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Look up and map to the right OWASP Top 10 family — Web, API, LLM, or Mobile — and give the canonical category ID/name for a finding. Use when you need a consistent OWASP reference for tagging findings, scoping a review, or aligning a report across the appsec/genai plugins.

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$ npx -y skills add jassics/awesome-claude-security --skill owasp-reference --agent claude-code

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Look up and map to the right OWASP Top 10 family — Web, API, LLM, or Mobile — and give the canonical category ID/name for a finding. Use when you need a consistent OWASP reference for tagging findings, scoping a review, or aligning a report across the appsec/genai plugins.

SKILL.md

owasp-reference.SKILL.md
name: owasp-reference
description: >-
  Look up and map to the right OWASP Top 10 family — Web, API, LLM, or Mobile — and
  give the canonical category ID/name for a finding. Use when you need a consistent
  OWASP reference for tagging findings, scoping a review, or aligning a report across
  the appsec/genai plugins.

Goal

The correct OWASP family and category for a finding or scope, cited consistently — so reviews and reports across web, API, LLM, and mobile work line up.

Steps

1. **Pick the right list** by the asset under review:

  • Web app → **OWASP Web Top 10 (2021)**
  • REST/GraphQL API → **OWASP API Security Top 10 (2023)**
  • LLM/GenAI feature → **OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications (2025)**
  • Mobile app → **OWASP Mobile Top 10 (2024)** + MASVS/MASTG

2. **Map the finding** to the closest category; cite ID + name (e.g., `A01:2021 – Broken Access Control`, `API1:2023 – BOLA`, `LLM01 – Prompt Injection`). See `reference.md` for all four lists. 3. **Hand off to the deep skill** — the family plugins own the actual testing methodology (`web-app-security`, `api-security`, `llm-security`, `mobile-security`); this skill is the consistent *reference/tagging* layer. 4. **For control-level verification depth** (not just a Top-10 category tag), see `asvs-reference` — OWASP ASVS gives the requirement + level (L1/L2/L3) a finding should be checked against.

Output

The family + category ID/name, a one-line rationale, and a pointer to the relevant testing skill. For multi-category findings, list each with the primary one first.

Notes

OWASP lists are versioned and renumber between editions — always cite the year/edition (A01:2021, API1:2023, LLM01:2025). Don't force a finding into a category it doesn't fit; "doesn't map cleanly" is a valid, useful answer. See `reference.md` for the full category lists.

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