Linode

Linode (Akamai) — compute instances, volumes, networking, NodeBalancers, domains, and Kubernetes.

Security Scan

The skill is internally consistent with a Linode API CLI: it requires a LINODE_TOKEN, talks only to api.linode.com, and contains no obvious unrelated requests or external endpoints — but it handles secrets in ways you should be careful about (CLI args and a .env fallback).

Purpose & Capability

Name/description, required environment variable (LINODE_TOKEN), and the included Python script all match a Linode/Akamai API client. There are no unrelated credentials, binaries, or install steps that don't belong to a cloud-management CLI.

Instruction Scope

Runtime instructions call the included CLI script for listing/creating/deleting resources which is within scope. The SKILL.md and script encourage providing sensitive values (LINODE_TOKEN and instance root passwords). The script sends the token only to https://api.linode.com/v4. Caveat: create-instance requires a --root-pass CLI argument (exposes password via process lists/shell history) and the script will read a .env file from WORKSPACE or ~/.openclaw/workspace as a fallback for the token.

Install Mechanism

Instruction-only skill with no install spec; the Python script has no external dependencies and nothing is downloaded or written at install time.

Credentials

Only LINODE_TOKEN is declared and used as the primary credential. The script optionally reads a .env file (WORKSPACE or default workspace) for the token, which is a plausible convenience but means the token may be read from disk if not present in the environment.

Persistence & Privilege

The skill is user-invocable, not always-enabled, and does not request persistent system privileges or modify other skills/config. It does not enable autonomous persistence beyond normal skill behavior.

Assessment

This skill appears to do what it says: it is a simple Linode API CLI that needs your LINODE_TOKEN. Before installing: 1) Prefer setting LINODE_TOKEN as an environment variable rather than passing credentials on the command line; passing passwords with --root-pass exposes them in process lists and shell history. 2) If you use the .env fallback, keep that file permissions-restricted (chmod 600) and don’t point WORKSPACE at directories you don’t control. 3) Give the LINODE_TOKEN the minimal API scope needed (avoid full-account tokens if possible). 4) If you need extra assurance, review the included scripts yourself or run the tool in a restricted environment. If you plan to allow autonomous invocation by an agent, be aware the agent could perform any API action allowed by the token.

☁️ Linode/Akamai

Linode (Akamai) — compute instances, volumes, networking, NodeBalancers, domains, and Kubernetes.

Requirements

Variable	Required	Description
LINODE_TOKEN	✅	Linode/Akamai API token

Quick Start

# List Linode instances
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/linode.py list-instances --page "1"

# Get instance details
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/linode.py get-instance <id>

# Create instance
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/linode.py create-instance --type "g6-nanode-1" --region "us-east" --image "linode/ubuntu24.04" --label <value> --root-pass <value>

# Delete instance
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/linode.py delete-instance <id>

# Boot instance
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/linode.py boot-instance <id>

# Reboot instance
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/linode.py reboot-instance <id>

# Shut down instance
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/linode.py shutdown-instance <id>

# List volumes
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/linode.py list-volumes

# Create volume
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/linode.py create-volume --label <value> --size "20" --region "us-east"

# List NodeBalancers
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/linode.py list-nodebalancers

# List domains
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/linode.py list-domains

# List domain records
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/linode.py list-domain-records <id>

# List firewalls
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/linode.py list-firewalls

# List LKE clusters
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/linode.py list-kubernetes

# List instance types/plans
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/linode.py list-types

# List regions
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/linode.py list-regions

# List images
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/linode.py list-images

# Get account info
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/linode.py get-account

Output Format

All commands output JSON by default.

Script Reference

Script	Description
{baseDir}/scripts/linode.py	Main CLI — all commands in one tool

Credits

Built by M. Abidi | agxntsix.ai YouTube | GitHub Part of the AgxntSix Skill Suite for OpenClaw agents.

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