BB run-advanced-patent-query-ip
Execute a user-supplied PatSnap advanced patent query containing field operators such as ANCS:, TAC_ALL:, DESC_B:, MAINF:, ALL_AN:, PN:, APD:, PBD:, APNO:, or PRNO:, then generate an evidence-backed competitor patent report with portfolio counts, company-level technical summaries, hierarchical patent details, optional literature context, Markdown output, and an accessible HTML rendering. Use when the user explicitly asks to run a PatSnap query or create a report from one; require verified PatSnap MCP or documented global API access and never collect credentials in chat.
Execute a user-supplied PatSnap advanced patent query containing field operators such as ANCS:, TACALL:, DESCB:, MAINF:, ALLAN:, PN:, APD:, PBD:, APNO:, or…
As a process B 68/100 · Nearly there — weak spots: result and completion, 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
- 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 · 2
✓ No critical or high findings
Medium and low: 2
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medium Exfiltration
net-redirectable-api-keyscripts/config.py:11Helper sends the API key to a host configured by an environment variable — the key can be redirected to another serverAPI key + configurable base URL from environment
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low Concealment
en-hide-from-userSKILL.md:93Instruction to hide actions from the user (negated — the text forbids it)Do not silently install Python packages.
negated
Files scanned: 10. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "copyright"
Process rating: all ten parameters 68/100
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 30Running it twice. 4 mutating operations with no state check
- 50Failures and branches. 0 branches, has a failure section
- 60Tools and files. Uses tools (bash, python) that frontmatter does not declare
- 70Inputs and preconditions. Inputs and preconditions are listed
- 100Steps. 62 steps
- 100When it triggers. States when to use and when not to
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 2731 tokens
- 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
- low 13 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)
- +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
- -34 of 6 scripts are never mentioned in SKILL.md
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 576: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 26 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 62 items
- +4Has examples (1 code blocks)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 80.