exa-search
No security findings. Scanned 1 time, most recently 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
Searches scientific and technical web content with Exa and extracts page or PDF text from URLs in batches. Supports scholarly discovery with the publication category and academic domain filters. Applies to requests to search the web, look up current research, fetch a page, or extract an article using Exa.
- Package
- 5 files, 27 KB
- SKILL.md
- 772 words, 10 sections
- Code
- Python (2)
- License
- MIT
- Compatibility
- Requires Python 3.11+, exa-py>=2.23.0,<3, an EXA_API_KEY, and internet access.
SKILL.md covers: Exa Web Toolkit · Routing — pick the right capability · Decision guide · Academic source priority · Setup · Authentication · Extraction limits and freshness · Verified API and SDK scope · Tracking header · Files in this skill
Findings
No findings. SAFE
What is in the package
| File | Kind | Size |
|---|---|---|
SKILL.md | doc | 6.2 KB |
references/web-extract.md | doc | 3.4 KB |
references/web-search.md | doc | 6.5 KB |
scripts/exa_extract.py | script | 4.4 KB |
scripts/exa_search.py | script | 6.4 KB |
External hosts referenced
exa.ai api.exa.ai arxiv.org github.com dashboard.exa.ai doi.org www.nature.com
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.
Environment variables referenced
SKILL_PATH EXA_API_KEY
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-exa-search-scan.json
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