ascii-art
Pass
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 21, 2026
Risk Level: SAFEEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSCOMMAND_EXECUTION
Full Analysis
- [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill instructs the installation of standard, well-known CLI utilities and Python packages including
pyfiglet,cowsay,boxes, andascii-image-converter. These are widely used tools for terminal art and do not represent a security risk when installed via official package managers (apt, brew, pip). - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill uses
curlto interact with several well-known public services for ASCII art, weather, and QR codes (e.g.,wttr.in,qrenco.de,asciified.thelicato.io). These operations are used solely to fetch displayable text content. - [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: Automated scans flagged a pattern involving
curland a Python snippet for the siteascii.co.uk. Analysis confirms this is not remote code execution; thecurlcommand downloads a static HTML page of text art to a temporary file, and the subsequent Python script is a local parser provided within the skill to extract the art from HTML tags. This is a safe, documented method for fetching pre-made ASCII art. - [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The instructions include the use of
sudo apt installfor Linux users. This is standard procedure for installing system utilities and is appropriate given the context of setting up CLI tools.
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