updated 2026-10-15 12:09 UTC

Open Steps

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Plain-language agent skills for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Gemini CLI: honest session reports, straight verdicts, steps you can follow. MIT.

Agent Skills Shell Listed MIT

Is Open Steps safe? Thin or incomplete trust evidence. Review carefully before production use.

OSSF Scorecard No result
Provenance None
Signed commits 21%
Last push 10d ago
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In detail: Open Steps scores 22.2/100 (Grade D), ranked #373 of 385 tracked open-source AI agent projects, on evidence coverage D (1 of 5 independent signal types). The public evidence: no package-provenance attestation found; no OSSF Scorecard result yet; 21% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-10-05. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

How Open Steps could raise its score

Each line changes one public signal and recomputes with the live scoring function. The gains don't add up exactly, because the score is capped near the top.

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Chain of custody

Scanners check what the code says. This traces who ships Open Steps and whether that has changed: from the source repository, through how changes are reviewed and released, to the code you run. These are the checks for OWASP ASI04 Agentic Supply Chain Vulnerabilities and, for skills, AST02 Supply Chain Compromise.

  1. Source Partly signed

    github.com/kharmanskyi/open-steps, MIT, last pushed 2026-10-05. 21% of the last 100 commits carry a verified signature; the rest can't be tied to a verified identity.

  2. Review and release Not checked

    No OpenSSF Scorecard result yet, so branch protection, code review and release signing are unverified.

  3. Published packages None

    No registry package. Open Steps is used from its repository, so what you run is whatever you check out: pin a release tag or commit.

Changes to this chain

No change to package provenance, package source links, Scorecard coverage or license in HVTracker's daily snapshots of Open Steps.

Evidence behind this score

Coverage D: 1 of 5 independent evidence types found.

  • GitHub repository data
  • Package downloads (missing)
  • Supply-chain checks (missing)
  • Public actions (missing)
  • Community mentions (missing)

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Every build re-issues Open Steps’s score as an Ed25519-signed credential, valid for 7 days. You can check it offline against HVTracker’s published key; if anyone changes a number after signing, verification fails.

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What this score doesn’t check

It covers who ships the code, not what the code does. It doesn’t read the skill’s instructions for injected instructions, watch runtime behaviour, or find bugs nobody has disclosed yet. For that, run a content scanner before you install it, such as Cisco Skill Scanner.

How Open Steps compares in Agent Skills

  1. #371 Oil UI 23.1 +0.9
  2. #372 Claude Skills 22.4 +0.2
  3. #373 Open Steps 22.2 this agent
  4. #374 Obsidian Skills 22.1 −0.1
  5. #375 natural-japanese 21.8 −0.4

Bars show each HVTrust score; the tick marks Open Steps’s 22.2.

Where the 22.2 comes from

HVTrust dimensions vs the Agent Skills average

22.2 / 100 · 50.0% confidence

Open Steps Agent Skills average (385 agents)

Safety / Integrity50% OSSF Scorecard · 30% provenance · 20% signed commits
1.0 / 25
6.8 below avg 7.8
Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance
10.8 / 18
0.6 below avg 11.4
Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard
8.5 / 17
3.5 below avg 12.0
Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity
17.2 / 20
3.1 above avg 14.1
AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads
7.5 / 20
1.5 below avg 9.0

Quick Trust Read

What Would Improve It
Add or improve OSSF Scorecard coverage so safety checks are easier to verify.
Recent Changes
2026-10-15
Newly Listed
First tracked at rank #373
Maintainer Checklist
Add Scorecard coverage Expose the repository to OpenSSF Scorecard checks so supply-chain posture is easier to verify.
Publish provenance Add package provenance or release attestations so users can verify where shipped artifacts came from.
Increase signed commits Raise the share of verified-signed commits to make maintainer identity and release history easier to trust.
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70.7
Activity sub-score · out of 100
#373
In Agent Skills

How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption. Grade D reflects the trust score band: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Evidence coverage D is separate — it grades how many independent signal types back the score (1 of 5), so a high score on thin evidence stays visible. Full methodology →

Signals refreshed 2026-10-15 12:09 UTC · Repo last pushed 10 days ago

Activity & Reach

Stars
1.3k
Forks
118
Last Push
2026-10-05
10 days ago
Commits (4 wk)
29
Downloads (7d)
—
HN mentions (30d)
—
Open Issues
0
Rank Change
NEW

Analysis

Activity Inputs

70.7 / 100
StarsRepository reach
18.8 / 30
FreshnessLast push recency
23.6 / 25
ActivityRecent commits
18.4 / 25
CommunityFork signal
9.7 / 20

Common questions about Open Steps

Public trust evidence for Open Steps is thin: several supply-chain signals are missing or weak. This does not mean the project is unsafe — it means an outside observer cannot easily verify the usual integrity checks. Treat with extra scrutiny.
Does Open Steps publish package provenance?
No published build provenance is currently detected for Open Steps. This is common for open-source projects but means consumers cannot independently verify that the package on the registry matches the GitHub source.
Does Open Steps have an OpenSSF Scorecard?
No OpenSSF Scorecard data is currently published for Open Steps. Maintainers can enable the Scorecard GitHub Action to get a public score; without it, automated supply-chain hygiene is harder for outsiders to verify.
Is Open Steps actively maintained?
Maintained. Last push was 10 days ago.
What license does Open Steps use?
Open Steps ships under MIT. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.
Are Open Steps's commits signed?
20% of the last 100 commits to Open Steps are verified-signed (GPG, SSH, S/MIME, or GitHub's signing flow). Signed commits help confirm that code was authored by who the commit claims.

Not a safety endorsement. HVTracker describes what public signals show, not whether a project is safe for your use case. Run your own security review before adopting in production.

AI agent surface

MCP, providers, tool surface
Scored in HVTrust

These runtime-trust fields — detected from public repo docs and manifests — contribute a bounded adjustment to this project's HVTrust score alongside supply-chain evidence. The exact values each field can add or subtract are documented in the methodology → Compare this surface across every listed agent in the capability matrix →

MCP Server Support
None detected
No MCP server signal detected.
Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.
External Service Dependencies
medium confidence
1 detected
Public provider/service dependencies detected.
Credential signal: No explicit API-key/config marker detected.
Tool / Plugin Surface
high confidence
Declared
Declared plugin/integration surface detected.
Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.
Package Provenance Drift
N/A
No package source configured
Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.
  • MCP signal live
  • External deps live
  • Tool / plugin surface live
  • Package provenance drift live

Maintain Open Steps?

For maintainers

HVTrust scores Open Steps from public signals only — we never contact maintainers first. If a signal is wrong, stale, or missing (provenance you publish, a Scorecard you run, signed releases), tell us and we'll review it. Corrections are public and tracked on GitHub.

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Reputation Timeline

Signal history
Listed 1
2026-10-15
Newly Listed
First tracked at rank #373
GitHub → Website →

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