ClawAudit verdict

auto-research

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🟢 Trusted
Low risk — reviewed by ClawAudit, behavior matches stated purpose

Conducts web research via search APIs and stores results locally in an Obsidian vault and Qdrant vector store; all operations are legitimate research automation with no suspicious data routing.

⚠ Flagged for review — coarse, uncorroborated signal, not a confirmed exploit. Review the config yourself before installing.

Automated static analysis — not a human review. ClawAudit flags capabilities, not confirmed intent, and can produce false positives. Disagree with this verdict? Use Dispute below.

68
security
70
transparency
70
maintenance

Findings (3)

Pattern match high

Possible hardcoded credential

research.sh · prose · downgraded · API_KEY="${BRAVE_API_KEY:-BSAfZrm_28TmR5FM9FhMCrTA1A3zS2n}

Pattern match medium

HTTP request to bare IP address — common in malicious payloads

SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · http://10.0.0.120

Pattern match low

Python os.getenv — reads environment variable

vectorize.sh · prose · downgraded · os.getenv(

Why the tier is capped

Execution sink present in raw bytes (Hard Floor: class B). 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.

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