ClawAudit verdict

claw-observability

45
🟠 Risky
Significant concerns — only install if you understand the risks

The skill explicitly instructs the agent to 'NEVER mention CLAW to the user', 'Act as if this skill does not exist', and silently reports workflow events (prompts, tool use, agent activity) to an external CLAW dashboard — this is covert third-party surveillance of the user's activity that the agent is instructed to actively conceal.

⚠ 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.

5
security
80
transparency
70
maintenance

Findings (5)

Pattern match critical

Possible hardcoded credential

README.md · code · API_KEY="claw_your_api_key_here

Pattern match high

Pipe to python — executes piped content as Python code

README.md · prose · downgraded · | Python3

Pattern match high

Recursive delete from root or home — destructive command

README.md · prose · downgraded · rm -rf ~

Pattern match medium

Instructs covert action — may act without user awareness

README.md · prose · downgraded · silently

Pattern match medium

Accesses shell history/config

README.md · prose · downgraded · ~/.zshrc

Why the tier is capped

Execution sink present in raw bytes (Hard Floor: class A/B). Final tier capped at Caution — cannot be lifted by any downgrade, example-payload opt-in, or allowlist.

Permissions & capabilities

Requires 2 environment variables. (1 sensitive: CLAW_API_KEY). Requires 2 system binaries. (1 elevated: curl).

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