| name | constant-time-analysis |
| description | Detects timing side-channel vulnerabilities in cryptographic code. Use when implementing or reviewing crypto code, encountering division on secrets, secret-dependent branches, or constant-time programming questions in C, C++, Go, Rust, Swift, Java, Kotlin, C#, PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, or Ruby. |
| source_skill_id | trailofbits-skills-plugins-constant-time-analysis-skills-constant-time-analysis-skill-md |
| category | Security, compliance & risk |
| source_mirror | ../../../../../skills/by-category/security-compliance-risk/security-reference/constant-time-analysis/SKILL.md |
| benchmark_status | artifact_gated |
constant-time-analysis
Use this skill when the task matches the description above or the source path clearly applies. Start with this concise entrypoint; open ../../../../../skills/by-category/security-compliance-risk/security-reference/constant-time-analysis/SKILL.md only when implementation details, commands, assets, or references are needed.
Workflow
- Confirm the task matches this skill's scope.
- Read the local source mirror if more detail is required.
- Follow repository-level
AGENTS.md; use one AI session only.
- Keep claims tied to files, commands, citations, or benchmark artifacts.
Verification
- Source mirror:
../../../../../skills/by-category/security-compliance-risk/security-reference/constant-time-analysis/SKILL.md
- Source commit:
e8cc5baf9329ccb491bfa200e82eacbac83b1ead
- Static benchmark results: see
docs/benchmark-results.md
- Runtime artifacts recorded by this entrypoint:
0
- Assigned scenarios:
skill-proof-trailofbits-skills-plugins-constant-time-analysis-skills-constant-time-analysis-skill-md, security-compliance-and-risk-owasp-benchmark, security-compliance-and-risk-owasp-juice-shop, security-compliance-and-risk-kubernetes-examples
Do not claim this skill passed a runtime benchmark until a validated artifact exists.
