Caveat verdict

alpaca-py-cli

88
🟢 Trusted
No high-risk patterns surfaced by the deep scan — automated capability review, not behavioral proof.

Alpaca trading CLI that defaults to paper trading ($100k virtual) and explicitly requires user consent before running 'alpaca auth' which saves keys to shell config; security considerations are transparently documented and the skill instructs agents to get explicit user permission before modifying shell config files.

⚠ 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.

15
security
60
transparency
70
maintenance

Permission integrity

Installs packages at runtime — transitive dependencies are not auditable

package_install

Findings (4)

Pattern match critical

Possible hardcoded credential

SKILL.md · code · API_KEY="your_api_key

Pattern match high

Accesses shell history/config

SKILL.md · frontmatter · ~/.zshrc

Pattern match high

Pipe to python — executes piped content as Python code

README.md · prose · downgraded · | Python

Pattern match medium

pip3 install — installs Python packages at runtime

SKILL.md · frontmatter · pip3 install

Permissions & capabilities

Requires 3 environment variables. (2 sensitive: ALPACA_API_KEY, ALPACA_SECRET_KEY). Requires 1 system binary.

package_install

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