Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

Claude Code, Plugin

Staff Engineer Mode

Principal-engineer operating mode for non-trivial coding (implement, debug, refactor, design, review).

Compatibility: Not stated.

Grade B

Minor issues only, no Medium or High. Worth a quick look at the findings below before installing.

Graded by PlugVetRubric v2

Not a guarantee. A hygiene check of the source at the commit shown, not a security audit.

Rescanned at commit 12e189bb5eb1, unchanged since the check below.

NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST NETWORK_UNNAMED_HOST SECRETS_ENV_READ

Why this grade

  • NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST Low

    Makes a network call whose host is not written as a fixed address.

    skills/staff-engineer-mode/anti-patterns/03-naked-remote-call.md, line 18 const res = await fetch('https://push.vendor.example/v1/send', {

  • NETWORK_UNNAMED_HOST Low

    Calls a fixed host that the description does not name.

    skills/staff-engineer-mode/anti-patterns/03-naked-remote-call.md, line 18 const res = await fetch('https://push.vendor.example/v1/send', {

  • SECRETS_ENV_READ Note

    Reads an environment variable whose name contains KEY, SECRET, TOKEN, PASSWORD or CREDENTIAL.

    skills/staff-engineer-mode/anti-patterns/12-secret-in-code-log-error.md, line 52 const STRIPE_KEY = process.env.STRIPE_SECRET_KEY

Any High, or two or more Medium findings, give D. One Medium gives C. Low findings or a security Note give B. Each code names a finding behind the letter.

Grades are a hygiene check of the source at the commit shown, on the date checked, not a security audit or a guarantee. The free directory grades are automated. Before release, a PlugVet engineer reviews every paid report and any grade we hold back, including all F grades, against the source code and the evidence we quote.

What was checked

Plain notes from the hygiene checks.

  • Permissions

    Pass

    No shell or command execution found, and no extra permission was declared.

  • Install and update

    Pass

    No install-time script found, and dependencies are pinned or absent.

  • Network

    Concern

    can reach push.vendor.example. The description does not name that host. can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address. can reach push.vendor. The description does not name that host.

    NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST NETWORK_UNNAMED_HOST

    skills/staff-engineer-mode/anti-patterns/03-naked-remote-call.md, line 18

    const res = await fetch('https://push.vendor.example/v1/send', {

    skills/staff-engineer-mode/anti-patterns/03-naked-remote-call.md, line 51

    const res = await fetch('https://push.vendor.example/v1/send', {

    skills/staff-engineer-mode/anti-patterns/12-secret-in-code-log-error.md, line 19

    const charge = await axios.post(

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    skills/staff-engineer-mode/anti-patterns/12-secret-in-code-log-error.md, line 66

    const charge = await axios.post(

    skills/staff-engineer-mode/anti-patterns/16-ssrf.md, line 18

    resp = requests.get(url, timeout=5)

    skills/staff-engineer-mode/anti-patterns/16-ssrf.md, line 81

    resp = requests.get(url, timeout=5, allow_redirects=False)

    skills/staff-engineer-mode/scripts/verify.md, line 22

    [ ] Hit it with curl (or equivalent)

    skills/staff-engineer-mode/anti-patterns/03-naked-remote-call.md, line 7

    Any outbound HTTP, gRPC, or DB call without an explicit timeout, retry policy, or circuit breaker. Grep for `fetch(`, `axios.`, `requests.get(`, `http.Get(` and inspect the call si

  • Secrets

    Note

    reads an environment variable.

    SECRETS_ENV_READ

    skills/staff-engineer-mode/anti-patterns/12-secret-in-code-log-error.md, line 52

    const STRIPE_KEY = process.env.STRIPE_SECRET_KEY

  • Agent instructions

    Pass

    No instruction to ignore earlier instructions or to hide a step.

  • Obfuscation

    Pass

    No encoded or minified payload found.

  • Licence

    Pass

    A licence file is present (LICENSE).

  • Maintainer activity

    Pass

    The latest commit is within the last 365 days.

Note

Hygiene check of commit 12e189bb5eb1. can reach push.vendor.example. The description does not name that host. can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address. can reach push.vendor. The description does not name that host. reads an environment variable.

Date and source

Date checked:

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Commit graded: 12e189bb5eb1f4e04bfe541761a411f45435e3b3

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