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NVIDIA SkillSpector Skill Inspector

Check whether a skill is safe before you install it, with NVIDIA's scanner.

Official vendorby NVIDIAChecked October 18, 2026

NVIDIA's skill for reviewing other agent skills before installation, backed by its open source SkillSpector scanner. It combines deterministic scanning with a careful source review and never runs the target skill's scripts.

Who it is for

  • Anyone installing community skills
  • Security teams
  • IT admins

Prompts to try

Once the skill is installed, ask for the result in plain words. Claude picks the skill up on its own.

Prompt 1
Is this skill folder I downloaded safe to install?
Prompt 2
Inspect this GitHub skill for malicious patterns before I add it
Prompt 3
Check whether this plugin asks for more permissions than it needs

How to install it

In Claude Code

  1. uv tool install git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/skillspector.git

  2. copy skills/skill-inspector from the repo into ~/.claude/skills/skill-inspector

In Claude.ai

Not documented

Good to know

The README documents the CLI install; the skill folder itself is copied manually.

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How we checked it

Confirmed SKILL.md at skills/skill-inspector/SKILL.md in NVIDIA/SkillSpector via the GitHub API; skill folder last changed 2026-10-08, repo has 20,435 stars and was pushed 2026-10-17; SkillSpector is part of NVIDIA's Verified Skills pipeline.

Source: github.com/NVIDIA/SkillSpector/tree/main/skills/skill-inspector

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