Gemini Citation
PassAudited by ClawScan on May 1, 2026.
Overview
This appears to be a straightforward Gemini research helper, but it uses your Gemini API key, installs an unpinned dependency, and should not be treated as a guarantee of citation accuracy.
This skill is reasonable for grounded Gemini research. Before installing, be comfortable sending your research queries to Gemini/Google, protect the GEMINI_API_KEY with quotas or restrictions, install dependencies in a controlled environment, and manually verify important sources and APA citations.
Findings (3)
Artifact-based informational review of SKILL.md, metadata, install specs, static scan signals, and capability signals. ClawScan does not execute the skill or run runtime probes.
Queries may consume quota or incur charges under the Google account associated with the API key.
The script requires and uses a Gemini API key to call the Gemini service. This is purpose-aligned and not shown being logged or sent elsewhere, but it is still a sensitive credential.
api_key: Optional[str] = os.environ.get("GEMINI_API_KEY")Use a dedicated or restricted API key where possible, set usage limits, and avoid sharing the key in prompts, logs, or screenshots.
A future dependency update could change functionality or introduce bugs even though the skill’s own code is simple.
The dependency is not pinned to an exact version, so future installs may receive newer package versions with changed behavior.
google-genai>=0.7.0
Install in a controlled environment and consider pinning a known-good google-genai version if reproducibility matters.
A user might over-trust the generated answer or citations without checking the listed sources.
The code enables Gemini Search grounding and prints grounding metadata, but it does not independently verify every generated claim or APA citation.
It guarantees that generated facts are grounded in live web references rather than model hallucinations.
Treat the output as research assistance, not final proof; verify important claims and citation formatting against the source links.