vmware-harden SKILL.md skillA
vmware-harden from vmware-skills/vmware-harden is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add vmware-skills/vmware-harden/vmware-harden@git:20261101.18b15f7Pins git:20261101.18b15f7 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- vmware-skills/vmware-harden
- Path
skills/vmware-harden/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 20
- Latest version
- git:20261101.18b15f7, committed Nov 1, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 12, 2026
- Size
- 20,964 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4
- License
- MIT
Use this skill whenever the user needs to perform VMware cyber compliance auditing (aligned with VCF 9 Advanced Cyber Compliance / ACC), baseline checking, or drift detection on vSphere/ESXi/NSX environments. Directly handles: CIS / vSphere SCG / 等保 2.0 三级 / PCI-DSS / BSI IT-Grundschutz / EU NIS2 scans; known-vulnerability (VMSA) matching of ESXi/vCenter builds; custom YAML baselines; LLM-driven remediation suggestions; web dashboard. Always use this skill for "scan compliance…
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 Harden (Compliance & Baseline) > 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 "vSphere" are trademarks of Broadcom. Source code is publicly auditable at [github.com/vmware-skills/VMware-Harden](https://github.com/vmware-skills/VMware-Harden) under the MIT license. AI-native VMware compliance scanner — built-in CIS / vSphere SCG / 等保 2.0 三级 / PCI-DSS / BSI IT-Grundschutz / EU NIS2 baselines, a VMSA known-vulnerability check, drift detection, LLM-driven remediation advice, and a web dashboard. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add vmware-skills/vmware-harden/vmware-harden@sha256:5160c12e26429b64The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261101.18b15f7, 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_r55m4rj6k2mmdund)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 20 versions of this file, between Aug 12, 2026 and Nov 1, 2026, about one every 4 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261101.18b15f7 latest | 2026-11-01 | 18b15f7 | 20,964 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261031.0426a04 | 2026-10-31 | 0426a04 | 20,862 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261019.478c2a4 | 2026-10-19 | 478c2a4 | 20,862 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261019.7df902f | 2026-10-19 | 7df902f | 20,027 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261019.8d77110 | 2026-10-19 | 8d77110 | 18,559 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261016.13dbd70 | 2026-10-16 | 13dbd70 | 18,559 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261015.4813a38 | 2026-10-15 | 4813a38 | 18,559 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261015.181e114 | 2026-10-15 | 181e114 | 18,559 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261014.e0e59e2 | 2026-10-14 | e0e59e2 | 18,559 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261013.9aef9d7 | 2026-10-13 | 9aef9d7 | 18,559 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260920.8adbf06 | 2026-09-20 | 8adbf06 | 18,286 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260916.4a2112b | 2026-09-16 | 4a2112b | 18,289 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260915.41d4299 | 2026-09-15 | 41d4299 | 18,286 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260914.f9059e3 | 2026-09-14 | f9059e3 | 18,286 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260914.03445c9 | 2026-09-14 | 03445c9 | 18,286 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260912.ec684fd | 2026-09-12 | ec684fd | 18,129 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260830.9adf889 | 2026-08-30 | 9adf889 | 18,178 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260813.24a058a | 2026-08-13 | 24a058a | 17,740 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260812.14c13e6 | 2026-08-12 | 14c13e6 | 16,864 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260812.4283515 | 2026-08-12 | 4283515 | 16,630 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 (20964 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-harden · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_r55m4rj6k2mmdund GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=vmware-skills/vmware-harden/vmware-harden GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/5160c12e26429b64a944931c03f0a8da29ba156593152cdcc13a146c0e5d13a9
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
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