Overview
Skills is an open-source security skill for Claude Code, published by trailofbits. Its author describes it as: “Trail of Bits Claude Code skills for security research, vulnerability detection, and audit workflows”. The project has 6.3k stars on GitHub and is available under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/trailofbits/skills ~/.claude/skills/skills`.
Installation
Add Skills to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/trailofbits/skills ~/.claude/skills/skillsReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — named in the skill.md
License
Skills is published under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license.
Strengths
- Clear CC-BY-SA-4.0 license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in trailofbits/skills, an established project with 6,344 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does Skills do?
- Trail of Bits Claude Code skills for security research, vulnerability detection, and audit workflows
- How do I install Skills?
- Run git clone https://github.com/trailofbits/skills ~/.claude/skills/skills in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/trailofbits/skills before installing.
- Is Skills free to use?
- Yes. Skills is free and open source under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does Skills work with?
- Skills lists Claude Code — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does Skills come from?
- Skills ships inside trailofbits/skills, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 6,344 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.