---
name: Security Skills Discovery
slug: security-skills-discovery
category: AI Engineering
description: Security Skills Discovery automatically surfaces related application security skills for authentication, authorization, validation, headers, vulnerability assessment, and secrets management. Use it when hardening apps or handling OWASP and security tasks.
github: "https://github.com/rand/cc-polymath/tree/main/skills/discover-security"
language: Python
stars: 175
forks: 12
install: "npx degit https://github.com/rand/cc-polymath/tree/main/skills/discover-security ~/.claude/skills/discover-security"
installs_to: ~/.claude/skills/discover-security
source_path: skills/discover-security/SKILL.md
collection_size: 25
category_size: 3475
collection_url: "https://dirskills.com/collections/rand/cc-polymath"
added: 2026-09-07T05:21:41.984Z
last_synced: 2026-09-07T05:21:41.984Z
canonical_url: "https://dirskills.com/skills/security-skills-discovery"
---

# Security Skills Discovery

Security Skills Discovery automatically surfaces related application security skills for authentication, authorization, validation, headers, vulnerability assessment, and secrets management. Use it when hardening apps or handling OWASP and security tasks.

**Install:**

```bash
npx degit https://github.com/rand/cc-polymath/tree/main/skills/discover-security ~/.claude/skills/discover-security
```

## README

# Security Skills Discovery

Provides automatic access to comprehensive application security, vulnerability assessment, and security best practices skills.

## When This Skill Activates

This skill auto-activates when you're working with:
- Authentication and authorization systems
- Input validation and sanitization
- Security headers (CSP, HSTS, CORS)
- Vulnerability scanning and penetration testing
- OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
- Secrets management (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
- SQL injection, XSS, or other attack prevention
- Security hardening and compliance
- Password hashing and credential management
- API security and access control

## Available Skills

### Quick Reference

The Security category contains 6 specialized skills:

1. **authentication** - Authentication patterns (JWT, OAuth2, sessions, MFA, password security)
2. **authorization** - Access control (RBAC, ABAC, policy engines, permissions)
3. **input-validation** - Input validation and sanitization (SQL injection, XSS, command injection)
4. **security-headers** - HTTP security headers (CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, CORS)
5. **vulnerability-assessment** - Security testing (OWASP Top 10, scanning tools, pentesting)
6. **secrets-management** - Secrets handling (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, key rotation)

### Load Full Category Details

For complete descriptions and workflows:

Read ../security/INDEX.md


This loads the full Security category index with:
- Detailed skill descriptions
- Usage triggers for each skill
- Common workflow combinations
- Cross-references to related skills

### Load Specific Skills

Load individual skills as needed:


# Identity and access
Read ../security/authentication.md
Read ../security/authorization.md

# Input security
Read ../security/input-validation.md
Read ../security/security-headers.md

# Security operations
Read ../security/vulnerability-assessment.md
Read ../security/secrets-management.md


## Common Workflows

### Secure Web Application
**Sequence**: Authentication → Authorization → Input validation → Security headers

Read ../security/authentication.md        # User login
Read ../security/authorization.md         # Access control
Read ../security/input-validation.md      # XSS/SQL injection prevention
Read ../security/security-headers.md      # Browser protection


### Security Audit
**Sequence**: Vulnerability assessment → Input validation → Headers → Secrets

Read ../security/vulnerability-assessment.md  # OWASP Top 10 testing
Read ../security/input-validation.md          # Injection testing
Read ../security/security-headers.md          # Header configuration
Read ../security/secrets-management.md        # Credential security


### API Security
**Sequence**: Authentication → Authorization → Input validation → Secrets

Read ../security/authentication.md        # JWT/OAuth2
Read ../security/authorization.md         # API access control
Read ../security/input-validation.md      # Request validation
Read ../security/secrets-management.md    # API key management


### DevSecOps Pipeline
**Sequence**: Vulnerability assessment → Secrets → Input validation

Read ../security/vulnerability-assessment.md  # Security scanning
Read ../security/secrets-management.md        # CI/CD secrets
Read ../security/input-validation.md          # SAST validation


### Secure New Application
**Full security implementation from scratch**:


# 1. Identity and access
Read ../security/authentication.md
Read ../security/authorization.md

# 2. Input protection
Read ../security/input-validation.md
Read ../security/security-headers.md

# 3. Operations
Read ../security/secrets-management.md
Read ../security/vulnerability-assessment.md


## Skill Selection Guide

**Choose Authentication when:**
- Implementing user login systems
- Working with JWT, OAuth2, or sessions
- Adding multi-factor authentication
- Managing passwords and credentials

**Choose Authorization when:**
- Implementing access control
- Building role-based permissions (RBAC)
- Working with policy engines (OPA, Casbin)
- Preventing privilege escalation

**Choose Input Validation when:**
- Processing user input
- Preventing SQL injection
- Protecting against XSS attacks
- Validating file uploads
- Preventing command injection

**Choose Security Headers when:**
- Configuring Content Security Policy (CSP)
- Implementing HTTPS enforcement (HSTS)
- Setting up CORS for APIs
- Preventing clickjacking
- Hardening web applications

**Choose Vulnerability Assessment when:**
- Testing for OWASP Top 10
- Running security scans (SAST/DAST)
- Performing penetration tests
- Auditing application security
- Setting up security CI/CD

**Choose Secrets Management when:**
- Storing API keys or credentials
- Integrating with HashiCorp Vault
- Using AWS Secrets Manager or GCP Secret Manager
- Rotating encryption keys
- Managing CI/CD secrets

## Integration with Other Skills

Security skills commonly combine with:

**API skills** (`discover-api`):
- API authentication and authorization
- API input validation
- API rate limiting (abuse prevention)
- Securing REST and GraphQL endpoints

**Database skills** (`discover-database`):
- SQL injection prevention
- Database connection security
- Credential management
- Row-level security

**Frontend skills** (`discover-frontend`):
- XSS prevention in React/Vue
- Content Security Policy
- Secure cookie handling
- Client-side validation

**Infrastructure skills** (`discover-infrastructure`, `discover-cloud`):
- Secrets management in deployments
- Network security
- Container security scanning
- TLS/SSL configuration

**Testing skills** (`discover-testing`):
- Security integration tests
- Penetration testing
- Automated security scans
- Vulnerability regression tests

## Usage Instructions

1. **Auto-activation**: This skill loads automatically when Claude Code detects security-related work
2. **Browse skills**: Run `Read ../security/INDEX.md` for full category overview
3. **Load specific skills**: Use bash commands above to load individual skills
4. **Follow workflows**: Use recommended sequences for common security patterns
5. **Combine skills**: Load multiple skills for comprehensive security coverage

## Progressive Loading

This gateway skill (~200 lines, ~2K tokens) enables progressive loading:
- **Level 1**: Gateway loads automatically (you're here now)
- **Level 2**: Load category INDEX.md (~3K tokens) for full overview
- **Level 3**: Load specific skills (~2-4K tokens each) as needed

Total context: 2K + 3K + skill(s) = 5-12K tokens vs 30K+ for entire index.

## Quick Start Examples

**"Implement user authentication"**:
Read ../security/authentication.md


**"Add role-based access control"**:
Read ../security/authorization.md


**"Prevent SQL injection"**:
Read ../security/input-validation.md


**"Configure Content Security Policy"**:
Read ../security/security-headers.md


**"Test for OWASP vulnerabilities"**:
Read ../security/vulnerability-assessment.md


**"Integrate HashiCorp Vault"**:
Read ../security/secrets-management.md


**"Secure API with JWT"**:
Read ../security/authentication.md
Read ../security/authorization.md



**Next Steps**: Run `Read ../security/INDEX.md` to see full category details, or load specific skills using the bash commands above.