Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-2E368361

7/6/2026, 4:06:59 PM

content-gap-analysis security assessment v2

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History
Audit model: codex Historical report
Skill name
content-gap-analysis
Version
v2
Maintainer
aaron-he-zhu
Coverage
4 Files scanned · 384 Lines analyzed
Policy version
Unavailable

Highest confirmed finding severity

Medium

1 confirmed security finding requires attention.

Installation context

Historical evidence

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Most static findings are false positives from Markdown code fences, fixed memory paths, metadata URLs, and documentation links. The confirmed risk is the optional connector workflow, which asks agents to run local scripts and perform outbound competitor scraping.

Report position

Historical report

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Audit attestation

Not attestable

The required immutable binding is incomplete.

Human verification

Not verified

No human verification is recorded for this report.

Coverage

4 Files scanned · 384 Lines analyzed

3 items shown for review

Limitations

This report does not claim runtime or sandbox execution and does not prove the absence of side effects.

Evidence chain

Follow the evidence from source binding to the install contract. Available evidence supports verification; it is not a safety guarantee.

  1. Source

    Binding unavailable

  2. Artifact

    Identity incomplete

  3. Audit

    Complete

  4. Install contract

    Open manifest to verify

    Open manifest

Capabilities observed

Observed means this report recorded supporting evidence. Not recorded does not prove that a capability is absent.

Contains scripts

May execute code included with the Skill.

Not recorded by this audit

Network access

May connect to external services.

Observed in 2 evidence locations

Filesystem access

May read or write local files.

Observed in 8 evidence locations

Env variables

May read values from the process environment.

Not recorded by this audit

External commands

May invoke commands or programs outside the Skill.

Observed in 16 evidence locations

Capability review items (2)
Medium
Ruby/shell backtick execution
**Trend-scout as a gap-discovery input (keyless)**: feed the multi-source trend scout — Google Trend
The text directs agents to use a connector script for trend scouting. It is a legitimate workflow, but it expands the skill into local script execution and outbound data collection.
Medium
Ruby/shell backtick execution
**Keyless competitor-coverage inventory**: `python3 "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/connectors/firecr
Line 50 includes a python3 command that runs firecrawl.py with user-supplied domain and topic values. This is real external command execution with network scraping behavior.

Risk findings

Confirmed security concerns are separated from items that still need review.

Confirmed security concerns (1)

RISK-001 Medium
Optional Connector Workflow Invokes Outbound Scraping
The skill directs agents to use trend and Firecrawl connector scripts for competitor coverage and page scraping. This can trigger outbound requests and send user-provided domains or topics outside the chat if run without confirmation.
Lines 48-50 explicitly describe connector-based trend scouting and Firecrawl scraping. The workflow appears legitimate, but the network and third-party data-transfer behavior is clear.

Remediation

Suggested fixes recorded by this audit. Applying them is the maintainer’s responsibility.

  1. FIX-001
    Medium
    Connector command execution
    Require explicit user approval before running connector scripts, and document the exact command, arguments, and outbound destinations.
  2. FIX-002
    Medium
    Outbound scraping and third-party data transfer
    Provide a no-network fallback and clearly state what domains, URLs, and topics may be sent to Firecrawl or trend sources.
  3. FIX-003
    Low
    Cross-package relative documentation links
    Replace parent-directory links with marketplace-safe references or bundle required documentation inside the skill package.

Expert evidence

Immutable subject identity, scanner metadata, dismissed matches, and source-level evidence.

Artifact subject

Marketplace commit
Unavailable
Content hash
Unavailable
Tree hash
Unavailable
Skill path
Unavailable
Audit payload hash
Unavailable

Analysis metadata

Audit model: codex

Analysis state: Complete

Scope is limited to the recorded files, lines, methods, and evidence. No runtime or sandbox execution is claimed.

Verify and export

The manifest and lockfile bind install artifacts to cryptographic hashes. This integrity claim is separate from the security assessment.

Audit attestation: not_attestable