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Windows Hardening

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bagelhole·vlatest·security·MIT

This skill automates Windows security enhancements like firewall rules & user account restrictions, bolstering system defenses and reducing vulnerabilities.

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  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add bagelhole/devops-security-agent-skills --skill windows-hardening -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

bagelhole

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Install target

Live repository

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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 passed all 6 checks. We read its files at one commit and looked for the things that make a skill dangerous to run — not for whether it works.

  • 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 undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    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.

  • 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 credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

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

  • 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 bagelhole/devops-security-agent-skills at 0365f57a07.

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

Commit
0365f57a07
Manifest
security/hardening/windows-hardening/SKILL.md
Scanned
1 file, 592 lines
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About this skill

What it does

This skill allows an AI agent to apply Windows hardening best practices. It can automate tasks like disabling unnecessary services, configuring secure registry settings, and implementing file system permissions to improve the security posture of a Windows machine. The goal is to reduce the attack surface and make systems more resistant to compromise.

When to use it

  • Automated Security Audits: Regularly assess a server's configuration against hardening standards.
  • New Server Builds: Automatically apply hardening configurations during initial setup, ensuring consistent security from deployment.
  • Post-Incident Remediation: Quickly implement hardening measures after a security incident to prevent recurrence.
  • Compliance Requirements: Ensure systems meet specific regulatory or industry compliance requirements (e.g., CIS benchmarks).

Key capabilities

  • Service Disabling
  • Registry Configuration
  • File System Permissions Management
  • CIS Benchmark Alignment (implied)

Example prompts

  • "Harden this Windows server according to best practices."
  • "Disable the Telnet service on this machine."
  • "Apply CIS benchmark settings for file system permissions."

Tips & gotchas

This skill requires appropriate administrative privileges on the target Windows systems. Be sure to thoroughly test any changes in a non-production environment before applying them to critical servers.