DC pipedream-connect
Connect 2,000+ APIs with managed OAuth via Pipedream. Includes full UI integration for OpenClaw Gateway dashboard with per-agent app isolation.
Connect 2,000+ APIs with managed OAuth via Pipedream.
As a process C 56/100 · Has gaps — weak spots: result and completion, when it triggers, running it twice
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-persistenceINSTALL.md:49Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "*/45 * * * * /usr/bin/python3 $HOME/clawd/scripts/pipedream-token-refresh.py --quiet >> $HOME/clawd/logs/pipedream-cron.log 2>&1") | crontab -
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistencescripts/setup-cron.sh:34Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)(crontab -l 2>/dev/null || echo "") | { cat; echo "$CRON_LINE"; } | crontab - -
high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceSKILL.md:76Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "*/45 * * * * /usr/bin/python3 $HOME/openclaw/skills/pipedream-connect/scripts/pipedream-token-refresh.py >> $HOME/openclaw/logs/pipedream-cron.log 2>&1") | crontab -
Medium and low: 10
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-cron-mentionINSTALL.md:49Mentions editing / listing crontab(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "*/45 * * * * /usr/bin/python3 $HOME/clawd/scripts/pipedream-token-refresh.py --quiet >> $HOME/clawd/logs/pipedream-cron.log 2>&1") | crontab -
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-cron-mentionINSTALL.md:151Mentions editing / listing crontab (quoted — discussed, not commanded)- [ ] Cron job is running (check with `crontab -l`)
quoted -
low Exfiltration
exfil-webhook-urlreference/pipedream-backend.ts:205Webhook / callback URL commonly used for exfiltration (verify the destination) (the skill's own vendor host; quoted — discussed, not commanded)baseUrl: "https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net",
vendor-hostquoted -
low Exfiltration
exfil-webhook-urlreference/pipedream-controller.ts:216Webhook / callback URL commonly used for exfiltration (verify the destination) (the skill's own vendor host; quoted — discussed, not commanded)const response = await fetch("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net", {vendor-hostquoted -
low Exfiltration
exfil-webhook-urlreference/pipedream-controller.ts:432Webhook / callback URL commonly used for exfiltration (verify the destination) (the skill's own vendor host; quoted — discussed, not commanded)const response = await fetch("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net", {vendor-hostquoted -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-cron-mentionscripts/setup-cron.sh:28Mentions editing / listing crontabif crontab -l 2>/dev/null | grep -q "pipedream-token-refresh"; then
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-cron-mentionscripts/setup-cron.sh:30Mentions editing / listing crontabcrontab -l | grep "pipedream-token-refresh"
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-cron-mentionscripts/setup-cron.sh:34Mentions editing / listing crontab(crontab -l 2>/dev/null || echo "") | { cat; echo "$CRON_LINE"; } | crontab - -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-cron-mentionscripts/setup-cron.sh:47Mentions editing / listing crontab (string literal in code, not executed)echo " crontab -l"
code literal -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-cron-mentionSKILL.md:76Mentions editing / listing crontab(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "*/45 * * * * /usr/bin/python3 $HOME/openclaw/skills/pipedream-connect/scripts/pipedream-token-refresh.py >> $HOME/openclaw/logs/pipedream-cron.log 2>&1") | crontab -
Files scanned: 12. 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 56/100
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0Progress reporting. Says nothing while it works
- 20When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 30Running it twice. 7 mutating operations with no state check
- 50Failures and branches. 0 branches, has a failure section
- 60Tools and files. Uses tools (web, node) that frontmatter does not declare
- 70Inputs and preconditions. Inputs and preconditions are listed
- 100Steps. 34 steps
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 2120 tokens
- medium Safety rules and hard prohibitions inside a skill: they belong in the system prompt, here they protect nothing
- low 13 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
- -31 of 2 scripts are never mentioned in SKILL.md
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 143: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 20 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 34 items
- +4Has examples (3 code blocks)
- +4Reference files are cited in the instructions (1 of 1)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 73.