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Picocom

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brownfinesecurity·vlatest·other·MIT

Picocom is a command-line utility for efficient serial port communication, streamlining data transfer from legacy devices.

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Install on your platform

Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add brownfinesecurity/iothackbot --skill picocom -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

brownfinesecurity

Taken from the source listing. We haven't verified who controls this account.

Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill failed 2 of 6 checks. A failure is not proof of bad intent; it means something in the code needs a human to look at it before you run it.

  • No undeclared network calls: failed

    Contacts 2 hosts that are neither well-known infrastructure nor declared in the skill's frontmatter: 192.168.1.100, attacker.com.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

    Hosts contacted

    192.168.1.100undeclaredattacker.comundeclared

    What it found (3 of 4)

    • skills/picocom/SKILL.md:132contacts 192.168.1.100
      --trigger-script "curl http://192.168.1.100/api/reboot" \
    • skills/picocom/SKILL.md:366contacts 192.168.1.100
      --trigger-script "curl -X POST http://192.168.1.100/api/update" \
    • skills/picocom/SKILL.md:395contacts 192.168.1.100
      --trigger-script "curl http://192.168.1.100/api/reboot" \

  • No credential access: failed

    Touches credential material in 4 places.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

    What it found (3 of 4)

    • skills/picocom/SKILL.md:742SSH private keys or config
      echo "your_ssh_public_key" >> /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
    • skills/picocom/SKILL.md:743SSH private keys or config
      chmod 600 /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
    • skills/picocom/examples.md:269SSH private keys or config
      echo "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC... your_key_here" >> /root/.ssh/authorized_keys

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned brownfinesecurity/iothackbot at d443c408a9.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
d443c408a9
Manifest
skills/picocom/SKILL.md
Scanned
4 files, 2,412 lines
This is a static scan, not a review. It reads the skill's files; it does not run them, and it cannot tell you whether the skill is any good or whether the code does what its description says. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent.
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About this skill

What it does

The picocom skill allows an AI agent to interact with serial ports, enabling communication with devices like microcontrollers and embedded systems. It provides a terminal interface within the agent's environment, facilitating tasks such as sending commands, receiving data, and debugging hardware. This skill is particularly useful for interacting directly with physical hardware through a connected serial device.

When to use it

  • Debugging embedded systems: Use picocom to send AT commands or other diagnostic information to a microcontroller.
  • Controlling IoT devices: Send commands to control sensors, actuators, or other functions on an IoT device connected via serial.
  • Data logging and retrieval: Retrieve data from a serial-connected sensor or logger for analysis.
  • Hardware interaction: Interact with custom hardware projects that communicate over a serial port.

Key capabilities

  • Serial port communication
  • Terminal interface
  • Command sending
  • Data receiving

Example prompts

  • "Connect to the serial port /dev/ttyUSB0 and send 'hello'."
  • "Open the serial connection on COM3 and listen for incoming data."
  • "Establish a serial link with the device at 9600 baud."

Tips & gotchas

The skill requires access to a connected serial port. Ensure that the correct port is specified in your prompts, as incorrect ports will result in failed connections.