Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

235,000 installs per week. That’s how quickly developers are downloading AI agent skills — packages that give AI coding agents new capabilities like shell access, file system operations, cloud access, and deployment permissions. But unlike traditional npm packages, agent skills introduce a completely new security problem: natural language instructions that AI agents can interpret and execute autonomously.

On May 11, 2026, the TanStack namespace was hit by a "Mini Shai-Hulud" supply chain attack. Unlike typical attacks, this did not involve stolen credentials; instead, the threat group TeamPCP hijacked the legitimate GitHub Actions release pipeline. This video covers the technical details of the OIDC token extraction, the "Dead Man's Switch" that triggers a rm -rf / upon credential revocation, and the mandatory remediation order you must follow to save your data. We also discuss how to harden your workflow using release-age cooldowns and OIDC pinning.

Are you confused by the terminology surrounding AI coding tools? You aren't alone. In this video, we break down the four essential components that transform a basic LLM into a powerful coding agent: Rules, Skills, Hooks, and the Model Context Protocol (MCP).