perplexity-research

Pass

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Oct 7, 2026

Risk Level: SAFEINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
  • [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill processes data retrieved from a local knowledge base and external web search results, which creates a potential surface for indirect prompt injection if those sources contain malicious instructions.
  • Ingestion points: The skill retrieves data using gbrain get and gbrain query in SKILL.md and processes synthesized web content from Perplexity.
  • Boundary markers: The skill instructions suggest a structured prompt template (Topic: <topic> / Brain context: <context>), which helps delimit data from instructions.
  • Capability inventory: The skill has the ability to write to local storage (gbrain put) and make network requests via curl to the Perplexity API.
  • Sanitization: There is no explicit mention of sanitizing or escaping the content interpolated into the API prompts.
  • [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill performs network operations to reach the Perplexity API at api.perplexity.ai. This is a well-known service used for the skill's primary research purpose.
  • [CREDENTIALS_UNSAFE]: The skill requires a PERPLEXITY_API_KEY. The documentation correctly instructs the user to provide this via an environment variable or a .env file, which is a standard and safe method for secret management.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
SAFE
Analyzed
Oct 7, 2026, 10:45 PM