BB alibabacloud-elasticsearch-instance-manage
Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch Instance & Config Management Skill. Use for managing the lifecycle of an Elasticsearch instance (create, query, list, restart, upgrade/downgrade, node info) and for managing instance-side config such as snapshot backup and analyzer dictionaries. Triggers: "elasticsearch", "ES instance", "elasticsearch instance", "create ES", "query ES instance", "restart ES", "ES node", "cluster node", "upgrade ES", "downgrade ES", "scale ES", "resize ES", "ES snapshot", "ES backup", "snapshot setting", "create snapshot", "ES dict", "IK dict", "hot dict", "synonyms dict", "aliws dict", "analyzer dictionary"
As a process B 72/100 · Nearly there — weak spots: result and completion, running it twice
What is at stake
Medium-severity findings: the skill is probably honest, but read what alarmed the scanner.
Below is the worst case for this category. The finding here is medium: the guard saw a sign, not a proof.
The skill contains commands that delete files, rewrite disks or execute code fetched from the network. The agent may run them without asking if it believes the instructions require it.
Replace destructive commands with safe equivalents that ask for confirmation, scope them to one folder, and stop piping curl into a shell: pin a version and a checksum.
How to improve
- Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
- A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.
Guard findings · 5
✓ No critical or high findings
Medium and low: 5
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medium Dangerous commands
cmd-privilegereferences/cli-installation-guide.md:56Privilege escalation / world-writable permissionssudo mv aliyun /usr/local/bin/
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medium Dangerous commands
cmd-privilegereferences/cli-installation-guide.md:71Privilege escalation / world-writable permissionssudo mv aliyun /usr/local/bin/
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medium Dangerous commands
cmd-privilegereferences/cli-installation-guide.md:84Privilege escalation / world-writable permissionssudo mv aliyun /usr/local/bin/
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medium Dangerous commands
cmd-privilegereferences/cli-installation-guide.md:97Privilege escalation / world-writable permissionssudo mv aliyun /usr/local/bin/
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medium Dangerous commands
cmd-pipe-to-shellSKILL.md:81Downloads and executes remote code from an unrecognised host (pipe to shell) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)> run `curl -fsSL https://aliyuncli.alicdn.com/setup.sh | bash` to update,
quoted
Files scanned: 10. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
✓ No remarks against the Agent Skills spec
Process rating: all ten parameters 72/100
- 30Running it twice. 15 mutating operations with no state check
- 40Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 50When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 60Tools and files. Uses tools (bash, web, node) that frontmatter does not declare
- 70Inputs and preconditions. Inputs and preconditions are listed
- 100Steps. 6 steps
- 100Failures and branches. 5 branches, has a failure section
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 3768 tokens
- 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
- medium Safety rules and hard prohibitions inside a skill: they belong in the system prompt, here they protect nothing
- low The response is described with custom markup (3 tags): a typed call is more reliable
Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.
Quality signals
- +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
- +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +5Description quotes 22 example trigger phrases
- +3Description length 625: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 14 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 6 items
- +4Has examples (9 code blocks)
- +4Reference files are cited in the instructions (8 of 8)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 93.