This is the second sub-issue of #46 , and depends on #47 (the additional-skills directory reorganization).

Once the /sources/additional-skills/ directory exists, this issue tracks the creation of the full memory-safe-migration skill, including the SKILL.md, reference documents, and the static analysis assessment script.

Background

Memory safety vulnerabilities (buffer overflows, use-after-free, dangling pointers, double-free, data races) account for 60–70% of critical CVEs in major software projects. Government guidance has converged on memory-safe languages as the primary mitigation:

• CISA/NSA (2025): "Memory Safe Languages: Reducing Vulnerabilities in Modern Software Development"
• CISA (2023): "The Case for Memory Safe Roadmaps"
• White House ONCD (2024): "Back to the Building Blocks"

AI coding agents are accelerating software development but will default to whatever language the existing codebase uses — perpetuating memory-unsafe codebases unless given explicit guidance. This skill closes that gap.

Files to create

The following file structure should be created under /sources/additional-skills/memory-safe-migration/:

memory-safe-migration/
├── README.md
├── SKILL.md
├── references/
│   ├── assessment-checklist.md
│   ├── ffi-security.md
│   ├── language-selection.md
│   └── migration-patterns.md
└── scripts/
    └── assess-migration.py

Content requirements per file

SKILL.md — Main skill following the [Agent Skills open standard](https://agentskills.io), with progressive disclosure. Must cover:

• Proactive prevention: when an agent is about to generate new C/C++ code, check whether a memory-safe alternative is viable and default to it
• CodeGuard unified source rule with YAML frontmatter
• Banned unsafe C functions (gets, strcpy, strcat, sprintf, vsprintf) with safe replacements
• Rules for minimizing and documenting unsafe blocks in Rust
• Input validation requirements at all FFI boundaries
• Memory ownership enforcement across FFI (allocator that created memory must free it)
• No panics across FFI boundaries
• Safe concurrency patterns
• Proper resource management in GC languages

references/language-selection.md — Decision matrix mapping use cases to recommended memory-safe languages:

• Rust: systems programming, cryptography, network stacks, embedded
• Go: services, CLI tools, DevOps tooling
• Java / C#: enterprise applications, backend services
• Swift: Apple platform development

references/ffi-security.md — FFI boundary security rules treating every interface between safe and unsafe code as a security boundary. Must cover input validation, memory ownership, panic safety, thread safety, and string encoding.

references/migration-patterns.md — Side-by-side C/C++ → Rust/Go/Java code examples for: buffers, strings, linked structures, concurrency, error handling, file I/O, and network servers.

references/assessment-checklist.md — Scored priority evaluation checklist covering: vulnerability history, network exposure surface, AI-accelerated risk, and migration feasibility factors.

scripts/assess-migration.py — Python static analysis script that analyzes C/C++ source files and produces a prioritized migration report. Must detect:

• Unsafe function usage (gets, strcpy, sprintf, etc.)
• Pointer arithmetic
• Buffer declarations
• Network exposure patterns
• Concurrency patterns
• Cryptographic code

Must support both human-readable and JSON output for CI/CD integration.

Acceptance criteria

• All files created under /sources/additional-skills/memory-safe-migration/
• SKILL.md follows Agent Skills open standard format with YAML frontmatter
• assess-migration.py runs without errors on a sample C/C++ codebase and produces valid JSON output
• Reference documents include working code examples in at least Rust, Go, and Java
• PR references both Proposed new reference skill: Memory-safe language migration #46 and Organize reference skills/rules #47

Dependencies

• Blocked by Organize reference skills/rules #47 (directory reorganization must land first)