google-scholar

Pass

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 25, 2026

Risk Level: SAFECOMMAND_EXECUTIONCREDENTIALS_UNSAFEINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill relies on and executes a local CLI tool named scholar, which is expected to be present in the user's home directory (~/projects/google-scholar-cli/scholar). This tool is used for all core functionality including searching, fetching citations, and downloading files.
  • [CREDENTIALS_UNSAFE]: The skill manages authentication by accessing a sensitive file path at ~/.google-scholar/cookies. It utilizes a specialized command (scholar auth) to extract session cookies from a browser using remote debugging on port 9222.
  • [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill processes potentially untrusted content fetched from Google Scholar, such as paper abstracts and BibTeX metadata, which could be used as an attack vector.
  • Ingestion points: Search results, snippets, and BibTeX entries retrieved via the scholar CLI tool are ingested into the agent context (SKILL.md).
  • Boundary markers: The skill does not implement specific delimiters or 'ignore' instructions for the external data it processes.
  • Capability inventory: The skill has the ability to execute shell commands (scholar), perform network operations, and write files to the disk (--download flag).
  • Sanitization: There is no evidence of sanitization or filtering applied to the retrieved paper metadata or abstracts before they are presented to the agent.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
SAFE
Analyzed
Sep 25, 2026, 01:48 AM