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discover-security

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Automatically discover security skills when working with authentication, authorization, input validation, security headers, vulnerability assessment, or secrets management. Activates for application security, OWASP, and security hardening tasks.

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rand/cc-polymath
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skills/discover-security/SKILL.md

Last Verified

January 21, 2026

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npx add-skill https://github.com/rand/cc-polymath/blob/main/skills/discover-security/SKILL.md -a claude-code --skill discover-security

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.claude/skills/discover-security/
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Instructions

# Security Skills Discovery

Provides automatic access to comprehensive application security, vulnerability assessment, and security best practices skills.

## When This Skill Activates

This skill auto-activates when you're working with:
- Authentication and authorization systems
- Input validation and sanitization
- Security headers (CSP, HSTS, CORS)
- Vulnerability scanning and penetration testing
- OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
- Secrets management (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
- SQL injection, XSS, or other attack prevention
- Security hardening and compliance
- Password hashing and credential management
- API security and access control

## Available Skills

### Quick Reference

The Security category contains 6 specialized skills:

1. **authentication** - Authentication patterns (JWT, OAuth2, sessions, MFA, password security)
2. **authorization** - Access control (RBAC, ABAC, policy engines, permissions)
3. **input-validation** - Input validation and sanitization (SQL injection, XSS, command injection)
4. **security-headers** - HTTP security headers (CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, CORS)
5. **vulnerability-assessment** - Security testing (OWASP Top 10, scanning tools, pentesting)
6. **secrets-management** - Secrets handling (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, key rotation)

### Load Full Category Details

For complete descriptions and workflows:

```bash
cat ~/.claude/skills/security/INDEX.md
```

This loads the full Security category index with:
- Detailed skill descriptions
- Usage triggers for each skill
- Common workflow combinations
- Cross-references to related skills

### Load Specific Skills

Load individual skills as needed:

```bash
# Identity and access
cat ~/.claude/skills/security/authentication.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/security/authorization.md

# Input security
cat ~/.claude/skills/security/input-validation.md
cat ~/.claude/skills/security/security-headers.md

# Security operations
cat ~/.claude/skills/security/vulnerability-assessment.md
cat ~/.claude/skills

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