BC indexnow-pro
Instant search engine notification via IndexNow protocol. Ping Bing, Yandex, and IndexNow API to index new or updated pages within minutes instead of days. Supports single URL, batch URLs, sitemap submission, and key management.
As a process C 50/100 · Has gaps — weak spots: result and completion, when it triggers, failures and branches
How to improve
- Say in the description WHEN to use the skill ("use when…", example requests): that is the agent's main cue.
- For Hermes the description must be one sentence under 60 characters; move the conditions to a "When to Use" section.
For the model run — optional
- Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
- A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.
Guard findings · 10
✓ No critical or high findings
Medium and low: 10
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low Exfiltration
exfil-secret-in-urlscript.sh:39Credential passed in a URL query string (normal for some APIs — verify the host is the intended service) (placeholder value)curl -s "https://www.bing.com/indexnow?url=…&key=…"
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low Exfiltration
net-credential-usescript.sh:39Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service) (the skill's own vendor host; quoted — discussed, not commanded)curl -s "https://www.bing.com/indexnow?url=…&key=…"
vendor-hostquoted -
low Exfiltration
exfil-secret-in-urlscript.sh:42Credential passed in a URL query string (normal for some APIs — verify the host is the intended service) (placeholder value)curl -s "https://yandex.com/indexnow?url=…&key=…"
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low Exfiltration
net-credential-usescript.sh:42Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service) (the skill's own vendor host; quoted — discussed, not commanded)curl -s "https://yandex.com/indexnow?url=…&key=…"
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low Exfiltration
exfil-secret-in-urlscript.sh:45Credential passed in a URL query string (normal for some APIs — verify the host is the intended service) (placeholder value)curl -s "https://api.indexnow.org/indexnow?url=…&key=…"
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low Exfiltration
net-credential-usescript.sh:45Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service) (the skill's own vendor host; quoted — discussed, not commanded)curl -s "https://api.indexnow.org/indexnow?url=…&key=…"
vendor-hostquoted -
low Exfiltration
net-credential-usescript.sh:67Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)const res = await fetch(`${engine}?url=${encodeURIComponent(url)}&key=${key}`);quoted -
low Exfiltration
net-credential-usescript.sh:233Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)curl -s "https://yoursite.com/${KEY}.txt"quoted -
low Exfiltration
exfil-secret-in-urlscript.sh:239Credential passed in a URL query string (normal for some APIs — verify the host is the intended service) (placeholder value)curl -s "https://api.indexnow.org/indexnow?url=…&key=…"
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low Exfiltration
exfil-secret-in-urlscript.sh:271Credential passed in a URL query string (normal for some APIs — verify the host is the intended service) (placeholder value)"https://api.indexnow.org/indexnow?url=…&key=…")
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Files scanned: 3. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- warning
description-long-hermesdescription is 228 chars; the Hermes authoring standard requires ≤ 60 (one sentence, ending with a period) - warning
description-no-whenneither description nor a "## When to Use" section says when to use the skill - note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "homepage" - note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "source"
Process rating: all ten parameters 50/100
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0Failures and branches. Linear process with no failure handling
- 0Progress reporting. Says nothing while it works
- 20When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 60Tools and files. Uses tools (web) that frontmatter does not declare
- 70Inputs and preconditions. Inputs and preconditions are listed
- 75Steps. 3 steps
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 217 tokens
- 100Running it twice. No mutating operations
Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.
Quality signals
- +5Description has no quoted example phrases that should trigger the skill
- +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
- +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
- +4No input/output examples
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 228: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 3 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 3 items
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 60.
External checks
ClawHub: suspicious
This looks like an SEO documentation helper, but some copyable examples handle credentials and tokens unsafely and the command names overstate what the script actually does.
LLM: suspicious (medium) · VirusTotal: · 29 May 2026