CC anysearch
Use this skill for live web and vertical-domain search, parallel batch search, and full-page URL extraction via AnySearch. Prefer vertical search for domain-specific or realtime queries (finance, academic, security, legal, code, travel, health, etc.); call get_sub_domains before vertical search; use batch_search when the query is ambiguous or multi-intent; use extract to turn a page into Markdown. Works anonymously with lower rate limits, or with ANYSEARCH_API_KEY for higher limits.
Use this skill for live web and vertical-domain search, parallel batch search, and full-page URL extraction via AnySearch.
As a process C 60/100 · Has gaps — weak spots: result and completion, inputs and preconditions
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 · 5
✓ No critical or high findings
Medium and low: 5
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medium Exfiltration
net-redirectable-api-keyscripts/anysearch_cli.js:13Helper 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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medium Exfiltration
net-redirectable-api-keyscripts/anysearch_cli.py:50Helper 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 Dangerous commands
cmd-pipe-to-shellMAINTENANCE.md:123Downloads and executes remote code from an unrecognised host (pipe to shell) (negated — the text forbids it)- [ ] No `curl | sh` or remote-code install paths
negated -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-execpolicy-bypassscripts/generate.py:146Runs PowerShell with execution policy bypassed (detector / deny-list definition)$tpl = $tpl.Replace("{{LANG_INVOKE}}", "powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File scripts/anys…ps1")detector
A further 1 matches are quotations in this security skill's documentation and are not counted as findings.
Files scanned: 13. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "upstream"
Process rating: all ten parameters 60/100
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 50When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 60Tools and files. Uses tools (bash, web, python) that frontmatter does not declare
- 85Steps. 14 steps, 1 vague phrases
- 100Failures and branches. 1 branches, has a failure section
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 1733 tokens
- 100Running it twice. Mutating operations check current state
- 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
- medium Safety rules and hard prohibitions inside a skill: they belong in the system prompt, here they protect nothing
- low The response is described with custom markup (5 tags): a typed call is more reliable
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
- -32 of 4 scripts are never mentioned in SKILL.md
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 487: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 12 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 14 items
- +4Has examples (6 code blocks)
- +1License stated
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 81.