scan-code

Checks a Power Pages site project for security problems in its code and packages: risky code patterns, packages with known vulnerabilities, hard-coded secrets and licence issues. It uses two open-source scanners when they're installed, groups the findings by category in a report, and never shows a secret's value.

WHEN TO USE

SCOPE

USE FOR

Find hard-coded keys or passwords before you deploy.
Check your packages for known vulnerabilities and licence problems.
Get an HTML report of the findings.

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Plugin check: Run node "${PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/check-version.js" — if it outputs a message, show it to the user before proceeding.

Scan Code

Scan a Power Pages site project's source files and dependencies for security issues. Runs opengrep (static analysis) and trivy (dependency/secret/license scanning), then surfaces findings.

Initial request: $ARGUMENTS

WARNING: Before proceeding, inform the user: "This skill uses opengrep and trivy, only if they are installed on your local machine. These third-party, open-source tools scan your source code and dependencies and might collect or transmit data under their own terms, privacy policies, and data-handling practices. Microsoft does not control these. If you select the AI fallback, the AI service processes your source code. Review your organization's policies and applicable third-party terms before continuing."

Gotchas

Both tools must be installed. Run check-tools.js to verify. If either is missing, offer an agent-driven review fallback (see Step 1.2).
Opengrep exits 1 when findings exist. This is normal behavior, not an error — the script handles it.
Large output. Both tools can produce large JSON for big projects. The scripts normalize the output into a flat findings list.
Trivy severity flag only affects vulnerability findings. Secrets and license findings are always returned regardless of the --severity flag.
Secrets are never shown in full — anywhere. Whenever you read source directly (the agent-driven review) or present a finding, use your judgment to recognize any credential — API keys, tokens, passwords, connection strings, private keys, or any other secret shape (there is no fixed list). Never output its raw value anywhere — your context, the session, chat, logs, a summary, the report, or any other output — not even partially; where a value would otherwise be shown, replace it with a mask (e.g. ********).

Workflow

Prerequisites — Locate project, check tool availability
Choose scope — What to scan and at what depth
Run scans — Execute tools, capture results
Summarize — Present findings, record usage, offer follow-ups

Task Tracking

Create tasks in three groups. Mark each in_progress when starting, completed when done.

Group	When to create	Tasks
1	At start	Check prerequisites
2	After prerequisites pass	Choose scope (skip in review mode)
3	After scope is decided (or in review mode)	Run scans · Summarize (always)

1. Prerequisites

1.1 Locate the project, detect review mode

Use Glob to find **/powerpages.config.json. If $ARGUMENTS contains --review <out-dir>, remember the output directory — Step 2 is skipped (run all checks at Advanced depth), and Step 4 writes JSON only.

1.2 Check tool availability

node "${PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/scan-code/scripts/check-tools.js"

If either tool is missing, tell the user which tool is missing. Then offer an agent-driven review as a fallback:

In review mode (non-interactive), do not offer the agent-driven review. It needs an interactive opt-in, and the orchestrator expects a JSON file. Write { "status": "skipped", "reason": "<which tool> is not installed" } to <REVIEW_DIR>/scan-code.json and stop.

🚦 Gate (plan · scan-code:1.agent-review-fallback): When a scanning tool is missing, offer the agent-driven review as a fallback before doing any work. It reads the source with Glob/Read/Grep and has high token consumption, so the user must opt in.

Trigger: Step 1.2, only when check-tools.js reports a missing tool (interactive mode only — review mode never reaches here because it stops when tools are missing). Why we ask: Auto-starting the agent-driven review burns a large amount of tokens without consent; the user may prefer to install the tool and re-run instead. Cancel leaves: Nothing — no files read, no scan run.

Framing — all user-facing text (the warning, any AskUserQuestion option labels, and the summary): MUST NOT call this a "manual review". It is agent-driven — describe it as you reviewing the code yourself, e.g., "I can look through your code directly and flag issues."

Warn the user that this review reads many files and uses a large amount of tokens, then detect the git context:

Feature branch (not main, master, or equivalent): offer to review only the changes in the current branch (git diff <main-branch>...HEAD).
Main/master branch or no git repo: offer to review the entire project source.

If the user accepts, use Glob + Read + Grep to review the relevant files for common security patterns (hard-coded secrets, unsafe API usage, missing input validation, exposed endpoints, etc.) and present findings. Never surface a secret value anywhere — never output a credential's raw value in any output (your context, the session, chat, logs, etc.), not even partially; where a value would otherwise be shown, replace it with a mask (e.g. ********). Do not attempt to install the tools.

2. Choose scope

Skip in review mode — run both tools at Advanced depth.

Scope selection

Ask the following in order. Each is a separate AskUserQuestion call — do NOT combine. If the user's initial request already answers a question, skip it and move to the next.

🚦 Gate (plan · scan-code:2.scope-choice): Choose what to scan — code, packages, or both — before running any tool. Determines which scanners run.

Trigger: Phase 2 entry (interactive mode only — review mode scans everything at Advanced depth without asking). Skipped if the initial request already names the scope. Why we ask: Auto-scanning everything can run tools the user did not want (e.g., a slow code pass when they only asked about packages); the wrong scope produces a report that misses what they cared about. Cancel leaves: Nothing — no scanner has run.

Question 1 — What to check?

Label	Description
Everything	Check both code and packages. (Recommended)
Code only	Check source files for security problems.
Packages only	Check installed packages for known issues.

🚦 Gate (plan · scan-code:2.depth-choice): Choose how thorough the code check is. Only asked when code checking is included.

Trigger: Phase 2, after the scope choice includes code (interactive mode only). Skipped if the initial request already names the depth or code checking was excluded. Why we ask: The thorough option runs a deeper rule set that takes longer; auto-picking it can slow a large project unexpectedly, while auto-picking the quick option can silently skip weaknesses the user expected to catch. Cancel leaves: Nothing — no scanner has run.

Question 2 — Only if code checking is included: How thorough?

Label	Description
Advanced	Covers common risks and deeper code weaknesses. (Recommended)
Basic	Covers common risks only.

Depth mapping (internal, not shown to user): Advanced = p/default,p/owasp-top-ten,p/cwe-top-25. Basic = p/default,p/owasp-top-ten.

Custom rules

Both tools accept custom rules. Do not proactively offer — only use when the user provides them.

Opengrep: --rulesets accepts comma-separated registry packs and local file paths. Custom rulesets are appended to the depth's defaults, not replacing them.
Trivy: --secretConfig for custom secret detection patterns, --ignoreFile for suppressing known findings, --trivyConfig for license classification and other settings, --no-licenseFull to skip source-level license scanning for faster runs.

3. Run scans

Save each tool's raw JSON output to a temporary file. The transform script in Step 4 normalizes them.

Static analysis (opengrep)

node "${PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/scan-code/scripts/run-opengrep.js" --projectRoot "<PROJECT_ROOT>" --rulesets "<comma-separated-rulesets>" > "<TEMP_DIR>/opengrep.json"

Pass the rulesets for the chosen depth (Basic or Advanced). Append any user-provided custom rulesets. Run with run_in_background: true for large projects.

Dependency / secret / license scanning (trivy)

node "${PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/scan-code/scripts/run-trivy.js" --projectRoot "<PROJECT_ROOT>" > "<TEMP_DIR>/trivy.json"

--licenseFull is on by default — source code headers and LICENSE files are scanned alongside package metadata. Run with run_in_background: true for large projects.

Normalize

node "${PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/scan-code/scripts/transform-scan-code.js" --opengrepFile "<TEMP_DIR>/opengrep.json" --trivyFile "<TEMP_DIR>/trivy.json" --projectRoot "<PROJECT_ROOT>"

Pass only the files for tools that actually ran. Stdout has the unified { status, findings } shape.

4. Summarize

4.1 Review mode

In review mode, write the transform-scan-code.js stdout to <REVIEW_DIR>/scan-code.json. Then stop — the orchestrating skill handles presentation.

4.2 Render HTML report

Skip in review mode.

Render uses the same shared template as the consolidated security review. First write the Step 3 Normalize stdout to <TEMP_DIR>/scan-code.json, then build a single-section review-data payload and render:

node "${PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/build-review-data.js" \
  --reportName "Code Scan" \
  --inputDir "<TEMP_DIR>" \
  --siteName "<SITE_NAME>" \
  --goalLabel "Code & Packages scan" \
  --scopeLabel "<SCOPE_LABEL>" \
  --summary "<SUMMARY_TEXT>" \
  --output "<TEMP_DIR>/data.json"

node "${PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/render-review.js" \
  --data "<TEMP_DIR>/data.json" \
  --output "<PROJECT_ROOT>/docs/code-scan-<YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS>.html"

<TEMP_DIR> also holds the intermediate opengrep.json/trivy.json from Step 3 alongside scan-code.json; build-review-data.js reads only scan-code.json and ignores the rest. The filename must include the local timestamp (e.g., code-scan-2026-05-14-053805.html). Delete <TEMP_DIR> after the render succeeds. Open the rendered HTML in the browser.

4.3 Present summary

Skip in review mode.

Plain-language summary: total findings, count by category (code patterns, vulnerable packages, secrets, licenses), and what the user should look at first.

4.4 Record skill usage

Reference: ${PLUGIN_ROOT}/references/skill-tracking-reference.md

Use --skillName "ScanCode".

4.5 Offer follow-ups

If findings map to other skills, suggest them:

Header / cookie issues → /manage-headers
WAF / firewall issues → /manage-firewall
Permission issues → /audit-permissions to review existing permissions, and/or /create-webroles to set up role-based access
Login or external identity issues → /setup-auth
Code-level issues (exposed debug pages, information leakage) → suggest a manual code fix

If no meaningful follow-up exists, end the skill.

Constraints

Plain language — MUST NOT use technical jargon with the user. Never use words like opengrep, trivy, OWASP, CWE, static analysis, SAST, or ruleset in user-facing text. Use everyday language like "check your code for security problems", "check your packages for known issues", "thorough check", "quick check". Explain the technical name only when the user asks. For the tool-missing fallback, MUST NOT call it a "manual review" — it is agent-driven; describe it as you reviewing the code yourself.
Background long-running calls — run both tools via run_in_background: true for large projects.
Context-aware interactions — recommendations MUST reflect the site's actual scan results. Do not present generic advice.
Recommendations MUST NOT break the site — when suggesting fixes for code findings, verify that the fix does not introduce regressions.
NEVER recommend broadening security — if a finding suggests tightening (e.g., removing a hard-coded secret), do not suggest keeping it for convenience.
NEVER disclose a secret value — Never output, log, store, or repeat a raw secret anywhere, not even partially or when a regex/grep matches it. Identify a secret finding by its type, file, and line — not its value. Masking (e.g. ********) applies only where a secret value would otherwise be shown; you are not required to display it.

References

references/commands.md — script flags and response shapes. Read when constructing script invocations.

This skill ships inside the Power Platform Skills plugin. Listed package contents include 25 agents, hooks and an MCP server. Installed components and skill versions may vary by AI tool.

Install as a Claude Code plugin

Typed inside the agent's own prompt, not in a terminal. This skill uses files kept elsewhere in its plugin, so install the whole plugin — on its own the skill would be missing them.

/plugin marketplace add microsoft/power-platform-skills

/plugin install power-pages@power-platform-skills

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