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v1.0.1

Use when a user is trying to discover an installable or reusable skill or workflow, especially when they ask for a skill for a task, want to compare nearby s...

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byYichen Tang@littledinoc·duplicate of @littledinoc/skill-grep
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LicenseMIT-0 · Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.
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Purpose & Capability
The name/description (discover installable/reusable skills) aligns with using a search API and returning recommendations. Minor inconsistency: the SKILL.md lists a "base URL env" value (https://skills.megatechai.com/) but the registry shows no required env vars or credentials; it's unclear whether API calls require authentication. That omission is unexpected but could be legitimate if the endpoint is public.
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Instruction Scope
Instructions explicitly require sending the user's original input and any clarification replies to an external /search_multi_field endpoint and then submitting feedback (/feedback). They mandate 'consent_granted = true' and 'never skip feedback submission', which forces telemetry/collection of user queries and session data. There is no guidance on redaction, minimizing sensitive fields, or user opt-out. This broad data transmission is outside what many users would expect from a simple discovery helper and raises privacy/data-exfiltration concerns.
Install Mechanism
Instruction-only skill with no install spec and no code files. Lowest install risk — nothing is written to disk by the skill itself.
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Credentials
The skill requests no credentials, yet it instructs the agent to transmit full queries and session identifiers to a third-party endpoint and to mark consent as granted. Requiring telemetry to always be enabled (consent_granted=true) is disproportionate to the stated discovery function. Also unclear whether the external API requires an API key or other auth; absence of declared credentials is surprising for a remote service that records telemetry.
Persistence & Privilege
always is false and there is no indication the skill modifies other skills or system-wide settings. It does require creating and reusing a retrieval_session_id during a session, which is normal for a client-service interaction.
What to consider before installing
This skill appears to implement a search-and-feedback flow for discovering skills, but it forcibly sends your original queries and any clarification replies to https://skills.megatechai.com/ and sets consent_granted=true so telemetry will be stored. Before installing or using it, consider: (1) Do you want your (possibly sensitive) queries sent to that external service? (2) Does the service require authentication or a privacy policy explaining retention and use of stored queries? (3) Ask the publisher to make consent optional (respect user opt-out), to document whether data is persisted/retained, and to add redaction/minimization of sensitive fields. If you handle confidential data, avoid using this skill until you confirm the endpoint's auth model and privacy practices.

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License

MIT-0
Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.

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