English Listening Coach

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

Overview

The English coaching instructions look mostly normal, but the provided capability signals claim wallet or sensitive-credential needs that are not explained by the skill.

The lesson workflow itself appears benign and instruction-only. Before installing or enabling it, check whether the platform actually asks for wallet access, credentials, or sensitive permissions; if it does, decline unless the publisher clearly explains why an English listening coach needs them.

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

If installation or runtime asks for wallet access, tokens, passwords, or other sensitive credentials, that would be unexpected for this skill.

Why it was flagged

An English listening coach has no clear need for wallet access or sensitive credentials, and the visible requirements do not declare or explain any such credential use.

Skill content
Capability signals: requires-wallet; requires-sensitive-credentials ... Required env vars: none ... Primary credential: none
Recommendation

Do not grant wallet or sensitive-credential access unless the publisher provides a clear, purpose-aligned explanation and the platform shows exactly what will be accessed.

What this means

A fetched webpage could contain irrelevant text or unexpected instructions that should not influence the agent beyond the lesson content.

Why it was flagged

The skill intentionally brings external web content into the agent context. This is aligned with the listening-practice purpose, but live pages should not be treated as authoritative instructions.

Skill content
Always fetch a real passage from a live source.
Recommendation

Use only the selected ESL passage as lesson material and ignore navigation, ads, comments, or any instructions found on fetched pages.

What this means

If a separate scheduler is configured, the skill could produce daily listening exercises automatically.

Why it was flagged

The skill contains instructions for a scheduled daily drill, although the artifacts do not include code or an install spec that creates a cron job.

Skill content
For the cron-triggered listening exercise:
Recommendation

Only enable scheduled use if you want daily exercises, and verify the schedule can be disabled.