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contracts-governance-attack

DAO governance attack — flash-loan-backed vote manipulation, delegation hijack, quorum dilution, proposal-spam DoS, time-lock bypass via emergency multisig, snapshot vs. on-chain vote desync, Compound/Aave/Uniswap-style GovernorBravo abuse.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

68%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A well-organized, mostly executable offensive-security reference that assumes Claude's competence and avoids padding, but it lacks explicit validation/verification checkpoints for a destructive workflow and a few attack classes are described only in prose.

Suggestions

Add explicit validation checkpoints to the workflow (e.g. 'Verify the fork reproduces current governance state before attacking', 'Confirm quorum/votingPeriod via recon before simulating').

Flesh out attack classes 3, 4, and 6 with concrete executable snippets instead of bullet-only descriptions.

Move external post-mortem/audit links into a references/ bundle file or mark them clearly as external so the SKILL.md stays a lean overview.

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Conciseness

The body is lean and assumes Claude knows Solidity/DeFi (no padding explaining what a DAO or flash loan is); the Beanstalk anecdote earns its place, though a few explanatory prose lines could be trimmed.

4 / 5

Actionability

Executable `cast call`/`cast logs`/`forge inspect` recon commands and Solidity snippets are concrete, but attack classes 3, 4, and 6 are bullet-only without complete executable code, leaving minor gaps.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A rough sequence exists (identify attack class → recon → simulate on fork) but there are no validation/verification checkpoints; because this is a destructive offensive skill, workflow clarity is capped at 3 per the rubric.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Content is organized into clear single-file sections (Attack classes, Recon, Defender's checklist, Tooling, References) with no nested or buried references; no bundle files exist, so structure is judged on section organization, which is good with minor gaps.

4 / 5

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Passed

Description

82%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A highly specific, distinctive description that names concrete attack classes and natural trigger terms, but it omits an explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause, which caps completeness at 3.

Suggestions

Append an explicit 'Use when...' clause, e.g. 'Use when auditing DAO governance for flash-loan voting, delegation hijack, quorum, or timelock weaknesses.'

Add a few natural verb triggers a user might say ('audit', 'exploit', 'drain treasury') to round out trigger phrases.

Keep the description in third person as-is; consider splitting the long attack-class list so the primary trigger phrase leads.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple concrete attack actions — 'flash-loan-backed vote manipulation, delegation hijack, quorum dilution, proposal-spam DoS, time-lock bypass via emergency multisig, snapshot vs. on-chain vote desync' — giving comprehensive coverage rather than vague language.

5 / 5

Completeness

The 'what' is explicit (enumerated attack classes) but there is no 'Use when...' clause or equivalent explicit trigger guidance in the description, so completeness is capped at 3 per the rubric guideline.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Natural trigger terms a DAO auditor would actually say are present throughout — 'DAO governance attack', 'flash-loan', 'vote manipulation', 'delegation', 'quorum', 'snapshot', 'time-lock', 'multisig', 'GovernorBravo' — with platform synonyms (Compound/Aave/Uniswap).

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The DAO-governance-attack niche with GovernorBravo/flash-loan-vote triggers is highly specific and unlikely to fire for unrelated skills, giving minimal conflict risk.

5 / 5

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18

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20

Passed

Validation

93%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation15 / 16 Passed

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Total

15

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16

Passed

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