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credential-access

Credential extraction and capture — LSASS dumping, SAM/SECURITY hive extraction, DPAPI decryption, NTLM relay, Responder poisoning, password spraying, hash cracking.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

81%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.

The body is a dense, highly actionable command reference that respects token budget and points to one well-signaled reference file. Its main limitation is the lack of explicit validation/feedback loops for destructive batch operations, which caps workflow clarity.

Suggestions

Add explicit validation checkpoints to multi-step destructive flows (e.g., after a secretsdump or relay run, verify output is non-empty/well-formed before proceeding, with a fix-and-retry step).

Move the heavier per-technique detail (stealth tiers, detection indicators) into references/lsass-techniques.md and keep SKILL.md as a tighter overview to improve progressive disclosure.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Lean, command-first reference that assumes Claude's competence; the brief intro states purpose without explaining known concepts, and every section earns its tokens with executable commands or tables.

5 / 5

Actionability

Copy-paste-ready commands with concrete flags, a hashcat mode table, and tool/flag tables cover the common cases across all major credential-access techniques.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Sequences and some checkpoints exist (lockout-awareness rules, PetitPotam→ntlmrelayx two-terminal combo, Decision Gate), but this is a destructive/batch skill without explicit validate→fix→retry feedback loops in most command chains, so it is capped at 3.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Well-organized sections with a single one-level-deep reference (references/lsass-techniques.md) clearly signaled with a descriptive 'Read when...' pointer; minor gap is that most technique detail is inlined in SKILL.md rather than split into the reference.

4 / 5

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Description

75%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.

The description is specific, concrete, and clearly scoped to credential access with minimal conflict risk. Its main weakness is the absence of an explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause, which caps completeness.

Suggestions

Append an explicit 'Use when...' clause to the description (e.g., 'Use when performing credential access, dumping LSASS/SAM, or running NTLM relay/password spray operations').

Move one or two natural trigger synonyms from metadata.when_to_use into the description itself so users saying common phrases match directly.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions (LSASS dumping, SAM/SECURITY hive extraction, DPAPI decryption, NTLM relay, Responder poisoning, password spraying, hash cracking), giving comprehensive coverage of capabilities rather than vague language.

5 / 5

Completeness

Provides a clear and comprehensive 'what' but no explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause, so per the missing-trigger-guidance cap it cannot exceed 3; 'when' is only weakly implied.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Strong domain keywords appear (LSASS, DPAPI, NTLM relay, Responder, password spraying, hash cracking), but natural user-facing synonyms and variations mostly live in metadata.when_to_use rather than the description itself, leaving a few natural terms missing.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Targets a clearly defined credential-access niche with distinct, specialized triggers (LSASS, DPAPI, NTLM relay, Responder), making overlap with unrelated skills minimal.

5 / 5

Total

17

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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

Validation for skill structure

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metadata_version

'metadata.version' is missing

Warning

Total

15

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16

Passed

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