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devcontainer-setup: scan report

Creates devcontainers with Claude Code, language-specific tooling (Python/Node/Rust/Go), and persistent volumes. Use when adding devcontainer support to a project, setting up isolated development environments, or… An automated scan of this public skill from trailofbits/skills: security, token cost, spec and clarity, with every finding and its fix.

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devcontainer-setup

75/100 · grade F

trailofbits/skills/plugins/devcontainer-setup/skills/devcontainer-setup at 5c99c03

Spec 25 · Efficiency 25 · Clarity 25 · Security 0 (each out of 25)

Always loaded 70 tokens · on trigger 1,934 · on demand 9,639

  • sec/remote-exec critical · references/dockerfile-best-practices.md:54Downloads and executes remote code.
  • sec/fake-prerequisite critical · references/dockerfile-best-practices.md:54Tells the user or agent to fetch and run a binary, the pattern behind the ClawHavoc malware campaign.
  • sec/persistence warn · SKILL.md:280Installs persistence or edits shell/agent config.
  • sec/persistence warn · resources/install.sh:215Installs persistence or edits shell/agent config.
  • sec/permissions warn · resources/post_install.py:6Escalates permissions.

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FactValue
Repositorytrailofbits/skills
Skill folderplugins/devcontainer-setup/skills/devcontainer-setup
Stars7,641
LicenseCC-BY-SA-4.0
Commit scanned5c99c03
Scanned2026-10-19
Files7

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Is devcontainer-setup safe to install?
2 critical findings: read before installing. The scan covers prompt injection, hidden Unicode, remote code execution and credential access in every text file of the skill. It cannot judge intent, so read any flagged line in context before installing.
How was this score calculated?
Four checks of 25 points each: spec, efficiency, clarity and security. Findings take points off the check they belong to, and any critical finding caps the grade at F. The same scanner runs in your browser at proskills.dev/scan.
Is this report current?
It was made from commit 5c99c03 on 2026-10-19. If the skill has changed since, paste the new version into the scanner for a fresh score.
I wrote this skill. Can I fix the score or have the page removed?
Fix the findings and push. The reports are rebuilt from GitHub on a schedule, so the next run picks the change up. To have the page removed, open an issue on the ProSkills GitHub repo.

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