ClawAudit verdict

Desktop Control

pipx-desktop-agent

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

Describes a desktop automation CLI (uvx desktop-agent) for local mouse/keyboard/screen control — all capabilities serve the stated desktop automation purpose with no external data transmission.

⚠ 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
100
transparency
80
maintenance

Findings (5)

Pattern match high

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

scripts/install.py · prose · downgraded · curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Pattern match high

Pipe to sh — executes piped content as shell commands

scripts/install.py · prose · downgraded · | sh

Pattern match medium

subprocess with shell=True — command injection vector

desktop_agent/commands/app.py · prose · downgraded · subprocess.Popen(f'start "" "{name}"', shell=True

Pattern match medium

subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python

desktop_agent/commands/app.py · prose · downgraded · subprocess.run(

Pattern match medium

References sudo — requests elevated privileges

desktop_agent/commands/app.py · prose · downgraded · sudo

Why the tier is capped

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