Secret Scanning

Category: Security · Sub-category: security-misc

type:scanner

Guide for configuring and managing GitHub secret scanning, push protection, custom patterns, and secret alert remediation. For pre-commit secret scanning in AI coding agents via the GitHub MCP Server, this skill references the Advanced Security plugin (`advanced-security@copilot-plugins`). Use this skill when enabling secret scanning, setting up push protection, defining custom patterns, triaging alerts, resolving blocked pushes, or when an agent needs to scan code for secrets before committing.

What this skill does

Secret Scanning is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the security-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/secret-scanning/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Secret Scanning skill is built for security engineers, penetration testers, DevSecOps practitioners, and development teams hardening codebases and infrastructure. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 56,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/secret-scanning
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/secret-scanning/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/secret-scanning/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/secret-scanning/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\secret-scanning\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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