CC zotero-enhanced
Zotero library management with PDF metadata auto-fetch (Crossref/arXiv), item search, file read, and note management. Supports cloud and WebDAV storage.
As a process C 62/100 · Has gaps — weak spots: when it triggers, inputs and preconditions, running it twice
What is at stake
Medium-severity findings: the skill is probably honest, but read what alarmed the scanner.
Below is the worst case for this category. The finding here is medium: the guard saw a sign, not a proof.
The instructions or scripts send data out: environment variables, keys, file contents, chat history. You may never notice, because the agent performs the upload as "part of the task".
If the upload is not needed for the task, remove it: catalogs flag such skills and delist them. If it is needed, name the destination explicitly, say what leaves the machine, and give the user a switch.
How to improve
- Say in the description WHEN to use the skill ("use when…", example requests): that is the agent's main cue.
- 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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medium Exfiltration
net-credential-usescripts/add_to_zotero_enhanced.sh:357Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)curl -s -f -u "$WEBDAV_USER:$WEBDAV_PASS" -T "$PROP_FILE" "$WEBDAV_TARGET_URL"
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medium Exfiltration
net-credential-usescripts/add_to_zotero_enhanced.sh:360Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)curl -s -f -u "$WEBDAV_USER:$WEBDAV_PASS" -T "$ZIP_FILE" "$WEBDAV_TARGET_URL"
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medium Exfiltration
net-credential-usescripts/add_to_zotero_universal.sh:485Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)HTTP_PROP=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -u "$WEBDAV_USER:$WEBDAV_PASS" \ -
medium Exfiltration
net-credential-usescripts/add_to_zotero_universal.sh:487Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)HTTP_ZIP=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -u "$WEBDAV_USER:$WEBDAV_PASS" \ -
medium Exfiltration
net-credential-usescripts/add_to_zotero.sh:107Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)curl -s -f -u "$WEBDAV_USER:$WEBDAV_PASS" -T "$PROP_FILE" "$WEBDAV_TARGET_URL"
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medium Exfiltration
net-credential-usescripts/add_to_zotero.sh:110Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)curl -s -f -u "$WEBDAV_USER:$WEBDAV_PASS" -T "$ZIP_FILE" "$WEBDAV_TARGET_URL"
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medium Exfiltration
net-credential-usescripts/read_universal.sh:96Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)curl -s -f -u "$WEBDAV_USER:$WEBDAV_PASS" -o "$ZIP_PATH" "$WEBDAV_SOURCE_URL"
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medium Exfiltration
net-credential-usescripts/read_universal.sh:127Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)curl -s -f -H "Zotero-API-Key: $ZOTERO_API_KEY" -o "$PDF_PATH" "$DOWNLOAD_URL"
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medium Exfiltration
net-credential-usescripts/read.sh:62Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)curl -s -f -u "$WEBDAV_USER:$WEBDAV_PASS" -o "$LOCAL_ZIP_PATH" "$WEBDAV_SOURCE_URL"
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low Exfiltration
net-credential-useSKILL.md:321Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)- **Improvement**: WebDAV upload URL uses explicit filename (`$WEBDAV_BASE_URL/${ATTACH_KEY}.prop`) instead of relying on curl's trailing-slash filename appending behavior.quoted
Files scanned: 16. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- warning
description-no-whendescription does not say WHEN to use the skill (no "use when")
Process rating: all ten parameters 62/100
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 0Progress reporting. Says nothing while it works
- 20When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 30Running it twice. 21 mutating operations with no state check
- 60Tools and files. Uses tools (web) that frontmatter does not declare
- 60Result and completion. Output format stated, no completion criterion
- 100Steps. 100 steps
- 100Failures and branches. 1 branches, has a failure section
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 3741 tokens
- medium Safety rules and hard prohibitions inside a skill: they belong in the system prompt, here they protect nothing
- low 10 top-level sections: this looks like several domains in one skill
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)
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 152: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 54 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 100 items
- +3Output format is stated explicitly
- +4Has examples (12 code blocks)
- +3All 11 scripts are documented
- +1License stated
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 79.