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Telegram Whisper Transcribe
v1.0.1Standalone Telegram bot for voice message transcription via OpenAI Whisper API. No LLM overhead — audio goes directly to Whisper and text comes back in 2-5 s...
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byXela@xela-io
MIT-0
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LicenseMIT-0 · Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.
Security Scan
OpenClaw
Suspicious
medium confidencePurpose & Capability
Name and description (Telegram bot that forwards audio to OpenAI Whisper) align with the included code and instructions. However registry metadata claims no required env vars/binaries while SKILL.md and the scripts require TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN, OPENAI_API_KEY, Python, and systemd — an inconsistency that should be corrected.
Instruction Scope
SKILL.md and install.sh contain explicit, narrow instructions: copy files to ~/transcribe-bot, create a venv, pip install dependencies, write a .env containing the two keys, and create a systemd user service. The runtime code only downloads Telegram audio, sends it to OpenAI Whisper, returns the transcript, and cleans up temp files. It does not read unrelated system files or exfiltrate data to unexpected endpoints.
Install Mechanism
No opaque remote downloads; install.sh creates a venv and installs packages from PyPI (python-telegram-bot, openai). That is a standard approach, but the script does not pin package versions or verify hashes — consider pinning versions or reviewing dependency versions before install.
Credentials
The bot legitimately needs TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN and OPENAI_API_KEY (both used in code). Those environment variables are declared in SKILL.md but were not listed in the registry metadata; this mismatch could mislead users or automated checks. The bot will transmit audio to OpenAI (privacy implication) — users should consent to sending audio to Whisper.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill creates files under the installing user's home (~/transcribe-bot, a .env with 600 perms) and installs a systemd user service (systemctl --user). This is appropriate for a long-running user bot, but it does persist on the host and will auto-restart; ensure you want a persistent service and review the .env storage of secrets.
What to consider before installing
What to check before installing:
- Confirm TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN and OPENAI_API_KEY are provided; the registry metadata omits them but SKILL.md and scripts require them. Do not reuse an existing bot token used elsewhere (SKILL.md warns about single poller per bot).
- Be aware audio payloads are sent to OpenAI's Whisper API — this transmits users' audio to OpenAI. If that is a privacy concern, do not install or host in a controlled environment.
- The installer creates ~/transcribe-bot, a venv, and a user-level systemd service; review the files (bot.py, install.sh) and the .env handling. The .env file is written with chmod 600 but still resides on disk — consider alternative secret storage if needed.
- The install script installs dependencies from PyPI without pinned versions or hashes. Prefer pinning or reviewing latest package releases before running pip.
- This skill assumes a Unix-like system with Python 3 and systemd user services; it will not work as-is on Windows.
- If you want higher assurance: run the bot in an isolated user account or container, or inspect/modify the code to add explicit logging controls, dependency pins, and stricter temp-file handling.
Why I flagged this as suspicious: the functionality is coherent and the code is straightforward, but the registry metadata failing to declare required environment variables and runtime assumptions is an avoidable inconsistency that could cause accidental misconfiguration or concealment of required secrets. Fixing those metadata omissions or providing explicit package/version verification would raise my confidence to benign.Like a lobster shell, security has layers — review code before you run it.
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License
MIT-0
Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.
