Skill
google-news-api-skill/SKILL
This skill helps users automatically extract structured news data from Google News via BrowserAct API. Agent should proactively apply this skill when users express needs like searching for news about a specific topic, tracking industry trends, monitoring public relations or sentiment, collecting competitor updates, getting latest reports on specific keywords, monitoring brand exposure in media, researching market hot topics, summarizing daily industry news, tracking media activities of specific individuals, retrieving hot events from the past 24 hours, extracting structured data for market research, monitoring global breaking news.
○ declared by the publisher, as-isSafety
Safety · gateassessed 3mo ago
B1 severity-bearing · 15 informational
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 & Qualityassessed 3mo ago
n/anot assessed
Not assessed; no producer has emitted into this category. An absence, not a zero.
Findings with severity, graded on the same letter scale as safety.
not assessed
Cost
n/a
Costassessed 3mo 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
n/a
Popularity · not a figureassessed 3mo ago
n/anot assessed
Not assessed; no producer has emitted into this category. An absence, not a zero.
Context read off the linked repository. It enters no ranking and no grade.
not assessed
Performance tested for◌ not assessed
no controlled task evaluation on this release
Repo◌ not assessed
Vettd Note
No Vettd note yet for this asset.
Best for
Not for
Re-assessed 3mo ago · 1 of 7 categories assessed
Record lookup
◌ Vettd does not install assets; this record describes a copy you obtain yourself.
Custody chain○ no source link recorded
Unknown author ◐repo △ not assessedversion = △ no commit pinnedsha256:cmro…vz2d ◐ signature △ not assessedlicense △ none declaredrecord e3b97644-ea01-4c65-a383-c9c9e8c251d1 · live
Evidence · 1 of 7 categories · 16 signals
Safety● gradedBmost recent 3mo ago16 signals
how it was established16 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 · 3moMedium
No repository linkflaggedNo repository field found in SKILL.md frontmatter. Skills without a verifiable source repository cannot be externally audited.vettd · scan · 3moInfo
CLI help supportedflaggedscripts/google_news_api.py: Script documents its interface via --help or argument parsingvettd · scan · 3moInfo
Structured output formatflaggedscripts/google_news_api.py: Uses JSON/CSV output which is easily parseable by agentsvettd · scan · 3moInfo
scripts/ directory presentflaggedBundled executable scripts foundvettd · scan · 3moInfo
Description includes usage contextflaggedGood: description explains when to activate the skillvettd · scan · 3moInfo
Examples includedflaggedFound code blocks, input/output samples, or an examples section — concrete samples help agents pattern-match effectivelyvettd · scan · 3moInfo
Step-by-step workflow foundflaggedStructured procedures improve reliability for complex tasksvettd · scan · 3moInfo
No secrets or unsafe code patterns detectedflaggedScanned all files for credentials, private keys, and code-level risks (eval, shell exec, destructive ops)vettd · scan · 3moInfo
SKILL.md presentflaggedRequired skill definition file foundvettd · scan · 3moInfo
Description within character limitflagged639/1024 characters usedvettd · scan · 3moInfo
No prompt injection or jailbreak signals detectedflaggedScanned text content for instruction override, jailbreak framing, credential solicitation, and embedded injection markersvettd · scan · 3moInfo
SKILL.md body length is reasonableflagged87 lines (recommended: under 500)vettd · scan · 3moInfo
No evaluation test casesflaggedAdd an evals/ directory with test prompts and expected outputs to measure skill qualityvettd · scan · 3moInfo
Valid name fieldflaggedName "google-news-api-skill" follows spec (lowercase, hyphens, ≤64 chars)vettd · scan · 3moInfo
Progressive disclosure usedflaggedSKILL.md body references files in references/, scripts/, or assets/ — agents can load additional context on demand instead of consuming everything upfrontvettd · scan · 3moInfo
Reliability & Quality◌ not assessednot assessed0 signals
how it was establishednot assessed; no producer has emitted into this category
Not assessed; no producer has emitted into reliability & quality 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.
Performance◌ not assessednot assessed0 signals
how it was establishednot assessed; no producer has emitted into this category
Not assessed; no producer has emitted into performance 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.
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◌ not assessednot assessed0 signals
how it was establishednot assessed; no producer has emitted into this category
Not assessed; no producer has emitted into compatibility 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.
Popularity◌ not assessednot assessed0 signals
how it was establishednot assessed; no producer has emitted into this category
Not assessed; no producer has emitted into popularity 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.
Characteristics◌ not assessednot assessed0 signals
how it was establishednot assessed; no producer has emitted into this category
Not assessed; no producer has emitted into characteristics 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.
Coverage1 of 7 categories assessed · shown
Safety
✓ assessed
assessed as findings and a letter grade, not as signals
Reliability & Quality
△ not assessed
no producer has emitted for this category
Performance
△ not assessed
no producer has emitted for this category
Cost
△ not assessed
no producer has emitted for this category
Compatibility
△ not assessed
no producer has emitted for this category
Popularity
△ not assessed
no producer has emitted for this category
Characteristics
△ not assessed
no producer has emitted for this category
Freshness & re-evaluation
assessed3mo ago · Vettd core○ untracked
source stateThis asset is not yet covered by scheduled change detection.
re-check policyno re-check is scheduled for this assetnot scheduled
re-run whena new release ships, the upstream source changes, or the scanner ruleset is revisednot scheduled
Limitations & open conflicts
limitationReliability & Quality, Performance, Cost, Compatibility, Popularity, Characteristics are not assessed: behaviour there is unmeasured, not clean△ gap
conflictno two sources report the same quantity on this record
Verify: does this record describe your copy?
What record e3b97644-ea01-4c65-a383-c9c9e8c251d1 covers
scannerv1△ superseded by v11
validityassessed 3mo ago · Staleness unknown
this record was taken at digest sha256:cmrockde602d… compare it against the digest your own scan prints
Reproduce: re-run the evidence yourself
runs the same scanners against your own copy; the published record is never overwritten
How this record comparesagainst other published records · full comparison →
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