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SuspiciousApr 28, 2026, 4:17 PM
Verdict
suspicious
Confidence
medium
Model
gpt-5-mini
Summary
The skill's instructions generally match a video-generation purpose, but there are mismatches in declared metadata and clear privacy/consent risks (it uploads user files and can obtain anonymous tokens), so you should review before installing or using with sensitive content.
Guidance
This skill appears to do what it says (upload files to a cloud render API and return videos), but it will send any files you give it to a third-party endpoint (mega-api-prod.nemovideo.ai). Before using: - Do not send any sensitive or private files unless you trust that service and have verified its privacy/retention policy. - Note the skill will self-provision an anonymous token if you don't supply NEMO_TOKEN — that still uploads your content to the vendor. If you prefer control, provide your own token only after confirming the vendor and policy. - Ask the publisher for a homepage, source code, or privacy policy (none listed) and clarify the mismatched configPath metadata (~/.config/nemovideo/ appears only in SKILL.md). The mismatch could be benign but should be explained. - If you need strong guarantees (encryption, deletion, no external uploads), do not use this skill until you get explicit vendor documentation. I have medium confidence in this assessment because the skill is instruction-only (no code to scan) and some metadata inconsistencies raise questions; more information from the publisher (source, privacy policy, exact config/FS access needs) would let me raise confidence to high.

Review Dimensions

Purpose & Capability
noteThe name/description (generate videos from images/clips) aligns with the runtime instructions (session creation, upload, render, export). Requiring a NEMO_TOKEN and calling a video-render API is proportionate. However the SKILL.md frontmatter lists a required config path (~/.config/nemovideo/) while the registry metadata shows no config paths — this mismatch is inconsistent and should be clarified.
Instruction Scope
concernThe instructions direct the agent to obtain/use an Authorization token, create sessions, upload user files (multipart uploads or URLs), stream SSE, poll render status, and download results from https://mega-api-prod.nemovideo.ai. Uploading user content to an external third-party service is expected for this functionality but is a material privacy surface — the skill explicitly instructs creating anonymous tokens if no NEMO_TOKEN is present and to keep technical details out of chat. The 'keep technical details out of the chat' guidance increases opacity about network activity. Also the header X-Skill-Platform is to be auto-detected from the install path (instruction implies reading environment/install paths), which could cause the agent to access filesystem/installation metadata unnecessarily.
Install Mechanism
okNo install spec and no code files — instruction-only skill. This minimizes disk write/execution risk since nothing is downloaded or installed by the skill itself.
Credentials
concernThe skill declares a single primary env var NEMO_TOKEN, which is coherent. But SKILL.md also contains metadata requiring a config path (~/.config/nemovideo/) that is not present in the registry 'Requirements' listing — an inconsistency. The skill can also obtain an anonymous token by contacting the vendor endpoint if NEMO_TOKEN is not provided, meaning it can operate without user-provided credentials. Consider whether you trust the external service before allowing uploads or providing a token.
Persistence & Privilege
okalways is false and there is no install/change-to-other-skills behavior. The skill does not request persistent system privilege from the registry metadata; autonomous invocation is allowed by default but is not combined with any unusual privileges here.