robotics-security

robotics-security is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from arpitg1304/robotics-agent-skills. It costs 150 tokens per session (8,271 once invoked), scanned C, original, Apache-2.0.

Security guidance for robotic systems, especially robots using ROS2, a robotics software framework. It covers both computer security and physical safety when a cyberattack could affect a robot.

In plain words
What is it for?
Securing ROS2 communications, hardening robot computers and containers, separating networks, managing secrets, checking systems, and planning secure boot and emergency-stop protections.
Why use it?
It helps identify and reduce risks across robot networks, software, devices, credentials, and safety controls.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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

Not installable: its command points at a path on the author’s own machine, so it runs nowhere else. The line is /home/robot-admin/.ssh/.

Good fit Securing ROS2 communications, hardening robot computers and containers, separating networks, managing secrets, checking systems, and planning secure boot and emergency-stop protections.

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Install

Getting it into your agent

There is no command for this one: it runs only inside a plugin, and the catalogue could not identify which plugin ships it. The source is linked below.

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 150 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 8,271 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan C 4 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

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.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00150 $0.08271
Opus 5 $0.00075 $0.04136
Sonnet 5 $0.00030 $0.01654
Haiku 4.5 $0.00015 $0.00827

Measured 10d ago against content hash 4ce441b8ddfb, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade C, and why

robotics-security scanned grade C with 4 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 10d 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.

Asks for rootlowPrivilege escalation

A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.

sudo systemctl restart sshd

Downgraded: this mod is about security review, or the phrase is quoted, so it is likely naming the pattern rather than instructing it.

Reaches for credential filesmediumPrivilege escalation

SSH keys, cloud credentials, git-credentials, .npmrc, /etc/shadow: reading these is how a config file becomes a credential leak.

AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys

Downgraded: this mod is about security review, or the phrase is quoted, so it is likely naming the pattern rather than instructing it.

Recursive force deletemediumDestructive command

rm -rf with a variable or a broad path is one typo away from removing the wrong tree.

ros-humble-nav2-bringup && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

Downgraded: this mod is about security review, or the phrase is quoted, so it is likely naming the pattern rather than instructing it.

Runs shell commandslowCapability

Expected in a hook, worth knowing in a rule or an instructions file.

subprocess.run(['flash-tool', '--write', str(firmware)], check=True)
skills/robotics-security/SKILL.md · 897 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 897 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Robotics Security Skill

When to Use This Skill

  • Enabling SROS2 encryption and access control on ROS2 topics/services
  • Generating keystores, certificates, and security policies for DDS
  • Hardening robot onboard computers (SSH, firewalls, minimal packages)
  • Setting up network segmentation between robot control/data/management planes
  • Managing secrets and credentials across a robot fleet
  • Securing Docker containers running ROS2 nodes
  • Designing e-stop and safety systems that survive cyber compromise
  • Auditing a robot system for security vulnerabilities
  • Implementing secure boot and firmware verification
  • Addressing IEC 62443 requirements for industrial robot deployments

The Robot Attack Surface

Robots are unique: cyber vulnerabilities become physical threats.

  NETWORK                    MIDDLEWARE                   APPLICATION
  ┌────────────────┐        ┌────────────────┐           ┌────────────────┐
  │ Open DDS ports │───────▶│ Unauthenticated│──────────▶│ Hardcoded      │
  │ (7400-7500)    │        │ /cmd_vel pub   │           │ credentials    │
  │ Unsegmented LAN│        │ No msg signing │           │ Unvalidated cmd│
  └────────────────┘        └────────────────┘           └────────────────┘
  PHYSICAL                   FIRMWARE                     SUPPLY CHAIN
  ┌────────────────┐        ┌────────────────┐           ┌────────────────┐
  │ USB/debug ports│───────▶│ Unsigned       │──────────▶│ Compromised    │
  │ Serial consoles│        │ firmware OTA   │           │ ROS packages   │
  │ Exposed SBCs   │        │ No secure boot │           │ Unverified imgs│
  └────────────────┘        └────────────────┘           └────────────────┘
Vector Impact
Unauthenticated /cmd_vel Robot moves unexpectedly — injury/damage
Sensor spoofing (/scan, /camera/image) Robot collides, wrong decisions
Open DDS multicast discovery Full topic graph enumeration by passive listener
USB/serial physical access Root shell, firmware flash, data exfiltration
Unsigned firmware update Persistent backdoor in motor controllers

Read the full file on GitHub · 897 lines

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. 10d ago First seen · 897 lines · 150 tokens per session scan C 4ce441b8ddfb

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robotics-security is a skill published in the GitHub repository arpitg1304/robotics-agent-skills (355 stars, last pushed 29d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 150 tokens to every session and 8,271 once invoked, about $0.0007 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it C with 4 findings (asks for root, reaches for credential files, recursive force delete). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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