prepare
Verdict safe, but 2 findings (1 low, 1 info), mainly social engineering, policy violation. Most recent scan 2026-10-22.
Second scanner: NVIDIA SkillSpector
Independent static run, no language model, over the same files as the Cisco scan above. How the two scanners compare across the whole corpus: Two scanners, one corpus.
What this skill does
The skill's SKILL.md has no description field.
- Package
- 13 files, 72 KB
- SKILL.md
- 851 words, 8 sections
- Code
- TypeScript (1)
SKILL.md covers: Prepare — Architecture Planning & Cost Estimation · Quick Reference · When to Use This Skill · When NOT to Use · MCP Tools · Workflow · Step 5 — Post-Quota Validation · Error Handling
Findings
LOW Skill description is too short Social Engineeringtrigger
Description has only 3 words. Short descriptions may not provide enough context for the agent to determine when this skill should be used.
SKILL.md
INFO Strict manifest load failed; inert fallback scan used Policy Violationskill_loader
SkillLoadError rejected malformed or missing manifest metadata. The bounded package body was still scanned as inert content; manifest capabilities were not trusted.
SKILL.md
What is in the package
| File | Kind | Size |
|---|---|---|
SKILL.md | doc | 6.4 KB |
references/deploy-strategy.md | doc | 6.8 KB |
references/mcp-tools.md | doc | 5.6 KB |
references/naming-patterns.md | doc | 4.6 KB |
references/prepare-schemas.ts | script | 7.0 KB |
references/pricing-guide-services.md | doc | 8.4 KB |
references/pricing-guide.md | doc | 4.0 KB |
references/service-mapping.md | doc | 8.5 KB |
references/sku-matrix.md | doc | 3.2 KB |
references/sku-quota-validation.md | doc | 9.0 KB |
references/subagent-pricing.md | doc | 2.5 KB |
references/subagent-quota.md | doc | 3.5 KB |
references/validation-rubric.md | doc | 2.3 KB |
External hosts referenced
learn.microsoft.com management.azure.com prices.azure.com azure.microsoft.com
Hostnames that appear in the skill's files. Referencing a host is not a finding; compare against the findings above and the skill's stated purpose.
Package contents recorded 2026-10-22 at commit f49ac319a7d3. The scan above ran against the version current at scan time; the two can differ if the skill has since been updated.
What we checked
- Static analyzer. Pattern rules over SKILL.md and bundled files: known-bad commands, exfiltration URLs, secrets, obfuscation.
- Bytecode analyzer.
- Pipeline analyzer.
- Correlation analyzer.
- Behavioral analyzer. Checks what the skill asks the agent to do against what its description claims it does.
- Trigger analyzer. Looks for instructions that fire on conditions the user did not ask for.
What we did not check
- Runtime behaviour. The skill was not executed; findings come from reading its files.
- Anything fetched at install or run time, including remote scripts, package dependencies, and URLs the skill tells the agent to open.
- Content the analyzers cannot read: images, binaries, and some non-English text.
- Known scanner bypass classes. See the methodology and limitations page.
Scan history
| Date | Verdict | Findings | Change | Analyzers | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAFE | 2 | = | static bytecode pipeline correlation behavioral trigger | JSON | |
| SAFE | 2 | first scan | static bytecode pipeline correlation behavioral trigger | JSON |
Sources
- Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills
- Raw scan result: microsoft-azure-skills-skills-azure-app-onboard-prepare-scan.json
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