registry / AI-agent capability abuse / agentic-awesome-skills / 18.1.0

agentic-awesome-skills@18.1.0

AAS Core: complete local skill discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,444+ agentic skills.

AI Security Review

scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The package contains an explicit agent-skill installer that can modify agent capability directories, so it warrants a warning. Static inspection found no lifecycle hook or concrete exfiltration, destructive behavior, or hidden execution chain.

Static reason

High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.

Trigger

A user runs the package installer command with an agent target and a selected skill set or --all.

Impact

Installed skill content can extend an agent's available capabilities; this is an explicit command action rather than automatic package-install mutation.

Mechanism

The command resolves an agent skill target, clones the package repository, and installs selected skills after selection checks.

AI rationale

Evidence

tools/bin/install.js~/.agents/skills

Network endpoints4

github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.gitregistry.npmjs.orgapi.apify.comhuggingface.co

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 83.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

The manifest exposes three user-invoked command-line entrypoints, including an installer.
The installer can copy skills into AI-agent skill directories after direct command invocation; it requires an explicit selector or --all for the default Antigravity target.
The Apify helper submits caller-provided input to the Apify API using its token.
The Hugging Face example sends HF_TOKEN only as authorization to huggingface.co.
The Fedora installer test creates an isolated temporary home before running its checks.
Other required reviewed files are static skill material, a generated PDF marker, and AJV JSON parsing code.

Evidence against

No npm preinstall, install, postinstall, or prepare hook is declared in the manifest.
No automatic install-time execution or confirmed credential exfiltration path was identified.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Source & flagged code

10 flagged

skills/developer-signup-flow/SKILL.mdView file

165patternName = stripe_test_secret severity = high line = 165

High

High Secret

Package contains a high-severity secret pattern.

skills/developer-signup-flow/SKILL.mdView on unpkg · L165

165patternName = stripe_test_secret severity = high line = 165

High

Secret Pattern

Stripe test secret key in skills/developer-signup-flow/SKILL.md

skills/developer-signup-flow/SKILL.mdView on unpkg · L165

tools/bin/aas.jsView file

3L4: const { main } = require("../lib/aas-v1/cli/main"); L5:

Medium

Dynamic Require

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

tools/bin/aas.jsView on unpkg · L3

skills/apify-content-analytics/reference/scripts/run_actor.jsView file

98const apiActorId = actorId.replace('/', '~'); L99: const url = `https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/${apiActorId}/runs?token=${encodeURIComponent(token)}`; L100: ... L102: try { L103: data = JSON.parse(inputJson); L104: } catch (e) { ... L114: }, L115: body: JSON.stringify(data), L116: }); ... L321: // Check for APIFY_TOKEN L322: const token = process.env.APIFY_TOKEN; L323: if (!token) {

Critical

Hardcoded Runtime Data Exfiltration

Source sends credentials or rich application records to a package-controlled external receiver enabled by default.

skills/apify-content-analytics/reference/scripts/run_actor.jsView on unpkg · L98

skills/huggingface-tool-builder/references/baseline_hf_api.tsxView file

39L40: const token = process.env.HF_TOKEN; L41: const headers: Record<string, string> = token ... L44: L45: const url = `https://huggingface.co/api/models?limit=${limit}`; L46: ... L54: L55: const text = await res.text(); L56: process.stdout.write(text); L57: })();

High

Credential Exfiltration

Source combines credential-like environment material and outbound requests; review data flow before blocking.

skills/huggingface-tool-builder/references/baseline_hf_api.tsxView on unpkg · L39

skills/gemini-deep-research/scripts/research.pyView file

•path = skills/gemini-deep-research/scripts/research.py kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 24204 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

skills/gemini-deep-research/scripts/research.pyView on unpkg

skills/web-artifacts-builder/scripts/shadcn-components.tar.gzView file

•path = skills/web-artifacts-builder/scripts/shadcn-components.tar.gz kind = compressed_blob sizeBytes = 19967 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Compressed Blob

Package ships compressed or archive-like blobs.

skills/web-artifacts-builder/scripts/shadcn-components.tar.gzView on unpkg

skills/theme-factory/theme-showcase.pdfView file

•path = skills/theme-factory/theme-showcase.pdf kind = high_entropy_blob sizeBytes = 124310 magicHex = [redacted]

High

Ships High Entropy Blob

Package ships high-entropy non-source blobs.

skills/theme-factory/theme-showcase.pdfView on unpkg

skills/fedora-hyprland-installer/tests/test-scripts.shView file

•path = skills/fedora-hyprland-installer/tests/test-scripts.sh kind = payload_in_excluded_dir sizeBytes = 1740 magicHex = [redacted]

High

Payload In Excluded Dir

Package hides binary, compressed, or executable-looking payloads in test/fixture/hidden paths.

skills/fedora-hyprland-installer/tests/test-scripts.shView on unpkg

node_modules/ajv/dist/runtime/parseJson.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 8

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

node_modules/ajv/dist/runtime/parseJson.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg

Source & flagged code

10 flagged · loading source

skills/developer-signup-flow/SKILL.mdView file

165patternName = stripe_test_secret severity = high line = 165

High

High Secret

Package contains a high-severity secret pattern.

skills/developer-signup-flow/SKILL.mdView on unpkg · L165

165patternName = stripe_test_secret severity = high line = 165

High

Secret Pattern

Stripe test secret key in skills/developer-signup-flow/SKILL.md

skills/developer-signup-flow/SKILL.mdView on unpkg · L165

tools/bin/aas.jsView file

3L4: const { main } = require("../lib/aas-v1/cli/main"); L5:

Medium

Dynamic Require

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

tools/bin/aas.jsView on unpkg · L3

Findings

1 Critical6 High6 Medium4 Low

CriticalHardcoded Runtime Data Exfiltrationskills/apify-content-analytics/reference/scripts/run_actor.js

HighHigh Secretskills/developer-signup-flow/SKILL.md

HighCredential Exfiltrationskills/huggingface-tool-builder/references/baseline_hf_api.tsx

HighShips High Entropy Blobskills/theme-factory/theme-showcase.pdf

HighPayload In Excluded Dirskills/fedora-hyprland-installer/tests/test-scripts.sh

HighSemantic Analysis Limitednode_modules/ajv/dist/runtime/parseJson.js#virtual:normalized:round1

HighSecret Patternskills/developer-signup-flow/SKILL.md

MediumDynamic Requiretools/bin/aas.js

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

MediumShips Build Helper

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to agentic-awesome-skills@18.1.0.

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Evidence last updated: 2026-09-22 01:10:15.848Z (UTC).

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Decision evidence

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Findings

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