x-research-kit

• Outcome: Review
• Latest audit: May 29, 2026, 9:27 PM
• Version:
  1.0.0

Overview

This is a coherent X/Twitter research helper, but it tells users to use browser cookies without clearly warning that this can expose a logged-in account session.

Use unauthenticated extraction first. Only use the browser-cookie option if you intentionally want the tool to act with your logged-in X/Twitter session, and avoid using it for private, protected, or unauthorized content. Treat any cookie-derived data as sensitive and do not share logs, transcripts, or outputs that contain session material.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA

Vulnerability Patterns

• Data Exfiltration: External Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
• Prompt Injection: Instruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
• Privilege Escalation: Excessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
• Supply Chain: Unpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
• Excessive Agency: Unrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep

Findings (2)

Missing User Warnings

Medium

• Confidence: 83% confidence
• Finding: The skill is designed to extract content from X/Twitter, which can include personal data, account activity, and content from authenticated sessions, but it does not provide privacy or data-handling warnings near the outset. In a research/extraction context, omission of these warnings can lead users to collect or expose sensitive information without understanding the risks.

Missing User Warnings

High

• Confidence: 98% confidence
• Finding: The documentation instructs users to export browser cookies for authenticated access without warning that cookies may contain active session credentials. This creates a real risk of credential exposure, account takeover, or unintended disclosure if the command output, shell history, logs, or shared environments are compromised.

VirusTotal

62/62 vendors flagged this skill as clean.