ClawAudit verdict

podcast-agent

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

The skill installs packages and makes network requests, which may pose security risks if not properly managed.

⚠ 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.

68
security
60
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 (2)

Pattern match medium

subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python

scripts/podcast_gen.py · prose · downgraded · subprocess.run(

Pattern match low

Python urllib.request — network access

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

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.

package_installnetwork_out

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