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find-bugs

Find bugs, security vulnerabilities, and code quality issues in local branch changes

Install / Use

npx skills add benchflow-ai/skillsbench --skill find-bugs

Installs into whichever agent you are using.

About this skill
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SKILL.md

Installable skill definition

Quality Score

77/100

Category

Security

Supported Platforms

Universal

Our assessment of find-bugs

find-bugs scores 77/100 on our quality scale, 786th of 917 Security skills we index.

Its SKILL.md is 2.7 KB long, split into 7 sections and no code examples: a solid amount of guidance for an agent.

With 1,813 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.

Substance
26/30
Structure
11/20
Description
12/15
Adoption
14/20
Freshness
15/15

Maintenance, license and trust

  • The repository was last updated about 2 months ago, so find-bugs is actively maintained.
  • It is released under the Apache-2.0 license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
  • Its trust signals score 100/100, with no cautions. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install find-bugs?
Run npx skills add benchflow-ai/skillsbench --skill find-bugs. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent.
Which AI agents does find-bugs work with?
It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
Is find-bugs safe to use?
It is Apache-2.0-licensed and scores 100/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
Is find-bugs still maintained?
The repository was last updated about 2 months ago, so find-bugs is actively maintained.

name: find-bugs description: Find bugs, security vulnerabilities, and code quality issues in local branch changes. Use when asked to review changes, find bugs, security review, or audit code on the current branch.

Find Bugs

Review changes on this branch for bugs, security vulnerabilities, and code quality issues.

Phase 1: Complete Input Gathering

  1. Get the FULL diff: git diff master...HEAD
  2. If output is truncated, read each changed file individually until you have seen every changed line
  3. List all files modified in this branch before proceeding

Phase 2: Attack Surface Mapping

For each changed file, identify and list:

  • All user inputs (request params, headers, body, URL components)
  • All database queries
  • All authentication/authorization checks
  • All session/state operations
  • All external calls
  • All cryptographic operations

Phase 3: Security Checklist (check EVERY item for EVERY file)

  • [ ] Injection: SQL, command, template, header injection
  • [ ] XSS: All outputs in templates properly escaped?
  • [ ] Authentication: Auth checks on all protected operations?
  • [ ] Authorization/IDOR: Access control verified, not just auth?
  • [ ] CSRF: State-changing operations protected?
  • [ ] Race conditions: TOCTOU in any read-then-write patterns?
  • [ ] Session: Fixation, expiration, secure flags?
  • [ ] Cryptography: Secure random, proper algorithms, no secrets in logs?
  • [ ] Information disclosure: Error messages, logs, timing attacks?
  • [ ] DoS: Unbounded operations, missing rate limits, resource exhaustion?
  • [ ] Business logic: Edge cases, state machine violations, numeric overflow?

Phase 4: Verification

For each potential issue:

  • Check if it's already handled elsewhere in the changed code
  • Search for existing tests covering the scenario
  • Read surrounding context to verify the issue is real

Phase 5: Pre-Conclusion Audit

Before finalizing, you MUST:

  1. List every file you reviewed and confirm you read it completely
  2. List every checklist item and note whether you found issues or confirmed it's clean
  3. List any areas you could NOT fully verify and why
  4. Only then provide your final findings

Output Format

Prioritize: security vulnerabilities > bugs > code quality

Skip: stylistic/formatting issues

For each issue:

  • File:Line - Brief description
  • Severity: Critical/High/Medium/Low
  • Problem: What's wrong
  • Evidence: Why this is real (not already fixed, no existing test, etc.)
  • Fix: Concrete suggestion
  • References: OWASP, RFCs, or other standards if applicable

If you find nothing significant, say so - don't invent issues.

Do not make changes - just report findings. I'll decide what to address.

Related Skills

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GitHub Stars1.8k
CategorySecurity
Updated2mo ago
Forks368

Languages

PDDL

Trust signals

100/100

From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.

No cautions