Searching Scientific Literature
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Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Oct 28, 2026
Risk Level: SAFE
Full Analysis
- [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill provides instructions for fetching scientific literature metadata from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) PubMed API at
eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. This is a well-known and trusted official service for scientific research. - [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill is designed to process external data in the form of research paper titles and abstracts.
- Ingestion points: Data enters the agent context through the PubMed API fetch results (SKILL.md).
- Boundary markers: The skill specifies a structured JSON output format for paper objects, which helps isolate external content from instructions.
- Capability inventory: The skill uses
curlfor network requests to a specific trusted domain; it does not involve file-writing or arbitrary command execution. - Sanitization: The skill relies on structured JSON responses from the NCBI API.
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