Psychology Research Assistant
v1.0.0Assist with psychology research by supporting literature searches, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, methodology guidance, and structured writing.
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Benign
high confidencePurpose & Capability
The skill describes literature search across PubMed, PsycINFO, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane, and PsyArXiv and meta-analysis support (including R metafor code). As an instruction-only skill that requests no credentials or binaries, this is coherent for public/open sources (e.g., PubMed, PsyArXiv) but access to subscription services (Scopus, Web of Science, PsycINFO) would require external credentials or institutional access that the skill does not request or provide. Overall the claimed capabilities align with the purpose, but access limitations are not addressed.
Instruction Scope
SKILL.md stays within the research assistant scope (search, PRISMA/GRADE guidance, effect-size calculations, R code generation). It instructs the agent to 'use web_search' for literature discovery and to 'update knowledge base regularly'—both are high-level and ambiguous: 'web_search' depends on whatever platform browsing/search tool is available, and 'update knowledge base' implies persistence that the skill does not define. The instructions do not ask the agent to read unrelated files or exfiltrate secrets.
Install Mechanism
No install spec and no code files are present. This is low risk and consistent with an instruction-only skill.
Credentials
The skill requests no environment variables, credentials, or config paths, which is proportionate for a general research assistant. However, because several named data sources are subscription-based, the lack of any credential requirements means those sources won't be directly accessible unless the user separately supplies access; the SKILL.md does not explain how to provide or handle such credentials.
Persistence & Privilege
always is false and the skill does not request persistent presence or elevated privileges. The mention of updating a knowledge base is advisory only and there is no mechanism described to modify agent configuration or store data on disk.
Assessment
This instruction-only skill appears to do what it says and doesn't request credentials or install anything. Before installing, consider: (1) it names subscription databases (Scopus, Web of Science, PsycINFO) but doesn't ask for credentials — expect limited access to paywalled content unless you separately provide appropriate access; (2) its advice and generated statistical code (e.g., effect-size conversions, R metafor snippets) should be checked by a knowledgeable researcher before use; (3) the SKILL.md mentions 'update knowledge base regularly' but gives no storage mechanism—if you expect persistent indexing or dataset storage, clarify where and how data will be saved and whether any credentials are needed; (4) always verify and cite primary sources returned by the agent, and be mindful of publisher copyright and licensing for full-text access.Like a lobster shell, security has layers — review code before you run it.
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License
MIT-0
Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.