Asi sharp-edges

Identifies error-prone APIs, dangerous configurations, and footgun designs that enable security mistakes. Use when reviewing API designs, configuration schemas, cryptographic library ergonomics, or evaluating whether code follows 'secure by default' and 'pit of success' principles. Triggers: footgun, misuse-resistant, secure defaults, API usability, dangerous configuration.

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/plurigrid/asi
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/plurigrid/asi "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/sharp-edges" ~/.claude/skills/plurigrid-asi-sharp-edges-179adf && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: skills/sharp-edges/SKILL.md
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Sharp Edges Skill

Trit: -1 (MINUS) Category: sharp-edges Author: Trail of Bits Source: trailofbits/skills License: AGPL-3.0

Description

Identifies error-prone APIs, dangerous configurations, and footgun designs that enable security mistakes. Use when reviewing API designs, configuration schemas, cryptographic library ergonomics, or evaluating whether code follows 'secure by default' and 'pit of success' principles. Triggers: footgun, misuse-resistant, secure defaults, API usability, dangerous configuration.

When to Use

This is a Trail of Bits security skill. Refer to the original repository for detailed usage guidelines and examples.

See: https://github.com/trailofbits/skills

Related Skills

  • audit-context-building
  • codeql
  • semgrep
  • variant-analysis

SDF Interleaving

This skill connects to Software Design for Flexibility (Hanson & Sussman, 2021):

Primary Chapter: 5. Evaluation

Concepts: eval, apply, interpreter, environment

GF(3) Balanced Triad

sharp-edges (−) + SDF.Ch5 (−) + [balancer] (−) = 0

Skill Trit: -1 (MINUS - verification)

Connection Pattern

Evaluation interprets expressions. This skill processes or generates evaluable forms.