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ClawScan security

Self Improving Agent · ClawHub's context-aware review of the artifact, metadata, and declared behavior.

Scanner verdict

BenignMar 5, 2026, 5:48 AM
Verdict
Benign
Confidence
high
Model
gpt-5-mini
Summary
Files, scripts, and hook handlers match the stated purpose of capturing and promoting development learnings; nothing requests unrelated credentials or performs covert networking or writes outside the workspace without user action.
Guidance
This skill appears to do what it claims, but review and control how you enable it: 1) Inspect the scripts (activator.sh, error-detector.sh, extract-skill.sh) before enabling hooks to confirm behavior. 2) Prefer project-level hook configuration (not global ~/.claude) if you want to limit automatic executions. 3) Note extract-skill.sh will create files under ./skills/ when run (it prevents absolute/../ paths). 4) error-detector reads CLAUDE_TOOL_OUTPUT (it may contain command output — avoid logging secrets into .learnings/). 5) Run scripts/check_env.sh manually to verify paths and permissions in your workspace before enabling automated hooks.

Review Dimensions

Purpose & Capability
okName/description align with included files: reminder hook, activator, error detector, extraction helper, and templates. The skill does not request unrelated credentials or binaries and the provided handlers/scripts implement the stated capture-and-promote workflow.
Instruction Scope
noteSKILL.md and references instruct installing hooks and running scripts that output reminders and optionally create skill scaffolds. The error-detector reads the CLAUDE_TOOL_OUTPUT env var (expected for a PostToolUse hook). The extract-skill.sh script does create files under a relative ./skills/ directory when run (it has safeguards against absolute or ../ paths). Be aware hooks can be configured at user-level (~/.claude) which makes the activator run more broadly — this is a functional choice but increases execution surface.
Install Mechanism
okNo remote downloads or install steps; instruction-only skill with bundled scripts and hook handlers. There is no installer that fetches remote code or writes binaries to unexpected locations.
Credentials
okNo credentials or sensitive environment variables are requested. The only environment usage of note is error-detector.sh reading CLAUDE_TOOL_OUTPUT (a platform-provided variable containing tool output) and check_env.sh inspecting local paths — both are proportionate to detecting and logging errors.
Persistence & Privilege
notealways is false and the hook handler injects a virtual bootstrap file (no persistent modification). However, enabling hooks at user-level or project-level will cause the activator/error-detector scripts to run automatically on configured events; enabling globally increases runtime frequency and blast radius, so prefer project-scoped configuration if you want limited scope.