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Composable security scanning harness for agent skills

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ClawScan 📡

ClawScan is a composable security scanning harness for agent skills.

Run a suite of skill security scanners, pass the results to a judge harness, and compare against multiple skill security benchmarks.

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Quick Start

Install ClawScan:

npm install -g @openclaw/clawscan

Command-backed scanners and judges run in ClawScan's Docker runtime by default, so keep Docker running for local scans.

Run NVIDIA SkillSpector and Cisco Skill Scanner against a local skills/ folder:

clawscan --scanner skillspector --scanner cisco

Scan a known malicious skill

This example scans Trail of Bits' csv-summarizer skill, which claims to summarize a CSV file but also prints every environment variable when run.

git clone https://github.com/trailofbits/overtly-malicious-skills.git /tmp/overtly-malicious-skills
cd /tmp/overtly-malicious-skills
git checkout 4ffbf9461ef0505f9ce76a0d3694a18ec33ea531
clawscan skills/csv-summarizer \
  --scanner skillspector \
  --scanner cisco \
  --output /tmp/clawscan-csv-summarizer.json

Sample findings:

targets: 1
scanner_completed: 2
scanner_failed: 0
scanner_skipped: 0
issues_found: 2
gate: pass
errors: 0
full_results: /tmp/clawscan-csv-summarizer.json

The results bundle keeps the top-level artifact plus per-scanner JSON reports.

Artifact excerpt

{
  "schemaVersion": "clawscan-run-v1",
  "target": "skills/c

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# ClawScan 📡

ClawScan is a composable security scanning harness for agent skills.

Run a suite of skill security scanners, pass the results to a judge harness, and compare against multiple skill security benchmarks.

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## Quick Start

Install ClawScan:

```bash
npm install -g @openclaw/clawscan
```

Command-backed scanners and judges run in ClawScan's Docker runtime by default,
so keep Docker running for local scans.

Run NVIDIA SkillSpector and Cisco Skill Scanner against a local `skills/` folder:

```bash
clawscan --scanner skillspector --scanner cisco
```

## Scan a known malicious skill

This example scans Trail of Bits' [`csv-summarizer`](https://github.com/trailofbits/overtly-malicious-skills/tree/4ffbf9461ef0505f9ce76a0d3694a18ec33ea531/skills/csv-summarizer) skill, which claims to summarize a CSV file but also prints every environment variable when run.

```bash
git clone https://github.com/trailofbits/overtly-malicious-skills.git /tmp/overtly-malicious-skills
cd /tmp/overtly-malicious-skills
git checkout 4ffbf9461ef0505f9ce76a0d3694a18ec33ea531
clawscan skills/csv-summarizer \
  --scanner skillspector \
  --scanner cisco \
  --output /tmp/clawscan-csv-summarizer.json
```

Sample findings:

```txt
targets: 1
scanner_completed: 2
scanner_failed: 0
scanner_skipped: 0
issues_found: 2
gate: pass
errors: 0
full_results: /tmp/clawscan-csv-summarizer.json
```

The results bundle keeps the top-level artifact plus per-scanner JSON reports.

<details>
<summary>Artifact excerpt</summary>

```json
{
  "schemaVersion": "clawscan-run-v1",
  "target": "skills/c

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GitHub adoption: 12 GitHub stars
Stars/forks activity: 12 stars, 6 forks; issue activity unavailable in current metadata
Dependency/runtime risk: command execution surface, credential or environment access
Permission surface: secrets or environment access, shell or command execution

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Source repository: openclaw/clawscan
License: MIT
Version: 1.0.0
Last GitHub push: Jul 27, 2026
Registry updated: Sep 1, 2026
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