solana-vulnerability-scanner

Scans Solana programs for 6 critical vulnerabilities including arbitrary CPI, improper PDA validation, missing signer/ownership checks, and sysvar spoofing. Use when auditing Solana/Anchor programs.

Quality

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Does it follow best practices?

Impact

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No eval scenarios have been run

Securityby

Advisory

Suggest reviewing before use

Quality

Content

77%

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

The body is highly actionable with a clear sequenced workflow and checklists, but it is over-long with redundancy and a broken reference to a non-existent VULNERABILITY_PATTERNS.md file.

Suggestions

Create the referenced resources/VULNERABILITY_PATTERNS.md or remove the broken links, since the file is cited twice but absent from the bundle.

Tighten the body: remove the empty 'Example Output' section and deduplicate the section 12 checklist against the section 7 workflow steps.

Move the long inline reporting-format example (section 8) into a reference file to reduce the SKILL.md footprint and improve progressive disclosure.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Mostly actionable rather than explanatory, but the ~385-line body has redundancy (section 12 checklist repeats section 7), a placeholder empty 'Example Output' section, and a very long inline reporting example that could be trimmed.	2 / 3
Actionability	Provides copy-paste-ready ripgrep commands, complete Rust/TypeScript code examples, TOML config, and per-pattern checklists — fully executable guidance rather than vague direction.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	Section 7 lays out a clear six-step sequenced scanning workflow, each with grep commands and checkbox validation lists; this read-only audit does not require destructive-operation feedback loops.	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	Sections are well organized, but the referenced resources/VULNERABILITY_PATTERNS.md does not exist in the bundle, and the only bundle asset (trail-of-bits-mark.svg) is not referenced — a broken one-level reference with detail that arguably should be split out.	2 / 3
	Total	10 / 12 Passed

Description

100%

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, uses natural third-person voice, and clearly pairs capability with an explicit use-trigger. It is concise yet complete with no notable over-claims.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the domain and lists multiple concrete vulnerability classes ('arbitrary CPI, improper PDA validation, missing signer/ownership checks, and sysvar spoofing'), matching the 'lists multiple specific concrete actions' anchor.	3 / 3
Completeness	Explicitly states what it does ('Scans Solana programs for 6 critical vulnerabilities...') and when to use it ('Use when auditing Solana/Anchor programs'), satisfying both what and when with an explicit trigger.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	'Use when auditing Solana/Anchor programs' plus 'CPI', 'PDA', 'sysvar' cover the natural terms a user would say when requesting a Solana security audit.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	The Solana-specific vulnerability niche (CPI, PDA, sysvar spoofing) is highly distinct and unlikely to trigger for unrelated skills.	3 / 3
	Total	12 / 12 Passed

Validation

93%

Warnings & errors only

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

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
relative_links	Relative link issues: 2 missing	Warning

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: trailofbits/skills
Commit: cfe5d7b

Reviewed: 2 days ago

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