crafting-readme-files

Fail

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Mar 24, 2026

Risk Level: HIGHREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONCOMMAND_EXECUTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSPROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
  • [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: The skill provides templates that incorporate the curl | bash pattern for installation instructions in SKILL.md and references/section-templates.md.
  • Evidence: SKILL.md contains the template curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/user/repo/main/install.sh | bash for quick installation.
  • Evidence: references/section-templates.md includes curl -fsSL https://... | bash in the Migration/Upgrade section templates.
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: Numerous templates within the skill include shell commands for common development workflows and project maintenance.
  • Evidence: SKILL.md provides commands for manual builds (cargo build), repository cloning, and installation via package managers.
  • Evidence: references/section-templates.md includes potentially destructive commands like rm -rf ~/.tool/ and maintenance commands like cargo test or cargo clippy in the 'Contributing' and 'Security' sections.
  • [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The documentation guidelines reference fetching resources from well-known external domains as part of standard software delivery workflows.
  • Evidence: Templates consistently suggest cloning from GitHub and executing scripts from raw.githubusercontent.com for installation and updates.
  • [PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill is susceptible to indirect prompt injection as it processes untrusted data from existing project documentation.
  • Ingestion points: SKILL.md instructs the agent to read and revise the current README.md file of a project.
  • Boundary markers: The skill does not provide specific delimiters or instructions to ignore potential instructions embedded within the document being analyzed.
  • Capability inventory: The skill allows the generation of shell commands, configuration files, and architecture documentation based on the analyzed input.
  • Sanitization: No sanitization or validation of the input README content is performed before the agent processes it to generate the revised version.
Recommendations
  • HIGH: Downloads and executes remote code from: https://..., https://raw.githubusercontent.com/user/repo/main/install.sh - DO NOT USE without thorough review
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
HIGH
Analyzed
Mar 24, 2026, 02:25 AM