# Securing the Agent Skill Ecosystem: How Snyk and Vercel Are Locking Down the New Software Supply Chain

DevFeed: [Securing the Agent Skill Ecosystem: How Snyk and Vercel Are Locking Down the New Software Supply Chain](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/securing-the-agent-skill-ecosystem-how-snyk-and-vercel-are-locking-down-the-new-software-supply-chain-8178.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://snyk.io/blog/snyk-vercel-securing-agent-skill-ecosystem/>)

Author: Randall Degges

Published: 2026-02-17T05:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog RSS Feed | Snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-rss-feed-snyk.md>)

Topics: [AI Bots](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-bots.md>), [dev-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dev-tools.md>), [Developer Tools](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-tools.md>)

Tags: [agent-skill](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent-skill.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [awareness](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/awareness.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [co-created](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/co-created.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [interest](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interest.md>), [partnership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/partnership.md>), [related-content](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/related-content.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [skills](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/skills.md>), [supply-chain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/supply-chain.md>), [supply-chain-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/supply-chain-security.md>), [tech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech.md>), [vercel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vercel.md>)

## AI overview

Snyk and Vercel are integrating security analysis into the skills.sh marketplace to scan AI-agent skills before installation. The article explains why agent skills create a distinct software supply-chain trust risk because agents may interpret instructions and execute actions with access to developer environments.

## Source excerpt

Snyk has partnered with Vercel to secure the skills.sh ecosystem, integrating real-time security scanning to detect malicious payloads and prompt injections before they reach your machine. Discover how this partnership is locking down the future of agentic AI.