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Cex Trader · ClawHub's context-aware review of the artifact, metadata, and declared behavior.

Scanner verdict

BenignApr 15, 2026, 7:15 AM
Verdict
Benign
Confidence
high
Model
gpt-5-mini
Summary
The skill's requests, files, and runtime instructions are coherent with its stated purpose (a remote MCP-backed CEX trading layer); it legitimately needs exchange API keys and a server URL, but those keys will be transmitted to an MCP server by design and that is the primary risk users should accept or mitigate.
Guidance
This skill is internally consistent for remote trading: it needs your OKX/Binance API keys so the MCP server can place orders. Before installing, consider: (1) the default hosted MCP URL (https://mcp-skills.ai.antalpha.com/mcp) will receive your keys — set MCP_SERVER_URL to a self-hosted server if you want to keep keys in your own infrastructure; (2) always create API keys without withdrawal/transfer permissions and enable IP allowlisting on exchange side; (3) you can use demo/sandbox accounts first to test; (4) review the included install.sh and ~/.trader/config.toml to confirm only risk params are written locally; (5) if you don't trust the hosted MCP, do not provide real keys or run your own MCP server. If you want, I can list the exact lines where credentials are sent and where the default MCP URL is referenced.

Review Dimensions

Purpose & Capability
okName/description (CEX trading for OKX/Binance) match the declared env vars (OKX & Binance API keys) and the provided tools (spot/futures/account/setup). No unrelated credentials or binaries are requested.
Instruction Scope
noteSKILL.md and the CLI instruct the agent to call MCP tools and to send API credentials to the MCP server (cex-setup-save → mcp / MCP_SERVER_URL). This is consistent with a remote-trading architecture but is materially different from a purely local-only tool: your API keys are transmitted to the MCP endpoint.
Install Mechanism
okThere is no install spec declared (instruction-only in the registry). The repo includes an install.sh and a CLI script, but nothing will be auto-downloaded from untrusted URLs. install.sh only creates ~/.trader/config.toml (risk params) and makes the CLI executable.
Credentials
noteRequested env vars (CEX_OKX_*/CEX_BINANCE_* and MCP_SERVER_URL) are proportional to the skill's function. Important: the skill explicitly transmits API keys from environment variables to the MCP server; users should treat this as credential exposure to the configured server and only use keys without withdrawal permissions and with appropriate allowlists.
Persistence & Privilege
okalways is false and the skill does not request permanent/global privileges or modify other skills. install.sh writes only its own config (~/.trader/config.toml) containing risk parameters, not API keys.