This list covers official documentation entry points, cross-tool standards, community discovery resources, security scanning tools, and researcher workflow tools. For the evaluation framework see 03-1, 03-2, and 03-3. Apply those three sections’ scanning SOP before installing any third-party resource.
Standard SOP for using community resources
When you encounter a popular Skill / Plugin / MCP server, follow these seven steps:
- Source review: Is the author named? What organization? How long since the last commit? Is the issue tracker active?
- File review: Read
SKILL.md/plugin.json/.mcp.json/hooks.jsonin full. Do the first 50 lines contain suspicious commands or outbound connections? - Permission review: Does it write files? Connect to the network? Require a token? Does the task actually need any of that?
- Isolated test: Install it first in a throwaway environment or container, run one empty task, and observe network and file behavior.
- Scan: Run the three
rgscans from the security tools section. Do not skip any hit. - Track: Follow the author’s releases. Re-run all five steps before upgrading.
- Document: Write the review findings into
MEMORY.mdor project documentation. When a colleague asks whether it is safe to install, hand them the record directly.
Related units
- Evaluation framework (why star counts are not enough): 03-1 How to evaluate whether a tool or skill fits, 03-2 Beyond GitHub stars
- Supply-chain security SOP: 03-3 Security, privacy, and supply-chain risk
- Personal benchmark: 03-4 Building a personal benchmark
- Configuration locations: Appendix A: Settings cheatsheet
- Security checklist: Appendix B: Privacy and security settings checklist
- Cross-tool rules files: 02-6 Other tools comparison
- MCP integration: 04-9 Cross-tool integration and MCP
- CLI-first: 04-10 CLI-first vs MCP
- Glossary: Appendix C: Glossary