yara-skill

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Expert YARA rule authoring, review, and optimization.

AuthorYARAHQ
Version1.0.0
Installs0

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What problem does it solve?

This Skill empowers users to create, refine, and optimize YARA rules, transforming their LLM agent into an expert in malware detection rule writing.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Rule Authoring: Generate high-quality, performant YARA rules from scratch.
  • Rule Review: Assess existing rules for quality, performance, and adherence to best practices.
  • Optimization: Identify and fix performance bottlenecks in slow YARA rules.
  • Validation: Ensure rules meet automated quality checks from yaraQA.
  • Use Case: A security analyst needs to write a new YARA rule to detect a specific malware artifact. They can use this Skill to draft the rule, ensuring it follows naming conventions, uses appropriate strings, and is optimized for performance.

Quick Start

Use the yara-skill to review the following YARA rule for potential improvements.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

yara-x

Components

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💻 Claude Code Installation

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Name: yara-skill
Download link: https://github.com/YARAHQ/yara-rule-skill/archive/main.zip#yara-skill

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