ncbi-blast-skill
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Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on May 2, 2026
Risk Level: SAFEEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSCOMMAND_EXECUTION
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- [Dependency Installation]: The skill uses
pipto install therequestslibrary if it is not present. This is a common and necessary step for providing network functionality in Python scripts. - [API Communication]: The script connects to the official NCBI BLAST API at
https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi. This is a well-known and reputable scientific service. - [File System Interaction]: The skill can write search results to local files, which is helpful for managing large datasets. By default, it uses the temporary directory
/tmpfor these artifacts. - [API Usage Compliance]: The tool includes explicit throttling mechanisms to follow the service provider's rate-limiting guidelines, which is a best practice for public API usage.
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