BC openclaw-aws-deploy
Deploy OpenClaw securely on AWS with a single command. Creates VPC, EC2 (ARM64), Telegram channel, and configurable AI model (Bedrock, Gemini, or any provider) — SSM-only access, no SSH. Use when setting up OpenClaw on AWS, deploying a new agent instance to EC2, or tearing down an existing AWS deployment.
As a process C 61/100 · Has gaps — weak spots: result and completion, when it triggers, running it twice
What is at stake
Medium-severity findings: the skill is probably honest, but read what alarmed the scanner.
Below is the worst case for this category. The finding here is medium: the guard saw a sign, not a proof.
The skill asks for more than the task needs: broad tool access, credential environment variables, binaries. Every extra permission widens the damage from a mistake or a compromise.
Narrow allowed-tools and the variable list to the minimum; replace binaries with readable sources or scripts.
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 · 6
✓ No critical or high findings
Medium and low: 6
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medium Broad scope
meta-agent-memory-dumpassets/agent-defaults/HEARTBEAT.mdAgent memory / workspace files bundled with the skill (3) — likely a workspace dump with personal data or tokensassets/agent-defaults/HEARTBEAT.md, assets/agent-defaults/SOUL.md, assets/agent-defaults/USER.md
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-privilegereferences/TROUBLESHOOTING.md:217Privilege escalation / world-writable permissions (documentation of a security skill)echo "GEMINI_API_KEY=your-key" | sudo tee /etc/openclaw/env
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-privilegereferences/TROUBLESHOOTING.md:218Privilege escalation / world-writable permissions (documentation of a security skill)sudo chmod 600 /etc/openclaw/env
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-background-processscripts/deploy_minimal.sh:1074Starts a background / autostarted processsystemctl enable openclaw
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low Exfiltration
net-credential-usescripts/smoke_test.sh:32Credential used in a network call (verify the destination is the intended service) (test fixture / example file)auth_code=$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" "$ENDPOINT$AUTH_PATH" || true)fixture
A further 1 matches are quotations in this security skill's documentation and are not counted as findings.
Files scanned: 24. 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 61/100
- 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. 17 mutating operations with no state check
- 60Tools and files. Uses tools (node) that frontmatter does not declare
- 70Inputs and preconditions. Inputs and preconditions are listed
- 100Steps. 46 steps
- 100Failures and branches. 1 branches, has a failure section
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 2464 tokens
- medium Safety rules and hard prohibitions inside a skill: they belong in the system prompt, here they protect nothing
- low The response is described with custom markup (3 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
- -4Absolute local paths (C:\Users, /home/…): not portable
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 306: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 33 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 46 items
- +4Has examples (10 code blocks)
- +4Reference files are cited in the instructions (1 of 1)
- +3All 5 scripts are documented
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 87.