Skillscan

Scan an OpenClaw SKILL.md file for security threats before installing it. Posts the raw SKILL.md content and gets back a safety score (0-1), detected threat patterns (credential harvesting, data exfiltration, obfuscated commands, permission overreach), and a SAFE/CAUTION/DANGEROUS verdict.

Check if a SKILL.md is safe before you install it.

Start the server

bash

uvicorn skillscan.app:app --port 8001

Scan a SKILL.md file

bash

curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8001/v1/scan-skill \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "{\"skill_content\": $(cat path/to/SKILL.md | jq -Rs)}" | jq

Returns safety_score (1.0 = safe, 0.0 = dangerous), findings (list of threat names), verdict (SAFE/CAUTION/DANGEROUS), and skill_name.

What it detects

• credential_harvesting — accessing $API_KEY, $TOKEN, $SECRET, $PASSWORD
• data_exfiltration — curl/wget sending data to external URLs
• obfuscated_command — base64 decode piped to bash, eval, exec
• permission_overreach — accessing /etc/shadow, .ssh/, reverse shells

Example: scan before install

bash

clawdhub inspect some-skill > /tmp/skill.md
VERDICT=$(curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8001/v1/scan-skill \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "{\"skill_content\": $(cat /tmp/skill.md | jq -Rs)}" | jq -r '.verdict')
echo "Verdict: $VERDICT"