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But its code reads `~/.aws/credentials`, scans your `.env` for API keys, and spawns subprocesses. This is permission creep — the gap between what a skill claims to do and what it actually accesses. In traditional software, app stores enforce permission manifests. In AI agent marketplaces, there is no enforcement layer. Skills run with whatever access the host agent grants, and most agents grant everything. One over-permissioned skill is all it takes.\n\n## What This Checks\n\nThis scanner analyzes a skill's code against its declared purpose and flags mismatches:\n\n1. **Declared scope extraction** — Parses the skill's name, summary, and description to understand claimed functionality\n2. **Actual access inventory** — Scans code for file reads, environment variable access, network calls, process spawning, and system modifications\n3. **Mismatch scoring** — Compares declared scope vs actual access. 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