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azure-pipelines-validator

azure-pipelines-validator is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from pantheon-org/tekhne. It costs 135 tokens per session (2,840 once invoked), scanned B, original, MIT.

A checker for Azure DevOps Pipeline YAML files, which define automated software build and deployment jobs.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to check YAML syntax and pipeline structure, review task versions and build settings, and scan scripts or configuration for secrets and unsafe patterns.
Why use it?
It finds formatting and configuration errors, weak pipeline practices, and exposed credentials before the pipeline is used.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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

not rated 10repo changed 12d ago B scan SkillSpector: warn 135 tokens original MIT

Good fit Use it to check YAML syntax and pipeline structure, review task versions and build settings, and scan scripts or configuration for secrets and unsafe patterns.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/pantheon-org/tekhne/validator
View source ↗ pantheon-org/tekhne pantheon-org.github.io
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.

Any agent
npx skills add pantheon-org/tekhne --skill validator
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pantheon-org/tekhne

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

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README.md
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Per session 135 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,840 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan B 2 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector warn 7 Sept 2026
SkillSpector: 1 finding, 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 156
    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.
How audits are shown
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 $0.00135 $0.02840
Opus 5.5 $0.00054 $0.01136
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00027 $0.00568
Haiku 4.5 $0.00014 $0.00284

Measured 12d ago against content hash 17fca339617e, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

azure-pipelines-validator scanned grade B with 2 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 12d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 6 executable files (scripts/check_best_practices.py, scripts/check_security.py, scripts/python_wrapper.sh, …), 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.

Downloads and executes remote codemediumSupply chain

curl | sh runs whatever the server returns today, which is not necessarily what it returned when this was reviewed.

- Auditing a pipeline for hardcoded secrets, `:latest` container tags or `curl | bash` patterns.

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

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

- Auditing a pipeline for hardcoded secrets, `:latest` container tags or `curl | bash` patterns.
skills/ci-cd/azure-pipelines/validator/SKILL.md · 262 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 262 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Azure Pipelines Validator

Validates, lints, and security-scans Azure DevOps Pipeline configurations (azure-pipelines.yml, azure-pipelines.yaml). Runs four validation layers via a single orchestrator script.

Philosophy

  • Static analysis is cheap and runs before the pipeline does, so catch problems at review time, not at queue time.
  • Fix findings in layer order (lint, syntax, best practices, security): a syntax error can hide later findings.
  • Treat security findings as merge blockers and best-practice findings as guidance that hardens over time.
  • Re-run only the layer you just fixed, then run the full validation once before merging.

When to Use

  • Reviewing azure-pipelines.yml or azure-pipelines.yaml before merging a change.
  • Auditing a pipeline for hardcoded secrets, :latest container tags or curl | bash patterns.
  • Checking task version pinning, displayName, caching and timeouts on an existing pipeline.
  • Adding a validation gate to an Azure Pipelines CI job.

When Not to Use

  • Executing or testing a pipeline run: this skill does static analysis only.
  • Looking up current task inputs or versions: use the live documentation sources listed below.
  • Validating GitLab CI or GitHub Actions files: use the matching validator skill instead.
  • Generating a new pipeline from scratch: use the Azure Pipelines generator skill instead.

Basic Usage

# Full validation (all layers)
bash scripts/validate_azure_pipelines.sh azure-pipelines.yml

Layers executed in order: 0. YAML lint (yamllint): formatting, indentation, trailing spaces

  1. Syntax validation: schema, required fields, stages/jobs/steps hierarchy, task format, dependencies
  2. Best practices: display names, task version pinning, pool image specificity, caching, timeouts
  3. Security scan: hardcoded secrets/API keys/AWS/Azure credentials, dangerous script patterns, SSL bypasses, container :latest tags

Common Options

# Targeted runs
bash scripts/validate_azure_pipelines.sh azure-pipelines.yml --syntax-only
bash scripts/validate_azure_pipelines.sh azure-pipelines.yml --best-practices
bash scripts/validate_azure_pipelines.sh azure-pipelines.yml --security-only

# Skip layers
bash scripts/validate_azure_pipelines.sh azure-pipelines.yml --skip-yaml-lint
bash scripts/validate_azure_pipelines.sh azure-pipelines.yml --no-best-practices
bash scripts/validate_azure_pipelines.sh azure-pipelines.yml --no-security

# Strict mode (fail on warnings)
bash scripts/validate_azure_pipelines.sh azure-pipelines.yml --strict

Read the full file on GitHub · 262 lines

Files

What ships with it

47 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. 12d ago Changed 17fca339617e
  2. 16d ago Changed · +57 lines scan A → B bc2d20d31431
  3. 1mo ago First seen · 205 lines · 135 tokens per session scan A f9d3c7b7bd34

Subscribe to this mod's changes

azure-pipelines-validator is a skill published in the GitHub repository pantheon-org/tekhne (10 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 135 tokens to every session and 2,840 once invoked, about $0.0005 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it B with 2 findings (downloads and executes remote code, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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