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name: 'audit-integrity' description: 'Shared audit integrity framework for all AppSec agents — enforces output quality, intellectual honesty, and continuous improvement through anti-rationalization guards, self-critique loops, retry protocols, non-negotiable behaviors, self-reflection quality gates (1-10 scoring, ≥8 threshold), and a self-learning system with lesson/memory governance for security analysis agents.' compatibility: 'Cross-platform. Works with any language or framework analyzed by AppSec agents.' metadata: version: '1.0'

Audit Integrity Skill

Enforces output quality, intellectual honesty, and continuous improvement across all AppSec agents.

When to Use

• Every security analysis, code review, threat model, or quality scan agent run
• Applied automatically as a post-analysis quality gate
• Applicable to any agent performing SAST, SCA, threat modeling, or code quality analysis

Components

This skill provides 7 reusable capabilities. Agents apply all 7 unless their scope excludes a specific component.

Component	Reference File	Purpose
Clarification Protocol	clarification-protocol.md	Ask ≤2 targeted questions before analysis when scope is ambiguous
Anti-Rationalization Guard	anti-rationalization-guard.md	Table of prohibited rationalizations with mandatory responses
Self-Critique Loop	self-critique-loop.md	Mandatory second-pass review after initial analysis
Retry Protocol	retry-protocol.md	Tool failure handling — retry once, then document
Non-Negotiable Behaviors	non-negotiable-behaviors.md	Hard rules: never fabricate, always cite evidence, report gaps
Self-Reflection Quality Gate	self-reflection-quality-gate.md	1–10 scoring rubric with ≥8 threshold per category
Self-Learning System	self-learning-system.md	Lesson/Memory templates and governance rules

Execution Flow

1. Before analysis: Apply Clarification Protocol if scope is ambiguous
2. During analysis: Apply Anti-Rationalization Guard at every decision point
3. After initial pass: Execute Self-Critique Loop (mandatory second pass)
4. On tool failure: Apply Retry Protocol
5. Before delivery: Run Self-Reflection Quality Gate (all categories must score ≥8)
6. After delivery: Create Lessons/Memories for novel findings, false positives, or methodology gaps (see Self-Learning System)

Agent-Specific Adaptation

Each agent customizes the Self-Critique Loop checklist and Self-Reflection Quality Gate categories to match its domain. The reference files provide the base templates; agents extend them with domain-specific items.

Example extensions per agent type

• SAST/SCA agents: Add taint trace completeness and manifest coverage checks
• SonarQube-style agents: Add rating sanity check (A–E consistency with findings)
• Threat modeling agents: Add STRIDE category completeness per trust boundary
• Code review agents: Add trust boundary audit with data flow tracing