Whisper Transcribe

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

Overview

This skill appears to be a straightforward local Whisper transcription wrapper, with the main caveat that it depends on external tools and a model download.

Before installing, make sure you are comfortable installing openai-whisper and ffmpeg from trusted sources and allowing Whisper to download its model. The skill otherwise appears to process user-selected audio locally and write transcript files to a chosen directory.

Static analysis

No static analysis findings were reported for this release.

VirusTotal

64/64 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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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.

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ASI04: Agentic Supply Chain Vulnerabilities
Low
What this means

Installing or running the skill requires trusting the local Whisper and ffmpeg tools and allowing Whisper to download a model file.

Why it was flagged

The skill relies on external software installation and a model download, while the registry metadata does not declare required binaries. This is normal for a Whisper wrapper, but users should trust and manage those dependencies.

Skill content
- `whisper` CLI (`pip install openai-whisper`)
- `ffmpeg` (for audio decoding)
- First run downloads the model (~150MB for base)
Recommendation

Install openai-whisper and ffmpeg from trusted sources, consider pinning package versions, and be aware of the initial model download.

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ASI05: Unexpected Code Execution
Info
What this means

Running transcription will execute the local Whisper CLI and create transcript files.

Why it was flagged

The script executes the local `whisper` command on user-provided audio files. This is central to the stated purpose, uses shell arrays rather than eval, and does not show hidden or unrelated execution.

Skill content
if whisper "${args[@]}" "$file" 2>&1; then
Recommendation

Run it only on files you intend to transcribe and verify that the `whisper` command on your PATH is the expected trusted binary.