codex-claude-academic-skills
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Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Jun 13, 2026
Risk Level: MEDIUMEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSCOMMAND_EXECUTIONPROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
- [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The installation guide instructs users to clone a repository and install plugins from an untrusted GitHub account (
github.com/zLanqing/codex-claude-academic-skills). This involves fetching executable skill definitions and scripts from a remote source. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill's documentation and troubleshooting sections recommend running local Python scripts included in the package, such as
check_text_overflow.py, to validate presentation layouts. It also describes executing MATLAB or Octave commands for data processing, which could lead to unauthorized local execution if the source repository is compromised. - [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill uses the
requestslibrary to perform network lookups on well-known academic services likedoi.organdapi.crossref.orgto retrieve bibliographic data. - [PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill processes complex external data sources (PDFs and CSV files) to generate research papers and presentations. This creates an indirect prompt injection surface where instructions hidden within academic papers or datasets could influence the agent's output.
- Ingestion points: Ingests user-provided files including
paper.pdf,data.csv,features.csv, andlabels.csv. - Boundary markers: The instructions do not specify the use of delimiters or specific commands to disregard instructions embedded in the ingested text.
- Capability inventory: The skill possesses the ability to read and write files (DOCX, PPTX, PNG, PDF, BIB) and perform network GET requests.
- Sanitization: No technical sanitization or validation logic is described for the content extracted from external data files.
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