coderabbit-security-basics

Configure CodeRabbit for security-focused code review with secret detection and vulnerability scanning. Use when setting up security review rules, configuring secret detection in PRs, or hardening CodeRabbit configuration for compliance requirements. Trigger with phrases like "coderabbit security", "coderabbit secrets", "secure coderabbit", "coderabbit vulnerability detection", "coderabbit security review".

Quality

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Low

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Quality

Content

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

A highly actionable, well-sequenced configuration skill with executable code and a verification step, but it is monolithic — substantial content that could be split into reference files is inline, and one cross-reference points to a missing file.

Suggestions

Move the large .coderabbit.yaml example, the security-review workflow, and/or the audit script into separate files under references/ or scripts/ and link to them from SKILL.md to improve progressive disclosure.

Resolve the dangling 'Next Steps' reference: either add the `coderabbit-prod-checklist` file or remove/soften the pointer so it doesn't reference a non-existent resource.

Trim the Overview's marketing-style clause ('because it understands code context and intent') to keep every sentence purely instructional.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is almost entirely executable config/code payloads (a full .coderabbit.yaml, a GitHub Actions workflow, an audit script) that earn their tokens; only the Overview contains a mild over-claim sentence ('because it understands code context and intent').	3 / 3
Actionability	Provides fully executable, copy-paste-ready artifacts — a complete .coderabbit.yaml, a working bash secret-scan workflow, and a runnable python audit script — with specific patterns and commands rather than pseudocode.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	Steps 1–4 are clearly sequenced (configure → secret detection → learnings → audit), with a dedicated verification/audit step and an Error Handling table mapping issue→cause→solution as a feedback loop.	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	Content is well-sectioned (not a wall of text) but ~270 lines of inline config/workflow/script that could live in separate files are kept in SKILL.md, and the 'Next Steps' pointer to `coderabbit-prod-checklist` references a file that does not exist in the bundle.	2 / 3
	Total	11 / 12 Passed

Description

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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 tight, third-person description that states concrete capabilities, provides an explicit 'Use when' trigger, and lists natural trigger phrases. It cleanly satisfies the what/when/voice requirements with no fluff.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete actions — 'Configure CodeRabbit for security-focused code review with secret detection and vulnerability scanning' and 'hardening CodeRabbit configuration for compliance requirements' — rather than vague language.	3 / 3
Completeness	Clearly answers both what (security-focused configuration, secret detection, vulnerability scanning) and when via an explicit 'Use when setting up security review rules, configuring secret detection in PRs, or hardening...' clause.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Explicit natural trigger phrases — 'coderabbit security', 'coderabbit secrets', 'secure coderabbit', 'coderabbit vulnerability detection', 'coderabbit security review' — are phrases a user would plausibly say.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Scoped to a clear niche (CodeRabbit security configuration) with 'coderabbit'-prefixed triggers, making overlap with unrelated skills unlikely.	3 / 3
	Total	12 / 12 Passed

Validation

87%

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

Validation — 14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
allowed_tools_field	'allowed-tools' contains unusual tool name(s)	Warning
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning

	Total	14 / 16 Passed

Repository: jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills
Path: plugins/saas-packs/coderabbit-pack/skills/coderabbit-security-basics/SKILL.md
Commit: 0540a62

Reviewed: about 9 hours ago

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