ClawAudit verdict

phd-research-companion

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

Academic research management workflow for PhD students; network_out and package_install match the stated purpose of fetching papers and installing analysis dependencies.

⚠ 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.

20
security
40
transparency
70
maintenance

Permission integrity

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

network_out

Installs packages at runtime — transitive dependencies are not auditable

package_install

Findings (4)

Pattern match high

References sudo — requests elevated privileges

SKILL.md · code · sudo

Pattern match high

apt-get install — installs system packages

SKILL.md · code · apt-get install

Pattern match medium

Uses exec() — may execute shell commands

test_suit.py · prose · downgraded · exec(

Pattern match medium

subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python

test_suit.py · prose · downgraded · subprocess.run(

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.

network_outpackage_install

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