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yara-rule-authoring

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Write malware rules with fewer false alarms.

What it does

Guides creation and review of malware detection rules that reduce false positives and avoid slow scanning patterns.

When to use it

Use when writing, reviewing, optimizing, or migrating YARA rules, or investigating false positives.

How to use it

It changes how the agent writes, reviews, and validates malware detection rules using malware samples and clean files.

What you provide

  • Your files

Latest review

What you need · 5

Requires the YARA-X CLI to validate, format, inspect, and scan rules and samples.

The bundled analysis scripts require Python 3.11 or later.

Uses uv to run the bundled linter and atom analyzer before reviewing a rule.


Access · 1

This skill

yara-x

Execute

Installs YARA-X