v1.1.0

News Sentiment Scanner

BenignClawScan verdict for this skill. Analyzed May 1, 2026, 8:13 AM.

Analysis

This instruction-only skill fetches public RSS feeds for news analysis and does not show evidence of credential use, persistence, data exfiltration, or destructive behavior.

GuidanceThis appears safe for its stated purpose. Before relying on it for prediction-market decisions, ask which RSS feeds were used and verify urgent or market-moving claims against trusted sources.

Findings (2)

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.

Abnormal behavior control

Checks for instructions or behavior that redirect the agent, misuse tools, execute unexpected code, cascade across systems, exploit user trust, or continue outside the intended task.

Tool Misuse and Exploitation

SeverityInfoConfidenceHighStatusNote

SKILL.md

The agent may add or substitute feeds based on context

The skill permits the agent to choose additional external RSS sources. This is aligned with news scanning, but users should be aware that source selection affects the output.

User impactThe agent may fetch news from sources beyond the listed defaults, which could affect reliability or bias of results.

RecommendationAsk the agent to list the feeds it used and prefer trusted sources for trading or market-impact decisions.

Unexpected Code Execution

SeverityInfoConfidenceHighStatusNote

SKILL.md

curl -s "$FEED_URL" | python3 -c "... xml.etree.ElementTree as ET ..."

The skill documents local command execution using curl and python3 to fetch and parse RSS feeds. This is central to the stated purpose and does not show hidden or unrelated execution.

User impactUsing the skill may make outbound web requests to public RSS feeds and run a local parser command.

RecommendationUse it only if you are comfortable with outbound requests to the selected news feeds; no credential or private-file access is evidenced.