optimize SKILL.md skillA
optimize from stackhawk/agent-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add stackhawk/agent-skills/optimize@v2.7.0Pins v2.7.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- stackhawk/agent-skills
- Path
plugins/optimize/skills/optimize/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 8
- Latest version
- v2.7.0, committed Oct 9, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 20, 2026
- Size
- 7,667 bytes
- Repository stars
- 16
- License
- MIT
Analyze a codebase and produce an optimal HawkScan setup — tech flags, scan-policy plugin selection, and stackhawk.yml corrections — then apply it as a non-destructive trial, run ONE trial scan, and promote or discard. Use when the user asks to "optimize my scan", "tune HawkScan", "make my scan faster", "reduce false positives", "pick the right plugins/policy for my app", or invokes /optimize. Also invoked automatically by the hawkscan skill on every fresh stackhawk.yml (Phase 0c) to set up…
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What the file says
# Optimize Skill Turn a codebase into an optimal HawkScan configuration. The skill detects the real tech stack and app shape, expresses that as a **trial scan policy** (tech flags + plugins) plus local `stackhawk.yml` corrections, runs one trial scan so the user sees real results, and then promotes the setup or discards it with no residue. ## Why a trial policy (not editing the app) Org scan policies are stored as hosted assets and downloaded by the scanner at scan time when `app.scanPolicy.name` is set (see `references/trial-lifecycle.md`). Creating a trial policy and referencing it in `stackhawk.yml` therefore leaves the application's own policy, plugins, and tech flags **untouched** until the user promotes. This is the core safety property. ## Preflight (run before anything else) ```bash # Identify the driving skill for CLI usage telemetry (read by hawk/hawkop). export _STACKHAWK_SKILL=optimize ``` 1. **CLI versions / auth** — reuse the hawkscan skill's preflight (`hawk version`, `hawk config --help`, `hawk op` auth). Additionally confirm the policy write commands exist: `hawk op policy create --help` must succeed. If it errors with "unrecognized …
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How to install
mdr add stackhawk/agent-skills/optimize@sha256:7aa292ceb4260e78The line at the top of this page pins the label v2.7.0, 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.
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The registry has recorded 8 versions of this file, between Jul 20, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026, about one every 12 days.
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| v2.7.0 latest | 2026-10-09 | d0eea86 | 7,667 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.6.3 | 2026-10-02 | ce9cc4e | 7,667 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.6.2 | 2026-09-26 | 400c868 | 7,667 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.6.1 | 2026-09-18 | fb76da6 | 7,667 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.6.0 | 2026-09-14 | 5fe0d68 | 7,667 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.5.1 | 2026-09-09 | 4089d13 | 7,617 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.5.0 | 2026-08-13 | 19c1457 | 7,617 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.4.0 | 2026-07-20 | b0f5201 | 7,617 B | A | view |
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Source
stackhawk/agent-skills · 16 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-09 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zohpj5b3a4g6ltnw GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=stackhawk/agent-skills/optimize GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7aa292ceb4260e78b2cd8bb9a433b5196c3989663acd4866f7649b568a4a7765
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