hypothesis-generation
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Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Mar 31, 2026
Risk Level: SAFEPROMPT_INJECTIONCOMMAND_EXECUTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS
Full Analysis
- [PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill is susceptible to indirect prompt injection due to its heavy reliance on external scientific data sources.
- Ingestion points: The workflow (SKILL.md) explicitly instructs the agent to use 'WebFetch' for PubMed URLs and 'WebSearch' for broader scientific domains in Step 2.
- Boundary markers: There are no instructions to use XML tags, specific delimiters, or 'ignore embedded instructions' warnings for the data retrieved from external sources.
- Capability inventory: The agent has access to 'Bash' (for script execution and LaTeX compilation), 'Write', and 'Edit' tools.
- Sanitization: The instructions do not specify any validation or sanitization of external text before it is synthesized into hypotheses or interpolated into LaTeX templates.
- [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill relies on local shell execution for core functionality.
- Evidence: The skill instructs the agent to execute
python scripts/generate_schematic.pywith natural language descriptions as arguments. It also requires the execution ofxelatexandbibtexto produce PDFs. - Context: While these commands are standard for scientific document preparation, they represent a surface for command injection if malicious strings are ingested from external literature and passed directly to these CLI tools.
- [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill performs network operations to retrieve scientific literature and may involve package installation.
- Evidence: Step 2 of the workflow uses 'WebFetch' on PubMed and general web searching. Additionally,
assets/FORMATTING_GUIDE.mdsuggests usingtlmgr installfor missing LaTeX packages. - Context: These operations target well-known scientific databases and official TeX registries, which are generally low-risk but involve the ingestion of third-party content.
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