ClawAudit verdict

joke-api

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

Fetches jokes from the public JokeAPI (v2.jokeapi.dev) with no authentication required; behavior fully matches stated entertainment purpose.

⚠ 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.

40
security
50
transparency
70
maintenance

Permission integrity

Makes network requests but does not declare curl/wget in required binaries

network_out

Findings (4)

Pattern match high

Pipe to python — executes piped content as Python code

scripts/joke.sh · prose · downgraded · | python3

Pattern match high

Pipe-to-python pattern — remote code execution risk

scripts/joke.sh · prose · downgraded · curl -s "${BASE_URL}/categories" | python

Confirmed in code low

fetch() — outbound network request

SKILL.md · code

Pattern match low

Python urllib.request — network access

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

Why the tier is capped

Execution sink present in raw bytes (Hard Floor: class B/C). 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.

network_out

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