exa-search
Pass
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Jul 13, 2026
Risk Level: SAFEEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSCOMMAND_EXECUTION
Full Analysis
- [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill's configuration instructions involve downloading and executing the
exa-mcp-serverpackage from the NPM registry vianpx. This is the standard method for deploying the official search server for the Exa service. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The setup instructions utilize the
npxcommand-line tool to execute the MCP server in the local environment. - [SAFE]: The skill provides instructions for managing authentication via the
EXA_API_KEYenvironment variable using placeholders, which aligns with standard security best practices for secret management. - [SAFE]: Regarding indirect prompt injection (Category 8):
- Ingestion points: Untrusted data enters the agent context through the
web_search_exaandget_code_context_exatools, which retrieve content from the public web and code repositories. - Boundary markers: The skill does not explicitly define delimiters or specific "ignore embedded instructions" warnings for the returned search content.
- Capability inventory: The skill itself is restricted to read-only search operations and does not include file-system write or arbitrary command execution capabilities.
- Sanitization: No explicit sanitization or filtering of the external search results is performed by the skill instructions.
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