FC taskflow
Structured project/task management for OpenClaw agents — markdown-first authoring, SQLite-backed querying, bidirectional sync, CLI, Apple Notes integration.
As a process C 54/100 · Has gaps — 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.
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.
- Say in the description WHEN to use the skill ("use when…", example requests): that is the agent's main cue.
- 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 · 14
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceSKILL.md:603Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.taskflow.sync.plist
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceSKILL.md:604Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)rm ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.taskflow.sync.plist
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistencesystem/com.taskflow.sync.plist.xml:12Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)1. Copy this file to ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.taskflow.sync.plist
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistencesystem/com.taskflow.sync.plist.xml:20Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.taskflow.sync.plist
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistencesystem/com.taskflow.sync.plist.xml:31Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.taskflow.sync.plist
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistencesystem/com.taskflow.sync.plist.xml:32Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)rm ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.taskflow.sync.plist
Medium and low: 8
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medium Dangerous commands
cmd-persistencescripts/taskflow-cli.mjs:285Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)execSync(`launchctl load "${plistDest}"`, { stdio: 'pipe' })quoted -
medium Dangerous commands
cmd-persistencescripts/taskflow-cli.mjs:289Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry) (string literal in code, not executed)console.log(` launchctl load "${plistDest}"`)code literal -
medium Dangerous commands
cmd-persistencescripts/taskflow-cli.mjs:299Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry) (code comment)* macOS → ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.taskflow.sync.plist (launchctl)
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medium Dangerous commands
cmd-persistencescripts/taskflow-cli.mjs:346Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)execSync(`launchctl load "${plistDest}"`, { stdio: 'pipe' })quoted -
medium Dangerous commands
cmd-persistencescripts/taskflow-cli.mjs:350Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry) (string literal in code, not executed)console.log(` launchctl load "${plistDest}"`)code literal -
medium Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceSKILL.md:595Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)1. Copy `taskflow/system/com.taskflow.sync.plist.xml` → `~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.taskflow.sync.plist`
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medium Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceSKILL.md:598Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)4. Load: `launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.taskflow.sync.plist`
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-cron-mentionSKILL.md:536Mentions editing / listing crontab# Run: crontab -e
Files scanned: 15. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- warning
description-no-whendescription does not say WHEN to use the skill (no "use when") - warning
body-longSKILL.md body ≈ 6412 tokens (recommended < 5000); move details to references/
Process rating: all ten parameters 54/100
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 20When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 30Running it twice. 16 mutating operations with no state check
- 60Tools and files. Uses tools (bash, web, python) that frontmatter does not declare
- 70Execution cost. Instruction body is 6412 tokens
- 100Steps. 59 steps
- 100Failures and branches. 4 branches, has a failure section
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
- medium Safety rules and hard prohibitions inside a skill: they belong in the system prompt, here they protect nothing
- low 15 top-level sections: this looks like several domains in one skill
- high The skill tells the model to perform an irreversible action with no human approval
- low The response is described with custom markup (10 tags): a typed call is more reliable
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
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 156: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 43 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 59 items
- +4Has examples (34 code blocks)
- +3All 5 scripts are documented
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 65.