Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-578280A1

2/24/2026, 9:38:53 AM

x-article-publisher security assessment v1

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History
Audit model: claude Historical report
Skill name
x-article-publisher
Version
v1
Maintainer
ZhanlinCui
Coverage
3 Files scanned · 855 Lines analyzed
Policy version
Unavailable

Highest confirmed finding severity

Low

1 confirmed security finding requires attention.

Installation context

Historical evidence

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Static analysis flagged 97 potential issues, but all are false positives. The skill uses standard Playwright browser automation and Python helper scripts for markdown parsing and clipboard operations. All external command references are documentation examples in markdown code blocks, not actual shell execution. URLs are legitimate X/Twitter endpoints. No confirmed security risks identified.

Report position

Historical report

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Audit attestation

Not attestable

The required immutable binding is incomplete.

Human verification

Not verified

No human verification is recorded for this report.

Coverage

3 Files scanned · 855 Lines analyzed

1 item shown for review

Limitations

This report does not claim runtime or sandbox execution and does not prove the absence of side effects.

Evidence chain

Follow the evidence from source binding to the install contract. Available evidence supports verification; it is not a safety guarantee.

  1. Source

    Binding unavailable

  2. Artifact

    Identity incomplete

  3. Audit

    Complete

  4. Install contract

    Open manifest to verify

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Capabilities observed

Observed means this report recorded supporting evidence. Not recorded does not prove that a capability is absent.

Contains scripts

May execute code included with the Skill.

Not recorded by this audit

Network access

May connect to external services.

Not recorded by this audit

Filesystem access

May read or write local files.

Not recorded by this audit

Env variables

May read values from the process environment.

Not recorded by this audit

External commands

May invoke commands or programs outside the Skill.

Not recorded by this audit

Risk findings

Confirmed security concerns are separated from items that still need review.

Confirmed security concerns (1)

RISK-001 Low
Hardcoded URLs (Expected Behavior)
Static scanner flagged hardcoded URLs like https://x.com/compose/articles. These are legitimate X/Twitter URLs for the article editor, which is the skill's intended target.
These URLs are expected for a skill that publishes to X Articles - they point to the official X article editor.

Expert evidence

Immutable subject identity, scanner metadata, dismissed matches, and source-level evidence.

Artifact subject

Marketplace commit
Unavailable
Content hash
Unavailable
Tree hash
Unavailable
Skill path
Unavailable
Audit payload hash
Unavailable

Analysis metadata

Audit model: claude

Analysis state: Complete

Scope is limited to the recorded files, lines, methods, and evidence. No runtime or sandbox execution is claimed.

Static false positives ignored (3)
Medium
External Command Documentation (False Positive)
Static scanner flagged 67 instances of shell commands in SKILL.md. These are all documentation examples in markdown code blocks, not actual code execution. Example: `python parse_markdown.py article.md` is a documented usage example.
All 67 occurrences are markdown code blocks containing usage examples. The skill uses Playwright MCP for browser automation, not shell execution.
Low
Argparse Misidentified as Cryptography (False Positive)
Static scanner flagged argparse.ArgumentParser as 'weak cryptographic algorithm'. This is incorrect - argparse is Python's standard CLI argument parsing library, not cryptography.
argparse.ArgumentParser is a standard CLI argument parser. No cryptographic functions are used in this skill.
Low
Standard File Paths Flagged as Hidden/Temp Access (False Positive)
Static scanner flagged ~/.claude/skills/ and /tmp/ as hidden files and temp directory access. These are standard Claude Code skill paths and normal temp file locations.
~/.claude/skills/ is the standard Claude Code skills directory. /tmp/ is a standard temp directory for intermediate file storage during markdown processing.

Verify and export

The manifest and lockfile bind install artifacts to cryptographic hashes. This integrity claim is separate from the security assessment.

Audit attestation: not_attestable