data-download

data-download is a Web scraping & data collection skill for AI agents, published by GRIND-Lab-Core in the night_owl_research_agent repository on GitHub. Skillspace rates data-download F (53/100) and it passed the safety scan; the rating is based on static analysis only.

Discover, evaluate, and download publicly available datasets from the internet. Infers data needs from a research question or task, selects authoritative sources, downloads reproducibly, validates file integrity, and documents provenance. Pauses for user input when authentication, API keys, or major tradeoffs require a decision. Use when user says "download data", "get data", "find a dataset", "I need boundary files", "download census data", or needs any external dataset for analysis.

Grade
F
Quality
53 / 100
Safety
Passed
GitHub stars
99

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View source on GitHubGRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent

Our review

Architecture
80 / 100
Maturity
Basic: a single SKILL.md
Security scan
Low-risk patterns
License
Not declared. Check the repository before reusing it.
Adoption
Adopted by 0 other repositories, in 0 collections

What the scanner flagged

  • over-broad allowed-tools ('*')
  • mentions secrets in text

Not checked yet

  • Not judged on the rubric yet (not a contender in its category)
  • No blind task eval yet
  • Scope (portable / vendor / repo-internal) not assessed; only the top of each category is read for scope
  • Sibling files (scripts, references) not fetched; security scan covers SKILL.md only

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