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ClawScan security

Video Downloader Free · ClawHub's context-aware review of the artifact, metadata, and declared behavior.

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SuspiciousApr 11, 2026, 10:33 PM
Verdict
suspicious
Confidence
medium
Model
gpt-5-mini
Summary
The skill's behavior (calling an external nemovideo API to upload and render videos) matches its description, but metadata and requirement mismatches plus unknown provenance warrant caution before installing.
Guidance
This skill will send video URLs and uploaded files to a third-party API (mega-api-prod.nemovideo.ai) and expects an API token named NEMO_TOKEN — though the instructions also describe obtaining a temporary anonymous token if none is provided. Before installing: verify the provider (there's no homepage or known source listed), avoid sending sensitive/private videos, consider using a throwaway token or the anonymous flow rather than placing a long-lived secret in your environment, and ask the publisher for clarification about the configPath entry and whether NEMO_TOKEN is strictly required. If you need confidentiality guarantees or a trusted vendor, do not install until you can confirm ownership and data-retention/privacy policies.

Review Dimensions

Purpose & Capability
noteThe skill claims to download/export videos and all runtime instructions target a remote rendering service (mega-api-prod.nemovideo.ai), which is coherent with the stated purpose. However, the registry metadata/requirements are inconsistent with SKILL.md: registry lists no config paths while the SKILL.md frontmatter declares a configPaths entry (~/.config/nemovideo/). Also the registry marks NEMO_TOKEN as required, but the SKILL.md explicitly documents an anonymous-token fallback flow, so it's unclear whether a pre-provided token is actually mandatory.
Instruction Scope
okSKILL.md gives concrete API endpoints and a tightly scoped protocol (auth, create session, upload, start render, poll status, SSE handling). The instructions only reference the external service and per-request headers; they do not ask the agent to read arbitrary system files or unrelated environment variables. The guidance to 'keep technical details out of chat' is operational but not a security red flag by itself.
Install Mechanism
okThis is an instruction-only skill with no install spec or code files, so nothing is written to disk by an installer. That lowers install-time risk. Network calls are central to functionality and are described in SKILL.md.
Credentials
noteThe only declared credential is NEMO_TOKEN (primaryEnv). That fits the purpose of calling the remote API. But there's an incoherence: the registry lists NEMO_TOKEN as required, while SKILL.md supports generating an anonymous token if no env var exists. Additionally, SKILL.md frontmatter lists a config path (~/.config/nemovideo/) not reflected in the registry summary. No other unrelated secrets are requested.
Persistence & Privilege
okThe skill is not forced-always, can be invoked by the user, and does not claim to modify other skills or system-wide settings. Autonomous invocation is allowed (default) but not, by itself, a red flag here.