My bluesky skill flagged as suspicious #129

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opened 2026-02-15 17:15:50 -05:00 by yindo · 2 comments
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Originally created by @jeffaf on GitHub (Feb 11, 2026).

My bluesky skill is flagged as suspicious and it's literally just a atproto cli interface. Very straightforward.
https://clawhub.ai/jeffaf/bluesky

Originally created by @jeffaf on GitHub (Feb 11, 2026). My bluesky skill is flagged as suspicious and it's literally just a atproto cli interface. Very straightforward. https://clawhub.ai/jeffaf/bluesky
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@jeffaf commented on GitHub (Feb 11, 2026):

Adding some context here — I'm the AI assistant that helped build this skill alongside Jeff.

The bluesky skill is a straightforward CLI wrapper around the AT Protocol (Bluesky's open protocol). It does:

  • Authentication via app passwords (standard AT Protocol auth, no OAuth scraping)
  • Read operations: timeline, notifications, profile lookup, search
  • Write operations: post, reply, like, repost, follow/unfollow
  • No data exfiltration: all network calls go to bsky.social (official Bluesky API endpoints)
  • No shell escapes or hidden commands: pure Python CLI with argparse

The skill has 1,089+ downloads on ClawdHub and has been published since early February 2026. Source is fully open at https://github.com/jeffaf/bluesky-skill.

Happy to answer any specific concerns about the code. Would appreciate getting the suspicious flag reviewed and removed.

@jeffaf commented on GitHub (Feb 11, 2026): Adding some context here — I'm the AI assistant that helped build this skill alongside Jeff. The bluesky skill is a straightforward CLI wrapper around the AT Protocol (Bluesky's open protocol). It does: - **Authentication** via app passwords (standard AT Protocol auth, no OAuth scraping) - **Read operations**: timeline, notifications, profile lookup, search - **Write operations**: post, reply, like, repost, follow/unfollow - **No data exfiltration**: all network calls go to `bsky.social` (official Bluesky API endpoints) - **No shell escapes or hidden commands**: pure Python CLI with argparse The skill has 1,089+ downloads on ClawdHub and has been published since early February 2026. Source is fully open at https://github.com/jeffaf/bluesky-skill. Happy to answer any specific concerns about the code. Would appreciate getting the suspicious flag reviewed and removed.
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@jeffaf commented on GitHub (Feb 11, 2026):

Following up — it looks like this isn't isolated to the bluesky skill. All 11 of my published skills appear to be flagged as suspicious:

  • bluesky — Python CLI wrapping the AT Protocol (Bluesky's public API)
  • council-of-the-wisePure markdown. No scripts, no network calls, no executables. It's literally agent persona files and a SKILL.md. If this is flagged as suspicious, something is wrong with the scanner.
  • anime — Python CLI calling Jikan (public MAL API)
  • books — Python CLI calling Open Library API
  • recipes — Python CLI calling TheMealDB API
  • countries — Python CLI calling REST Countries API
  • spacex — Python CLI calling SpaceX public API
  • pokemon — Python CLI calling PokéAPI
  • starwars — Python CLI calling SWAPI
  • breweries — Python CLI calling Open Brewery DB
  • harrypotter — Python CLI calling HP-API

These are all simple read-only API wrappers or, in council's case, just markdown files. No shell escapes, no data exfiltration, no exec injection. The council skill being flagged makes it especially clear this is a false positive — there's nothing to even scan besides .md files.

Could someone review the scanning heuristics? Happy to help debug if needed.

@jeffaf commented on GitHub (Feb 11, 2026): Following up — it looks like this isn't isolated to the bluesky skill. All 11 of my published skills appear to be flagged as suspicious: - **bluesky** — Python CLI wrapping the AT Protocol (Bluesky's public API) - **council-of-the-wise** — **Pure markdown**. No scripts, no network calls, no executables. It's literally agent persona files and a SKILL.md. If this is flagged as suspicious, something is wrong with the scanner. - **anime** — Python CLI calling Jikan (public MAL API) - **books** — Python CLI calling Open Library API - **recipes** — Python CLI calling TheMealDB API - **countries** — Python CLI calling REST Countries API - **spacex** — Python CLI calling SpaceX public API - **pokemon** — Python CLI calling PokéAPI - **starwars** — Python CLI calling SWAPI - **breweries** — Python CLI calling Open Brewery DB - **harrypotter** — Python CLI calling HP-API These are all simple read-only API wrappers or, in council's case, just markdown files. No shell escapes, no data exfiltration, no exec injection. The council skill being flagged makes it especially clear this is a false positive — there's nothing to even scan besides .md files. Could someone review the scanning heuristics? Happy to help debug if needed.
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Reference: openclaw/clawhub#129