Tavily Web Search

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    "created_at": "2026-03-14T00:18:01.883Z",
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    },
    "language": "en",
    "notes": "Auto-generated SSDS. Manual review recommended."
  },
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    "name": "Tavily Web Search",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "format": "agent_skill",
    "description": "Real-time web search using Tavily API optimized for AI agents. Use when you need current information, recent news, factual research, competitive analysis, or any data not in your training cutoff. Searches return structured results with URLs, content snippets, relevance scores, and optional AI-generated answers.",
    "publisher": "ClawHub",
    "source": {
      "channel": "clawhub",
      "slug": "moochmaniac-tavily-search",
      "owner": "Moochmaniac",
      "downloads": 242,
      "stars": 0
    },
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      "can_exec_code": false,
      "privilege_level": "user",
      "can_install_deps": false,
      "can_persist": false
    },
    "filesystem": {
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      "reads_user_home": false,
      "reads_system": false,
      "writes_workspace": false,
      "writes_user_home": false,
      "writes_system": false,
      "can_delete": false
    },
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      "ingress": false
    },
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      "reads_credential_files": false,
      "reads_browser_data": false,
      "reads_keychain": false
    },
    "services": [],
    "actions": {
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      "can_post_public": false,
      "can_purchase": false,
      "can_transfer_money": false,
      "can_deploy": false,
      "can_delete_external": false
    },
    "prompt_injection_surfaces": [
      "web"
    ],
    "content_types": [
      "general"
    ]
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      "D": 4,
      "A": 0,
      "C": 1
    },
    "flags": [
      "FS_READ_WORKSPACE",
      "NET_EGRESS_ANY",
      "CREDS_ENV",
      "PI_WEB"
    ],
    "custom_flags": [
      {
        "code": "SOCIAL_ENGINEERING",
        "name": "Social Engineering Risk",
        "description": "SOCIAL_ENG_VAGUE_DESCRIPTION: Skill description is too vague or missing"
      },
      {
        "code": "DATA_EXFILTRATION",
        "name": "Data Exfiltration Risk",
        "description": "DATA_EXFIL_NETWORK_REQUESTS, DATA_EXFIL_HTTP_POST, DATA_EXFIL_ENV_VARS: HTTP client library imports that enable external communication"
      }
    ],
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      "level": "medium",
      "basis": [
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      ],
      "notes": "Detected 2 security patterns (4 vendored rule hits). Review recommended."
    },
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      "H": "H1: Filesystem reads detected",
      "D": "D4: Critical: Credential theft or data exfiltration",
      "A": "A0: No side effects detected",
      "C": "C1: General content"
    }
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      }
    ],
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      },
      {
        "risk": "Data exfiltration patterns: DATA_EXFIL_NETWORK_REQUESTS, DATA_EXFIL_HTTP_POST, DATA_EXFIL_ENV_VARS",
        "severity": "critical",
        "mitigation": "Ensure network access is necessary and documented"
      }
    ],
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      "Static analysis only - runtime behavior not verified"
    ]
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    ],
    "containment": [
      "Review logs for unexpected actions"
    ],
    "recovery": [
      "Depends on skill capabilities"
    ]
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      "title": "scripts/search.py",
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    },
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    },
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      "title": "DATA_EXFIL_NETWORK_REQUESTS [MEDIUM] scripts/search.py:10: import requests",
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    },
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      "evidence_id": "EV:cisco-3",
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      "title": "DATA_EXFIL_HTTP_POST [CRITICAL] scripts/search.py:78: response = requests.post(",
      "file_path": "scripts/search.py"
    },
    {
      "evidence_id": "EV:cisco-4",
      "type": "file_excerpt",
      "title": "DATA_EXFIL_ENV_VARS [MEDIUM] scripts/search.py:59: api_key = os.getenv(\"TAVILY_API_KEY\")",
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    }
  ]
}