guard

A pre-commit check that scans changed files before they are saved to Git history.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it as a quick pass or fail gate before committing staged or otherwise changed files, with an optional strict mode for warnings.
Why use it?
It helps catch exposed secrets, unsafe security patterns, broken tests, lint problems, and files that should not be committed.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Install

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.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/drn/dots/guard
Any agent
npx skills add drn/dots --skill guard
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/drn/dots

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 35 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 993 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00035 $0.00993
Opus 5 $0.00017 $0.00496
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00199
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00099

Measured 2d ago against content hash b5257b4cd91e, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

guard 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 2d 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.

- `chmod 777` or world-readable permissions

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

agents/skills/guard/SKILL.md · 121 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 121 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Pre-commit Guard

Fast safety check before committing. Scans for secrets, security antipatterns, test breakage, and lint issues. Binary pass/fail output.

Arguments

  • $ARGUMENTS - Optional: --strict for zero-tolerance mode (warnings also fail)

Context

  • Staged files: !git diff --cached --name-only
  • Unstaged changes: !git diff --name-only
  • Project type: !find . -maxdepth 1 \( -name go.mod -o -name Gemfile -o -name package.json -o -name Cargo.toml -o -name pyproject.toml \) 2>/dev/null | head -3

Instructions

Run these checks against all staged files (or all changed files if nothing is staged). Be fast -- this is a pre-commit gate, not a full review.

Check 0: Gitignore Violations

Scan staged/changed files for common files that should not be committed:

  • .env, .env.* files (environment/secrets)
  • node_modules/ contents
  • Build artifacts (dist/, build/, *.o, *.pyc, __pycache__/)
  • IDE files (.idea/, .vscode/settings.json)
  • OS files (.DS_Store, Thumbs.db)
  • Log files (*.log)
  • Credential files (credentials.json, *.pem, *.key)

Report: WARNING if any found (FAIL in --strict mode).

Check 1: Secrets Detection

Scan staged/changed files for:

  • API keys, tokens, passwords (patterns: password\s*=, api_key, secret, token\s*=, Bearer )
  • AWS credentials (AKIA, aws_secret_access_key)
  • Private keys (-----BEGIN.*PRIVATE KEY-----)
  • Connection strings with embedded credentials
  • .env files being committed
  • Hardcoded URLs with credentials (https://user:pass@)

Report: FAIL if any found, with file and line number.

Check 2: Security Antipatterns

Scan for common dangerous patterns:

  • eval() or exec() with variable input
  • SQL string concatenation (instead of parameterized queries)
  • dangerouslySetInnerHTML or equivalent
  • Disabled SSL verification (verify: false, VERIFY_NONE)
  • Overly permissive CORS (Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *)
  • chmod 777 or world-readable permissions
  • --no-verify or security bypass flags in code

Read the full file on GitHub · 121 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. 2d ago First seen · 121 lines · 35 tokens per session scan A b5257b4cd91e

Subscribe to this mod's changes

guard is a skill published in the GitHub repository drn/dots (23 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 35 tokens to every session and 993 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 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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