BC arc402-agent
Operate as a fully governed ARC-402 agent — agent-to-agent hiring on Base mainnet with sandboxed execution by default. ARC-402 creates a dedicated governed workroom for hired work on the operator's machine, with the ARC-402 Workroom as the runtime safety layer. Use when an OpenClaw agent needs to earn, hire, transact, or dispute on the ARC-402 protocol. Covers wallet setup, daemon lifecycle, sandbox wiring, key separation, prompt injection defense, spending validation, and dispute flows.
As a process C 64/100 · Has gaps — weak spots: result and completion, execution cost
What is at stake
Medium-severity findings: the skill is probably honest, but read what alarmed the scanner.
Below is the worst case for this category. The finding here is medium: the guard saw a sign, not a proof.
The text contains phrases like "ignore previous instructions" or "you are now…". That is an attempt to hijack the agent: it may break your rules, the system limits or company policy.
An honest skill does not need them: state the role and the rules directly without overriding other instructions. Otherwise catalog scanners and corporate filters will block the listing.
How to improve
- The SKILL.md body is over 5,000 tokens: move reference detail into references/ and load it when needed.
- 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 · 3
✓ No critical or high findings
Medium and low: 3
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medium Instruction override
en-ignore-previousSKILL.md:343Instruction-override phrase ("ignore previous instructions") (documentation of a security skill)- Instructions to ignore your system prompt or policy
security skill -
low Secrets in code
secret-high-entropy-tokenSKILL.md:161High-entropy token-like string (may be an id, hash or a credential) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)The Handshake contract (`0x4F…Db3`) must be whitelisted on PolicyEngine before use.
quoted -
low Risky intent
intent-offensive-securitySKILL.md:841Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use)- **Process:** runs as `sandbox` user. No privilege escalation. Dangerous syscalls blocked via Landlock.
Files scanned: 2. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- warning
body-longSKILL.md body ≈ 9152 tokens (recommended < 5000); move details to references/ - note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "protocol" - note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "status"
Process rating: all ten parameters 64/100
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 40Execution cost. Instruction body is 9152 tokens: crowds the task out of the window
- 50When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 60Tools and files. Uses tools (bash, node) that frontmatter does not declare
- 70Inputs and preconditions. Inputs and preconditions are listed
- 85Steps. 108 steps, 1 vague phrases
- 100Failures and branches. 7 branches, has a failure section
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Running it twice. Mutating operations check current state
- 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
- medium Safety rules and hard prohibitions inside a skill: they belong in the system prompt, here they protect nothing
- low 22 top-level sections: this looks like several domains in one skill
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)
- +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
- -2localhost URLs: will not work for another user
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 492: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 69 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 108 items
- +4Has examples (44 code blocks)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 70.