pptx-posters
Verdict safe, but 1 finding (1 low), mainly unauthorized tool use. 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
Creates and audits editable scientific posters in macro-free PowerPoint (.pptx) from author-approved local content and assets. Used when the requested deliverable is a PowerPoint research/conference poster and exact physical, printer, accessibility, provenance, and package-security checks are required.
- Package
- 21 files, 247 KB
- SKILL.md
- 1556 words, 12+ sections
- Code
- Python (10)
- Allowed tools
ReadWriteBashGlobGrepPython- License
- MIT
- Compatibility
- Requires Python 3.10+, uv, and exact generation pins python-pptx 1.0.2, Pillow 12.3.0, and lxml 6.1.3. Validation and PPTX ZIP/XML inspection are local and network-free; final PowerPoint, accessibility, PDF, printer, and author review are manual.
SKILL.md covers: PPTX posters · Scope · Hard gates · Install exact generation dependencies · Establish requirements before layout · Build the manifest · Audit assets and palette before generation · Generate the PPTX · Run final technical audits · Manual PowerPoint and accessibility gate · Export and print · Bundled CLIs
Findings
LOW Script contacts a destination the documentation never mentions Unauthorized Tool Usestatic
Script contacts or configures 'schemas.openxmlformats.org' but the skill documentation never visibly mentions it. Undocumented network destinations can indicate behaviour the manifest and description do not disclose.
scripts/_pptx.py:32
What is in the package
21 files, 247 KB. Show the list.
| File | Kind | Size |
|---|---|---|
SKILL.md | doc | 12 KB |
assets/generation_dependencies.json | config | 70 B |
assets/poster_manifest_template.json | config | 4.4 KB |
assets/poster_quality_checklist.md | doc | 8.5 KB |
references/manifest_spec.md | doc | 9.2 KB |
references/poster_content_guide.md | doc | 7.6 KB |
references/poster_design_principles.md | doc | 10 KB |
references/poster_layout_design.md | doc | 8.4 KB |
references/pptx_security.md | doc | 8.7 KB |
references/security_validation.md | doc | 4.3 KB |
references/source_ledger.md | doc | 14 KB |
scripts/_common.py | script | 13 KB |
scripts/_manifest.py | script | 46 KB |
scripts/_pptx.py | script | 53 KB |
scripts/check_layout.py | script | 5.8 KB |
scripts/check_palette.py | script | 4.7 KB |
scripts/generate_poster.py | script | 15 KB |
scripts/inspect_pptx.py | script | 1.2 KB |
scripts/inventory_images.py | script | 9.4 KB |
scripts/plan_export.py | script | 9.0 KB |
scripts/validate_manifest.py | script | 1.6 KB |
External hosts referenced
support.microsoft.com learn.microsoft.com docs.python.org schemas.openxmlformats.org pypi.org python-pptx.readthedocs.io arxiv.org attend.ieee.org colorbrewer2.org cscw.acm.org ecma-international.org github.com pillow.readthedocs.io sronpersonalpages.nl www.iso.org create.microsoft.com doi.org export.arxiv.org
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-pptx-posters-scan.json
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