youtube-transcript-note

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Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Jul 30, 2026

Risk Level: MEDIUMCOMMAND_EXECUTIONPROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill executes shell commands using uv run to run a local project at /Users/mtm/pdev/taylormonacelli/benevolentbadger. This executes code from a hardcoded absolute path belonging to a specific user environment, which is highly irregular for a portable skill and may execute untrusted logic.
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill performs automated git add and git commit operations. While standard for version control, performing these actions automatically on generated content can lead to unintended persistence of malicious data.
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: There is a potential command injection risk in Step 1 where the <youtube_url> is passed directly into a shell command (uv run ... benevolentbadger ... "<youtube_url>"). If the input is not properly sanitized, an attacker could supply a malformed URL to execute arbitrary commands.
  • [PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill is vulnerable to indirect prompt injection because it processes untrusted YouTube transcripts without using boundary markers or delimiters. Malicious instructions embedded in a video's captions could influence the agent during the cleaning or sectioning phases.
  • Ingestion points: External YouTube transcript data fetched in Step 1.
  • Boundary markers: Absent. The transcript is processed as raw text without clear delimitation from instructions.
  • Capability inventory: Subprocess execution via uv run and git, as well as file system write access to the Obsidian vault.
  • Sanitization: No sanitization or validation of the transcript content is performed beyond formatting cleanup.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
MEDIUM
Analyzed
Jul 30, 2026, 06:07 PM
Security Audit — agent-trust-hub — youtube-transcript-note