security-and-hardening SKILL.md skillA

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security-and-hardening from naimkatiman/continuous-improvement is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

mdr add naimkatiman/continuous-improvement/security-and-hardening@git:20260507.4a6727c

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Kind

SKILL.md skill

Repository

naimkatiman/continuous-improvement

Path

third-party/addy-agent-skills/skills/security-and-hardening/SKILL.md

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1

Latest version

git:20260507.4a6727c, committed May 7, 2026

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9

License

MIT

Hardens code against vulnerabilities. Use when handling user input, authentication, data storage, or external integrations. Use when building any feature that accepts untrusted data, manages user sessions, or interacts with third-party services.

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

# 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

## The Three-Tier Boundary System

### Always Do (No Exceptions)

- **Validate all external input** at the system boundary (API routes, form handlers)
- **Parameterize all database queries** — never concatenate user input into SQL
- **Encode output** to prevent XSS (use framework auto-escaping, don't bypass it)
- **Use HTTPS** for all external communication
- **Hash passwords** with bcrypt/scrypt/argon2 (never store plaintext)
- **Set security headers** (CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options)
- **Use httpOnly, secure, sameSite cookies** for sessions
…

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How to install

mdr add naimkatiman/continuous-improvement/security-and-hardening@sha256:d13c91c5aa27dbd9

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_pmmjv5ffzspswnej.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_pmmjv5ffzspswnej)

Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on May 7, 2026.

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Source

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_pmmjv5ffzspswnej
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=naimkatiman/continuous-improvement/security-and-hardening
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d13c91c5aa27dbd95c25a83aa5a3290294d9068852dec3b2918b167f1f09e5d6

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