search-lit

Pass

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Oct 4, 2026

Risk Level: SAFE
Full Analysis
  • [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill makes legitimate requests to well-known scientific databases and APIs for citation retrieval and verification. These include PubMed (NCBI E-utilities), Semantic Scholar, bioRxiv/medRxiv, and CrossRef. All are trusted scientific resources.
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill uses bundled Bash and Python scripts (pubmed_eutils.sh, parse_pubmed.py, snowball.py, check_doi_record_match.py) to process API responses and manage bibliographic data. These scripts are deterministic, operate on local data, and perform scoped network requests to trusted domains.
  • [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: There is no evidence of remote script execution or arbitrary command execution from untrusted sources. The skill uses urllib for data fetching from fixed, trusted API endpoints.
  • [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: No evidence of sensitive local file access or exfiltration. The skill reads from the user's BibTeX library files and writes candidate citations to references/library.bib within the project workspace.
  • [PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill instructions emphasize anti-hallucination and verification protocols. There are no attempts to override safety filters or bypass system instructions.
  • [DYNAMC_EXECUTION]: The scripts use standard Python libraries and subprocesses for intended functionality (e.g., calling the parser) without unsafe dynamic code generation or deserialization.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
SAFE
Analyzed
Oct 4, 2026, 01:27 PM