ClawAudit verdict

duckduckgo-search

duckduckgo-search-skill

88
🟢 Trusted
Low risk — reviewed by ClawAudit, behavior matches stated purpose

Installs packages AND executes processes

Straightforward web search and URL fetch tool using the duckduckgo-search Python library; runs documented local scripts with no credential access or data exfiltration.

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.

28
security
70
transparency
70
maintenance

What it does

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

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 (4)

Pattern match high

Uses exec() — may execute shell commands

SKILL.md · code · exec(

Pattern match medium

pip3 install — installs Python packages at runtime

SKILL.md · code · pip3 install

Pattern match medium

subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python

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

Pattern match low

Python urllib.request — network access

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

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_installprocess_exec
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