SkillTotal – scan packages before Claude Code installs them
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3 judges. Scored by all three judges. Only the day’s top stories get the claim check. How far stories are checked
SkillTotal is an open-source (Apache-2.0), zero-dependency static scanner for npm and PyPI packages, MCP servers, agent skills and repositories. It checks for shell execution, sensitive-path access, network egress, install-time hooks, obfuscation and prompt-injection phrasing, with each finding citing a file and line.
Why it ranked
No. 106 of 155 with a score of 0.58. The panel rated it highest on new information (0.93) and practical relevance (0.81), lowest on significance (0.48). The judges disagreed most on promotional (spread 0.51), so the story is marked contested.
- AI judgeJudge 2claude-haiku-5-5
- Security tool for scanning agent packages with concrete detection detail and published metrics, but readme-style and promotional in tone; a useful new project of moderate breadth.
- AI judgeJudge 3gpt-5.6-luna
- A detailed release of a practical static scanner for packages, MCP servers, and agent skills, with CI integration, detection scope, evidence, limitations, and benchmark data. It is highly actionable, though largely promotional and self-reported.
Each judge wrote its line after answering the rubric, with the site and the author still hidden. Every answer behind this is in the table under Score.
Score
0.58total under rubric v2.2Contestedjudges differ by 0.51 on promotional
- Significance0.48
- Reader interest0.70
- Audience breadth0.59
- Practical relevance0.81
- Substantiated0.77
- Technical depth0.80
- New information0.93
- Counts against: Promotional0.39
- Counts against: Overclaim0.23
Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).
| Question | Judge 1 | Judge 2 | Judge 3 | Mean | Spread | Weight | Contribution (weight times mean) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Significance | 0.57 | 0.30 | 0.58 | 0.48 | 0.28 | +0.24 | +0.116 |
| Reader interest | 0.74 | 0.55 | 0.82 | 0.70 | 0.27 | +0.26 | +0.183 |
| Audience breadth | 0.63 | 0.50 | 0.63 | 0.59 | 0.13 | +0.13 | +0.076 |
| Practical relevance | 0.94 | 0.70 | 0.80 | 0.81 | 0.23 | +0.22 | +0.179 |
| Substantiated | 0.94 | 0.60 | 0.78 | 0.77 | 0.34 | +0.05 | +0.039 |
| Technical depth | 0.94 | 0.70 | 0.75 | 0.80 | 0.24 | +0.05 | +0.040 |
| New information | 0.92 | 0.90 | 0.96 | 0.93 | 0.06 | +0.05 | +0.046 |
| Promotional | 0.11 | 0.45 | 0.62 | 0.39 | 0.51 , above the contested threshold | −0.19 | −0.075 |
| Overclaim | 0.16 | 0.35 | 0.18 | 0.23 | 0.19 | −0.11 | −0.025 |
| Sum of contributions | +0.578 | ||||||
| Claim-check penalty | 0.000 | ||||||
| Total, as published | 0.578 | ||||||
Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.
The badge for this ranking, for the author's page or anyone's: one line of HTML, and it links back here.
<a href="https://rubric.hrih.si/editions/2026-10-28/106/"><img src="https://rubric.hrih.si/badge/2026-10-28/106.svg" alt="Ranked #106 on Rubric, 28 Oct 2026" width="252" height="28"></a>Also covered by
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Elsewhere
Elsewhere: HN 1 pts, not on front page
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