Detect API security vulnerabilities including injection, broken auth, and data exposure.Use when scanning APIs for security vulnerabilities.Trigger with phrases like "scan API security", "check for vulnerabilities", or "audit API security".
The scanning-api-security skill provides automated assistance for identifying security vulnerabilities in application programming interfaces. It is designed to support teams that need to review and audit APIs against common security risks such as injection flaws, broken authentication, and unintended data exposure. By guiding users through structured analysis of API specifications, endpoints, and data flows, the skill helps reduce the risk of security issues being overlooked during development or review. It addresses the problem of inconsistent or incomplete API security checks by offering a repeatable, tool-assisted workflow.
Core capabilities of this skill focus on examining existing API designs and implementations and supporting secure API development practices. It uses reading and inspection tools to analyze API specifications, helps document resource models and request/response schemas, and supports planning for authentication, authorization, validation, and error handling. The skill also assists with generating boilerplate code and scaffolding through supported Bash commands, integrating middleware for security controls, and organizing outputs such as routes, controllers, models, and configuration files. In addition, it emphasizes the creation of integration tests and the use of OpenAPI 3.0 specifications to ensure API behavior and security expectations are clearly defined.
This skill is intended for developers, security engineers, and technical teams responsible for building or reviewing APIs across different technology stacks. It is suitable for projects using Node.js, Python, Java, or Go frameworks, and it fits into environments where API specifications and testing tools are already part of the workflow. Typical use cases include auditing existing APIs for vulnerabilities, supporting secure API design during development, and preparing documentation and tests that align with defined security requirements. The skill is most effective for teams seeking structured, tool-based assistance rather than fully automated vulnerability exploitation or scanning.
The skill is triggered with phrases such as "scan API security", "check for vulnerabilities", or "audit API security" and is used by following the documented instructions for reviewing API specifications and implementing security-related components.
The skill focuses on detecting API security vulnerabilities including injection issues, broken authentication, and data exposure, as described in the skill definition.
The skill references common API frameworks such as Express.js and Fastify for Node.js, Flask and FastAPI for Python, Spring Boot for Java, and Gin and Echo for Go.
Users should have API specifications, a development environment, accessible backend services, defined authentication and authorization strategies, and testing tools configured.
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