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[EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill downloads and installs the asta-plugins package from the official Allen Institute for AI GitHub repository. This is a verified vendor resource required for the skill to function.
[COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill uses the asta CLI for academic searches and jq for processing results. These commands are restricted to the intended use case of literature discovery and metadata extraction.
[PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill exhibits a surface for indirect prompt injection by ingesting abstracts and snippets from external academic papers.
Ingestion points: Output files from asta literature find and asta papers stored in the .asta/documents/ directory.
Boundary markers: The use of structured JSON fields for titles, abstracts, and snippets provides natural boundaries between data and agent instructions.
Capability inventory: The skill is limited to the asta CLI toolset, jq data manipulation, and basic file operations like mkdir and mv.
Sanitization: Data is handled through structured JSON parsing and jq filtering, which prevents content from being interpreted as command instructions during the retrieval process.

find-literature