google-trends

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Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 16, 2026

Risk Level: MEDIUMCOMMAND_EXECUTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTIONMETADATA_POISONING
Full Analysis
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill uses a wrapper script scripts/run.py that executes multiple shell commands via subprocess.run to manage virtual environments, install packages, and launch the core trends script.
  • [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The scripts/run.py script performs runtime installation of Python packages (trendspyg[analysis], selenium, requests) using pip. This bypasses static environment configuration and introduces potential supply chain risks from non-standard libraries.
  • [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill processes external search trend data that could potentially contain malicious instructions intended to influence the agent's output formatting or behavior.
  • Ingestion points: Data is ingested through RSS feeds and CSV downloads from Google Trends in scripts/trends.py.
  • Boundary markers: No boundary markers or 'ignore' instructions are used when processing the trend data.
  • Capability inventory: The skill possesses network access, file writing capabilities (temporary CSVs), and command execution via the wrapper script.
  • Sanitization: No sanitization is performed on the trend strings retrieved from external sources before they are passed to the agent for display.
  • [METADATA_POISONING]: The skill includes a file named .security-scan-passed which contains claims about passing security validations. This is an attempt to influence the evaluator's trust through self-asserted safety claims.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
MEDIUM
Analyzed
Sep 16, 2026, 12:18 PM