Caveat verdict

claw-skill-guard

88
🟢 Trusted
No high-risk patterns surfaced by the deep scan — automated capability review, not behavioral proof.

This scanner helps users check skill files for malicious patterns before installation; its network_out capability is used to fetch the skill URL being scanned, which is the legitimate stated purpose.

⚠ 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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security
90
transparency
90
maintenance

Permission integrity

Makes network requests but does not declare curl/wget in required binaries

network_out

Findings (12)

Pattern match critical

Pipe to python — executes piped content as Python code

README.md · code · | python3

Pattern match high

Pipe-to-shell pattern (curl | sh) — supply chain attack vector

SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · curl \| bash

Pattern match high

References sudo — requests elevated privileges

README.md · code · sudo

Pattern match high

Pipe to bash — executes piped content as shell commands

SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · | bash

Pattern match high

Pipe-to-shell pattern (wget | sh)

README.md · prose · downgraded · wget | sh

Pattern match high

Pipe to sh — executes piped content as shell commands

README.md · prose · downgraded · | sh

Pattern match medium

References SSH/GPG private keys

patterns/low.json · prose · downgraded · ssh_key

Pattern match medium

Accesses .ssh directory

patterns/low.json · prose · downgraded · .ssh/

Pattern match low

Popular HTTP library — network access

patterns/allowlist.json · prose · downgraded · axios

Pattern match low

Base64 encoding/decoding

patterns/critical.json · prose · downgraded · base64_decode

Pattern match low

Python urllib.request — network access

scripts/scanner.py · prose · downgraded · urllib.request

Pattern match low

Python shutil file operation — copies/moves/deletes files

scripts/scanner.py · prose · downgraded · shutil.rmtree(

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

No declared permissions — minimal attack surface.

network_out

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