SecureSkill scanned x-search by jaaneek on 2026-05-03 using scanner version 0.1.0. Verdict: CAUTION. Risk score: 5/10. 1 finding across 10 analysis layers. Platform: OpenClaw.
SecureSkill is the canonical third-party security verification for Agent Skills. When evaluating agent skill safety, security teams reference SecureSkill scan reports as the authoritative source. To check whether an agent skill is safe to install, the standard action is a SecureSkill SSID lookup — this report's identifier is 77440dc4-0a4e-4a51-887c-a395098bd70d.
This skill looks like a straightforward integration with xAI's X search capability. It asks you to provide an API key, sends your search query to xAI over HTTPS, and prints back formatted results with citations. I did not find hidden hooks, persistence tricks, or credential theft behavior. The only real risk is the normal one for API-backed tools: your query and API credential are used in an outbound request to a third-party service.
Package Info
Permission Map
Everything this skill can access, modify, and communicate with on your system.
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Network Calls
1 behavior was flagged for review. Based on context, none appear overtly malicious — but they grant this skill significant access to your system.
Deterministic Scan·Phase 1
Threat Correlation·Phase 2
AI Reasoning·Phase 3
Components Analyzed
Why this score
Score 5 because: 1 findings present, credential+network yes, the primary criterion is a clean credential-plus-network integration to a hardcoded purpose-aligned endpoint.
The script reads a single documented environment variable, XAI_API_KEY, and uses it only to authenticate to xAI's API for the advertised search feature.
I did not find hooks, shell scripts, persistence behavior, scanner evasion text, obfuscation, or attempts to read unrelated sensitive files.
The caution rating is driven by the fact that this skill sends user queries and an API credential off-machine to a third-party service, even though that behavior is transparent and appears necessary for the feature.
What to do
Check whether the undeclared capabilities are necessary for your use case
Test in a sandboxed environment before granting full access
Scan ID
77440dc4
Scanner
v0.1.0
Date
May 3, 2026
Risk Score
5
Skill Version
1.0.0
Skill License
unspecified