Openfec

OpenFEC — campaign finance data, candidates, committees, filings, and contribution search.

Security Scan

The skill's files, required credential, and runtime instructions are consistent with a simple OpenFEC CLI; nothing appears to request unrelated secrets or install arbitrary code.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description match the code and required env var. The only required secret is FEC_API_KEY, which is exactly what's needed to call the FEC API.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md instructs running the bundled Python CLI and the script does only HTTP calls to the official OpenFEC API. As a convenience, the script will fall back to reading a .env file from WORKSPACE or ~/.openclaw/workspace — it only extracts the requested env name, but this file access is outside the minimal expectation of 'read process env' and is worth noting.

Install Mechanism

No install spec — instruction-only skill with a single stdlib Python script. Nothing is downloaded or written to disk by an installer.

Credentials

Only FEC_API_KEY is declared and used. The script's fallback to read a .env file is limited to the requested variable name and does not enumerate or exfiltrate other envs.

Persistence & Privilege

Skill does not request always:true and does not modify other skills or system-wide settings; it is user-invocable only.

Assessment

This skill appears to do what it claims: a small CLI that calls api.open.fec.gov and uses a single FEC_API_KEY. Before installing, confirm you trust the skill author/homepage and consider these points: (1) the script will try a fallback .env at $WORKSPACE or ~/.openclaw/workspace — avoid storing unrelated secrets there if you want to limit exposure; (2) the code contains some URL/parameter bugs (unreplaced '{api_key}' in path strings) that are functional issues, not malicious behavior; (3) you can test with the DEMO_KEY or inspect/execute the script in a sandbox to verify network calls go only to https://api.open.fec.gov. If you need stronger assurance, ask the author for a signed release or run the code in an isolated environment.

OpenFEC — campaign finance data, candidates, committees, filings, and contribution search.

Requirements

Variable	Required	Description
FEC_API_KEY	✅	FEC API key (or DEMO_KEY)

Quick Start

# Search candidates
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/openfec.py search-candidates --q <value> --office <value> --state <value> --party <value> --cycle <value> --per-page "20"

# Get candidate details
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/openfec.py get-candidate <id>

# Get candidate financial totals
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/openfec.py candidate-totals <id> --cycle <value>

# Search committees
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/openfec.py search-committees --q <value> --committee-type <value> --per-page "20"

# Get committee details
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/openfec.py get-committee <id>

# List filings
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/openfec.py list-filings --candidate-id <value> --committee-id <value> --per-page "20"

# Search individual contributions
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/openfec.py search-contributions --contributor-name <value> --contributor-state <value> --min-amount <value> --max-amount <value> --per-page "20"

# Search disbursements
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/openfec.py search-disbursements --committee-id <value> --recipient-name <value> --per-page "20"

# Get election results
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/openfec.py election-results --office "president" --cycle <value>

# Totals by entity type
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/openfec.py get-totals --cycle <value>

Output Format

All commands output JSON by default.

Script Reference

Script	Description
{baseDir}/scripts/openfec.py	Main CLI — all commands in one tool

Credits

Built by M. Abidi | agxntsix.ai YouTube | GitHub Part of the AgxntSix Skill Suite for OpenClaw agents.

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