Scan Agent Skill Folders For Risky Patterns And Missing Safeguards Before Sharing Or Deployment With Cisco Skill Scanner

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name: "Scan agent skill folders for risky patterns and missing safeguards before sharing or deployment with Cisco Skill Scanner"
slug: "scan-agent-skill-folders-for-risky-patterns-and-missing-safeguards-before-sharing-or-deployment-with-cisco-skill-scanner"
description: "Run a pre-trust security pass over skill packs and prompt bundles before they get shared, merged, or deployed."
github_stars: 1767
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner"
author: "Cisco AI Defense"
publisher_type: "organization"
category: "Security & Verification"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner"
  github_stars: 1767
---

# Scan agent skill folders for risky patterns and missing safeguards before sharing or deployment with Cisco Skill Scanner

Run a pre-trust security pass over skill packs and prompt bundles before they get shared, merged, or deployed.

## Prerequisites

Python 3.10+, skill-scanner package, optional LLM provider credentials for semantic analyzers, and access to the target skill repository or archive

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- uv pip install cisco-ai-skill-scanner
- pip install cisco-ai-skill-scanner
- pip install cisco-ai-skill-scanner[bedrock]
- pip install cisco-ai-skill-scanner[google]

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- [![Python 3.10+](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.10+-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
- [![CI](https://github.com/cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner/actions/workflows/python-tests.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner/actions/workflows/python-tests.yml)
- **Prerequisites:** Python 3.10+ and [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) (recommended) or pip

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- bash
- # Using uv (recommended)
- # Using pip

- Source: https://github.com/cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://cisco-ai-defense.github.io/docs/skill-scanner

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/scan-agent-skill-folders-for-risky-patterns-and-missing-safeguards-before-sharing-or-deployment-with-cisco-skill-scanner/)