ClawAudit verdict

patent-disclosure-skill

45
🟠 Risky
Significant concerns — only install if you understand the risks

The skill involves processing and potentially executing external code for patent disclosure, which could be risky if not properly sanitized.

⚠ 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.

78
security
100
transparency
90
maintenance

Findings (3)

Pattern match medium

subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python

tools/mermaid_render.py · prose · downgraded · subprocess.run(

Pattern match medium

subprocess with shell=True — command injection vector

tools/mermaid_render.py · prose · downgraded · subprocess.run( cmd, shell=True

Pattern match low

Python os.environ.get — reads environment variable

tools/cnipa_epub_crawler.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.

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