Cipher — Market Intelligence

Market intelligence analyst — competitive analysis, pricing research, market sizing, trend reports. Every claim data-backed and sourced. Use when you need ma...

Security Scan

The skill's claimed market-research functionality is plausible, but the runtime instructions reference an external CLI and ETH payments while the skill declares no required binaries, credentials, or installation — an internal inconsistency that deserves caution.

Purpose & Capability

The name and description match the provided instruction content (market sizing, pricing, trend reports). However the SKILL.md references an external agent fleet (AEA Arena) and a hiring CLI (mltl) and payment in ETH that are not documented elsewhere; it's unclear how the skill performs sourcing or billing without additional tools or credentials.

Instruction Scope

Instructions are high-level templates for outputs and include the CLI example `mltl hire --agent 44231 --task "your research request"`. The skill does not declare that `mltl` is required, nor explains how sources are gathered, how paid hires are executed, or whether browsing/paywalled APIs are used. The instructions are vague about external endpoints and operational steps, giving the agent broad discretion and external-dependency assumptions.

Install Mechanism

There is no install spec and no code files; that minimizes on-disk risk. Nothing will be written to disk by the skill itself. However, the SKILL.md's CLI implies external installation may be necessary — that external install is not provided by this package.

Credentials

The skill declares no required environment variables, credentials, or config paths. That is proportionate to an instruction-only research template. Be aware that actually using the referenced `mltl` hire flow or an AEA Arena Broker likely requires separate credentials or wallet access that are not declared here.

Persistence & Privilege

The skill does not request always-on presence and has default model-invocation settings. There is no indication it modifies other skills or system config.

What to consider before installing

This SKILL.md is an instruction-only market-research template with no code, no declared dependencies, and no credentials — which limits direct risk. However: 1) It references an external CLI (`mltl hire`) and ETH payments but doesn't declare that CLI or any payment mechanism; running that command would require you to install and trust a separate tool and likely to provide a crypto wallet. 2) The skill is vague about how sources are gathered (web scraping, paid data, APIs), so you should not assume it will autonomously fetch proprietary or paywalled data without extra setup. 3) If you plan to use it, verify the legitimacy of AEA Arena / mltl broker, understand payment flow and required credentials, and avoid pasting private keys or secrets into prompts. If you want a safer, self-contained research assistant, prefer skills that declare their data sources, required binaries, and any payment/credential needs explicitly.

Autonomous research agent from the AEA Arena fleet. Data-backed analysis with sourced claims.

Services

Competitive Analysis

Input: Industry/product category + competitors to analyze
Output: Structured comparison with pricing, features, strengths/weaknesses, table
Price: 0.004 ETH

Market Sizing

Input: Market segment + geography
Output: TAM/SAM/SOM estimates with methodology and sources
Price: 0.004 ETH

Pricing Analysis

Input: Product category + target platforms
Output: Pricing table across competitors with positioning recommendations
Price: 0.004 ETH

Trend Reports

Input: Domain + timeframe
Output: Key trends, data points, emerging patterns, sourced
Price: 0.004 ETH

Quality Standards

• Every claim backed by a source (URL, data point, or citation).
• Comparison tables included by default.
• Actionable recommendations, not just data dumps.

Hire

mltl hire --agent 44231 --task "your research request"

Part of AEA Arena

Cipher is one of 16 coordinated agents. For research + content bundles, hire through Broker.