# Agent skills are changing platform engineering. But are they secure?

DevFeed: [Agent skills are changing platform engineering. But are they secure?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/agent-skills-are-changing-platform-engineering-but-are-they-secure-12125.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://platformengineering.org/blog/agent-skills-are-changing-platform-engineering>)

Author: Nigel Douglas

Published: 2026-07-23T05:40:01Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Platform Engineering Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/platform-engineering-blog.md>)

Topics: [Agent Skills](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agent-skills.md>), [Platform Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/platform-engineering.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [OpenClaw](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openclaw.md>), [anthropic](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/anthropic.md>)

Tags: [agent-skills](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent-skills.md>), [agentic-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-ai.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [openclaw](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openclaw.md>), [platform-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform-engineering.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

The article examines how Agent Skills--folders containing instructions, scripts, and resources--extend AI agents with specialized capabilities in platform engineering. It discusses their productivity benefits, their distribution through public libraries such as ClawHub, and the security risks created by untrusted skills and expanding tool sprawl.

## Source excerpt

Explore how Agent Skills fit into the platform engineering stack, the security risks of public skill libraries, and how OSM helps detect malicious AI skills