nixos-btw
Pass
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on May 6, 2026
Risk Level: SAFE
Full Analysis
- [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill references several external resources for system configuration and tooling, including official NixOS channels, Nix-community repositories (home-manager, disko, nixos-anywhere), and established ecosystem projects (Determinate Systems, Lix, sops-nix, agenix). These references target well-known organizations and are documented as standard components for declarative system administration.
- [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The workflow requires executing administrative commands such as
nixos-rebuild,nix-channel, andsudooperations to manage system state and generations. This is consistent with the primary purpose of a NixOS administration skill and is necessary for its functionality. - [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: The skill includes commands to gather system metadata (e.g.,
nixos-version,uname,nix config show) and inspect system logs (journalctl). These operations are used exclusively for troubleshooting and system auditing; no unauthorized external transmission of sensitive data was detected. - [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill has an attack surface for indirect prompt injection as it ingests untrusted data from system logs (
journalctl) and external configuration files without explicit boundary markers or sanitization. However, this is a standard risk for diagnostic tools and is mitigated by the agent's internal safety guardrails. - Ingestion points: System logs accessed via
journalctland configuration files read viacatornix config show(SKILL.md, Workflow). - Boundary markers: Not present.
- Capability inventory: The skill utilizes powerful system commands including
nixos-rebuild,nix-channel, andsudo(SKILL.md, references). - Sanitization: Not present.
- [CREDENTIALS_UNSAFE]: The skill demonstrates high security awareness regarding credentials, explicitly instructing against hardcoding secrets in the Nix store and providing detailed guides for using encrypted secrets management tools (references/secrets-sops-and-agenix.md).
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