Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

Claude Code, Skill

bettersearch

Web research with DeepSeek's Search & Fetch APIs.

Compatibility: Not stated.

Grade B

Minor issues only, no Medium or High. Worth a quick look at the findings below before installing.

Graded by PlugVetRubric v2

Not a guarantee. A hygiene check of the source at the commit shown, not a security audit.

NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST NETWORK_UNNAMED_HOST SECRETS_PATH_UNCONFIRMED OBFUSCATION_ENCODED_BLOB INSTALL_DOCUMENTED_INSTALLER

Why this grade

  • NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST Low

    Makes a network call whose host is not written as a fixed address.

    install.sh, line 59 elif command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then

  • NETWORK_UNNAMED_HOST Low

    Calls a fixed host that the description does not name.

    install.sh, line 59 elif command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then

  • SECRETS_PATH_UNCONFIRMED Low

    The Secrets check reports a credential or environment file, but no quoted line shows a recognisable path.

    .gitignore, line 5 *.env

  • OBFUSCATION_ENCODED_BLOB Low

    Contains a long base64 shaped string in a file that should be readable.

    examples/example-report.html, line 12 @font-face { font-family: "Lora"; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400 700; font-display: swap; src: url(data:font/woff2;base64,d09GMgABAAAAAJOgABIAAAABKYAAAJMwAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  • INSTALL_DOCUMENTED_INSTALLER Note

    Documentation shows an installer that pipes a download into a shell.

    README.md, line 16 curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ry0narushima/bettersearch/main/install.sh | bash

Any High, or two or more Medium findings, give D. One Medium gives C. Low findings or a security Note give B. Each code names a finding behind the letter.

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What was checked

Plain notes from the hygiene checks.

  • Permissions

    Pass

    No shell or command execution found, and no extra permission was declared.

  • Install and update

    Note

    README documents an installer that pipes a download into a shell. The docs document an installer that pipes a download into a shell.

    INSTALL_DOCUMENTED_INSTALLER

    README.md, line 16

    curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ry0narushima/bettersearch/main/install.sh | bash

    install.sh, line 4

    # curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ry0narushima/bettersearch/main/install.sh | bash

  • Network

    Concern

    can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address. can reach codeload.github.com. The description does not name that host.

    NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST NETWORK_UNNAMED_HOST

    install.sh, line 59

    elif command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then

    install.sh, line 61

    curl -fsSL "https://codeload.github.com/$REPO/tar.gz/refs/heads/$BRANCH" | tar -xz -C "$TMP/src" --strip-components=1

    install.sh, line 64

    echo "Need git or curl to download the skill." >&2

    Show more

    scripts/dsr.py, line 315

    with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=self.timeout) as resp:

    scripts/dsr.py, line 392

    def fetch(self, url: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:

    scripts/dsr.py, line 721

    return s, client.fetch(s["url"])

    scripts/dsr.py, line 1515

    page = client.fetch(args.url)

    scripts/dsr.py, line 1582

    s.add_argument("--max-fetches", type=int, help="cap on pages to fetch (default: plan max_fetches or 25)")

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_PATH_UNCONFIRMED

    .gitignore, line 5

    *.env

    docs/SPEC.md, line 102

    - No secrets in repo. Add .gitignore (research/, *.env, config.json).

  • Agent instructions

    Pass

    No instruction to ignore earlier instructions or to hide a step.

  • Obfuscation

    Concern

    contains an encoded blob in a file that should be readable.

    OBFUSCATION_ENCODED_BLOB

    examples/example-report.html, line 12

    @font-face { font-family: "Lora"; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400 700; font-display: swap; src: url(data:font/woff2;base64,d09GMgABAAAAAJOgABIAAAABKYAAAJMwAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    examples/example-report.html, line 13

    @font-face { font-family: "Lora"; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; font-display: swap; src: url(data:font/woff2;base64,d09GMgABAAAAAFjUAA8AAAAAv0gAAFhzAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    examples/example-report.html, line 14

    @font-face { font-family: "Poppins"; font-style: normal; font-weight: 500; font-display: swap; src: url(data:font/woff2;base64,d09GMgABAAAAAB48AAwAAAAAP3AAAB3rAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    Show more

    examples/example-report.html, line 15

    @font-face { font-family: "Poppins"; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; font-display: swap; src: url(data:font/woff2;base64,d09GMgABAAAAAB84AAwAAAAAP0AAAB7nAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  • Licence

    Pass

    A licence file is present (LICENSE).

  • Maintainer activity

    Pass

    The latest commit is within the last 365 days.

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Note

Hygiene check of commit 5ded0d54a4ff. README documents an installer that pipes a download into a shell. The docs document an installer that pipes a download into a shell. can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address. can reach codeload.github.com. The description does not name that host. reads a credential or environment file. contains an encoded blob in a file that should be readable.

Date and source

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Commit graded: 5ded0d54a4ff8f64ac6072461facbba92e5b6891

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