The Vibe Coding Security Checklist

Every check an app built with AI coding tools needs, grouped by category: Authentication & sessions, Access control, Input & injection, Secrets & cryptography, Data & privacy, Encryption in transit, Errors & logging, Business logic & abuse, Files & uploads, API & web services, Configuration & dependencies, AI security & transparency, Agents, tools & MCP servers, Retrieval & memory, AI-built code & toolchain, Governance & consistency. Each check says how to check it, when it applies, and its severity: critical checks get a 7 day deadline, high 30, medium 90, low none.

The checklist finds. It has every check, how to check it, when it applies, and its severity and deadline, and every check names where its fix lives. The Vibe Coding Security OS fixes: it has the exact fix for every check (a code prompt, a click-path or a document to generate), plus the findings tracker, evidence log, policies and incident runbook. One fix is printed in full in the checklist, so you can see what every row in the Security OS looks like.

No. It is written for founders shipping with AI coding tools and app builders. Some checks run in a browser against your live app, some in your repository host’s security settings, and many by handing a prompt to your own coding tool with the repository open.

It uses the same checks, severities and deadlines VibeLock uses. VibeLock checks your app from outside and inside, gives you the fix for each finding, verifies each fix by rescan, and publishes the proof on a trust page with the VibeLock Verified badge. Paste your app’s address to see the outside look free; the trust page and badge come with the Founder plan, which cannot be bought yet. When repository read is switched on, it reads one commit at a time and never stores your code.

Published guidance: OWASP ASVS 5.0 and OWASP AISVS 1.0, the application-level articles of the GDPR, the EU AI Act and the EU ePrivacy Directive, the OWASP LLM Top 10 2026 and the OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications 2026.

No checklist can promise that. It is an educational checklist and a starting point, not an audit, a penetration test, or legal advice. For a formal assessment, engage a qualified security professional.