knowcards
Pass
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Aug 20, 2026
Risk Level: SAFECOMMAND_EXECUTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSPROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
- [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill relies on executing shell commands through
npxto interact with theknowcardsCLI tool for querying, proposing, and checking the status of local cards. - [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill invokes
npx knowcards, which initiates a download and execution of theknowcardspackage from the npm registry if it is not already cached locally. - [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill's protocol creates a vulnerability surface by instructing the agent to treat information retrieved from external knowledge cards as "trusted memory" and to prioritize these cards over other repository documentation like READMEs.
- Ingestion points: Data returned by the
npx knowcards querycommand. - Boundary markers: Absent; the instructions do not provide delimiters or warnings to ignore potentially malicious instructions embedded within the cards.
- Capability inventory: The agent has permissions to execute shell commands (
npx) and write to the filesystem (via theproposecommand). - Sanitization: Absent; the skill lacks mechanisms to filter, validate, or sanitize the content of the cards before processing them as trusted facts.
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