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Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 15, 2026
Risk Level: SAFEEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSCOMMAND_EXECUTIONDATA_EXFILTRATIONINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTIONCREDENTIALS_UNSAFE
Full Analysis
- [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill provides instructions and automated routines for installing necessary CLI dependencies, such as the Grok CLI from
x.aiand various Printing Press research tools from the author's own@mvanhornnpm scope. These are documented as official or vendor-owned resources. - [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: To provide zero-config authentication for services like X/Twitter and Truth Social, the skill extracts session cookies from local browser databases (Firefox, Chrome, Safari). This operation is a core feature disclosed in the documentation and via the
preflightanddoctorcommands. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill utilizes numerous external binaries for its retrieval pipeline, including
yt-dlpfor video transcripts,ghfor GitHub data, andopensslfor cookie decryption on macOS. These subprocesses are used for their intended purpose within the research workflow. - [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill ingests untrusted data from the web and social media and feeds it into LLMs for planning and reranking. It mitigates this risk by using
<untrusted_content>boundary markers and explicit instructions to the model to treat the content as data rather than instructions. - [CREDENTIALS_UNSAFE]: A hardcoded public bearer token is present in the vendored
bird-searchNode.js library. This is a well-known public constant required for the scraper's operation and does not involve the exposure of private user secrets.
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