coderabbit-security-basics
Hardens CodeRabbit configurations to detect secrets, vulnerabilities, and insecure patterns within pull requests.
Install
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Activation
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Configure CodeRabbit for security-focused code review with secret detectionKey capabilities
- →Configure CodeRabbit for security-focused code review
- →Define path instructions for detecting hardcoded secrets and vulnerabilities
- →Exclude sensitive files from AI processing using path filters
- →Implement merge blocking for security findings
- →Audit CodeRabbit security configuration
How it works
This skill configures CodeRabbit to identify security vulnerabilities and hardcoded secrets in pull requests by using path instructions for critical code areas and path filters to exclude sensitive files.
Inputs & outputs
When to use coderabbit-security-basics
- →Implement secret detection in PRs
- →Configure vulnerability scanning rules
- →Harden CodeRabbit for compliance
- →Detect insecure patterns in code
About this skill
CodeRabbit Security Controls
Overview
Use documented CodeRabbit Security and tools while retaining independent scanners and human review. AI findings cannot prove absence of vulnerabilities.
Prerequisites
- Identify the CodeRabbit organization, Git provider, repository, plan, and accountable owner.
- Read
references/official-docs.mdand re-check any time-sensitive contract before execution. - Use synthetic or read-only evidence until the approval boundary is satisfied.
- Preserve the repository's independent CI, security, and human-review requirements.
Current Contract
- CodeRabbit documents repo security scanning and security Change Stack views.
- The tool catalog includes static, secret, dependency, and infrastructure analyzers.
- CodeRabbit can ingest GitHub Checks.
- SkillSpector scans agent skills and MCP configuration.
Authentication
Treat Git-provider sessions, CodeRabbit web sessions, CLI credentials, and CodeRabbit API keys as separate credentials. Use only an already-approved session or secret-manager reference, never print a secret, and do not place credentials in .coderabbit.yaml, source files, logs, or deliverables.
Instructions
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Classify threat model, sensitive paths, languages, builds, checks, and requirements.
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Map risks to supported tools, guidance, external gates, or manual controls.
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Configure supported layers and retain provider security checks.
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Test safe seeded fixtures, record gaps, and define escalation.
Tool Discipline
- Use Glob to locate candidate configuration and evidence files without widening scope.
- Use Grep to find relevant fields, commands, identifiers, and stale claims.
- Use Read to inspect the smallest required files and authoritative evidence.
- Use Write only for a new approved local draft or evidence artifact.
- Use Edit only for a bounded approved change whose rollback is known.
- Do not use these file tools as a substitute for authenticated CodeRabbit or provider operations.
Approval Boundaries
Require security approval before disabling tools, excluding sensitive paths, or accepting high-risk findings. Keep analysis and drafts local until approval is explicit, and record who approved the action and its scope.
Output
A threat-control matrix, patch, independent-gate inventory, fixture evidence, gaps, and escalation. Include source dates, unknowns, and the exact boundary between observed fact and recommendation.
Error Handling
| Condition | Response |
|---|---|
| Current contract is unclear or docs disagree | Stop mutation, cite both sources, and request owner resolution. |
| Required access or approval is missing | Produce a draft and evidence plan only. |
| Validation or pilot behavior differs from expectation | Restore the prior state and retain the failed evidence. |
| Output contains secrets or private code | Stop, quarantine the artifact, redact it, and notify the data owner. |
Examples
Example 1
Enable secret and IaC tools while keeping provider scanning.
Example 2
Test SkillSpector with a synthetic unsafe MCP fixture.
Validation
- Confirm every claim against the dated sources in
references/official-docs.md. - Verify the requested scope, owner, approval, happy path, failure path, and rollback.
- Re-read the effective configuration or provider state after any approved change.
- Report unsupported fields, undocumented endpoints, and unverified assumptions as failures.
Resources
- Official documentation and contract notes
- Re-check the dated contract before any live operation.
- Treat unresolved or changed vendor behavior as a stop condition.
When not to use it
- →When a `.coderabbit.yaml` file is not present in the repository root
- →When security requirements for the codebase are not understood
Prerequisites
Limitations
- →Secrets may not be flagged if no security path_instructions are defined
- →False positives can occur on test data containing mock secrets
- →Security findings may be ignored if `request_changes_workflow` is set to `false`
How it compares
This workflow automates security-focused code reviews with AI, providing contextual detection of vulnerabilities that static analysis tools might miss.
Compared to similar skills
coderabbit-security-basics side by side with the closest alternatives in the catalog.
| Skill | Installs | Updated | Safety | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| coderabbit-security-basics (this skill) | 0 | 2mo | Caution | Intermediate |
| software-security | 21 | 8mo | No flags | Intermediate |
| fix-dependabot-alerts | 18 | 8mo | Review | Intermediate |
| backend-security-coder | 24 | 5mo | No flags | Intermediate |
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