Caveat verdict
academic-pipeline
ars-academic-pipeline
A multi-stage academic writing orchestrator delegating tasks between internal skill stages; no external data exfiltration and executionSinkDetected reflects normal pipeline orchestration.
⚠ Flagged for review — coarse, uncorroborated signal, not a confirmed exploit. Review the config yourself before installing.
Automated static analysis — not a human review. Caveat flags capabilities, not confirmed intent, and can produce false positives. Disagree with this verdict? Use Dispute below.
Findings (4)
Possible hardcoded credential
shared/cross_model_verification.md · code · API_KEY="sk-your-key-here
Instructs covert action — may act without user awareness
references/literature_corpus_consumers.md · code · silently
Accesses shell history/config
shared/cross_model_verification.md · prose · downgraded · ~/.zshrc
Popular HTTP library — network access
references/ai_research_failure_modes.md · prose · downgraded · got
Why the tier is capped
Execution sink present in raw bytes (Hard Floor: class A). Final tier capped at Caution — cannot be lifted by any downgrade, example-payload opt-in, or allowlist.
Permissions & capabilities
No declared permissions — minimal attack surface.
Is this flag fair?
Thanks — recorded.