parsing-palo-configs SKILL.md skillA
parsing-palo-configs from mechubsec/fwskillsshare is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add mechubsec/fwskillsshare/parsing-palo-configs@v1.1.5Pins v1.1.5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- mechubsec/fwskillsshare
- Path
skills/parsing-palo-configs/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- v1.1.5, committed Oct 5, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 5, 2026
- Size
- 24,275 bytes
- Repository stars
- 10
- License
- MIT
Parse PAN-OS and Panorama XML or set-format exports into the shared firewall schema. Use when input contains vsys, device-group, security rulebase, address-group, application-default, security-profile-group, set deviceconfig, or XML entry/member elements, including audit, conversion, diff, summary, and explanation tasks.
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
# Parsing Palo Alto PAN-OS Configurations ## Contents - [Overview](#overview) - [Scope and routing](#scope-and-routing) - [Runtime intake](#runtime-intake) - [Input Format](#input-format) - [Extraction Pipeline](#extraction-pipeline) - [Output Format](#output-format) - [Parser Quality Gates](#parser-quality-gates) - [Analysis Checks](#analysis-checks) - [Reference Files](#reference-files) - [Secret Handling](#secret-handling) - [Common Pitfalls](#common-pitfalls) - [Verification Checklist](#verification-checklist) ## Overview Use this skill to parse Palo Alto PAN-OS firewall or Panorama configuration exports into the shared vendor-neutral firewall intermediate schema. It primarily targets XML exports and also covers flat `set`-style output when available, including vsys, device-groups, shared objects, zones, address/service/application objects, security rules, NAT rules, routes, profiles, tags, User-ID references, and system settings. Panorama inheritance and rulebase placement are critical. Preserve shared/device-group/vsys context, distinguish pre-rules and post-rules, and record unresolved inherited references rather than flattening them silently. ## Scope and routing …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add mechubsec/fwskillsshare/parsing-palo-configs@sha256:9d8b3e56e24b4ad5The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.1.5, 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_bnjjllhxdrgdadmx)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Jul 5, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026, about one every 18 days.
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| v1.1.5 latest | 2026-10-05 | 6f059ec | 24,275 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.1.4 | 2026-07-25 | 1eb49a3 | 24,748 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.1.4 | 2026-07-25 | fa11a23 | 24,630 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.1.4 | 2026-07-24 | 75d6728 | 24,499 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.1.4 | 2026-07-10 | fa2149e | 23,616 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.1.3 | 2026-07-05 | 62b431b | 24,613 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 (24275 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
mechubsec/fwskillsshare · 10 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-09 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_bnjjllhxdrgdadmx GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=mechubsec/fwskillsshare/parsing-palo-configs GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/9d8b3e56e24b4ad51fe19e9f50c1f9ffb82e6492d9b4ea765f0f366826ec7be1
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