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Skill vetting & supply chain security for OpenClaw. Scans SKILL.md files for prompt injection, credential theft, RCE, typosquatting, and social engineering.
Skill vetting & supply chain security for OpenClaw.
ClawVet scans OpenClaw SKILL.md files for prompt injection, credential theft, remote code execution, typosquatting, and social engineering — before they reach your agent.
npm install -g clawvet
clawvet scan ./my-skill/
clawvet scan ./my-skill/SKILL.md
clawvet scan ./my-skill/ --format json
clawvet scan ./my-skill/ --fail-on high
# exits 1 if any high or critical findings
clawvet scan weather-forecast --remote
clawvet audit
clawvet watch --threshold 50
ClawVet runs a 6-pass analysis on every skill:
| Pass | What it checks |
|---|---|
| Skill Parser | Extracts YAML frontmatter, code blocks, URLs, IPs, domains |
| Static Analysis | 54 regex patterns: RCE, reverse shells, credential theft, obfuscation, DNS exfil, privilege escalation |
| Metadata Validator | Undeclared binaries, env vars, missing descriptions, invalid semver |
| Dependency Checker | npx -y auto-install, global npm install, risky packages |
| Typosquat Detector | Levenshtein distance against popular skills, suspicious naming patterns |
| Semantic Analysis | AI-powered detection of social engineering & prompt injection (optional) |
| Score | Grade | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 0-10 | A | Approve |
| 11-25 | B | Approve |
| 26-50 | C | Warn |
| 51-75 | D | Warn |
| 76-100 | F | Block |
# GitHub Actions example
- name: Vet skill
run: npx clawvet scan ./my-skill --format json --fail-on high
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Skill vetting & supply chain security for OpenClaw. Scans SKILL.md files for prompt injection, credential theft, RCE, typosquatting, and social engineering.
We found that clawvet demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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