{"slug":"trailmark-summary","title":"trailmark-summary","summary":"Runs a Trailmark summary analysis on a codebase. Returns auto-detected languages, entry point count, and dependency list. Use when vivisect or galvanize needs a quick structural overview. Triggers: trailmark summary, code summary, structural overview.","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-11T17:26:25.286494Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/trailofbits/skills","stars":7234,"forks":616,"license":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","updatedAt":"2026-09-25T07:34:17Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: trailmark-summary\ndescription: \"Runs a Trailmark summary analysis on a codebase. Returns auto-detected languages, entry point count, and dependency list. Use when vivisect or galvanize needs a quick structural overview. Triggers: trailmark summary, code summary, structural overview.\"\nallowed-tools: Bash Read Grep Glob</h2>\n<h1>Trailmark Summary</h1>\n<p>Runs <code>trailmark analyze --language auto --summary</code> on a target directory.\nThis is a v0.2-safe workflow; do not require Trailmark 0.4.0 just to produce a\nsummary.</p>\n<h2>When to Use</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Vivisect Phase 0 needs a quick structural overview before decomposition</li>\n<li>Galvanize Phase 1 needs detected languages and entry point count</li>\n<li>Quick orientation on an unfamiliar codebase before deeper analysis</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>When NOT to Use</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Full structural analysis with all passes needed (use <code>trailmark-structural</code>)</li>\n<li>Detailed code graph queries (use the main <code>trailmark</code> skill directly)</li>\n<li>You need hotspot scores or taint data (use <code>trailmark-structural</code>)</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Rationalizations to Reject</h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Rationalization</th>\n<th>Why It's Wrong</th>\n<th>Required Action</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\"I can read the code manually instead\"</td>\n<td>Manual reading misses parser-based language detection, dependency data, and entry point enumeration</td>\n<td>Install and run trailmark</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\"Language detection doesn't matter\"</td>\n<td>Wrong language selection produces empty or partial analysis</td>\n<td>Use Trailmark's parser-based detection or <code>--language auto</code></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\"Partial output is good enough\"</td>\n<td>Missing any of the three required outputs (detected languages, entry points, dependencies) means incomplete analysis</td>\n<td>Verify all three are present</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\"Tool isn't installed, I'll skip it\"</td>\n<td>This skill exists specifically to run trailmark</td>\n<td>Report the installation gap instead of skipping</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<h2>Usage</h2>\n<p>The target directory is passed via the <code>args</code> parameter.</p>\n<h2>Execution</h2>\n<p><strong>Step 1: Check that trailmark is available.</strong></p>\n<pre><code>trailmark analyze --help 2&gt;/dev/null || \\\n  uv run trailmark analyze --help 2&gt;/dev/null\n</code></pre>\n<p>If neither command works, report \"trailmark is not installed\"\nand return. Do NOT run <code>pip install</code>, <code>uv pip install</code>,\n<code>git clone</code>, or any install command. The user must install\ntrailmark themselves.</p>\n<p>Optionally record the version if the installed build supports it:</p>\n<pre><code>trailmark --version 2&gt;/dev/null || uv run trailmark --version 2&gt;/dev/null || true\n</code></pre>\n<p>Do not fail if the version command is missing; older v0.2.x builds may still\nsupport the summary workflow.</p>\n<p><strong>Step 2: Detect languages with Trailmark's parse API.</strong></p>\n<pre><code>python3 - \"{args}\" &lt;&lt;'PY'\nimport json\nimport sys\n\ntry:\n    from trailmark.parse import detect_languages  # canonical location since 0.3.x\nexcept ModuleNotFoundError:\n    # v0.2.x predates trailmark.parse; the same function lives in query.api\n    from trailmark.query.api import detect_languages\n\nprint(json.dumps(detect_languages(sys.argv[1])))\nPY\n</code></pre>\n<p>If the import fails, rerun the same snippet with <code>uv run --with trailmark python - \"{args}\"</code>.\nIf the result is <code>[]</code>, report \"Trailmark found no supported languages under\ntarget\" and return.</p>\n<p><strong>Step 3: Run the summary with auto-detection.</strong></p>\n<pre><code>trailmark analyze --language auto --summary {args} 2&gt;&amp;1 || \\\n  uv run trailmark analyze --language auto --summary {args} 2&gt;&amp;1\n</code></pre>\n<p><strong>Step 4: Verify the output.</strong></p>\n<p>The output must include ALL THREE of:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Detected languages from Step 2</li>\n<li><code>Entrypoints:</code> line from the summary output</li>\n<li><code>Dependencies:</code> line from the summary output</li>\n</ol>\n<p>If any are missing, report the gap. Do not fabricate output.</p>\n<p>Return the detected language list plus the full Trailmark summary output.\nIf a version string was available, include it in the returned metadata.</p>\n","files":[{"path":"agents/openai.yaml","sizeBytes":238,"isText":true},{"path":"assets/trail-of-bits-mark.svg","sizeBytes":3084,"isText":false},{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":3701,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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