vmware-nsx-security SKILL.md skillA
vmware-nsx-security from vmware-skills/vmware-nsx-security is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add vmware-skills/vmware-nsx-security/vmware-nsx-security@git:20261101.86271c4Pins git:20261101.86271c4 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- vmware-skills/vmware-nsx-security
- Path
skills/vmware-nsx-security/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 14
- Latest version
- git:20261101.86271c4, committed Nov 1, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 21, 2026
- Size
- 21,227 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4
- License
- none declared
Use this skill whenever the user needs to manage VMware NSX security (rebranded VMware vDefend in VCF 9) — distributed firewall (DFW) policies, security groups, microsegmentation, and IDS/IPS. Directly handles: create/manage DFW policies and rules, security groups, VM tags, network traceflow diagnostics, IDPS profiles and status. Always use this skill for "create firewall rule", "set up microsegmentation", "add VM to security group", "run traceflow", "check IDS status…
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
# VMware NSX Security > Self-test: [guide](https://github.com/vmware-skills/marketplace/blob/main/MODEL_FIT_SELF_TEST.md). > **Disclaimer**: This is a community-maintained open-source project and is **not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by VMware, Inc. or Broadcom Inc.** "VMware" and "NSX" are trademarks of Broadcom. Source code is publicly auditable at [github.com/vmware-skills/VMware-NSX-Security](https://github.com/vmware-skills/VMware-NSX-Security) under the MIT license. VMware NSX DFW microsegmentation and security — 22 MCP tools for distributed firewall, security groups, VM tags, the DFW exclusion list, Traceflow, and IDPS. > Domain-focused security skill for NSX-T / NSX 4.x Policy API. > **Companion skills**: [vmware-nsx](https://github.com/vmware-skills/VMware-NSX) (networking), [vmware-aiops](https://github.com/vmware-skills/VMware-AIops) (VM lifecycle), [vmware-monitor](https://github.com/vmware-skills/VMware-Monitor) (read-only monitoring), [vmware-avi](https://github.com/vmware-skills/VMware-AVI) (AVI/ALB/AKO), [vmware-harden](https://github.com/vmware-skills/VMware-Harden) (compliance baselines). …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add vmware-skills/vmware-nsx-security/vmware-nsx-security@sha256:7b647d4f4ae1e9a8The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261101.86271c4, 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_pd4ix4nshjvucmpq)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 14 versions of this file, between Jul 21, 2026 and Nov 1, 2026, about one every 8 days.
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| git:20261101.86271c4 latest | 2026-11-01 | 86271c4 | 21,227 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261018.aa64bd1 | 2026-10-18 | aa64bd1 | 21,125 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261016.bea4088 | 2026-10-16 | bea4088 | 21,125 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261015.68cfa4b | 2026-10-15 | 68cfa4b | 21,125 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261015.47f9987 | 2026-10-15 | 47f9987 | 21,125 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261015.02eabcd | 2026-10-15 | 02eabcd | 21,125 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260920.02c4063 | 2026-09-20 | 02c4063 | 21,125 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260919.71ce0e3 | 2026-09-19 | 71ce0e3 | 21,125 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260915.b85923d | 2026-09-15 | b85923d | 20,250 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260912.ed9c09f | 2026-09-12 | ed9c09f | 20,250 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260830.8ea1d3b | 2026-08-30 | 8ea1d3b | 20,353 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260806.2317624 | 2026-08-06 | 2317624 | 18,901 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260801.8351de7 | 2026-08-01 | 8351de7 | 18,828 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260721.ce5219c | 2026-07-21 | ce5219c | 18,748 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 (21227 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
vmware-skills/vmware-nsx-security · 4 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_pd4ix4nshjvucmpq GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=vmware-skills/vmware-nsx-security/vmware-nsx-security GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7b647d4f4ae1e9a87bc7eb6456a500e3d65e79274a8c7f3651300c3a8c986fe8
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