🛡️ Security Engineering
This skill helps you design secure architectures, implement authentication and authorization, and enforce compliance through threat modeling and incident
npx playbooks add skill 89jobrien/steve --skill security-engineering
About Security Engineering
This skill helps you design secure architectures, implement authentication and authorization, and enforce compliance through threat modeling and incident
This compact 19-word instruction set is purpose-built for security work in AI coding agents. Install with a single command.
Use Cases
- Auditing code for OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
- Implementing authentication and authorization patterns
- Reviewing API security, rate limiting, and input validation
- Hardening infrastructure and dependency security
Example Prompts
System Prompt (19 words)
This skill helps you design secure architectures, implement authentication and authorization, and enforce compliance through threat modeling and incident
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Security Engineering?
Security Engineering is a free security skill for AI coding agents. This skill helps you design secure architectures, implement authentication and authorization, and enforce compliance through threat modeling and incident. It provides a specialized system prompt that configures your agent with security expertise.
How do I use Security Engineering with Claude Code?
Run npx playbooks add skill 89jobrien/steve --skill security-engineering in your terminal to install Security Engineering into your Claude Code session. It works immediately after installation.
Which AI coding agents work with Security Engineering?
Security Engineering is compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any AI agent that supports custom system prompts or .cursorrules files.
Is Security Engineering free to use?
Yes, Security Engineering is completely free and open source. The full source is available on GitHub at https://github.com/89jobrien/steve/tree/main/steve/skills/security-engineering. You only need a subscription to the AI agent you use it with.
