ClawAudit verdict

perplexity-search

perplexity-search-skill

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

Standard Perplexity Search API integration; credential_access reads PERPLEXITY_API_KEY for the search API, expected and consistent with the stated web search purpose.

⚠ Flagged for review — coarse, uncorroborated signal, not a confirmed exploit. Review the config yourself before installing.

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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 medium

Accesses OpenClaw config/secrets directly

SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json

Pattern match low

Python urllib.request — network access

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

Pattern match low

Python os.environ.get — reads environment variable

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

Permissions & capabilities

Requires 1 environment variable. (1 sensitive: PERPLEXITY_API_KEY).

credential_access

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