BC openbio
OpenBio API for biological data access and computational biology tools. Use when: (1) Querying biological databases (PDB, UniProt, ChEMBL, etc.), (2) Searching scientific literature (PubMed, bioRxiv, arXiv), (3) Running structure prediction (Boltz, Chai, ProteinMPNN), (4) Performing pathway/enrichment analysis, (5) Designing molecular biology experiments (primers, cloning), (6) Analyzing variants and clinical data, (7) Analyzing and editing plasmid files (GenBank, SnapGene).
As a process C 63/100 · Has gaps — weak spots: result and completion, when it triggers, inputs and preconditions
What is at stake
Medium-severity findings: the skill is probably honest, but read what alarmed the scanner.
Below is the worst case for this category. The finding here is medium: the guard saw a sign, not a proof.
The instructions or scripts send data out: environment variables, keys, file contents, chat history. You may never notice, because the agent performs the upload as "part of the task".
If the upload is not needed for the task, remove it: catalogs flag such skills and delist them. If it is needed, name the destination explicitly, say what leaves the machine, and give the user a switch.
How to improve
- Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
- A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.
Guard findings · 7
✓ No critical or high findings
Medium and low: 7
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medium Exfiltration
net-credential-userules/api.md:439Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)curl -s "...api/v1/tools/search?q=protein" -H "X-API-Key: $KEY" | jq '.results[:3]'
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medium Exfiltration
net-credential-userules/api.md:442Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)curl -s "...api/v1/tools/fetch_pdb_metadata" -H "X-API-Key: $KEY" | jq '.parameters'
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medium Exfiltration
net-credential-userules/api.md:445Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)curl -X POST "...api/v1/tools" -H "X-API-Key: $KEY" \
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medium Exfiltration
net-credential-userules/api.md:454Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)curl -s -X POST "...api/v1/tools/validate" -H "X-API-Key: $KEY" \
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medium Exfiltration
net-credential-userules/api.md:459Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)curl -X POST "...api/v1/tools" -H "X-API-Key: $KEY" \
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low Secrets in code
secret-high-entropy-tokenrules/pinal.md:84High-entropy token-like string (may be an id, hash or a credential)>Sequ…nce
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low Secrets in code
secret-high-entropy-tokenrules/pinal.md:245High-entropy token-like string (may be an id, hash or a credential)>Sequ…nce
Files scanned: 21. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "updated_at"
Process rating: all ten parameters 63/100
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 20When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 30Running it twice. 4 mutating operations with no state check
- 100Tools and files. No external tools needed
- 100Steps. 5 steps
- 100Failures and branches. 4 branches, has a failure section
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 1921 tokens
- 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
- low 10 top-level sections: this looks like several domains in one skill
Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.
Quality signals
- +5Description has no quoted example phrases that should trigger the skill
- +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
- +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 479: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 16 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 5 items
- +4Has examples (9 code blocks)
- +4Reference files are cited in the instructions (20 of 20)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 87.