neo4j-getting-started-skill
Orchestrates zero-to-running-app in 8 stages — prerequisites → context → provision → model → load → explore → query → build. Each stage reads its own reference file. Supports HITL and fully autonomous operation. Use when starting a new Neo4j project from scratch, provisioning Aura, generating synthetic data, building a notebook or app, or running the full onboarding pipeline. Time budget ≤15 min autonomous, ≤90 min HITL. Does NOT cover Cypher query authoring — use neo4j-cypher-skill. Does NOT cover driver upgrades or Cypher migration — use neo4j-migration-skill. Does NOT cover CLI/admin tasks on an existing DB — use neo4j-cli-tools-skill.
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Does it follow best practices?
Impact
84%
1.64xAverage score across 3 eval scenarios
Risky
Do not use without reviewing
Security
2 findings — 1 high severity, 1 medium severity. You should review these findings carefully before considering using this skill.
W007: Insecure credential handling detected in skill instructions
What this means
The skill handles credentials insecurely by requiring the agent to include secret values verbatim in its generated output. This exposes credentials in the agent’s context and conversation history, creating a risk of data exfiltration.
Why it was flagged
Insecure credential handling detected (high risk: 1.00). The skill explicitly instructs the agent to create/write .env (and progress/readme/console outputs) containing NEO4J_USERNAME/NEO4J_PASSWORD/NEO4J_URI and to print the DB/browser connection info, which requires the LLM to handle and embed secret credentials verbatim in files and conversation output.
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
Potentially malicious external URL detected (high risk: 0.90). The skill explicitly downloads and runs remote executables/scripts at runtime (curl -> ./neo4j-mcp from https://github.com/neo4j/mcp/releases/latest/download/neo4j-mcp-... and piping remote Cypher via https://raw.githubusercontent.com/neo4j-graph-examples/movies/main/data/movies.cypher | cypher-shell), which results in executing remote code fetched during runtime.
- Repository
- neo4j-contrib/neo4j-skills
- Commit
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- Audited
- Security analysis
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