CertiK has launched Skill Scanner, a security product built to assess third-party AI Skills before they are used by AI agents.
The tool targets risks such as hidden malicious behavior, unauthorized data access and autonomous execution in Web3 and Web2 environments.
CertiK is pushing deeper into AI security with the launch of CertiK Skill Scanner, a product designed to review third-party AI Skills before they are installed, published or approved for use inside enterprise systems.
The company describes the tool as something close to an antivirus layer for the AI agent era. The comparison is not perfect, but it gets to the point. AI agents are no longer just answering questions in a chat window. They are beginning to call external tools, read files, trigger workflows, move data between systems and, in more sensitive cases, interact with financial infrastructure.
That changes the security equation. A bad browser extension can already be dangerous. A bad AI Skill connected to an autonom
