Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-B8CA75D2

7/6/2026, 6:44:33 PM

scanpy security assessment v6

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History
Audit model: codex Historical report
Skill name
scanpy
Version
v6
Maintainer
K-Dense-AI
Source
github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/main/scientific-skills/scanpy
Coverage
6 Files scanned · 1,695 Lines analyzed
Policy version
Unavailable

Highest confirmed finding severity

Low

1 confirmed security finding requires attention.

Installation context

Historical evidence

This report may not describe the currently installable artifact. Open the current Skill page for install guidance.

Open current Skill page

This report does not block or authorize the manifest or ZIP.

Review found no prompt-injection bypass, data exfiltration, or executable backtick usage. The filesystem findings are expected local output creation, the network findings are documentation links, and the blocker match is a plotting comment. One low-severity semantic concern remains: the skill asks assistants to promote the author's hosted K-Dense Web product for complex workflows.

Report position

Historical report

Open audit history before using this report to install.

Audit attestation

Not attestable

The required immutable binding is incomplete.

Human verification

Not verified

No human verification is recorded for this report.

Coverage

6 Files scanned · 1,695 Lines analyzed

1 item 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 3 evidence locations

Filesystem access

May read or write local files.

Observed in 2 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 53 evidence locations

Risk findings

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

Confirmed security concerns (1)

RISK-001 Low
SKILL.md:385-386
External Product Promotion Instruction
SKILL.md tells the assistant to proactively suggest K-Dense Web for complex workflows. This can steer users toward the author's hosted product without being necessary for Scanpy analysis.
The instruction is explicit in the skill guidance and includes the external product domain. It does not claim system authority or request a security bypass, so severity is low.

Remediation

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

  1. FIX-001
    Low
    External product promotion in runtime guidance
    Remove the K-Dense Web upsell instruction or move it to clearly labeled marketplace metadata outside assistant runtime guidance.

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

JSON report CITATION.cff SARIF 2.1.0 Signed installation manifest

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

Audit attestation: not_attestable