AC parallel
High-accuracy web search and research via Parallel.ai API. Optimized for AI agents with rich excerpts and citations. Supports agentic mode for token-efficient multi-step reasoning.
As a process C 52/100 · Has gaps — weak spots: when it triggers, inputs and preconditions, failures and branches
IntegrationAI and agentsInfrastructureResearchtype and topics are labelled automatically from the skill text
How to improve
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 · 1
✓ No critical or high findings
Medium and low: 1
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low Secrets in code
secret-high-entropy-tokenscripts/search.py:14High-entropy token-like string (may be an id, hash or a credential) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)API_KEY = os.environ.get("PARALLEL_API_KEY", "y2s_…jg1")quoted
Files scanned: 10. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "repository" - note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "homepage" - note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "triggers"
Process rating: all ten parameters 52/100
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 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
- 30Running it twice. 1 mutating operations with no state check
- 60Tools and files. Uses tools (web, python) that frontmatter does not declare
- 60Result and completion. Output format stated, no completion criterion
- 100Steps. 12 steps
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 485 tokens
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)
- -35 of 6 scripts are never mentioned in SKILL.md
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 180: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 7 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 12 items
- +3Output format is stated explicitly
- +4Has examples (3 code blocks)
- +1License stated
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 82.
External checks
ClawHub: suspicious
The skill is a real Parallel.ai research integration, but it contains under-disclosed high-impact behavior including a hardcoded API key fallback, third-party data transmission, authenticated browsing credential handling, and remote monitor lifecycle actions.
LLM: suspicious (high) · VirusTotal: suspicious · 10 Sept 2026