FD openclaw-maintenance
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As a process D 46/100 · Unfinished process — weak spots: result and completion, when it triggers, inputs and preconditions
What is at stake
The skill contains fragments that, in the wrong hands, cost money or data. Below: what the installer risks and what the author should do.
The skill contains commands that delete files, rewrite disks or execute code fetched from the network. The agent may run them without asking if it believes the instructions require it.
Replace destructive commands with safe equivalents that ask for confirmation, scope them to one folder, and stop piping curl into a shell: pin a version and a checksum.
Below is the worst case for this category. The finding here is medium: the guard saw a sign, not a proof.
The instructions or scripts send data out: environment variables, keys, file contents, chat history. You may never notice, because the agent performs the upload as "part of the task".
If the upload is not needed for the task, remove it: catalogs flag such skills and delist them. If it is needed, name the destination explicitly, say what leaves the machine, and give the user a switch.
How to improve
- Address the high-severity findings: each costs 18 safety points. If one is a false positive, add the rule id to guard.allow in spec.yaml.
- Add a description to the frontmatter: without it the skill never triggers.
- Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
- A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.
Guard findings · 26
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceREADME-proxy-health.md:109Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.openclaw.proxy-health.plist
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceREADME-proxy-health.md:112Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.openclaw.proxy-health.plist
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceREADME.md:58Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)~/Library/LaunchAgents/
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceREADME.md:63Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.openclaw.watchdog.plist
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceREADME.md:64Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.openclaw.proxy-health.plist
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceREADME.md:74Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.openclaw.watchdog.plist
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceREADME.md:75Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.openclaw.proxy-health.plist
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceSKILL.md:67Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.openclaw.watchdog.plist
Medium and low: 18
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medium Dangerous commands
cmd-persistencegateway-watchdog.sh:6Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry) (code comment)# 安装: launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.openclaw.watchdog.plist
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medium Dangerous commands
cmd-persistencegateway-watchdog.sh:7Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry) (code comment)# 卸载: launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.openclaw.watchdog.plist
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medium Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceinstall.sh:32Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry) (string literal in code, not executed)echo " - launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.openclaw.watchdog.plist"
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medium Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceinstall.sh:33Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry) (string literal in code, not executed)echo " - launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.openclaw.proxy-health.plist"
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medium Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceproxy-health.sh:6Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry) (code comment)# 安装: launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.openclaw.proxy-health.plist
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medium Exfiltration
net-credential-useproxy-health.sh:98Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)curl -s -m 5 -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLASH_SECRET" \
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medium Exfiltration
net-credential-useproxy-health.sh:139Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)curl -s -m 5 -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLASH_SECRET" \
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medium Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceREADME-proxy-health.md:12Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry) (documentation table row)| LaunchAgent | `~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.openclaw.proxy-health.plist` |
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medium Exfiltration
net-credential-useREADME-proxy-health.md:89Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLASH_SECRET" "$CLASH_API/proxies/GLOBAL"
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medium Exfiltration
net-credential-useREADME-proxy-health.md:92Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLASH_SECRET" \
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medium Exfiltration
net-credential-useREADME-proxy-health.md:96Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service)curl -X PUT -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLASH_SECRET" \
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low Exfiltration
read-dotenvAGENT.md:6Reads a .env file (security demo / example)> 1) 复制环境变量示例:cp .env.example .env
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low Exfiltration
read-dotenvAGENT.md:18Reads a .env filecp .env.example .env
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low Exfiltration
read-dotenvinstall.sh:8Reads a .env file (quoted — discussed, not commanded)echo "[ERROR] .env not found. Run: cp .env.example .env"
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low Exfiltration
read-dotenvREADME.md:7Reads a .env file (security demo / example)> 1) 复制环境变量示例:cp .env.example .env
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-background-processREADME.md:104Starts a background / autostarted processsudo systemctl enable --now openclaw-watchdog
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low Exfiltration
read-dotenvSKILL.md:27Reads a .env filecp .env.example .env
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-background-processSKILL.md:73Starts a background / autostarted processsudo systemctl enable --now openclaw-watchdog
Files scanned: 12. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- error
frontmatterSKILL.md: no YAML frontmatter block found - error
name-missingSKILL.md: frontmatter has no `name` - error
description-missingSKILL.md: no `description` — the skill can never trigger
Process rating: all ten parameters 46/100
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 0Failures and branches. Linear process with no failure handling
- 60Tools and files. Uses tools (web) that frontmatter does not declare
- 100Steps. 17 steps
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 349 tokens
- 100Running it twice. No mutating operations
- 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.
Quality signals
- +5Description has no quoted example phrases that should trigger the skill
- +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
- +3Description length 0: 120–800 characters recommended
- +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
- -2localhost URLs: will not work for another user
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +4Structure: 14 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 17 items
- +4Has examples (4 code blocks)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 0.