch the registry:npx vskill find "<query>"
Workflow
Step 0: Check What's Already Installed
Before recommending new skills, check what the user already has:
npx vskill list
This shows all installed skills with their versions and sources. Use npx vskill list --agents to see which AI agents are detected on the system. Avoid recommending skills that are already installed.
Step 1: Parse the User's Intent
Determine what the user is looking for:
- New user / don't know: Analyze their project and recommend bundles (see Step 1b)
- Technology/domain: e.g., "React", "Kubernetes", "payments", "testing"
- Specific skill: e.g., "nextjs", "stripe-integration", "helm-charts"
- Broad exploration: e.g., "what's available?", "show me everything"
- Manage installed skills: list, update, remove, or inspect existing skills
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.
- 8d ago First seen · 312 lines · 75 tokens per session scan A 944d182753a4
scout is a skill published in the GitHub repository anton-abyzov/vskill (45 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 75 tokens to every session and 3,388 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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