Is exa-search safe to install?

No known risky patterns found. The scan covers prompt injection, hidden Unicode, remote code execution and credential access in every text file of the skill. It cannot judge intent, so read any flagged line in context before installing.

How was this score calculated?

Four checks of 25 points each: spec, efficiency, clarity and security. Findings take points off the check they belong to, and any critical finding caps the grade at F. The same scanner runs in your browser at proskills.dev/scan.

Is this report current?

It was made from commit a1043ef on 2026-10-16. If the skill has changed since, paste the new version into the scanner for a fresh score.

I wrote this skill. Can I fix the score or have the page removed?

Fix the findings and push. The reports are rebuilt from GitHub on a schedule, so the next run picks the change up. To have the page removed, open an issue on the ProSkills GitHub repo.

Scan reports · K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills

exa-search: scan report

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… An automated scan of this public skill from K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills: security, token cost, spec and clarity, with every finding and its fix.

Result

Verdict

exa-search

90/100 · grade A

K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/skills/exa-search at a1043ef

Spec 25 · Efficiency 19 · Clarity 21 · Security 25 (each out of 25)

Always loaded 80 tokens · on trigger 1,409 · on demand 5,294

eff/description-trigger warn · SKILL.mddescription doesn't say *when* to use the skill ("Use when …"). Agents decide from this line alone.
clarity/output warn · SKILL.mdDoesn't say what the result should look like. Add an Output section.

Where it comes from

Source

Fact	Value
Repository	K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills
Skill folder	skills/exa-search
Stars	51,324
License	MIT
Commit scanned	a1043ef
Scanned	2026-10-16
Files	5

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FAQ

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Is exa-search safe to install?: No known risky patterns found. The scan covers prompt injection, hidden Unicode, remote code execution and credential access in every text file of the skill. It cannot judge intent, so read any flagged line in context before installing.
How was this score calculated?: Four checks of 25 points each: spec, efficiency, clarity and security. Findings take points off the check they belong to, and any critical finding caps the grade at F. The same scanner runs in your browser at proskills.dev/scan.
Is this report current?: It was made from commit a1043ef on 2026-10-16. If the skill has changed since, paste the new version into the scanner for a fresh score.
I wrote this skill. Can I fix the score or have the page removed?: Fix the findings and push. The reports are rebuilt from GitHub on a schedule, so the next run picks the change up. To have the page removed, open an issue on the ProSkills GitHub repo.

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