MediumAI coding agentsBLWK-AI-013

An instruction file contains prompt-injection style directives

What this means

Prompt-injection-style phrases in an instruction file (heuristic).

How to fix it

Review this file for adversarial instructions (“ignore previous instructions”, commands to exfiltrate or edit config). Low-confidence heuristic — confirm by reading the flagged line before trusting the file.

Check it yourself

Run a scan and look for BLWK-AI-013 in the results:

bulwark scan
bulwark ai scan

Installed the standalone CLI package instead of the app? The command is bulwarkctl.

References

• MITRE ATT&CK T1566

Related checks

• Project-supplied agent hooks run shell commands automatically · BLWK-AI-002
• An agent permission allowlist permits arbitrary command execution · BLWK-AI-006
• An agent is configured to bypass all permission prompts · BLWK-AI-007
• Project MCP servers are set to auto-enable without prompting · BLWK-AI-008
• VS Code chat auto-approve (“YOLO mode”) is enabled · BLWK-AI-009
• VS Code Workspace Trust is disabled · BLWK-AI-010