bids
Verdict safe, but 2 findings (2 medium), mainly data exfiltration. Most recent scan 2026-10-21.
Second scanner: NVIDIA SkillSpector
Independent static run, no language model, over the same files as the Cisco scan above. How the two scanners compare across the whole corpus: Two scanners, one corpus.
What this skill does
Organizes, queries, validates, and converts Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) datasets. Supports organizing neuroscience and biomedical data (MRI, EEG, MEG, iEEG, PET, microscopy, NIRS, motion capture, EMG, MR spectroscopy, behavioral), querying BIDS layouts, validating compliance, converting DICOM to BIDS, writing metadata sidecars, or creating BIDS derivatives.
- Package
- 8 files, 910 KB
- SKILL.md
- 1829 words, 12+ sections
- Code
- Python (1)
- License
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Compatibility
- Requires Python 3.10+ for PyBIDS and the validator wrapper; dcm2niix for DICOM conversion. Network access for installation and schema updates; no API credentials required.
SKILL.md covers: Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) · Overview · When to Use This Skill · Installation · Core BIDS querying library · BIDS validator (Deno-based, installed via PyPI wrapper) · Alternative: install directly via Deno · deno install -ERWN -g -n bids-validator jsr:@bids/validator · DICOM-to-BIDS converters (install as needed) · BIDScoin: uv pip install bidscoin · Useful companions · Core Workflows
Findings
MEDIUM Outbound network request primitives that can transmit data externally Data Exfiltrationstatic
Pattern detected: urllib.request.Request(
scripts/update_schema.py:35
req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"User-Agent": "bids-skill-updater/1.1"})MEDIUM Outbound network request primitives that can transmit data externally Data Exfiltrationstatic
Pattern detected: urllib.request.urlopen(
scripts/update_schema.py:36
with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=TIMEOUT_SECONDS) as resp:What is in the package
| File | Kind | Size |
|---|---|---|
SKILL.md | doc | 14 KB |
references/beps.yml | config | 25 KB |
references/bids_schema.json | config | 806 KB |
references/bids_specification.md | doc | 9.0 KB |
references/conversion_tools.md | doc | 20 KB |
references/core_workflows.md | doc | 20 KB |
references/metadata_fields.md | doc | 11 KB |
scripts/update_schema.py | script | 4.0 KB |
External hosts referenced
www.dicomlookup.com github.com docs.google.com doi.org bids-specification.readthedocs.io rrid.site www.nitrc.org www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov sccn.ucsd.edu bidscoin.readthedocs.io docutils.sourceforge.io heudiconv.readthedocs.io www.brainproducts.com www.markdownguide.org bids-standard.github.io bids.neuroimaging.io dicom.nema.org eeglab.org raw.githubusercontent.com unfmontreal.github.io www.edfplus.info www.protocols.io atlas.brain-map.org bids-specification--1680.org.readthedocs.build bids-specification--1902.org.readthedocs.build bids-specification--2022.org.readthedocs.build bids-specification--2123.org.readthedocs.build bids-specification--2231.org.readthedocs.build bids-specification--2258.org.readthedocs.build bids-specification--2267.org.readthedocs.build
Hostnames that appear in the skill's files. Referencing a host is not a finding; compare against the findings above and the skill's stated purpose.
Package contents recorded 2026-10-22 at commit 593377bb0487. The scan above ran against the version current at scan time; the two can differ if the skill has since been updated.
What we checked
- Static analyzer. Pattern rules over SKILL.md and bundled files: known-bad commands, exfiltration URLs, secrets, obfuscation.
- Bytecode analyzer.
- Pipeline analyzer.
- Correlation analyzer.
- Behavioral analyzer. Checks what the skill asks the agent to do against what its description claims it does.
- Trigger analyzer. Looks for instructions that fire on conditions the user did not ask for.
What we did not check
- Runtime behaviour. The skill was not executed; findings come from reading its files.
- Anything fetched at install or run time, including remote scripts, package dependencies, and URLs the skill tells the agent to open.
- Content the analyzers cannot read: images, binaries, and some non-English text.
- Known scanner bypass classes. See the methodology and limitations page.
Sources
- Repository: https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills
- Raw scan result: skills-bids-scan.json
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