arXiv:2610.19264v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Agent skills are Markdown documents that a tool-using agent reads as instructions and then acts on with the privileges of the session that loaded them. Installing one grants authority (the standing to direct the agent, not new privilege), and the size of that grant is what we measure.
Beyond Maliciousness: Static and Runtime Attack-Surface Profiling of Agent Skills
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