Category: Development
Skill Inspector (NVIDIA)
Decides whether an agent skill is safe to install using NVIDIA SkillSpector static scans plus a semantic review.
Works with
What it does
- Scans for known risk patterns with SkillSpector
- Reviews intent, permission fit, hidden behavior, and user control
- Combines both lines of evidence rather than trusting a score
- Treats the target skill as untrusted input
When to use it
Use it before installing a downloaded skill to check for over-permissioning or malicious behavior.
How to install
- Run the command below in your terminal. Pick the agents you use (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, and more) and it installs into the right folder.
npx skills add https://github.com/NVIDIA/SkillSpector --skill skill-inspector
- To install manually, download the
skill-inspectorskill folder from the GitHub repository and copy it into your agent's skills folder, such as~/.claude/skills/or.cursor/skills/. - Ask your agent for a related task and the skill is used automatically.