ClawAudit verdict

ncbi-search

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

NCBI E-Utilities API client that queries public biomedical databases; optional API key use is for rate limit purposes only, all calls go to official NCBI endpoints.

⚠ 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
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transparency
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maintenance

Findings (4)

Pattern match critical

Possible hardcoded credential

SKILL.md · code · API_KEY = "your-api-key-here

Pattern match critical

Unicode homoglyph detected — uses lookalike characters to evade pattern matching

README.md · code

Pattern match low

Python os.environ.get — reads environment variable

scripts/ncbi_search.py · prose · downgraded · os.environ.get(

Pattern match low

Python shutil file operation — copies/moves/deletes files

scripts/test_ncbi.py · prose · downgraded · shutil.rmtree(

Permissions & capabilities

No declared permissions — minimal attack surface.

credential_access

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