Defense-in-Depth Validation SKILL.md skillA

Defense-in-Depth Validation from vodailocz/kilo-kit-mcp is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add vodailocz/kilo-kit-mcp/Defense-in-Depth Validation@v1.1.0

Pins v1.1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
vodailocz/kilo-kit-mcp
Path
skills/problem-solving/defense-in-depth/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
v1.1.0, committed May 2, 2026
Size
3,917 bytes
Repository stars
27
License
Apache-2.0

Validate at every layer data passes through to make bugs impossible.

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

# Defense-in-Depth Validation

## Overview

When you fix a bug caused by invalid data, adding validation at one place feels sufficient. But that single check can be bypassed by different code paths, refactoring, or mocks.

**Core principle:** Validate at EVERY layer data passes through. Make the bug structurally impossible.

## Why Multiple Layers

Single validation: "We fixed the bug"
Multiple layers: "We made the bug impossible"

Different layers catch different cases:
- Entry validation catches most bugs
- Business logic catches edge cases
- Environment guards prevent context-specific dangers
- Debug logging helps when other layers fail

## The Four Layers

### Layer 1: Entry Point Validation
**Purpose:** Reject obviously invalid input at API boundary

```typescript
function createProject(name: string, workingDirectory: string) {
  if (!workingDirectory || workingDirectory.trim() === '') {
    throw new Error('workingDirectory cannot be empty');
  }
  if (!existsSync(workingDirectory)) {
    throw new Error(`workingDirectory does not exist: ${workingDirectory}`);
  }
  if (!statSync(workingDirectory).isDirectory()) {
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add vodailocz/kilo-kit-mcp/Defense-in-Depth Validation@sha256:26b67533bbd6b088

The 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.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on May 2, 2026.

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v1.1.0 latest2026-05-02 38d5305 3,917 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3917 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

GitHub

vodailocz/kilo-kit-mcp · 27 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-24 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_jgh74vkrastnmth3
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=vodailocz/kilo-kit-mcp/Defense-in-Depth Validation
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/26b67533bbd6b088d1004f027d2305851270794cb4c632d897abe934956a6a0e

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