# Securing the Agent Skills Registry: How Snyk and Tessl Are Setting the Standard

DevFeed: [Securing the Agent Skills Registry: How Snyk and Tessl Are Setting the Standard](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/securing-the-agent-skills-registry-how-snyk-and-tessl-are-setting-the-standard-8174.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://snyk.io/blog/snyk-tessl-partnership/>)

Author: Stephen Thoemmes

Published: 2026-03-17T04:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

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

Topics: [Agent Skills](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agent-skills.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [AI Agent](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-agent.md>), [Application Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/application-security.md>), [snyk-learn](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/snyk-learn.md>)

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## AI overview

Snyk and Tessl have partnered to add security scanning and Snyk security scores to every public skill in the Tessl Registry. The article explains why agent skills require a distinct security approach, highlighting prompt injection, malicious code, excessive agency, and risks involving private data and external communication.

## Source excerpt

Snyk and Tessl have partnered to bring security scanning to every skill in the Tessl Registry. Every public skill now carries a Snyk security score, bringing the same trust signals developers expect from package managers to the agent skills ecosystem.