Skill
scientific-critical-thinking
Evaluates scientific claims and evidence quality. Applies to experimental design validity, biases and confounders, statistical interpretation, evidence grading frameworks (GRADE, Cochrane Risk of Bias), and teaching critical analysis. Supports evidence appraisal and identifying flaws; formal peer review writing belongs to peer-review.
○ declared by the publisher, as-isSafety
Safety · gatev1.5 · = 92ace75 · assessed 2w ago
B1 severity-bearing
Graded from 1 severity-bearing finding on this release.
A gate; it passes or fails, never weighed against price or quality.
Reliability & Quality
n/a
Reliability & Qualityv1.5 · = 92ace75 · assessed 2w ago
n/anot yet graded
Rows exist, but none carries a severity; no grade has been earned yet.
Findings with severity, graded on the same letter scale as safety.
Cost
n/a
Costv1.5 · = 92ace75 · assessed 2w ago
n/anot assessed
Not assessed; no producer has emitted into this category. An absence, not a zero.
Declared external service dependencies. Never a monetary figure.
not assessed
Popularity
4335
Popularity · not a figurev1.5 · = 92ace75 · assessed 2w ago
4335Forks
Read off the linked repository, not off this record. It carries no verdict and enters no grade.
Context read off the linked repository. It enters no ranking and no grade.
Performance tested for◌ not assessed
no controlled task evaluation on this release
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No Vettd note yet for this asset.
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Not for
Re-assessed 2w ago · 6 of 7 categories assessed
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k-dense-ai ◐k-dense-ai/scientific-agent-skills ○v1.5 = 92ace75 ◐ sha256:a658…d22d ◐ signature △ not assessedMIT license ○record 591b88d2-101c-4b43-b76b-8bf290c73add · live
Evidence · 6 of 7 categories · 27 signals
Safety● gradedBmost recent 2w ago4 signals
how it was established4 signals · vettd · scan
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References external URL — review for indirect prompt injection riskflaggedExternal URL(s) detected in SKILL.md — referenced content can change after auditvettd · scan · 2wMedium
Secrets scan passednothing foundNo secrets or unsafe code patterns were detected.vettd · scan · 2wnothing found
behavioral scan passednothing foundNo prompt-injection or jailbreak signals were detected.vettd · scan · 2wnothing found
Name validation passednothing foundThe declared skill name follows the supported naming rules.vettd · scan · 2wnothing found
Reliability & Quality● gradednot yet gradedmost recent 2w ago7 signals
how it was established7 signals · vettd · scan
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Internal reference resolution completednothing foundAll body-referenced paths under references/, scripts/, and assets/ resolved in the bundle.vettd · scan · 2wnothing found
Checklist patternreadvettd · scan · 2wabsent
Description usage contextreadvettd · scan · 2wabsent
Examplesreadvettd · scan · 2wpresent
Gotchas sectionreadvettd · scan · 2wabsent
Step-by-step workflowreadvettd · scan · 2wpresent
Validation loopreadvettd · scan · 2wpresent
Performance● measured1 measuredmost recent 2w ago2 signals
how it was establishedtiktoken/cl100k_base/skill-md-body · 2 signals · vettd · scan
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Progressive disclosurereadvettd · scan · 2wpresent
Static context tokensmeasuredvettd · scan · 2w2506
Cost◌ not assessednot assessed0 signals
how it was establishednot assessed; no producer has emitted into this category
Not assessed; no producer has emitted into cost for this asset. That is different from a check that ran and found nothing, which the record would carry as a row of its own.
Compatibility◌ unjudgednot judgedmost recent 2w ago5 signals
how it was established5 signals · vettd · scan
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Declared environment assumptionsreadvettd · scan · 2wAnalytical guidance needs no network. Optional figures via the scientific-schematics skill require OPENROUTER_API_KEY and outbound API access to OpenRouter.
Declared skill namereadvettd · scan · 2wscientific-critical-thinking
Declared required toolreadvettd · scan · 2wEdit
Declared required toolreadvettd · scan · 2wRead
Declared required toolreadvettd · scan · 2wWrite
Popularity◇ context onlynot judgedmost recent 1w ago5 signals
how it was establishedgithub-repo-object · 5 signals · github-api · research
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Forksmeasuredgithub-api · research · 1w4335
Days since last commitmeasuredgithub-api · research · 1w4 days
Open issuesmeasuredgithub-api · research · 1w23
Starsmeasuredgithub-api · research · 1w48163
Watchersmeasuredgithub-api · research · 1w203
Characteristics◇ context onlynot judgedmost recent 1w ago4 signals
how it was establishedbundle-extension-share · 4 signals · 2 sources · research/scan
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Declared licensereadvettd · scan · 2wMIT license
Primary bundle languageobservedvettd · scan · 2w · conf highMarkdown
Repository linkreadvettd · scan · 2wabsent
Archivedreadgithub-api · research · 1wfalse
Coverage6 of 7 categories assessed · shown
Safety
✓ assessed
Secrets scan passed · behavioral scan passed · Name validation passed
Reliability & Quality
✓ assessed
Internal reference resolution completed
Performance
✓ assessed
2 signals recorded
Cost
△ not assessed
no producer has emitted for this category
Compatibility
✓ assessed
5 signals recorded
Popularity
✓ assessed
5 signals recorded
Characteristics
✓ assessed
4 signals recorded
Freshness & re-evaluation
assessed2w ago · Cisco AI Defense · Vettd core● current
source stateThe source matches what was scanned. No changes detected.Up to date
re-check policyre-checked against the upstream source on the scheduler's cadencenext check in 7h
re-run whena new release ships, the upstream source changes, or the scanner ruleset is revisedauto-scheduled
Limitations & open conflicts
limitationCost is not assessed: behaviour there is unmeasured, not clean△ gap
limitationReliability & Quality carries rows but no severity-bearing one: nothing has been graded there△ gap
conflictno two sources report the same quantity on this record
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Signal kinds
▲ finding: something to act on, carries a severity● measurement: a reproducible quantityƒ estimate: inferred from a sample▪ fact: read directly off the artifact◆ classification: assigned from a taxonomy◌ nothing found: a producer looked and emitted no object◇ context only: described, never graded
Custody marks◐ computed by vettd○ declared by the publisher, as-is△ not assessed: nothing looked