github-tools@0.7.0
CAUTION· install onlyPublisher claims: "Enables coding agents to read and modify GitHub issues, project boards, pull requests, repositories, releases, and Actions through configurable toolsets, with read-only and write-confirmation controls." Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.
Coverage
Nothing executable in the bundle ran; the trace covers the install step only.- Tested
- second launch with the clock 45 days ahead · every file read, file written and host contacted by what ran
- Not tested
- use of the skill by an agent
What this means for the label: Caution here covers what ran. The server's tools were not exercised with a real credential, so nothing about their behavior is asserted; the credential summary below says what to do with that.
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Code inventory arrives with this version's next honeypot run.- It will ask for
- unknown until the next run
- Where it talks to
- unknown until the next run
- What the honeypot saw
- no credential files read · no network
- What we could not test
- use of the skill by an agent
Not enough was observed to say yet. Nothing executable in the bundle ran; the trace covers the install step only. This version's code has not been inventoried for credentials and hosts either; both arrive with its next honeypot run (popular servers first). `vet-skills try github-tools` runs it now and prints the full answer.
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Is [email protected] safe to install?
KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (2 scenarios; nothing executable in the bundle ran; the trace covers the install step only) on 2026-11-06 and scored it 78/100 (Caution). It is not known to be malicious, but it has behaviour or code a security policy should decide on before install. Notable findings: Access to sensitive file paths; Access to sensitive file paths. Summary: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.
Behavior trace
Honeypot run · 0 s · 2 scenarios · 0 deviationsStatic findings
const { confirm: _confirm, ...settings } = parseSettings(argv, { ...env, [confirmEnv]: undefined })Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.return { ...env, GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT: "0" }Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.const failure = new Error("ENOENT: no such file '/Users/secret/project/.env'")Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.const repo = repoWithOrigin("https://x-access-token:[email protected]/o")Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.expect(logs[0]).toContain("/etc/passwd")Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.expect(textOf(result)).not.toContain("/etc/passwd")Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.["https://x-access-token:[email protected]/octo/hello"],Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.console.log(`Wrote ${output instanceof URL ? fileURLToPath(output) : output} for ${pkg.mcpName} ${pkg.version}.`)Fix: Remove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.// npx runs the bin named like the unscoped package name when a package provides several bins.Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.throw "/etc/passwd"Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.["https://x-access-token:[email protected]/o/r?token=ghp_secret#ghp_secret", "gitlab.example"],Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.expect(ghEnv()).toMatchObject({ ...env, GH_PROMPT_DISABLED: "1" })Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.["https://user:[email protected]/octo/hello.git"],Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.expect(logs[0]).toContain("/Users/secret/project/.env")Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.settingsFromOptions({ toolsets: ["repos"], read_only: false }, { ...env, GITHUB_TOOLS_READ_ONLY: "yes" }),Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.["https://user:[email protected]/o/r", "gitlab.example"],Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.Cost to the agent
Tokens estimated at four characters each. Skills load their instruction text when triggered; the figure is what that costs.
Known vulnerabilities
Vulnerability advisories (OSV) cover npm and PyPI packages; this registry has no advisory database.
What would make this Verified
2 points to 80 · weights: behavior 45%, static 25%, prompt 15%, publisher 15%- Unclaimed publisher≈ +8 on the totalClaim craft-agent: a verified publisher gets +50 on publisher trust. It is free and usually instant with GitHub sign-in.
- Access to sensitive file paths≈ +4 on the totalStop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
- New publisher≈ +3 on the totalTime clears this on its own after 14 and 30 days. Claiming the handle (+50) is the fastest way past it.
- URL with embedded credentials≈ +2 on the totalStop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
- File type combined with upload action≈ +2 on the totalRemove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.
- npx invocation of non-well-known package≈ +2 on the totalPin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.