Run pre-install repository safety audits

Use this skill to evaluate a skill, plugin, or repository before you install it, trust it, or recommend it.

This skill is for static evidence-backed auditing only. It does not execute code, install dependencies, or run hooks in the target repository.

Maintainer-only validation and benchmark assets are excluded from ClawHub uploads.

Scope

• Included:
  • deterministic repository audit through evaluate / scan
  • prompt payload generation through prompt
  • evidence-linkage checks through validate
  • context-aware merge flow through adjudicate
• Not included:
  • code execution inside the target repository
  • dependency installation or hook execution in the target repository
  • benchmark helper workflows as the normal published runtime path

Working directory

Run these commands from inside the skill-audit folder.

Requirements

• Hard requirement: python3
• Optional enhancement: git for commit metadata and GitHub-origin discovery
• Optional enhancement: GITHUB_TOKEN for higher GitHub API rate limits

Core commands

Installed entrypoint:

skill-audit evaluate --target-repo /path/to/repo --json > /tmp/skill_scan.json
skill-audit prompt --target-repo /path/to/repo --scan-file /tmp/skill_scan.json --include-full-findings
skill-audit validate --scan-file /tmp/skill_scan.json --assessment-file /tmp/assessment.md --json
skill-audit adjudicate --scan-file /tmp/skill_scan.json --assessment-file /tmp/adjudication.json --json

Repo-local wrapper:

python3 scripts/skill_safety_assessment.py evaluate --target-repo /path/to/repo --json > /tmp/skill_scan.json
python3 scripts/skill_safety_assessment.py prompt --target-repo /path/to/repo --scan-file /tmp/skill_scan.json --include-full-findings
python3 scripts/skill_safety_assessment.py validate --scan-file /tmp/skill_scan.json --assessment-file /tmp/assessment.md --json
python3 scripts/skill_safety_assessment.py adjudicate --scan-file /tmp/skill_scan.json --assessment-file /tmp/adjudication.json --json

Compatibility alias:

python3 scripts/skill_safety_assessment.py scan --target-repo /path/to/repo --json > /tmp/skill_scan.json

Runtime notes

• evaluate always attempts the GitHub OSINT precheck first when the target repository has a GitHub origin
• evaluate intentionally skips target-repo tests/ and fixture paths so the result stays focused on installable runtime surfaces
• prompt should follow a deterministic scan; validate checks model-written output against scan evidence; adjudicate handles context-sensitive merge decisions
• scripts/run_repo_set.py is a maintainer benchmark helper and is not part of the normal ClawHub runtime flow
• Use --json whenever you want the full deterministic report with integrity, scoring, highlights, and findings

References

• references/architecture.md — package layout and scan pipeline.
• references/prompt-contract.md — strict prompt contract for model-assisted review.
• references/output-contract.md — JSON/report contract and compatibility expectations.

When not to use

• Live execution-time safety checks for commands or operations
• Content transformation tasks that need to mask, rewrite, or restore sensitive data
• Local routing or middleware scenarios where requests must flow through a gateway