perplexity-search
Perform AI-powered web searches with real-time information using Perplexity models via LiteLLM and OpenRouter. This skill should be used when conducting web searches for current information, finding recent scientific literature, getting grounded answers with source citations, or accessing information beyond the model knowledge cutoff. Provides access to multiple Perplexity models including Sonar Pro, Sonar Pro Search (advanced agentic search), and Sonar Reasoning Pro through a single OpenRouter API key.
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1 high severity finding. You should review these findings carefully before considering using this skill.
W007: Insecure credential handling detected in skill instructions.
What this means
The skill handles credentials insecurely by requiring the agent to include secret values verbatim in its generated output. This exposes credentials in the agent’s context and conversation history, creating a risk of data exfiltration.
Why it was flagged
The skill includes examples that place API keys directly into command-line arguments and explicit export lines (e.g., `--api-key sk-or-v1-your-key-here` and `export OPENROUTER_API_KEY='sk-or-v1-your-key-here'`), which require the LLM or user to handle and/or output secret values verbatim and expose them in shell history/process lists.
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Low-risk findings.
1 low severity finding. Worth noting, but not necessarily harmful.
W011: Third-party content exposure detected (indirect prompt injection risk).
What this means
The skill exposes the agent to untrusted, user-generated content from public third-party sources, creating a risk of indirect prompt injection. This includes browsing arbitrary URLs, reading social media posts or forum comments, and analyzing content from unknown websites.
Why it was flagged
This skill’s required runtime workflow sends the model’s user query to Perplexity via LiteLLM/OpenRouter and receives a generated “answer” with cited web material; that web content is outsider-authored free text that can influence the LLM output/context indirectly through the provider’s grounding pipeline.
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- synthetic-sciences/openscience
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- Security analysis
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