skills/affaan-m/ecc/exa-search/Gen Agent Trust Hub

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-server package from the NPM registry via npx. This is the standard method for deploying the official search server for the Exa service.
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The setup instructions utilize the npx command-line tool to execute the MCP server in the local environment.
  • [SAFE]: The skill provides instructions for managing authentication via the EXA_API_KEY environment 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_exa and get_code_context_exa tools, 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.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
SAFE
Analyzed
Jul 13, 2026, 08:19 PM
Security Audit — agent-trust-hub — exa-search