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Spotlight Search

v0.1.2

Search files, apps, and metadata on macOS using Spotlight CLI tools (`mdfind`, `mdls`, `mdutil`) with a fallback script for cases where indexing is incomplet...

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byMozi Arasaka@mozi1924
MIT-0
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LicenseMIT-0 · Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.
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Purpose & Capability
The name/description (Spotlight search) align with the declared binaries (mdfind, mdls, mdutil, find) and included script. Requiring 'find' for a fallback is reasonable; nothing requests unrelated services or secrets.
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Instruction Scope
SKILL.md and the bundled script limit actions to searching and metadata inspection. The doc explicitly warns only to suggest re-indexing when the user explicitly wants it; re-indexing (sudo mdutil -E /) is a system-level action and should not be suggested or run without explicit user consent. Otherwise the runtime instructions do not read unrelated env vars or external endpoints.
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Install Mechanism
No install spec — instruction-only plus a small included shell script. Nothing is downloaded from external URLs and no archives are extracted; the code is local and straightforward.
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Credentials
No environment variables, credentials, or config paths are requested. The few operations that require elevated privileges (rebuilding the Spotlight index) are documented and conditional on user consent.
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Persistence & Privilege
The skill does not request permanent presence (always:false), does not modify other skills or system configuration by default, and contains no self-enabling behavior. Autonomous invocation is allowed by platform default but not combined with other red flags.
Assessment
This skill appears to do exactly what it says: call macOS Spotlight tools and, if needed, run a local safe fallback find. Before installing or running, verify you are comfortable with the included script (scripts/spotlight_search.sh) and that you trust local execution. Be cautious about any recommendation to re-index Spotlight (commands like 'sudo mdutil -E /') — that is a system-wide action requiring your explicit approval and may be slow. No credentials or network endpoints are involved, but the fallback 'find' can traverse many files and reveal file paths; only proceed if you are okay with that behavior.

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.
Termshttps://spdx.org/licenses/MIT-0.html

Runtime requirements

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OSmacOS
Binsmdfind, mdls, mdutil, find

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