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Trail of Bits Skills

Skill Security Recommended

Official Trail of Bits skill marketplace with 15+ security-focused Claude Code plugins: smart contract auditing, vulnerability detection, supply-chain risk analysis, CodeQL/Semgrep integration, YARA rule authoring, and CI/CD hardening. 4.2K stars.

4,326 starsCC-BY-SA-4.0FreeQuick setup

Trail of Bits is one of the most respected names in software security — their skills bring institutional security research methodology into Claude Code, credible for even the most security-sensitive enterprise clients.

Security teams, DevSecOps engineers, smart contract developers, and enterprise clients in regulated industries needing auditable security workflows.

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https://github.com/trailofbits/skills

By Trail of Bits

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop App (Code Mode)Click the + button next to the prompt box → PluginsAdd plugin. Search and click Install. Skills work in Claude Code only.
Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into your conversation. Claude will install it.
Command
/plugin marketplace add trailofbits/skills

Tip: Paste this into a Claude Code conversation. Verify command matches your Claude Code version.

Time to functional15 minutesCostFree

Trust Signals Source Reviewed

Stars4,326Contributors26Last updated2026-04-03LicenseCC-BY-SA-4.0Known CVEsNone found

Data & Access

Data processingPrompts sent to Anthropic API. Enterprise/Team plans exclude training.

Community Pulse Active

Discussed on Hacker News, Reddit

10 mentions across 2 sources

Reviewer notes

Source Reviewed review. These are observations, not a security certification.

4k stars, CC-BY-SA-4.0 license, maintained by Trail of Bits (premier security firm). 25 open issues — normal for an active org repo. Gold standard for security-focused Claude Code skills. Breadth is 3 because domain is specifically security/audit.

Trail of Bits is the most trusted maintainer profile in this batch. CC-BY-SA-4.0: permissive for use, requires attribution on redistribution. Skills are SKILL.md + Python scripts analyzing code files — no external network calls. Institutional-grade code quality.

2026-04-02: LIMITATION: Domain-specific to security/audit work — high confidence but limited applicability to non-security teams. CC-BY-SA-4.0 license requires attribution on redistribution.

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Evaluation

Ease of Use
5/5
Versatility
3/5
Reliability
5/5
Security
5/5
Overall score4.50 / 5.00 RecommendedEvaluatedMar 2026
4k stars, CC-BY-SA-4.0 license, maintained by Trail of Bits (premier security firm). 25 open issues — normal for an active org repo. Gold standard for security-focused Claude Code skills. Breadth is 3 because domain is specifically security/audit.

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