ncbi-entrez-skill
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Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on May 2, 2026
Risk Level: SAFE
Full Analysis
- Interaction with Well-Known Services: The skill communicates with the official National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) E-Utilities API. This connection is consistent with the skill's documented purpose of facilitating scientific data retrieval.
- Secure Credential Handling: The script manages authentication by looking for environment variables such as
NCBI_API_KEY. This is a standard and recommended practice for protecting sensitive API keys during tool execution. - File System Access for Data Storage: The tool allows users to save raw API responses to a local file path using the
save_rawandraw_output_pathparameters. This functionality is intended to support research workflows where full datasets are needed for offline processing. - Data Processing and Sanitization: The script includes logic to parse and compact JSON and XML responses. It uses truncation to ensure that large datasets do not overwhelm the agent's context, maintaining efficient operation during long conversations.
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