ClawAudit verdict

tech-news-bulletin

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

Tech news aggregator that fetches RSS feeds and sends digest emails; package_install is for standard Python packages needed for its legitimate news collection and email delivery purpose.

⚠ 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.

50
security
70
transparency
70
maintenance

Permission integrity

Installs packages at runtime — transitive dependencies are not auditable

package_install

Findings (4)

Pattern match critical

Possible hardcoded credential

SKILL.md · code · PASSWORD="your-app-password

Pattern match medium

HTTP request to bare IP address — common in malicious payloads

SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · http://172.20.86.203

Pattern match low

Popular HTTP library — network access

scripts/bulletin.py · prose · downgraded · Got

Pattern match low

Python os.environ.get — reads environment variable

scripts/bulletin.py · prose · downgraded · os.environ.get(

Permissions & capabilities

Requires 1 system binary.

package_install

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