Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add cockroachlabs/cockroachdb-skills --skill auditing-cis-benchmarkgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cockroachlabs/cockroachdb-skillsWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/cockroachlabs/cockroachdb-skills/auditing-cis-benchmark)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/cockroachlabs/cockroachdb-skills/auditing-cis-benchmark"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/cockroachlabs/cockroachdb-skills/auditing-cis-benchmark/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/cockroachlabs/cockroachdb-skills/auditing-cis-benchmark"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/cockroachlabs/cockroachdb-skills/auditing-cis-benchmark.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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 | $0.00104 | $0.03216 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00042 | $0.01286 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00021 | $0.00643 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00010 | $0.00322 |
Grade A, and why
auditing-cis-benchmark scanned grade A with 1 finding 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 2mo 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.
- 2.7: cockroach user has no sudo privileges (Automated) Downgraded: this mod is about security review, or the phrase is quoted, so it is likely naming the pattern rather than instructing it.
Copies of this mod
2 near-identical copies found in the catalogue:
- auditing-cis-benchmark — 100% identical, 0 lines differ
- auditing-cis-benchmark — 100% identical, 0 lines differ
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 213 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Auditing CIS Benchmark Compliance
Assesses a self-hosted CockroachDB cluster against the CIS CockroachDB Benchmark v1.0.0 Level 1 profile. Evaluates 30 controls across six domains: installation and patches, system hardening and topology, logging and monitoring, user access and authorization, data protection, and CockroachDB settings. Produces a structured report with PASS, FAIL, and MANUAL REVIEW findings, including CIS Controls v7/v8 mappings with Implementation Group coverage.
Scope: Self-hosted CockroachDB deployments only. For CockroachDB Cloud clusters, use auditing-cloud-cluster-security instead — Cloud clusters have managed controls that supersede many CIS self-hosted checks.
Authoritative source: This skill implements the benchmark defined at https://github.com/cockroachlabs/CIS-benchmarks-crdb
Read-only audit: All operations are read-only. No cluster state, OS configuration, or files are modified during the assessment.
When to Use This Skill
- Preparing for a CIS benchmark compliance assessment or external audit
- Hardening a new self-hosted CockroachDB production deployment
- Validating security posture against industry-standard benchmarks
- Performing periodic compliance checks as part of security operations
- Mapping CockroachDB security controls to CIS Controls frameworks
- Responding to auditor requests for CIS benchmark evidence
Prerequisites
Access requirements:
| Requirement | Purpose |
|---|---|
| SSH/shell access to cluster nodes | OS-level checks (systemd, swap, THP, file descriptors, certs) |
| SQL access (admin or VIEWACTIVITY) | Cluster settings, user/role audit, logging config |
| Access to systemd service files | Service configuration verification |
| Access to certificate directory | Certificate permission and validity checks |
Tools:
| Tool | Required | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
cockroach CLI |
Yes | Version check, cert inspection, SQL access |
systemctl |
Yes | Service status, NTP verification |
openssl |
Recommended | Certificate validation and expiry checks |
| Standard Unix tools | Yes | ps, ls, cat, grep, swapon, ulimit |
What ships with it
3 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.
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.
- 2mo ago First seen · 213 lines · 104 tokens per session scan A 77c9de656660
auditing-cis-benchmark is a skill published in the GitHub repository cockroachlabs/cockroachdb-skills (23 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 104 tokens to every session and 3,216 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (asks for root). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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