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ClawScan security

Ntriq X402 Alt Text · ClawHub's context-aware review of the artifact, metadata, and declared behavior.

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SuspiciousApr 16, 2026, 12:00 AM
Verdict
suspicious
Confidence
medium
Model
gpt-5-mini
Summary
The skill's stated purpose (WCAG alt text) matches its instructions, but it requires sending images and a payment header to an external service while declaring no credentials — a mismatch that raises privacy and operational concerns.
Guidance
This skill appears to do what it says (generate alt text) but it requires you to pay per call and to send image data to a third-party endpoint. Before installing: (1) Ask the publisher how the X-PAYMENT header is obtained and stored — the skill metadata does not declare any credential or env var for that token. Avoid pasting private payment keys into an agent prompt. (2) Consider privacy: any image you send (including base64) will go to x402.ntriq.co.kr — confirm their data-retention and sharing policy and whether images are stored. (3) If you need offline or privacy-preserving processing, prefer a local alt-text solution or a provider with documented auth flow. (4) Verify TLS and domain authenticity and test with non-sensitive images and a small payment before sending real data. If the publisher cannot explain how payments are securely handled (and how to supply the X-PAYMENT header without exposing secrets), treat the skill as risky.

Review Dimensions

Purpose & Capability
okName/description (alt text generator) match the instructions: POST an image (URL or base64) to the provider and receive WCAG-compliant alt_text and description. No unrelated capabilities or creds are requested.
Instruction Scope
concernRuntime instructions direct the agent to upload image data (URL or base64) to https://x402.ntriq.co.kr/alt-text and to include an X-PAYMENT header. Uploading arbitrary images to a third-party service can leak private or sensitive images; the SKILL.md does not constrain what can be uploaded or warn about privacy. The payment header requirement is referenced but not explained (how to obtain/populate it), creating ambiguity in agent behavior.
Install Mechanism
okInstruction-only skill with no install spec or code files; nothing is written to disk and no third-party packages are installed, which is low-risk from an install perspective.
Credentials
concernSKILL.md requires an X-PAYMENT header for a paid call but the registry metadata lists no required environment variables or primary credential. This is an inconsistency: the agent will need a payment token/secret but the skill doesn't declare where it should come from. That gap could lead the agent to prompt the user for a sensitive payment token or to handle it insecurely.
Persistence & Privilege
okalways is false and there is no install-time persistence or modification of other skills. The skill does not request elevated or permanent presence.