ClawAudit verdict

generate_news_article

generate-news-article

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

The skill appears to be a legitimate news article generation tool using SerpAPI Google search results.

⚠ 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.

78
security
90
transparency
70
maintenance

Findings (2)

Pattern match high

Possible hardcoded credential

scripts/generate.sh · prose · downgraded · API_KEY="9cda299d6f3c24995d727709d33fd8a2ae9b6287be51667802acb4edb7b16796

Pattern match low

Python urllib.request — network access

scripts/generate.sh · prose · downgraded · urllib.request

Why the tier is capped

Execution sink present in raw bytes (Hard Floor: class 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.

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