Caveat verdict

finance-news

abe-finance-news

🟢 Trusted

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

The skill uses SkillBoss API Hub for market news and AI summaries, with no evidence of malicious 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.

security

transparency

maintenance

Permission integrity

Code accesses API keys/tokens but declares no environment variables

credential_access

Findings (7)

Pattern match high

Possible hardcoded credential

scripts/earnings.py · prose · downgraded · API_KEY="): key = line.split(

Pattern match medium

Python urllib.request — network access

docs/PREMIUM_SOURCES.md · code · urllib.request

Pattern match medium

Uses exec() — may execute shell commands

htmlcov/coverage_html_cb_dd2e7eb5.js · prose · downgraded · exec(

Pattern match medium

subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python

scripts/briefing.py · prose · downgraded · subprocess.run(

Pattern match medium

Instructs covert action — may act without user awareness

scripts/summarize.py · prose · downgraded · silently

Pattern match low

Python os.environ.get — reads environment variable

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

Pattern match low

Python shutil file operation — copies/moves/deletes files

scripts/fetch_news.py · prose · downgraded · shutil.copy(

Why the tier is capped

Execution sink present in raw bytes (Hard Floor: class B/C/D). Final tier capped at Caution — cannot be lifted by any downgrade, example-payload opt-in, or allowlist.

Permissions & capabilities

No declared permissions — minimal attack surface.

credential_access

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