# Audit Prep Assistant (agent skill)

> Audit Prep Assistant is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from trailofbits/skills. Prepares codebases for security review using Trail of Bits' checklist. It works with Claude Code and Codex and has 7,400 GitHub stars across a repository of 4 listed skills.

Prepares codebases for security review using Trail of Bits' checklist. Helps set review goals, runs static analysis tools, increases test coverage, removes dead code, ensures accessibility, and generates documentation (flowcharts, user stories, inline comments). Use when preparing your own codebase to be audited by someone else, getting a repository review-ready before an external security review, deciding what to fix before auditors start, or asking what assessors need from a project.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/trailofbits/skills |
| Skill path | plugins/building-secure-contracts/skills/audit-prep-assistant/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | audit-prep-assistant |
| GitHub stars | 7,400 |
| Installs on skills.sh | not listed |
| License | CC-BY-SA-4.0 |
| Skills in repo | 4 |
| Plugin marketplace | trailofbits |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Code, Codex |
| Category | Security |
| Last commit | Sep 28, 2026 |

## When it triggers

- Use when preparing your own codebase to be audited by someone else, getting a repository review-ready before an external security review, deciding what to fix before auditors start, or asking what assessors need from a project.

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

```sh
/plugin marketplace add trailofbits/skills
/plugin install building-secure-contracts@trailofbits
```

In the Claude apps, zip the skill folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

### ChatGPT / Codex

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/trailofbits/skills.git
cp -r skills/plugins/building-secure-contracts/skills/audit-prep-assistant .agents/skills/audit-prep-assistant   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects
```

### Cursor

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/trailofbits/skills.git
cp -r skills/plugins/building-secure-contracts/skills/audit-prep-assistant .cursor/skills/audit-prep-assistant   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects
```

Sources (checked 2026-10-07): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills, https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills, https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills

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