Caveat verdict

cline

cline-kanban

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

Receives external input AND executes processes

Cline CLI is an open-source coding agent installed from npm with documented authentication; credential access is limited to reading provider API keys from user-controlled config files, which is standard for LLM-based coding tools.

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.

10
security
70
transparency
90
maintenance

What it does

These are capability combinations: each listed behavior occurs in the skill, but Caveat detects co-occurrence — it does not verify that one flows into another. Read the code to confirm a live chain.

Capability combination critical

Receives external input AND executes processes — the shape of a command & control channel

LLM05 · LLM06 · ASI10

Capability combination high

Installs packages AND executes processes — opaque dependency chain with execution

LLM03 · ASI04

Permission integrity

Installs packages at runtime — transitive dependencies are not auditable

package_install

Findings (2)

Pattern match medium

Instructs covert action — may act without user awareness

SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · silently

Pattern match medium

HTTP request to bare IP address — common in malicious payloads

SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · http://127.0.0.1

Permissions & capabilities

No declared permissions — minimal attack surface.

package_installcredential_accessfile_readprocess_execnetwork_in
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