Caveat verdict

claw-news

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

This news aggregation skill fetches from RSS feeds and AI search APIs using user-configured API keys; all data flows are for the stated purpose of generating news digests and no exfiltration patterns are present.

⚠ 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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transparency
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Permission integrity

Installs packages at runtime — transitive dependencies are not auditable

package_install

Findings (7)

Pattern match critical

Possible hardcoded credential

references/claude_api.md · code · api_key="YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY

Pattern match critical

Pipe to python — executes piped content as Python code

references/rss_examples.md · code · | python

Pattern match high

subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python

references/rss_examples.md · code · subprocess.run(

Pattern match medium

POSTs data to external URL

references/minimax_api.md · code · .post( "https://

Pattern match low

Python urllib.request — network access

rss/kimi_client.py · prose · downgraded · urllib.request

Pattern match low

Python os.getenv — reads environment variable

rss/kimi_client.py · prose · downgraded · os.getenv(

Pattern match low

Popular HTTP library — network access

rss/rss_fetcher.py · prose · downgraded · Got

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.

package_install

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