security-and-hardening SKILL.md skillA

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security-and-hardening from nota-america/forgecat-agent-profiles is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

mdr add nota-america/forgecat-agent-profiles/security-and-hardening@git:20260916.3a6b22e

Pins git:20260916.3a6b22e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade

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Kind

SKILL.md skill

Repository

nota-america/forgecat-agent-profiles

Path

profiles/addyosmani/agent-skills/for-forgecat/platforms/cursor/.cursor/skills/security-and-hardening/SKILL.md

Versions recorded

1

Latest version

git:20260916.3a6b22e, committed Sep 16, 2026

Size

27,993 bytes

Repository stars

93

License

Apache-2.0

Hardens code against vulnerabilities. Use when auditing an input handler for vulnerabilities, when handling user input, authentication, data storage, or external integrations, or when checking a login flow is safe against the OWASP Top Ten. Use when building any feature that accepts untrusted data, manages user sessions, or interacts with third-party services. Use when auditing dependencies for known vulnerabilities, triaging package-manager audit findings, or assessing supply-chain risk in a…

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What the file says

# Security and Hardening

## Overview

Security-first development practices for web applications. Treat every external input as hostile, every secret as sacred, and every authorization check as mandatory. Security isn't a phase — it's a constraint on every line of code that touches user data, authentication, or external systems.

## When to Use

- Building anything that accepts user input
- Implementing authentication or authorization
- Storing or transmitting sensitive data
- Integrating with external APIs or services
- Adding file uploads, webhooks, or callbacks
- Handling payment or PII data

## Process: Threat Model First

Controls bolted on without a threat model are guesses. Before hardening, spend five minutes thinking like an attacker:
…

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How to install

mdr add nota-america/forgecat-agent-profiles/security-and-hardening@sha256:4aa7a433a0a8042f

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_mz3ir3ezfddmzpdf.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_mz3ir3ezfddmzpdf)

Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Sep 16, 2026.

Audit of the latest version

Source

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_mz3ir3ezfddmzpdf
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nota-america/forgecat-agent-profiles/security-and-hardening
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4aa7a433a0a8042f47197f05893343bd9d1cc02a9179537ef3437c05c49b385d

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