variant-analysis vs windows-privilege-escalation

variant-analysis and windows-privilege-escalation are both security skills. windows-privilege-escalation scores higher (94 vs 90 out of 100). windows-privilege-escalation has more GitHub stars (48k), and windows-privilege-escalation was updated more recently (today). The table compares them side by side.

	variant-analysis	windows-privilege-escalation
Score	90 / 100	94 / 100
What it does	Hunts for the other instances of a bug already found — the variants of one root cause across a codebase. Use immediately after a vulnerability, logic bug, or bad pattern turns up in a specific file and the question becomes where else it occurs, including the bare conversational form ("are there others like this?", "is this the same bug?"). Also for generalizing one known instance into a CodeQL or Semgrep query for its whole pattern family, and for triaging a set of look-alike candidates against a known root cause. Not for initial discovery with no bug in hand.	Provide systematic methodologies for discovering and exploiting privilege escalation vulnerabilities on Windows systems during penetration testing engagements.
Publisher	Community: trailofbits	Community: sickn33
Grades	Maintenance A, Licence C, Quality A	Maintenance A, Licence A, Quality A
npm downloads a week	Not on npm	Not on npm
Runs	Skill	Skill
Works with	Claude Code, Claude apps	Claude Code, Claude apps
GitHub stars	7,765	48,425
Last commit	24 Oct 2026	24 Oct 2026
Licence	CC-BY-SA-4.0	MIT
Listed since	23 Oct 2026	23 Oct 2026
	Install variant-analysis	Install windows-privilege-escalation

Questions

Is variant-analysis or windows-privilege-escalation more popular?

windows-privilege-escalation has more GitHub stars: 48,425.

Can I use variant-analysis and windows-privilege-escalation together?

Yes. AI assistants can load several skills at once. Install both and the assistant picks the right one for each task.