Getting it into your agent
It runs from inside its repository, so the clone comes first — what it calls does not travel with the file alone.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/terrylica/cc-skillsnpx agentmods add skills/terrylica/cc-skills/link-validatorWrote 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/terrylica/cc-skills/link-validator)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/terrylica/cc-skills/link-validator"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/terrylica/cc-skills/link-validator.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>- NVIDIA SkillSpector warn
SkillSpector: 4 findings, 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 137 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.
- medium Agent Snooping · line 19 Skill enumerates or reads other installed skills. Access to other skills' SKILL.md files or the skills directory reveals prompt instructions, capabilities, and secrets that should be invisible to peer skills.Fix: Remove all code or instructions that list or read other skills' files or directories. Skills should operate independently; cross-skill access is a privilege escalation.
- medium Agent Snooping · line 101 Skill enumerates or reads other installed skills. Access to other skills' SKILL.md files or the skills directory reveals prompt instructions, capabilities, and secrets that should be invisible to peer skills.Fix: Remove all code or instructions that list or read other skills' files or directories. Skills should operate independently; cross-skill access is a privilege escalation.
- medium Rogue Agent · line 32 Skill establishes unauthorized persistence across sessions via cron jobs, startup scripts, or state files. Session persistence allows an attacker to maintain access beyond the current interaction.Fix: Remove any persistence mechanisms (cron jobs, startup scripts, state files). Skills should not maintain state across sessions without explicit user consent.
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 | $0.00028 | $0.01055 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00014 | $0.00528 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00006 | $0.00211 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00003 | $0.00105 |
Grade A, and why
link-validator scanned grade A with 0 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 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.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 140 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Link Validator
Validates markdown links in Claude Code skills for portability across installation locations.
Self-Evolving Skill: This skill improves through use. If instructions are wrong, parameters drifted, or a workaround was needed — fix this file immediately, don't defer. Only update for real, reproducible issues.
The Problem
Skills with absolute repo paths break when installed elsewhere:
| Path Type | Example | Works When Installed? |
|---|---|---|
| Absolute repo | /skills/foo/SKILL.md |
No - path doesn't exist |
| Relative | ./references/guide.md |
Yes - always resolves |
| Relative parent | ../sibling/SKILL.md |
Yes - always resolves |
When to Use This Skill
- Before distributing a skill/plugin
- After creating new markdown links in skills
- When CI reports link validation failures
- To audit existing skills for portability issues
TodoWrite Task Templates
Template A: Validate Single Skill
1. Identify skill path to validate
2. Run: uv run scripts/validate_links.py <skill-path>
3. Review violation report (if any)
4. For each violation, apply suggested fix
5. Re-run validator to confirm all fixed
Template B: Validate Plugin (Multiple Skills)
1. Identify plugin root directory
2. Run: uv run scripts/validate_links.py <plugin-path>
3. Review grouped violations by skill
4. Fix violations skill-by-skill
5. Re-validate entire plugin
Template C: Fix Violations
1. Read violation report output
2. Locate file and line number
3. Review suggested relative path
4. Apply fix using Edit tool
5. Re-run validator on file
Post-Change Checklist
After modifying this skill:
- Script remains in sync with latest patterns
- References updated if new patterns added
- Tested on real skill with violations
Quick Start
# Validate a single skill
uv run scripts/validate_links.py ~/.claude/skills/my-skill/
# Validate a plugin with multiple skills
uv run scripts/validate_links.py ~/.claude/plugins/my-plugin/
# Dry-run in current directory
uv run scripts/validate_links.py .
What ships with it
2 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.
- 2d ago First seen · 140 lines · 28 tokens per session scan A 589e790a07a2
link-validator is a skill published in the GitHub repository terrylica/cc-skills (62 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 28 tokens to every session and 1,055 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-05.
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