Subagent Watchdog

• Outcome: Pass
• Latest audit: May 29, 2026 at 8:13 PM UTC
• Version:
  0.1.0

Overview

This is a disclosed watchdog script that waits for a local marker file and optionally sends a configured timeout alert.

Before installing, confirm this marker-file workflow fits your subagent process. If enabling notifications, set WATCHDOG_CHAT_ID and WATCHDOG_CHANNEL only to intended destinations, and avoid sensitive task names in labels because labels may be included in timeout alerts.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA

Vulnerability Patterns

• Data Exfiltration: External Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
• Prompt Injection: Instruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
• Privilege Escalation: Excessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
• Supply Chain: Unpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
• Excessive Agency: Unrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep

Findings (1)

Missing User Warnings

Medium

• Confidence: 94% confidence
• Finding: If WATCHDOG_CHAT_ID is set, the script may send the subagent label and timeout-derived status message to an external messaging channel without any explicit disclosure or confirmation at runtime. This can leak operational metadata, task identifiers, or sensitive labels to third-party services, especially because the send is silent and failures are suppressed.

VirusTotal

64/64 vendors flagged this skill as clean.