updated 2026-10-12 00:08 UTC

Skillgrade

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"Unit tests" for your agent skills

Agent Skills TypeScript Listed MIT

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

OSSF Scorecard 4.1 / 10
Provenance None
Signed commits 22%
Last push yesterday
Advisories None known
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In detail: Skillgrade scores 54.5/100 (Grade C), ranked #180 of 371 tracked open-source AI agent projects, on evidence coverage B (3 of 5 independent signal types). The public evidence: no package-provenance attestation found; OSSF Scorecard rates its supply-chain practices 4.1/10; 22% of recent commits are signed; no published advisory affects its latest release (skillgrade); last pushed 2026-10-11. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

How Skillgrade 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 Skillgrade and whether that has changed: from the source repository, through how changes are reviewed and released, to the package you install. These are the checks for OWASP ASI04 Agentic Supply Chain Vulnerabilities and, for skills, AST02 Supply Chain Compromise.

  1. Source Partly signed

    github.com/mgechev/skillgrade, MIT, last pushed 2026-10-11. 22% of the last 100 commits carry a verified signature; the rest can't be tied to a verified identity.

  2. Review and release Mixed

    OpenSSF Scorecard rates the repository's practices 4.1/10 (scanned Oct 10, 2026). The checks that decide who can get a change released:

    • Code Review5
    • Branch Protection0
    • Signed Releasesn/a
    • Dangerous Workflown/a
    • Token Permissionsn/a
    • Pinned Dependenciesn/a
    All 18 Scorecard checks
    Binary-Artifacts 10
    Branch-Protection 0
    CI-Tests 0
    CII-Best-Practices 0
    Code-Review 5
    Contributors 10
    Dangerous-Workflow -1
    Dependency-Update-Tool 0
    Fuzzing 0
    License 10
    Maintained 7
    Packaging -1
    Pinned-Dependencies -1
    SAST 0
    Security-Policy 0
    Signed-Releases -1
    Token-Permissions -1
    Vulnerabilities 10

  3. Published packages Linked, not attested

    • npm skillgrade Source link points back to this repo No build attestation

    Without a build attestation, nothing proves the published files were built from this repository.

  4. What you install today No known advisories

    Latest release checked: skillgrade 0.3.1. No published advisory affects it (OSV, checked 2026-10-11).

Changes to this chain

  • 2026-08-27 OSSF Scorecard: 4.5/10

Evidence behind this score

Coverage B: 3 of 5 independent evidence types found.

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

Verify this score yourself

Every build re-issues Skillgrade’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 Skillgrade compares in Agent Skills

  1. #178 Headcount 54.6 +0.1
  2. #179 brag 54.6 +0.1
  3. #180 Skillgrade 54.5 this agent
  4. #181 Aws Agent Skills 54.3 −0.2
  5. #182 Cc Wf Studio 54.2 −0.3

Bars show each HVTrust score; the tick marks Skillgrade’s 54.5.

Where the 54.5 comes from

HVTrust dimensions vs the Agent Skills average

54.5 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

Skillgrade Agent Skills average (371 agents)

Safety / Integrity50% OSSF Scorecard · 30% provenance · 20% signed commits
6.2 / 25
1.7 below avg 7.9
Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance
10.8 / 18
0.6 below avg 11.4
Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard
12.0 / 17
in line with avg 12.1
Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity
13.3 / 20
0.8 below avg 14.1
AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads
10.5 / 20
1.5 above avg 9.0

Quick Trust Read

What Would Improve It
Publish package provenance or release attestations for stronger supply-chain evidence.
Recent Changes
2026-10-05
Rank Moved
Rank rose 47 spots (#223 → #176)
2026-10-05
HVTrust Changed
HVTrust up 3.7pts (50.7 → 54.4)
2026-10-05
Activity Score Changed
Activity score up 11pts (45 → 56)
Maintainer Checklist
Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 4.1/10. Tighten the weakest checks to improve public safety evidence.
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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58.8
Activity sub-score · out of 100
#180
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 C reflects the trust score band: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Evidence coverage B is separate — it grades how many independent signal types back the score (3 of 5), so a high score on thin evidence stays visible. Full methodology →

Signals refreshed 2026-10-12 00:08 UTC · Repo last pushed yesterday

Rank Trend

2026-09-29 2026-10-11

Activity & Reach

Stars
721
Forks
49
Last Push
2026-10-11
yesterday
Commits (4 wk)
4?
Downloads (7d)
553
npm
HN mentions (30d)
—
Open Issues
3
Rank Change
▲5
was #185

Analysis

Activity Inputs

58.8 / 100
StarsRepository reach
17.2 / 30
FreshnessLast push recency
24.9 / 25
ActivityRecent commits
8.7 / 25
CommunityFork signal
7.9 / 20

Common questions about Skillgrade

Public trust evidence for Skillgrade 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 Skillgrade publish package provenance?
No published build provenance is currently detected for Skillgrade. This is common for open-source projects but means consumers cannot independently verify that the package on the registry matches the GitHub source.
Does Skillgrade have an OpenSSF Scorecard?
Skillgrade has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 4.1/10. The Scorecard checks for branch protection, signed releases, dependency updates, fuzzing, code review, and other supply-chain hygiene items. See the full check breakdown on this page.
Is Skillgrade actively maintained?
Actively maintained. The repository was pushed to within the last 1 day(s).
What license does Skillgrade use?
Skillgrade ships under MIT. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.
Are Skillgrade's commits signed?
22% of the last 100 commits to Skillgrade 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
high confidence
3 detected
Public provider/service dependencies detected.
Credential signal: API keys or service config markers documented.
Tool / Plugin Surface
medium confidence
1 tags
Broad capability areas detected.
  • filesystem
Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.
Package Provenance Drift
high confidence
Match
Published package metadata matches the tracked repo
Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.
  • MCP signal live
  • External deps live
  • Tool / plugin surface live
  • Package provenance drift live
How this surface has changed

Detected changes to Skillgrade's runtime surface and supply-chain posture, from daily public-signal snapshots. A change here means our detectors see something different — a genuinely changed capability, or better evidence of an existing one.

2026-09-23
Provider Added
Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependencies: Anthropic, Google Gemini, OpenAI

Maintain Skillgrade?

For maintainers

HVTrust scores Skillgrade 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
Rank 16HVTrust 3Listed 2Grade 2Scorecard 1Delisted 1Surface 1Score 1
2026-10-05
Rank Moved
Rank rose 47 spots (#223 → #176)
2026-10-05
HVTrust Changed
HVTrust up 3.7pts (50.7 → 54.4)
2026-10-05
Activity Score Changed
Activity score up 11pts (45 → 56)
2026-09-26
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 11 spots (#211 → #222)
2026-09-25
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 18 spots (#193 → #211)
2026-09-24
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 12 spots (#181 → #193)
2026-09-23
Provider Added
Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependencies: Anthropic, Google Gemini, OpenAI
2026-09-23
Grade Changed
Trust grade D → C
2026-09-23
Rank Moved
Rank rose 125 spots (#306 → #181)
2026-09-23
HVTrust Changed
HVTrust up 27.2pts (25.7 → 52.9)
2026-09-22
Newly Listed
First tracked at rank #306
2026-09-21
Removed From Active Tracking
Removed from active tracking
2026-09-18
Rank Moved
Rank rose 12 spots (#174 → #162)
2026-09-16
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 12 spots (#161 → #173)
2026-09-07
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 16 spots (#119 → #135)
2026-09-05
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 16 spots (#101 → #117)
2026-09-04
Rank Moved
Rank rose 13 spots (#114 → #101)
2026-09-01
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 10 spots (#104 → #114)
2026-08-31
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 12 spots (#92 → #104)
2026-08-30
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 18 spots (#74 → #92)
2026-08-29
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 13 spots (#61 → #74)
2026-08-28
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 13 spots (#48 → #61)
2026-08-27
Scorecard Added
OSSF Scorecard: 4.5/10
2026-08-27
Grade Changed
Trust grade D → C
2026-08-27
Rank Moved
Rank rose 43 spots (#91 → #48)
2026-08-27
HVTrust Changed
HVTrust up 23.7pts (30.6 → 54.3)
2026-08-26
Newly Listed
First tracked at rank #91
GitHub → Website → npm: skillgrade

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