Caveat verdict
tavily-search
irene-tavily
Writes files AND executes processes
Web search skill using the Tavily API with a user-configured API key; all behavior is limited to documented search endpoints and local script execution consistent with its stated purpose.
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.
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.
Writes files AND executes processes — may drop and execute malicious scripts
LLM05 · LLM06 · ASI05
Findings (5)
Possible hardcoded credential
SKILL.md · code · API_KEY="tvly-...
Accesses OpenClaw config/secrets directly
SKILL.md · code · ~/.openclaw/.env
subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python
SKILL.md · code · subprocess.run(
Python urllib.request — network access
scripts/search.py · prose · downgraded · urllib.request
Python os.environ.get — reads environment variable
scripts/search.py · prose · downgraded · os.environ.get(
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.
file_writeprocess_exec Thanks — recorded.