Data Source Verification
PassAudited by ClawScan on May 1, 2026.
Overview
This looks like a benign research-data workflow, but it will create local provenance files and download papers when used.
This skill appears appropriate for organizing and auditing research data provenance. Before installing or using it, make sure you run it only in the intended project folder, review downloaded PDFs and generated CITATION.md files, and verify the package source if provenance matters for your workflow.
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.
Using the skill may add folders, PDFs, and provenance files to a project and may download papers from external sources.
The skill asks the agent to create project files and download papers. This is disclosed and purpose-aligned, but users should be aware it can modify the local project workspace and fetch external documents.
Create the folder: `Citation_Sources/.../`; Download the original PDF; Create CITATION.md from the template
Use it in the intended project directory, review generated files, and approve or verify PDF downloads from trusted sources.
Users have less registry-level assurance about where the packaged skill came from.
The registry does not provide a verified source for the package. Because this is instruction-only and has no code or install script, this is a provenance note rather than a behavioral concern.
Source: unknown
Compare the installed SKILL.md with the stated homepage or a trusted copy before relying on it for important research workflows.
If provenance notes are wrong, stale, or edited by mistake, later verification reports may repeat those errors.
The skill stores persistent provenance records that may be reused during later audits or exports. This is central to the skill's purpose, but incorrect or manually edited records could influence future dataset decisions.
Every cited paper gets a CITATION.md file... Data used: [exact values extracted, with table/figure reference]
Treat CITATION.md files as reviewable project records, keep them under version control if possible, and cross-check important values against the original PDFs.