Caveat verdict

macos-launchdaemon

openclaw-macos-always-on

45
🟠 Risky
Significant risk patterns flagged — automated deep scan, not behavioral proof.

Reads local files AND makes external network calls

The quick-setup provides a curl-to-bash one-liner with a placeholder GitHub URL and installs a system-level LaunchDaemon requiring root; the incomplete placeholder URL and root-level service installation represent elevated privilege risk beyond what a keep-alive utility requires.

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.

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security
40
transparency
70
maintenance

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.

Capability combination critical

Reads local files AND makes external network calls — the capabilities for data exfiltration co-occur (data-flow not verified)

LLM02 · LLM06 · ASI03

Capability combination high

Accesses credentials AND makes external network calls — potential credential theft

LLM02 · ASI03

Permission integrity

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

network_out

Performs file operations but does not declare file-accessing binaries

file_read

Code accesses API keys/tokens but declares no environment variables

credential_access

Installs packages at runtime — transitive dependencies are not auditable

package_install

Findings (5)

Pattern match critical

Pipe-to-shell pattern (curl | sh) — supply chain attack vector

SKILL.md · code · curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/YOUR_USERNAME/clawd/master/skills/m

Pattern match critical

Pipe to bash — executes piped content as shell commands

SKILL.md · code · | bash

Pattern match high

References sudo — requests elevated privileges

SKILL.md · code · sudo

Pattern match medium

Changes file ownership

SKILL.md · code · chown

Pattern match low

Sets world-executable permissions

SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · chmod 755

Why the tier is capped

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

network_outfile_readcredential_accesspackage_install
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