Aliyun Animate Anyone

Security checks across static analysis, malware telemetry, and agentic risk

Overview

This appears to be a straightforward Alibaba Cloud AnimateAnyone helper, but it uses Alibaba credentials, public media URLs, and local output files that users should handle carefully.

This skill looks safe for its stated purpose. Before using it, make sure you are comfortable sending the selected media to Alibaba Cloud, avoid using sensitive public URLs, and protect or clean up the local output folder and API credentials.

Static analysis

No static analysis findings were reported for this release.

VirusTotal

VirusTotal findings are pending for this skill version.

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Risk analysis

Artifact-based informational review of SKILL.md, metadata, install specs, static scan signals, and capability signals. ClawScan does not execute the skill or run runtime probes.

What this means

Using the skill may consume or access resources under the user's Alibaba Cloud account.

Why it was flagged

The skill requires an Alibaba/DashScope API credential for its provider workflow, even though registry metadata lists no required credential. This is expected for the service but should be explicit to users.

Skill content
Set `DASHSCOPE_API_KEY` in your environment, or add `dashscope_api_key` to `~/.alibabacloud/credentials`.
Recommendation

Use a dedicated, least-privilege API key where possible, avoid sharing the key in prompts, and remove or rotate it if no longer needed.

What this means

Private or sensitive images/videos could be exposed if the user hosts them at public URLs or sends them to the provider.

Why it was flagged

The provider flow requires the user's image or video inputs to be reachable by URL, which means media may be accessible outside the local machine and processed by Alibaba Cloud.

Skill content
Input files must be public HTTP/HTTPS URLs.
Recommendation

Use only media you are comfortable sending to Alibaba Cloud, prefer short-lived or access-controlled URLs when supported, and remove hosted files after the job completes.

What this means

Anyone with access to the output directory may see details about the generated video request.

Why it was flagged

The skill intentionally persists request and task artifacts locally. This is scoped and disclosed, but those files may contain media URLs, template IDs, or task metadata.

Skill content
Save normalized request payloads, detection outputs, template IDs, and task polling snapshots under `output/aliyun-animate-anyone/`.
Recommendation

Review, secure, or delete `output/aliyun-animate-anyone/` after use if the inputs or generated task details are sensitive.