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skills_guard false positives and verdict handling fixes

Cluster 60709 · skills. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #97060 on 28 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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Multiple issues and fixes address the skills_guard tool producing false-positive CRITICAL/HIGH findings on benign skill content, and the 'ask' verdict being incorrectly treated as a hard block rather than a confirmation prompt. Fixes also cover honoring skill ignore files and improving actionability of returned findings.

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  • #97060 fix(skills-guard): benign skills no longer blocked by five false-positive scanner patterns (#60709, salvage #60750)

    merged to main

    files: tests/tools/test_skills_guard.py, tools/skills_guard.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #60750 fix(skills-guard): reduce false-positive CRITICAL/HIGH on benign skill patterns · merged via another change → #97060
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#60709skills_guard: several rules produce false-positive CRITICAL/HIGH on benign skills (hard-blocks community installs)
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#97060
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1 PR closed without merging
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28 Aug 2026

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