ClawAudit verdict

research-paper-push

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

The skill uses a script and OpenAlex API to create scheduled research-paper alerts, which could potentially be used for malicious purposes.

⚠ 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.

85
security
90
transparency
70
maintenance

Findings (3)

Pattern match medium

subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python

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

Pattern match low

Python urllib.request — network access

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

Pattern match low

Python os.getenv — reads environment variable

scripts/manage_papers.py · prose · downgraded · os.getenv(

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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