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ClawScan security

intelligence-analyst-claw · ClawHub's context-aware review of the artifact, metadata, and declared behavior.

Scanner verdict

BenignApr 7, 2026, 12:55 PM
Verdict
benign
Confidence
high
Model
gpt-5-mini
Summary
The skill's code, instructions, and requirements are internally consistent with an intelligence/industry-research assistant and do not request unrelated credentials or install arbitrary code.
Guidance
This skill appears coherent and its code is small and aligned with research tasks. Before installing: (1) note that some SKILL.md steps ask the agent to use a browser to access gated databases — that may use your browser sessions or prompt you for credentials, so avoid supplying sensitive internal credentials unless you trust the run context; (2) SKILL.md mentions sentiment_analysis.py and monitor_policy_updates.sh but those files are not present in the package—ask the author or remove those references if you expect those capabilities; (3) because the agent will fetch web pages, review network access policies and run the skill in an environment you control if you have concerns about scraping internal or sensitive endpoints; (4) if you want guarantees about data handling, request that the maintainer add explicit logging/privacy behavior and a manifest for all referenced scripts.

Review Dimensions

Purpose & Capability
okName/description describe multi-source research and the provided scripts (report search plan, competitor template, financial extraction) match that purpose. The listed data sources and frameworks align with industry research tasks.
Instruction Scope
noteRuntime instructions limit actions to web_search/web_fetch/browser-based scraping and structured analysis; they explicitly mention obeying robots.txt and not fetching unauthorized internal materials. Note: SKILL.md instructs using an interactive browser for gated databases which may involve user credentials or sessions even though the skill doesn't request credentials explicitly.
Install Mechanism
okNo install spec (instruction-only plus small python scripts). Nothing is downloaded or written to disk by an installer; included scripts are benign and local.
Credentials
noteThe skill requires no environment variables or credentials, which is proportionate to its stated purpose. Caveat: the instructions expect the agent to use an interactive browser for some sources — that can leverage existing user sessions/credentials implicitly. Also SKILL.md references additional helper scripts (sentiment_analysis.py, monitor_policy_updates.sh) that are mentioned but not present in the file manifest.
Persistence & Privilege
okalways is false and the skill does not request persistent system-wide privileges or modify other skills. Agent autonomous invocation is allowed by default (not a red flag here).