Best agent skills for MCP and agent security
We found 70 agent skills for MCP and agent security in the catalog; these are the 15 that rank highest. The order comes from our rank, which weighs adoption, freshness, documentation and publisher identity. Nobody can pay for a place on this list. ai-agent-security, ai-security-hardening and indirect-injection-detection lead it. indirect-injection-detection and direct-injection-detection are published by the company that makes them. ai-agent-security comes from the largest repository here (48,428 stars). 9 of the 15 had activity in the last 30 days. Each entry lists why it made the list and links to its install page.
Updated Oct 26, 2026 · Built from catalog data; how we rank and grade
Top 15 of 70
- 1ai-agent-security
devops-skills
Secure AI agents against prompt injection, tool abuse, and data exfiltration with defense-in-depth controls.
- Largest repository here (48,428 stars)
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (MIT)
★ 48.4KLast active Oct 24, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 2ai-security-hardening
devops-skills
Harden AI/LLM deployments against prompt injection, data exfiltration, model theft, and supply chain attacks.
- Largest repository here (48,428 stars)
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (MIT)
★ 48.4KLast active Oct 24, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 3indirect-injection-detection
TencentOfficial
Detect indirect prompt injection (goal hijack).
- Published by the vendor
- Repository has 7.1K stars
- Active in the last 30 days
★ 7.1KLast active Oct 22, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 4direct-injection-detection
TencentOfficial
Detect direct prompt injection or instruction override via user message (no external content).
- Published by the vendor
- Repository has 7.1K stars
- Active in the last 30 days
★ 7.1KLast active Oct 22, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 5hunt-llm
Encod3d-Sec
LLM / AI application attack hunting - prompt injection (direct + indirect), excessive agency, insecure output handling, system-prompt + data leakage.
- Open source (MIT)
★ 335Last active Aug 19, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
BFreshness: B–Security: not graded yet - 6pleading-injection-guard
lawve-ai
Detects prompt injection hidden in documents from the other side (pleadings, skeletons, bundles, served evidence, opponents' emails and attachments) before an…
- Active in the last 30 days
- Ships helper scripts
- For Python and bash
★ 895Last active Oct 2, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 7hunt-mcp
Encod3d-Sec
MCP server attack hunting - tool poisoning, indirect prompt injection via tool output, rug-pull updates, cross-tool shadowing…
- Open source (MIT)
★ 335Last active Jul 27, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
BFreshness: B–Security: not graded yet - 8pentest-ai-llm-security
jd-opensource
AI/LLM application security testing — prompt injection, jailbreaking, data exfiltration, and insecure output handling per OWASP LLM Top 10.
- Open source (Apache-2.0)
★ 315Last active Jul 2, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
CFreshness: C–Security: not graded yet - 9skill-injection-defense
lawve-ai
Audits legal AI skills, prompts, workflows, MCP/tool instructions, and agent packages for prompt injection, malicious instructions, unsafe scripts, suspicious…
★ 895Last active Jul 30, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
BFreshness: B–Security: not graded yet - 10prompt-guard
Orchestra-Research
Meta's 86M prompt injection and jailbreak detector.
- Repository has 13.9K stars
- Open source (MIT)
★ 13.9KLast active Jun 16, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
CFreshness: C–Security: not graded yet - 11
Detects prompt injection attacks targeting LLM-based applications using a multi-layered defense combining regex pattern matching for known attack signatures…
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (Apache-2.0)
- Ships helper scripts
★ 72Last active Oct 24, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 12prompt-guard
profbernardoj
Advanced prompt injection defense system for EverClaw with HiveFence network integration.
- Open source (MIT)
- Ships helper scripts
- For Python
★ 110Last active May 15, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
CFreshness: C–Security: not graded yet - 13ai-engineering-toolkit
sickn33
Overview of six AI engineering workflows: prompt evaluation (8-dimension scoring), context budget planning, RAG pipeline design, agent security audit…
- Largest repository here (48,428 stars)
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (MIT)
★ 48.4KLast active Oct 24, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 14little-canary
hermes-labs-ai
Use when you need to screen inbound untrusted text before it reaches a primary model — detecting prompt injection by its behavioral effect on a sacrificial…
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (Apache-2.0)
★ 41Last active Oct 20, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 15llm-security
coco-research
Use for authorized security assessment of LLM applications and AI agents, including prompt injection, tool abuse, RAG exposure, memory poisoning, and model…
- Active in the last 30 days
★ 784Last active Oct 23, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet
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