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name: al-287-run-a-15-minute-personal-security-checkup-let-an-ai-inter
description: "With a wave of account hacks in the news this week, Joe Fambro shared on X (Oct 2026) a prompt to paste into Grok, ChatGPT or Claude before the weekend: the AI acts as your personal security auditor, asks one question at a time about your email, bank, phone, password manager and any apps or AI agents you've connected, never asks for passwords or codes, and ends with a fix list ranked by today, this week and this month. His 10-minute version: turn on auto-updates, swap SMS codes for passkeys or an authenticator app, use a password manager, check which apps and agents can read your email, and make sure your recovery email is one you actually check. Use when the user wants help with personal account security audit (security) for a small business."
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# Run a 15-minute personal security checkup: let an AI interview you about your email, bank, phone and connected AI agents, then hand you a ranked fix list

With a wave of account hacks in the news this week, Joe Fambro shared on X (Oct 2026) a prompt to paste into Grok, ChatGPT or Claude before the weekend: the AI acts as your personal security auditor, asks one question at a time about your email, bank, phone, password manager and any apps or AI agents you've connected, never asks for passwords or codes, and ends with a fix list ranked by today, this week and this month. His 10-minute version: turn on auto-updates, swap SMS codes for passkeys or an authenticator app, use a password manager, check which apps and agents can read your email, and make sure your recovery email is one you actually check.

## Inputs to collect first
Ask the user for anything below that they haven't already given you. Don't guess missing facts.

- The material the task is about (pasted text, notes or data)

## Instructions

Do the task below with the user's inputs in place of each [bracket].

Act as my personal security auditor. Ask me one question at a time, in plain language, about: my main email account, my bank and payment accounts, my phone, how I store passwords, and any apps or AI agents I've connected to my email, calendar, files or bank. Never ask me for a password, code, PIN or account number, and tell me to stop if I start typing one. Wait for each answer before the next question. When you're done, give me a ranked fix list in three groups: Today (under 10 minutes each), This week, and This month. For each fix say why it matters for me specifically and the exact setting to look for. Always check these basics: auto-updates on, passkeys or an authenticator app instead of SMS codes, a password manager, which apps and agents can read my email, and a recovery email and phone I actually check.

## Safety checks (share these with the user)

- Check every figure, price and total against your own records before anything is sent, posted or booked. A person approves refunds, discounts, payments and price changes.
- Don't let AI make the final call on hiring, pay, performance or discipline. Use it to organise information, and have a person decide using criteria you can explain.
- Remove names, contact details, account numbers and other personal data the task doesn't need before you paste, and check your AI tool's data and training settings.
- Check names, dates, numbers and any claim against your own source material before you use the answer. AI can misread or invent details.
- Say clearly which parts need a person to review or approve before anything is sent, paid, posted or filed.

## About this skill

- Works with: ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Gemini
- Based on this real-world example: https://x.com/FambroJoe/status/2113694190802452793
- Free prompt from AgentPlaybook Real Estate: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/prompt/al-287-run-a-15-minute-personal-security-checkup-let-an-ai-intervie/
- To install in an agent that supports Agent Skills, save this file as SKILL.md in a folder with the same name as `name` above (for example in your skills directory). Install steps for Claude.ai, Claude Code, Cursor and Codex: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/skills/