What happens when you open an untrusted repo in an AI coding agent?
A repository can carry config that adds MCP servers, hooks and instructions. Trust prompts exist for this reason, so read them before accepting a folder.
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A repository can carry config that adds MCP servers, hooks and instructions. Trust prompts exist for this reason, so read them before accepting a folder.
Decide before an outage whether a scanner failure blocks deploys or warns. Set timeouts, a stated fallback and an alert, then test the failure on purpose.
Good scan output leads with a one line verdict, lists actionable items, uses clear exit codes and links to detail. Here is a layout developers can read.
npm audit, pip-audit, composer audit and yarn npm audit exit non-zero on findings. Dependency-Check uses a CVSS threshold, NuGet uses warnings as errors.
The files field, .npmignore and .gitignore decide what npm publishes. How to preview the tarball and catch secrets or test data before the release.
The crossorigin attribute makes the browser fetch a script with CORS. SRI needs it for cross-origin files, and it also unlocks full error details.
The build-system table tells pip and build which backend turns your source into an sdist and wheel. What requires and build-backend mean, with a safe example.
pip-audit scans Python dependency trees for known vulnerabilities. Its data sources, common commands, exit codes and the blind spots to write down.
ONBUILD runs hidden steps when someone builds from your image. Learn how triggers work, why they surprise reviewers, and when a plain stage is safer.
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