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vetskill: scan a Claude Code skill for hidden instructions and credential theft before you install it

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Repo: πŸ‘‰ github.com/bayuh85/vetskill (MIT, Python 3.10+, standard library only, 30 offline tests) The problem Agent skills are everywhere now. Someone posts a "PDF tidy" or "release notes" skill, you copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills , and the next time you ask Claude Code (or Codex, or Cursor)…

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  1. 2026-10-27 02:03 Β· DEV Community β€” AI
    vetskill: scan a Claude Code skill for hidden instructions and credential theft before you install it

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