Caveat verdict

brave-search

brave-search-vpn

88
🟢 Trusted
No high-risk patterns surfaced by the deep scan — automated capability review, not behavioral proof.

A minimal Brave Search API wrapper that makes web search requests to api.search.brave.com using a user-provided API key and VPN proxy; straightforward and transparent with no suspicious behavior.

⚠ 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.

58
security
90
transparency
70
maintenance

Findings (3)

Pattern match critical

Possible hardcoded credential

SKILL.md · code · API_KEY="your_api_key_here

Pattern match medium

HTTP request to bare IP address — common in malicious payloads

scripts/brave_search.py · prose · downgraded · http://127.0.0.1

Pattern match low

Python os.environ.get — reads environment variable

scripts/brave_search.py · prose · downgraded · os.environ.get(

Permissions & capabilities

No declared permissions — minimal attack surface.

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