ClawAudit verdict

book-writer

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

This AI-assisted book writing skill reads OPENAI_API_KEY and GOOGLE_API_KEY from environment variables to generate content and search for materials, both clearly consistent with the stated writing-assistance purpose.

⚠ 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.

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security
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transparency
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maintenance

Findings (6)

Pattern match critical

Possible hardcoded credential

SKILL.md · code · API_KEY="your_openai_api_key

Pattern match medium

subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python

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

Pattern match medium

subprocess with shell=True — command injection vector

scripts/install_dependencies.py · prose · downgraded · subprocess.run(cmd, shell=True

Pattern match medium

Accesses shell history/config

scripts/install_dependencies.py · prose · downgraded · ~/.zshrc

Pattern match low

Python os.environ.get — reads environment variable

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

Pattern match low

importlib.import_module — dynamic module loading

scripts/test_installation.py · prose · downgraded · importlib.import_module(

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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