jbvc/prometheus-configuration
Set up Prometheus for comprehensive metric collection, storage, and monitoring of infrastructure and applications. Use when implementing metrics collection, setting up monitoring infrastructure, or configuring alerting systems.
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Security
1 medium severity finding. This skill can be installed but you should review these findings before use.
W013: Attempt to modify system services in skill instructions.
What this means
The skill prompts the agent to compromise the security or integrity of the user’s machine by modifying system-level services or configurations, such as obtaining elevated privileges, altering startup scripts, or changing system-wide settings.
Why it was flagged
The skill instructs creating and modifying configuration and rule files under privileged paths (e.g. /etc/prometheus/*), mounts volumes and runs Helm installs which alter system or cluster state—actions that typically require sudo or elevated privileges and therefore push the agent toward modifying the machine's state.
Where we found it
/etc/prometheus/
command · 11 sites
The skill documents configuration paths under /etc/prometheus/ for Prometheus config, rules, TLS certs, and service discovery targets — standard privileged paths requiring root/sudo to write.
Docker volume mounts
command · 5 sites
The Docker Compose example mounts volumes including a named volume (prometheus-data) and bind-mounts config to /etc/prometheus/ — operations that require Docker privileges.
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volumes:
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- ./prometheus.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml
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- prometheus-data:/prometheus
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volumes:
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prometheus-data:
helm install prometheus [REDACTED]
command · 1 site
The skill includes a helm install command that deploys the kube-prometheus-stack to a Kubernetes cluster, altering cluster state.
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helm install prometheus [REDACTED] \
Low
Low-risk findings.
1 low severity finding. Worth noting, but not necessarily harmful.
W012: Unverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).
What this means
The skill fetches instructions or code from an external URL at runtime, and the fetched content directly controls the agent’s prompts or executes code. This dynamic dependency allows the external source to modify the agent’s behavior without any changes to the skill itself.
Why it was flagged
The helm repository URL https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts (used in the provided helm install command) — and likewise the referenced Docker image prom/prometheus:latest — are fetched at runtime and will deploy/execute remote manifests/code in your environment, so they are runtime external dependencies that can execute remote code.
Where we found it
https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts
url · 1 site
The skill instructs adding the prometheus-community Helm repository at this URL, which is fetched at runtime to install charts.
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helm repo add prometheus-community https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts
prom/prometheus:latest
dependency · 1 site
The Docker Compose example uses the prom/prometheus:latest Docker image, which is pulled at runtime from Docker Hub.
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image: prom/prometheus:latest
[REDACTED]
dependency · 1 site
The helm install command references the kube-prometheus-stack chart from the prometheus-community repository, which is fetched and deployed at runtime.
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helm install prometheus [REDACTED] \
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