ClawAudit verdict

hn-podcast-archive

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

The skill is used for setting up or maintaining a podcast transcription/archive pipeline. It does not contain any malicious code or intent.

⚠ 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.

88
security
90
transparency
70
maintenance

Findings (2)

Pattern match medium

subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python

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

Pattern match low

Python urllib.request — network access

scripts/hn_podcast_archive.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.

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