Caveat verdict
tavily-web-search
tavily-web-search-full
Accesses credentials AND writes files
Legitimate Tavily API wrapper for web search with documented API key usage via environment variable; file_write is for local log files and query cache, both transparently documented.
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What it does
These are capability combinations: each listed behavior occurs in the skill, but Caveat detects co-occurrence — it does not verify that one flows into another. Read the code to confirm a live chain.
Accesses credentials AND writes files — may persist stolen credentials locally
LLM02 · LLM06 · ASI03
Permission integrity
file_read+write
Findings (6)
Possible hardcoded credential
SKILL.md · code · API_KEY="tvly-your-key-here
Recursive delete from root or home — destructive command
SKILL.md · code · rm -rf ~
Accesses OpenClaw config/secrets directly
SKILL.md · code · ~/.openclaw/.env
subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python
scripts/test_all.py · prose · downgraded · subprocess.run(
Python urllib.request — network access
scripts/crawl.py · prose · downgraded · urllib.request
Python os.environ.get — reads environment variable
scripts/crawl.py · prose · downgraded · os.environ.get(
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
Requires 1 environment variable. (1 sensitive: TAVILY_API_KEY). Requires 1 system binary.
file_writecredential_access Thanks — recorded.