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D.Va Exa Web Search Free

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a transparent Exa search setup; its main risk is that search queries go to an external provider and optional advanced tools broaden research capability.

Install this only if you are comfortable sending search, code, company, and optional profile-research queries to Exa. Use the basic Exa configuration for normal search, and enable the full toolset only when you specifically need crawling, people search, or deep-research capabilities.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (2)

Unrestricted Tool Access

Medium
Category
Excessive Agency
Content
- `people_search_exa` - Professional profiles
- `deep_researcher_start/check` - AI research agent

**Enable all tools:**
```bash
mcporter config add exa-full "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp?tools=web_search_exa,web_search_advanced_exa,get_code_context_exa,deep_search_exa,crawling_exa,company_research_exa,people_search_exa,deep_researcher_start,deep_researcher_check"
Confidence
83% confidence
Finding
tools:*

Unrestricted Tool Access

Medium
Category
Excessive Agency
Content
- `people_search_exa` - Professional profiles
- `deep_researcher_start/check` - AI research agent

**Enable all tools:**
```bash
mcporter config add exa-full "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp?tools=web_search_exa,web_search_advanced_exa,get_code_context_exa,deep_search_exa,crawling_exa,company_research_exa,people_search_exa,deep_researcher_start,deep_researcher_check"
Confidence
83% confidence
Finding
Enable all tools

VirusTotal

66/66 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.