Caveat verdict

auto-news-podcast

🟢 Trusted

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

News aggregation and podcast generation skill using documented API keys (Tavily, TTS providers) for their intended purpose; credential_access is for the user's own API keys, no exfiltration of unrelated secrets.

⚠ 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.

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Permission integrity

Code accesses API keys/tokens but declares no environment variables

credential_access

Findings (3)

Pattern match high

Accesses OpenClaw config/secrets directly

SKILL.md · code · ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json

Pattern match medium

subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python

SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · subprocess.run(

Pattern match low

Python os.environ.get — reads environment variable

scripts/image_search_v2.py · prose · downgraded · os.environ.get(

Why the tier is capped

Execution sink present in raw bytes (Hard Floor: class 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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