AI Instruction Files Have No Verifiable Publisher Identity or Integrity Check
Once installed, AI skill files (markdown instructions) can be freely modified with no way for a user to verify who authored them, whether what is running still matches what was installed, or whether an update came from the original source. The only existing check is a one-time digest comparison at install time controlled by the marketplace publisher itself, leaving no durable trust anchor.
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