optimize
Skill from stackhawk/agent-skills
Install
npx skills add stackhawk/agent-skills --skill optimize
Runs the open skills CLI and installs the skill for your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor …). Alternatively copy the skill folder into .claude/skills/ or upload it in Claude.ai under Settings → Skills.
As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
/plugin install stackhawk-optimize@stackhawk
This skill is part of the plugin “stackhawk-optimize”. In Claude Code the plugin installs it together with the plugin’s other skills, commands and hooks.
What does the optimize skill do?
Description from the SKILL.md in the source repository.
Questions about optimize
What does the optimize skill do?
Analyze a codebase and produce an optimal HawkScan setup — tech flags, scan-policy plugin selection, and stackhawk.yml corrections — then apply it as a non-destructive trial, run ONE trial scan, and promote or discard. Use when the user asks to "optimize my scan", "tune HawkScan", "make my scan faster", "reduce false positives", "pick the right plugins/policy for my app", or invokes /optimize. Also invoked automatically by the hawkscan skill on every fresh stackhawk.yml (Phase 0c) to set up the scan policy + tech flags (Setup mode), and re-runnable anytime via /optimize; the metrics Refine mode is surfaced when a scan is slow. Do NOT use for: a normal security scan or fixing vulnerabilities (use the hawkscan skill); querying existing findings or posture (use the api skill); or editing stackhawk.yml without optimizing/scanning. Requires an onboarded StackHawk app + env and a `hawk` build whose `hawk op` has the `policy` write commands.
How do I install optimize?
In a terminal: npx skills add stackhawk/agent-skills --skill optimize. The skills CLI asks which agents to install it for. In Claude.ai you can upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Settings → Skills.
Which agents can use optimize?
Skills use the open SKILL.md format, which Claude Code, Claude.ai, the Claude API, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and other agents support.
Is optimize safe to use?
Our automatic check found no risky patterns (piped shell scripts, hidden characters, secret access, prompt overrides). It is not a full audit – read the SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.
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