scan-reward-hacking SKILL.md skillA
scan-reward-hacking from coalesce-labs/catalyst is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add coalesce-labs/catalyst/scan-reward-hacking@v1.1.0Pins v1.1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- coalesce-labs/catalyst
- Path
plugins/dev/skills/scan-reward-hacking/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- v1.1.0, committed Aug 28, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 20, 2026
- Size
- 8,179 bytes
- Repository stars
- 20
- License
- none declared
Scan TypeScript code for reward hacking patterns — shortcuts that make linters pass without actually fixing type safety. This skill has a comprehensive checklist of 8 forbidden patterns with severity tuning (libraries vs apps) that you cannot reliably check on your own. **ALWAYS consult this skill when** the user says 'scan for hacks', 'check for type cheats', 'reward hacking', 'verify no shortcuts', wants to check for `as any`, `as unknown as`, `@ts-ignore`, non-null assertions (`value!`)…
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Scan for Reward Hacking Patterns You are scanning for "reward hacking" patterns — code that makes linters pass without actually fixing type safety issues. This is a verification step that MUST be run before marking TypeScript work complete. ## What to Scan **If `$ARGUMENTS` specifies files or directories**, scan those paths only. **Otherwise**, detect scan paths automatically: 1. Use Glob to find which of these directories exist: `src/`, `apps/`, `packages/`, `lib/` 2. Scan all that exist ## Severity Tuning Severity levels adjust based on project context: | Pattern | Libraries/Packages (`packages/`) | Applications (`apps/`, `src/`) | |---------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------| | `as any` | **CRITICAL** | HIGH | | `as unknown as` | **HIGH** | HIGH | | `@ts-ignore` | **CRITICAL** | HIGH | | Non-null assertion (`!`) | **HIGH** | MEDIUM | Libraries/packages are stricter because they export types consumed by other code. Determine context from the file path — files under `packages/` use library severity, everything else uses app severity. ## Forbidden Patterns to Detect …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add coalesce-labs/catalyst/scan-reward-hacking@sha256:0d60efc49507c55aThe line at the top of this page pins the label v1.1.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_66arocx5vghlngxc)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Mar 20, 2026 and Aug 28, 2026, about one every 54 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.1.0 latest | 2026-08-28 | 2202f79 | 8,179 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.1.0 | 2026-04-29 | 870e84e | 8,179 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.1.0 | 2026-04-09 | 70a2d8d | 8,178 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-03-20 | 153cbfd | 4,822 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (8179 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
coalesce-labs/catalyst · 20 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-09-27 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_66arocx5vghlngxc GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=coalesce-labs/catalyst/scan-reward-hacking GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0d60efc49507c55a9764e95b4c9c949ef8864523224e599ce3e545e682cee9d0
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