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Skillv1.0.1

ClawScan security

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

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SuspiciousMar 10, 2026, 1:01 AM
Verdict
suspicious
Confidence
medium
Model
gpt-5-mini
Summary
The skill's behavior (sending user queries to docs.agentutil.net) matches its description, but the SKILL.md makes strong privacy/storage claims and lacks guidance to avoid sending secrets — this inconsistency and the reliance on an external API merit caution.
Guidance
This skill appears to do what it says (query an external docs API), but you should: (1) verify the service operator (docs.agentutil.net) and read its privacy/retention policy; (2) avoid sending secrets, credentials, or private code/config in queries — the SKILL.md's claim that 'no user data is transmitted' is not enforceable here; (3) test with benign queries first to confirm behavior and response quality; (4) if you must look up sensitive internal docs, prefer an on-prem or vendor-hosted docs source you control; and (5) be cautious about the paid lookup pathway (x402/USDC) — confirm billing and what information is attached to payment requests.

Review Dimensions

Purpose & Capability
okName/description (search pre-indexed docs) lines up with the runtime instructions: all examples call docs.agentutil.net endpoints for query, lookup, and platforms. No unrelated binaries, env vars, or installs are requested.
Instruction Scope
concernInstructions direct the agent to send user queries (free-form text) to an external API. The SKILL.md also asserts 'No documents, file contents, or user data are transmitted' and 'Queries are not stored' — but it does not define what qualifies as 'user data' or instruct the agent to redact secrets/PII before querying. That is a gap: user-provided code snippets or config could contain sensitive data and would be sent to the external service unless explicitly scrubbed.
Install Mechanism
okInstruction-only skill with no install spec and no code files — lowest local footprint; nothing is written to disk by the skill itself.
Credentials
okNo environment variables, credentials, or config paths are requested. The skill does not ask for unrelated secrets or system access.
Persistence & Privilege
okalways:false and no special privileges requested. The skill can be invoked autonomously by the agent (default), but that is normal and not by itself a red flag.