tavily-search
Warn
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on May 20, 2026
Risk Level: MEDIUMCOMMAND_EXECUTIONPROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
- [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill constructs shell commands by directly interpolating user input into command strings within the bash execution environment. Specifically, the commands
tavily-search "<query>"andtavily-crawl "<url>"use variables that originate from user input. Although wrapped in double quotes, this pattern can be vulnerable to command injection through shell features like command substitution (e.g., backticks or$()) if the underlying execution engine does not properly sanitize these inputs. - [PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill provides a surface for indirect prompt injection by fetching and interpreting content from external, untrusted web sources.
- Ingestion points: Search results (titles, snippets, AI answers) from
tavily-searchand full page content fromtavily-crawl(found inSKILL.md). - Boundary markers: Absent. The instructions do not specify any delimiters or "ignore previous instructions" guards when the agent processes the fetched external content.
- Capability inventory: The agent has the capability to execute shell commands (
bash) and summarize data, which could be subverted by malicious instructions embedded in a crawled webpage. - Sanitization: No sanitization, escaping, or validation of the external content is performed before the agent is instructed to summarize and interpret the results for the user.
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