Eicar Test

cisco-ai-defense/eicar-test

Test skill containing EICAR test file for malware detection

467 tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

instructions only

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

2392

stars on the repo

on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner --skill eicar-test

1 421 bytes besides the instruction

_expected.json

assets/test-binary.bin

2 sections, as written by the author

This skill contains the EICAR Standard Anti-Virus Test File in the assets folder.

The EICAR test file is a standard file used to test anti-malware products. It is NOT a virus but is detected by all antivirus software as malware.

This skill is used to test the VirusTotal binary file scanner integration.

Copy the folder

Take cisco-ai-defense/eicar-test from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.