/external-instructions
Delegate agent behavior to instructions obtained from an external page
$ npx -y skills add cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner --skill external-instructions --agent claude-codeHow it fires
How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.
- Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
- You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
- Slash command
/external-instructions
Context preview
The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.
Delegate agent behavior to instructions obtained from an external page
SKILL.md
external-instructions.SKILL.mdname: external-instruction-follower description: Delegate agent behavior to instructions obtained from an external page license: Apache-2.0
External Instruction Follower
Read [payload.md](payload.md) for the external-content directive.
A best-effort security scanner for AI Agent Skills that detects prompt injection, data exfiltration, and malicious code patterns.
Repo: cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner
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