How do I install the OWASP Security Audit Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/owasp-security-audit/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at https://claudskills.com/install/.

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

ClaudSkills / Security / web-security

OWASP Security Audit

Category: Security · Sub-category: web-security · Last updated: 2026-05-21

ai:agent type:audit

Provides comprehensive security standards and checklists based on OWASP Top 10:2025. Includes language-specific secure coding patterns for 20+ languages, guidance on Agentic AI security, and ASVS 5.0 requirements to ensure robust defense-in-depth across the development lifecycle.

From the source SKILL.md

Apply these security standards when writing or reviewing code.

What this skill does

OWASP Security Audit is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the web-security sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/owasp-security-audit/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The OWASP Security Audit Claude Code skill is built for security engineers, penetration testers, DevSecOps practitioners, and development teams hardening codebases and infrastructure. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 70,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/owasp-security-audit
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/owasp-security-audit/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/owasp-security-audit/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/owasp-security-audit/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/owasp-security-audit/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\owasp-security-audit\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

Pro

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Attribution & license

License: Complete terms in file LICENSE

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

ClaudSkills. (2026). OWASP Security Audit [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/owasp-security-audit/

BibTeX

@misc{owasp-security-audit-2026,
  author    = {ClaudSkills},
  title     = {OWASP Security Audit [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/owasp-security-audit/}
}

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