🛡️ Yara Rule Authoring
This skill guides authoring of high quality YARA-X rules for malware detection, focusing on performance, accuracy, and safe migration.
npx playbooks add skill trailofbits/skills --skill yara-rule-authoring
About Yara Rule Authoring
This skill guides authoring of high quality YARA-X rules for malware detection, focusing on performance, accuracy, and safe migration.
The 19-word prompt provides structured security guidance — covering detailed methodology and consistent output formats. Install it in one 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 guides authoring of high quality YARA-X rules for malware detection, focusing on performance, accuracy, and safe migration.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Yara Rule Authoring?
Yara Rule Authoring is a free security skill for AI coding agents. This skill guides authoring of high quality YARA-X rules for malware detection, focusing on performance, accuracy, and safe migration.. It provides a specialized system prompt that configures your agent with security expertise.
How do I use Yara Rule Authoring with Claude Code?
Run npx playbooks add skill trailofbits/skills --skill yara-rule-authoring in your terminal to install Yara Rule Authoring into your Claude Code session. It works immediately after installation.
Which AI coding agents work with Yara Rule Authoring?
Yara Rule Authoring is compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any AI agent that supports custom system prompts or .cursorrules files.
Is Yara Rule Authoring free to use?
Yes, Yara Rule Authoring is completely free and open source. The full source is available on GitHub at https://github.com/trailofbits/skills/tree/main/plugins/yara-authoring/skills/yara-rule-authoring. You only need a subscription to the AI agent you use it with.
