semgrep

semgrep is a skill for Claude Code from RedHatProductSecurity/prodsec-skills. It costs 95 tokens per session (6,617 once invoked), scanned B, original, Apache-2.0.

A Semgrep-based code scanning workflow that searches source code for security problems using rules matched to the project's languages. Semgrep is a tool that finds suspicious code patterns and can produce SARIF reports for security systems.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to scan a project for security issues, select high-confidence checks, run broader rule coverage, and collect the findings in one report.
Why use it?
It helps identify likely vulnerabilities across a codebase and can include checks that follow risky data across files. It also controls scanner telemetry during security audits.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: mentions subagents.

Part of the prodsec-skills plugin — 133 skills shipped together

Good fit Use it to scan a project for security issues, select high-confidence checks, run broader rule coverage, and collect the findings in one report.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/redhatproductsecurity/prodsec-skills/semgrep
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 RedHatProductSecurity/prodsec-skills --skill semgrep
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/RedHatProductSecurity/prodsec-skills

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install prodsec-skills, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 133 skills.

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Per session 95 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 6,617 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan B 1 finding. 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 $0.00095 $0.06617
Opus 5.5 $0.00038 $0.02647
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00019 $0.01323
Haiku 4.5 $0.00010 $0.00662

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 0bf8a20f8085, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

semgrep scanned grade B 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 1mo 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.

Recursive force deletemediumDestructive command

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

[ -n "[OUTPUT_DIR]" ] && rm -rf [OUTPUT_DIR]/repos

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

Origin

Copies of this mod

1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:

  • semgrep — 91% identical, 23 lines differ
module/skills/semgrep/SKILL.md · 568 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 568 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Semgrep Security Scan

Run a Semgrep scan with automatic language detection, parallel execution across language groups, and merged SARIF output.

Essential Principles

  1. Always use --metrics=off — Semgrep sends telemetry by default; --config auto also phones home. Every semgrep command must include --metrics=off to prevent data leakage during security audits.
  2. User must approve the scan plan (Step 3 is a hard gate) — The original "scan this codebase" request is NOT approval. Present exact rulesets, target, engine, and mode; wait for explicit "yes"/"proceed" before running scanners.
  3. Third-party rulesets are required, not optional — Trail of Bits, 0xdea, and Decurity rules catch vulnerabilities absent from the official registry. Include them whenever the detected language matches.
  4. Run all scan workers in parallel — Parallel execution is the core performance advantage. Do not run language scans strictly one-after-another when independence allows overlap.
  5. Always check for Semgrep Pro before scanning — Pro enables cross-file taint tracking and catches ~250% more true positives. Skipping the check means silently missing critical inter-file vulnerabilities.

When to Use

  • Security audit of a codebase
  • Finding vulnerabilities before code review
  • Scanning for known bug patterns
  • First-pass static analysis

When NOT to Use

  • Binary analysis → Use binary analysis tools
  • Already have Semgrep CI configured → Use existing pipeline
  • Need cross-file analysis but no Pro license → Consider CodeQL as alternative
  • Creating custom Semgrep rules → Use semgrep-rule-creator skill
  • Porting existing rules to other languages → Use semgrep-rule-variant-creator skill

Output Directory

All scan results, SARIF files, and temporary data are stored in a single output directory.

  • If the user specifies an output directory in their prompt, use it as OUTPUT_DIR.
  • If not specified, default to ./static_analysis_semgrep_1. If that already exists, increment to _2, _3, etc.

Read the full file on GitHub · 568 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. 1mo ago First seen · 568 lines · 95 tokens per session scan B 0bf8a20f8085

Subscribe to this mod's changes

semgrep is a skill published in the GitHub repository RedHatProductSecurity/prodsec-skills (55 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 95 tokens to every session and 6,617 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (recursive force delete). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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