THE ARCHIVE / EDITION 08
Reading trails
Five routes through the archive, for newcomers, reviewers, researchers, and maintainers.
These are editorial reading paths, not certifications or required courses. Start anywhere; every guide keeps its sources attached.
01 / A first visit
Understand the package before studying the attacks.
- What is skill poisoning?Start here · 5 min
- The anatomy of an agent skillBeginner · 3 min
- Instructions, data, and authorityIntermediate · 3 min
- What marketplace studies can actually tell usIntermediate · 2 min
02 / At the review desk
From a package identity to a bounded decision.
- Threat-model a skill before you install itIntermediate · 3 min
- A repeatable skill admission reviewIntermediate · 3 min
- Least privilege for installed skillsTechnical · 3 min
- The skill poisoning defense checklistPractical · 3 min
- From scanner warning to defensible findingPractical · 2 min
- Poisoned advice and output integrityIntermediate · 2 min
- Provenance, pinning, and updatesIntermediate · 3 min
- Respond to a suspected poisoned skillPractical · 3 min
03 / Follow the evidence
Read a result with its version, denominator, and limits.
- How to read skill poisoning researchIntermediate · 3 min
- Read the version, not just the headlineBeginner · 2 min
- Why a scanner can look strong and still failTechnical · 2 min
- What model-internal detectors can and cannot showTechnical · 2 min
- A clean result with missing coverageTechnical · 2 min
- Evaluate the complete skill lifecycleAdvanced · 3 min
04 / For skill authors
Make the package and its resulting behavior easier to inspect.
- From a description to an actionIntermediate · 2 min
- When documentation becomes executable outputTechnical · 2 min
- Scripts and dependencies inside skillsTechnical · 3 min
- The prerequisite trap: when setup becomes the attackPractical · 2 min
- Publish skills that are easier to trustFor maintainers · 3 min
05 / The next research frontier
Skills can carry models, interact, and emerge from experience.
- Backdoors in model-bearing skillsAdvanced · 3 min
- When skills combine: composition riskAdvanced · 3 min
- When one skill supplies the pretext for anotherAdvanced · 2 min
- When experience becomes a poisoned skillAdvanced · 3 min
Need a place for your own evidence? Open the review notebook. It stays in your browser.