DC clawdbot-update-plus
Full backup, update, and restore for Clawdbot - config, workspace, and skills with auto-rollback
Full backup, update, and restore for Clawdbot - config, workspace, and skills with auto-rollback
As a process C 50/100 · 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.
- 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 · 13
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistencebin/lib/cron.sh:35Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)} | crontab -
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-pipe-to-shellREADME.md:235Downloads and executes remote code from an unrecognised host (pipe to shell)curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash # Linux
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-pipe-to-shellSKILL.md:242Downloads and executes remote code from an unrecognised host (pipe to shell)curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash # Linux
Medium and low: 10
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medium Dangerous commands
cmd-persistencebin/lib/cron.sh:55Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry) (detector / deny-list definition)crontab -l 2>/dev/null | grep -v "clawdbot-update-plus" | grep -v "Clawdbot Update Plus" | crontab -
detector -
medium Dangerous commands
cmd-shell-rcREADME.md:54Writes to a shell startup fileecho 'export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc # or ~/.bashrc
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medium Dangerous commands
cmd-shell-rcSKILL.md:61Writes to a shell startup fileecho 'export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc # or ~/.bashrc
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-cron-mentionbin/lib/cron.sh:14Mentions editing / listing crontabif crontab -l 2>/dev/null | grep -q "clawdbot-update-plus"; then
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-cron-mentionbin/lib/cron.sh:18Mentions editing / listing crontabcrontab -l 2>/dev/null | grep -A1 "Clawdbot Update Plus"
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-cron-mentionbin/lib/cron.sh:31Mentions editing / listing crontabcrontab -l 2>/dev/null || true
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-cron-mentionbin/lib/cron.sh:39Mentions editing / listing crontab (string literal in code, not executed)log_info "To change schedule, edit with: crontab -e"
code literal -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-cron-mentionbin/lib/cron.sh:47Mentions editing / listing crontabif ! crontab -l 2>/dev/null | grep -q "clawdbot-update-plus"; then
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-privilegeREADME.md:235Privilege escalation / world-writable permissions (detector / deny-list definition)curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash # Linux
detector -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-privilegeSKILL.md:242Privilege escalation / world-writable permissions (detector / deny-list definition)curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash # Linux
detector
Files scanned: 10. 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")
Process rating: all ten parameters 50/100
- 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. 8 mutating operations with no state check
- 50Failures and branches. 0 branches, has a failure section
- 60Tools and files. Uses tools (bash) that frontmatter does not declare
- 100Steps. 21 steps
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 2040 tokens
- 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
- low 16 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)
- +3Description length 96: 120–800 characters recommended
- +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +4Structure: 35 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 21 items
- +4Has examples (18 code blocks)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 69.