Fossology
FOSSology is an open source license compliance software system and toolkit. As a toolkit you can run license, copyright and export control scans from the command line. As a system, a database and web ui are provided to give you a compliance workflow. License, copyright and export scanners are tools used in the workflow.
Supply asset profile
Coding and developer agents
Code review, repo analysis, testing, CI, GitHub, DevOps, and developer workflow skills.
Scenario
Coding agents
I need a coding agent that can understand a repository, edit code, and review pull requests.
Agent fit
Claude Code + CLI + Codex
Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, CLI, or custom agents.
Install
Ready
npx skills add fossology/fossology
Maintenance
fresh
14d since push
Risk
Safe to try
Permission surface may require sandboxing
GitHub quality
1.0K
100/100 quality · 88/100 trust
Coverage tags
Review notes
Permission surface may require sandboxing · Permission surface needs review: shell or command execution, filesystem or document access
Agent adoption scorecard
Trust, audit, and install readiness at a glance
These scores combine public repository metadata, OpenAgentSkill review signals, maintenance freshness, and install readiness. They are a shortlist signal, not a replacement for human review.
Quality
ExcellentHigh-confidence pick with strong adoption and healthy maintenance signals.
Trust
Review then installGood shortlist signal, but the agent should review audit notes, install policy, and outcome evidence before running it.
Audit
Safe to tryInstall readiness, security metadata, maintenance, and adoption risk.
Trust Score v5
Agent install candidate
Use as the primary candidate after human or sandbox review.
Stars
1.0K GitHub stars
Repo activity
1.0K stars, 619 forks
Maintenance
14d since push
License
GPL-2.0
Install
npx skills add fossology/fossology
Install safety
standard package or runtime install path
Permission surface
shell or command execution, filesystem or document access
Agent outcomes
No agent outcome data yet
Docs
Strong README/SKILL.md context
Risk summary
Review before production
- Permission surface needs review: shell or command execution, filesystem or document access
- Permission surface: shell or command execution, filesystem or document access
Install readiness
Install path available
- Install path is available
- Repository evidence is available
- License is declared
- No Agent Proven outcome evidence yet
Agent-readable metadata
Machine-readable decision data for this skill.
Use this block or the embedded JSON to decide whether an agent should install this skill, choose an alternative, or ask for human review first.
Suited tasks
- Security and compliance workflows
- Claude Code teams
- teams that value GitHub adoption signals
- Inspect risky files
Suited agents
Install decision
- Command
- npx skills add fossology/fossology
- Policy
- review
- Human review
- yes
Trust and risk
- Trust
- 82/100
- Audit
- 93/100
- Risk level
- Safe to try
Outcome loop
- Endpoint
- /api/agent/outcome
- Event ID
- resolve
- Outcomes
- 5
Do not use when
- teams that need a vendor-supported SLA
- high-compliance environments without internal security review
- No major risk signals from current metadata
- High-risk permission hints: Shell or command execution
- Permission surface may require sandboxing
Agent safety v2
61/100 · Review before install
Usable candidate, but the agent should surface permission and audit notes before installation.
Require human approval before installing into a real workspace.
high
Shell or command execution
Skill metadata references terminal, CLI, shell, subprocess, or command execution workflows.
medium
Network access
Skill likely fetches remote pages, APIs, repositories, or external services.
medium
Filesystem access
Skill may read or write project files, documents, generated artifacts, or local workspace state.
medium
Database access
Skill may inspect schemas, query databases, or work with persistent stores.
- High-risk permission hints: Shell or command execution
- Permission surface may require sandboxing
Install targets
Install this skill in your agent workflow
Copy the registry command or an agent-specific install prompt for Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor.
OpenAgentSkill CLI
Use the registry command when your workflow supports the OpenAgentSkill installer.
$ npx skills add fossology/fossologyAgent resolve plan
Let an agent verify fit before installing.
The Resolve API returns the selected skill, alternatives, safety policy, audit notes, install target, and copy-paste prompt an agent can follow without scraping this page.
Resolve JSON
/api/agent/resolve?task=Use%20Fossology%20for%20an%20agent%20workflow&agent=codex&max_risk=medium
Resolve text
/api/agent/resolve?task=Use%20Fossology%20for%20an%20agent%20workflow&agent=codex&max_risk=medium&format=text
Install handoff
/api/skills/fossology-fossology/install
Agent should check
- Task fit and alternatives from Resolve API.
- Audit score, trust score, and safety policy warnings.
- Install target compatibility for Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, or CLI.
Copy prompt
Task: Use Fossology in this workspace.
Resolve first: https://www.openagentskill.com/api/agent/resolve?task=Use%20Fossology%20for%20an%20agent%20workflow&agent=codex&max_risk=medium
Review install handoff: https://www.openagentskill.com/api/skills/fossology-fossology/install
Install command: npx skills add fossology/fossology
Before running it, summarize audit warnings, required permissions, and the fallback skill if install is risky.Agent handoff
Give an agent the install path, not another directory page.
Use the public install endpoint to fetch the command, safety checklist, target prompts, and canonical links for this skill.
Install handoff
/api/skills/fossology-fossology/install
LLM text format
/api/skills/fossology-fossology/install?format=text
Find alternatives
/api/skills/search?q=Fossology&limit=3
Agent prompt
Use Fossology for this task. Review https://www.openagentskill.com/api/skills/fossology-fossology/install, then install with: npx skills add fossology/fossologyRegistry metadata
Agent-readable profile for automatic skill selection.
This page exposes the same decision, trust, audit, use-case, and install signals through the Registry API, so agents can rank this skill without scraping the UI.
Manifest
/api/registry/manifest/fossology-fossology
LLM text
/api/registry/manifest/fossology-fossology?format=text
Install alias
/api/registry/install/fossology-fossology
Recommend
/api/registry/recommend?task=Use%20Fossology%20in%20an%20agent%20workflow&limit=3
Agent fit
Security and compliance
Platforms
HTML, Compliance, Claude Code
Audit report
Safe to try · 93/100
Review install readiness, maintenance, trust, quality, and metadata warnings before adding this skill to an agent workflow.
Agent decision cockpit
Primary pick for Security and compliance
Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack.
Role in stack
Primary pick
Primary fit
Security and compliance
Trust label
Production-ready
Install path
Command ready
Use when
- Security and compliance workflows
- Claude Code teams
- teams that value GitHub adoption signals
Evidence
- 1,001 GitHub stars
- recent repository activity
- install command or GitHub repo available
- 100/100 quality profile
- 4 OpenAgentSkill engagement events
Review first
- No major risk signals from current metadata
Implementation path
- 1Install it in a sandbox agent and run one Security and compliance task end to end.
- 2Compare output quality, latency, and failure behavior against at least one alternative.
- 3Promote it into production only after reviewing repository permissions, license, and maintenance signals.
Trust profile
Review then install
Good shortlist signal, but the agent should review audit notes, install policy, and outcome evidence before running it.
GitHub adoption
PASS1.0K GitHub stars
Stars/forks activity
PASS1.0K stars, 619 forks; issue activity unavailable in current metadata
Recent maintenance
PASS14d since push
License clarity
PASSGPL-2.0
Good signals
- Manually verified listing
- AI review approved
- Install path is available
- Repository evidence is available
- Recently maintained repository
- Meaningful GitHub adoption signal
- Install command has no obvious high-risk pattern
- Outcome loop is ready but needs first real agent run
Review before install
- Permission surface needs review: shell or command execution, filesystem or document access
- Permission surface: shell or command execution, filesystem or document access
- No real agent outcome reports yet
- Human review required before unattended installation
Recommended action
Use as the primary candidate after human or sandbox review.
Quality profile
Excellent candidate for agent workflows
High-confidence pick with strong adoption and healthy maintenance signals.
Workflow fit
Use this skill in these scenarios
Reduce risk
Security and compliance
I need my agent to scan a project for security risks and summarize what needs attention.
Build and ship code
Coding agents
I need a coding agent that can understand a repository, edit code, and review pull requests.
Search private knowledge
RAG and knowledge
I need my agent to build a RAG workflow over documents and retrieve reliable context.
Stack fit
Add it to a complete workflow
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Scrape, clean, and reuse web data
Web data pipeline
A practical stack for agents that crawl public pages, extract clean content, normalize data, and hand it to downstream research or RAG workflows.
Inspect, patch, and verify code
Coding review agent
A stack for software agents that inspect repositories, review pull requests, generate tests, and turn findings into shippable patches.
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Overview
FOSSology is an open source license compliance software system and toolkit. As a toolkit you can run license, copyright and export control scans from the command line. As a system, a database and web ui are provided to give you a compliance workflow. License, copyright and export scanners are tools used in the workflow.
Imported by the skill-only GitHub discovery pipeline because it matches agent skill, automation, domain workflow, RAG, document-processing, data, finance, security, or developer-tool signals. Protocol-server projects are excluded from automated imports.
Platform Compatibility
Technical Details
- Version
- 1.0.0
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Last Updated
- 6/21/2026
- Published
- 6/21/2026
Frameworks & Tools
Decision snapshot
Primary pick
1,001 GitHub stars
Audit snapshot
Install review
Install and adoption review
- Security
- 85/100
- Maintenance
- 100/100
- Install
- 92/100
Agent-proven evidence
Agent Proven evidence
Outcome reports after resolve, review, install, and one narrow run.
- Success rate
- —
- Recent failure
- —
- Outcomes
- 0
- Output quality
- —
- Failed
- 0
- Not relevant
- 0
- Installs
- 0
- Risk blocked
- 0
- Setup needed
- 0
- Production
- 0
No agent outcome data yet. The first agent run can report success, setup needs, risk blocks, failure, or not-relevant through /api/agent/outcome.
Install
Add to agent workflow
Free and open source. Review the audit before production use.
Growth loop
Share kit
Scenario-led draft for Fossology, ready for a manual X post.
Most web agents fail in the boring part: messy pages, missing context, repeatable extraction. Fossology gives agents a cleaner path to browse, extract, and monitor web pages. 1.0K stars https://www.openagentskill.com/skills/fossology-fossology?ref=x #AIAgents
Optional reply with install command
Listing + install path for Fossology: https://www.openagentskill.com/skills/fossology-fossology?ref=x Install: npx skills add fossology/fossology
Listing source
Community indexed
This listing was indexed from public sources and is not marked official until a maintainer claim is approved.
- Creator
- fossology
- Source
- fossology/fossology
- Indexed by
- OpenAgentSkill community index
Attribution links to the public repository or creator profile. Creators can claim the listing to update ownership signals.
Claim this skillOwner claim
Claim this skill listing
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README badge
Add this badge to your GitHub README to show the listing, trust score, and install handoff.
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Platform Fit
Health Signals
- GitHub stars
- 1.0K
- Quality score
- 63/100
- Last GitHub push
- Jun 19, 2026
- Framework hints
- 2
- OpenAgentSkill views
- 1
- Install copies
- 0
- Outbound clicks
- 0
Community Signal
Share whether this skill looks useful for your agent workflow. Aggregated feedback improves rankings over time.
Trust & Safety
Review then install
- GitHub adoption1.0K GitHub starsPASS
- Stars/forks activity1.0K stars, 619 forks; issue activity unavailable in current metadataPASS
- Recent maintenance14d since pushPASS
- License clarityGPL-2.0PASS
- README/SKILL.md completenessMetadata includes enough usage and workflow contextPASS
- Dependency/runtime riskdatabase surfacePASS
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