BC openclaw-expert
OpenClaw self-hosted AI agent framework expert. Trigger for: openclaw.json, gateway, channels, models, skills, agents, secrets, cron, sandbox, memory, multi-agent, bindings, dmPolicy, SecretRef, session config, workspace files (AGENTS.md, SOUL.md, MEMORY.md), troubleshooting, security hardening. Covers installation, configuration, channel setup, memory tuning, Docker deployment.
As a process C 51/100 · Has gaps — weak spots: result and completion, when it triggers, inputs and preconditions
How to improve
- 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 · 20
✓ No critical or high findings
Medium and low: 20
-
low Exfiltration
exfil-webhook-urlreferences/channels.md:127Webhook / callback URL commonly used for exfiltration (verify the destination) (placeholder value)curl "https://api.telegram.org/bot<TOKEN>/getUpdates" | jq '.result[-1].message.from.id'
placeholder -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-privilegereferences/docker-setup.md:258Privilege escalation / world-writable permissions (documentation of a security skill)sudo chown -R 1000:$(id -g) ~/.openclaw
security skill -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-privilegereferences/docker-setup.md:259Privilege escalation / world-writable permissions (documentation of a security skill)sudo chmod -R u+rwX,g+rwX,o-rwx ~/.openclaw
security skill -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-privilegereferences/docker-setup.md:265Privilege escalation / world-writable permissions (documentation of a security skill)chmod -R 777 ~/.openclaw
security skill -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-shell-rcreferences/docker-setup.md:352Writes to a shell startup file (documentation of a security skill)echo 'source ~/.clawdock/clawdock-helpers.sh' >> ~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc
security skill -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-pipe-to-shellreferences/examples.md:56Downloads and executes remote code from an unrecognised host (pipe to shell) (test fixture / example file; documentation of a security skill; the skill's own vendor host)curl -fsSL https://get.openclaw.ai | bash
fixturesecurity skillvendor-host -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-pipe-to-shell-known-hostreferences/examples.md:81Pipe-to-shell installer from a well-known host (still executes remote code) (test fixture / example file; documentation of a security skill)curl -fsSL https://tailscale.com/install.sh | sh
fixturesecurity skill -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-pipe-to-shell-known-hostreferences/examples.md:178Pipe-to-shell installer from a well-known host (still executes remote code) (test fixture / example file; documentation of a security skill)curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_22.x | sudo bash -
fixturesecurity skill -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-pipe-to-shell-known-hostreferences/examples.md:182Pipe-to-shell installer from a well-known host (still executes remote code) (test fixture / example file; documentation of a security skill)curl -fsSL https://tailscale.com/install.sh | sh
fixturesecurity skill -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-pipe-to-shell-known-hostreferences/installation.md:115Pipe-to-shell installer from a well-known host (still executes remote code) (documentation of a security skill)curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/phioranex/openclaw-docker/main/install.sh | sudo bash
security skill -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-privilegereferences/installation.md:115Privilege escalation / world-writable permissions (documentation of a security skill)curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/phioranex/openclaw-docker/main/install.sh | sudo bash
security skill -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-pipe-to-shell-known-hostreferences/nodes-and-remote.md:50Pipe-to-shell installer from a well-known host (still executes remote code) (documentation of a security skill)curl -fsSL https://tailscale.com/install.sh | sh
security skill -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-pipe-to-shell-known-hostreferences/nodes-and-remote.md:155Pipe-to-shell installer from a well-known host (still executes remote code) (documentation of a security skill)curl -fsSL https://tailscale.com/install.sh | sh
security skill -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-privilegereferences/quick-reference.md:258Privilege escalation / world-writable permissions (documentation table row; documentation of a security skill)| Permissions in Docker | `sudo chown -R 1000:$(id -g) ~/.openclaw` |
tablesecurity skill -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-pipe-to-shell-known-hostreferences/tailscale-integration.md:170Pipe-to-shell installer from a well-known host (still executes remote code) (documentation of a security skill)curl -fsSL https://tailscale.com/install.sh | sh
security skill -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-pipe-to-shell-known-hostreferences/tailscale-integration.md:182Pipe-to-shell installer from a well-known host (still executes remote code) (documentation of a security skill)curl -fsSL https://tailscale.com/install.sh | sh
security skill -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-privilegereferences/troubleshooting.md:288Privilege escalation / world-writable permissions (documentation of a security skill)sudo chown -R 1000:$(id -g) ~/.openclaw/workspace
security skill
A further 3 matches are quotations in this security skill's documentation and are not counted as findings.
Files scanned: 20. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
✓ No remarks against the Agent Skills spec
Process rating: all ten parameters 51/100
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 0Failures and branches. Linear process with no failure handling
- 0Progress reporting. Says nothing while it works
- 20When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 30Running it twice. 3 mutating operations with no state check
- 100Tools and files. No external tools needed
- 100Steps. 34 steps
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 3468 tokens
- low 10 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 381: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 25 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 34 items
- +4Has examples (15 code blocks)
- +4Reference files are cited in the instructions (17 of 17)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 86.