ClawAudit verdict

skillnote

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

The skill documents a reinstallation method of curl piped to bash from a user-configurable SKILLNOTE_BASE_URL, which executes remotely-fetched code and represents a concrete supply-chain risk.

⚠ 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.

0
security
90
transparency
90
maintenance

Permission integrity

Performs file operations but does not declare file-accessing binaries

file_read+write

Findings (10)

Pattern match high

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

SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · curl -sf $SKILLNOTE_BASE_URL/setup/agent | bash

Pattern match high

Pipe to bash — executes piped content as shell commands

SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · | bash

Pattern match high

Recursive delete from root or home — destructive command

SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · rm -rf ~

Pattern match high

Writes to SKILL.md — self-modifying skill

SECURITY.md · prose · downgraded · SKILL.md Step 3 (agent write

Pattern match high

Pipe to python — executes piped content as Python code

sync.sh · prose · downgraded · | python3

Pattern match high

Attempts to modify skills or system prompts

sync.sh · prose · downgraded · overwrite SKILL.md

Pattern match medium

Instructs covert action — may act without user awareness

log-watcher.py · prose · downgraded · silently

Pattern match medium

Uses exec() — may execute shell commands

sync.sh · prose · downgraded · exec (

Pattern match low

Python urllib.request — network access

log-watcher.py · prose · downgraded · urllib.request

Pattern match low

Python shutil file operation — copies/moves/deletes files

sync.sh · prose · downgraded · shutil.rmtree(

Why the tier is capped

Execution sink present in raw bytes (Hard Floor: class A/B). Final tier capped at Caution — cannot be lifted by any downgrade, example-payload opt-in, or allowlist.

Permissions & capabilities

Requires 1 environment variable. Requires 1 system binary.

file_write

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