ClawAudit verdict

follow-news

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

Aggregates tech news from RSS, GitHub, Reddit, and Twitter using documented optional API keys; all sources are declared and consistent with a news digest pipeline.

⚠ 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.

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security
90
transparency
90
maintenance

Permission integrity

Installs packages at runtime — transitive dependencies are not auditable

package_install

Findings (11)

Pattern match critical

Possible hardcoded credential

SKILL.md · code · TOKEN="your_bearer_token

Pattern match high

Pipe to python — executes piped content as Python code

SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · | Python

Pattern match high

<script> tag in markdown — potential code injection

CHANGELOG.md · prose · downgraded · <script>

Pattern match high

subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python

docs/superpowers/plans/2026-05-08-opencli-twitter-backend.md · code · subprocess.run(

Pattern match medium

Accesses .ssh directory

SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · .ssh/

Pattern match medium

Instructs covert action — may act without user awareness

CHANGELOG.md · prose · downgraded · silently

Pattern match medium

Python os.getenv — reads environment variable

docs/superpowers/plans/2026-05-08-opencli-twitter-backend.md · code · os.getenv(

Pattern match medium

Python urllib.request — network access

docs/superpowers/plans/2026-05-14-podcast-support.md · code · urllib.request

Pattern match medium

Python os.environ.get — reads environment variable

docs/superpowers/plans/2026-05-14-podcast-support.md · code · os.environ.get(

Pattern match medium

HTTP request to bare IP address — common in malicious payloads

tests/test_config_editor_server.py · prose · downgraded · http://127.0.0.1

Pattern match low

Python shutil file operation — copies/moves/deletes files

scripts/run-pipeline.py · prose · downgraded · shutil.rmtree(

Why the tier is capped

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

Permissions & capabilities

Requires 1 system binary.

package_install

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