k8s-securitycontext SKILL.md skillA

k8s-securitycontext from andypitcher/ponytail-sec is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add andypitcher/ponytail-sec/k8s-securitycontext@git:20260618.31fd63d

Pins git:20260618.31fd63d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
andypitcher/ponytail-sec
Path
skills/k8s-securitycontext/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
git:20260618.31fd63d, committed Jun 18, 2026
Size
1,643 bytes
Repository stars
12
License
MIT

Binary Kubernetes securityContext hardening check. Use when reviewing Pods, Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Jobs, CronJobs, Helm templates, or Kubernetes manifests that define containers. Minimal output only: OK or NOT_OK: RULE, RULE.

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

Ask once before enforcing:

> Enforce k8s-securitycontext skill? (yes / no)

If no: stop.

If yes: inspect locally first. Do not web-search by default. Web-search only if
Kubernetes securityContext semantics are missing or ambiguous, and prefer the
official Kubernetes docs.

## Contract

Return exactly one line:

- `OK`
- `NOT_OK: RULE, RULE`

No severity. No advisory text. No maybes. If a rule cannot be verified, it is
not OK.

## Rules

All rules are mandatory for every application container. Apply to init and
ephemeral containers when present too.

- `SC_NON_ROOT` — require `runAsNonRoot: true` and no explicit root user
  (`runAsUser: 0` is not OK).
- `SC_NO_PRIV_ESC` — require `allowPrivilegeEscalation: false`.
- `SC_DROP_CAPS` — require `capabilities.drop: ["ALL"]`; adding capabilities is
  not OK unless the manifest proves the workload needs them.
- `SC_SEC_PROFILE` — require `seccompProfile.type: RuntimeDefault` or a stricter
  local profile.
- `SC_READ_ONLY_FS` — require `readOnlyRootFilesystem: true`.
- `SC_SELINUX_TYPE` — when the workload targets an SELinux-enforcing node class,
  OpenShift, SELinux-labeled volumes, or policy says SELinux is required,
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add andypitcher/ponytail-sec/k8s-securitycontext@sha256:622222aff4cfe6c1

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260618.31fd63d, 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.

Badge

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Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jun 18, 2026.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260618.31fd63d latest2026-06-18 31fd63d 1,643 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 (1643 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

andypitcher/ponytail-sec · 12 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_p2ocvblo6pnaluwu
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=andypitcher/ponytail-sec/k8s-securitycontext
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/622222aff4cfe6c12fa30e1e8139e50587a529979a27bb0d4890e77d7a8ed84a

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