SkillCheatSheet
secret-scanning
An AI agent skill from github/awesome-copilot, scored 67 out of 100 by code.
Code score by group
It loses the most points in Done criteria (11), the group that checks whether there is a checklist and a step that verifies the work.
What the author says it does
Guide for configuring and managing GitHub secret scanning, push protection, custom patterns, and secret alert remediation. For pre-commit secret scanning in AI coding agents via the GitHub MCP Server, this skill references the Advanced Security plugin (`advanced-security@copilot-plugins`). Use this skill when enabling secret scanning, setting up push protection, defining custom patterns, triaging alerts, resolving blocked pushes, or when an agent needs to scan code for secrets before committing.
This is the description in the skill's own SKILL.md, written by its author, not by SkillCheatSheet.
- Repository
- github/awesome-copilot
- Folder
- skills/secret-scanning
- License
- MIT
- GitHub stars
- 41,064
- SKILL.md lines
- 243
- Other files
- 3
Add secret-scanning to your agent
npx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill secret-scanningThe command uses the open skills CLI. A skill is instructions and scripts your agent will follow, so read it first: open the folder on GitHub at the commit that was scored.
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