A comprehensive security audit engine designed to identify vulnerabilities, secret leaks, and misconfigurations in your OpenClaw setup.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install ai-shield-audit
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install ai-shield-audit using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is OpenClaw Shield?
OpenClaw Shield serves as the primary security layer for developers utilizing Openclaw Skills. It meticulously analyzes configuration files to detect over-privileged agents, plaintext secrets, and insecure network exposures. By providing structured reports with risk scores and actionable remediation steps, it ensures that your AI agents operate within a hardened and compliant environment.
This tool is indispensable for anyone looking to maintain a secure agentic workflow. It automates the review of complex permission models and network settings that are often overlooked during manual configuration. By integrating this into your development lifecycle, you can prevent API key exposure and ensure that subagent delegations follow the principle of least privilege.
OpenClaw Shield Use Cases
- Hardening configuration files before production deployment to ensure maximum security.
- Identifying plaintext API keys, tokens, or private keys hidden within configuration files.
- Reviewing subagent permissions to prevent circular delegation or over-privileged access levels.
- Auditing network exposure settings, such as bind addresses and Tailscale configurations, to prevent unauthorized access.
How OpenClaw Shield Works
- The tool ingests an OpenClaw configuration file either from a local file path or via standard input (stdin).
- It executes a comprehensive suite of 11 security check categories, ranging from gateway authentication to sandbox isolation policies.
- A risk assessment engine evaluates the findings to calculate an overall security score and assign a risk level (CRITICAL, HIGH, MEDIUM, or LOW).
- The system generates a detailed JSON report containing specific vulnerability descriptions, compliance scores, and recommended remediation steps.
OpenClaw Shield Setup
To perform a live audit of your current configuration, use the provided shell script:
node scripts/shield-audit.sh
Alternatively, you can run the audit directly against a specific JSON file to see a human-readable summary:
node SKILL_DIR/bin/shield.js audit ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json --summary
To sanitize a configuration file by stripping out all detected secrets before sharing it, run:
node SKILL_DIR/bin/shield.js sanitize <config.json>
OpenClaw Shield Data Schema & Taxonomy
The audit engine produces a structured JSON output with the following schema:
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
risk_level |
String | Categorization of overall risk (e.g., CRITICAL, HIGH). |
overall_score |
Number | A security health score ranging from 0 to 100. |
vulnerabilities |
Array | Detailed list of detected security flaws and their locations. |
best_practices_compliance |
Number | Percentage indicating alignment with recommended hardening guides. |
safe_to_deploy |
Boolean | Final assessment on whether the config meets safety thresholds. |
audit_timestamp |
ISO8601 | The exact time the security audit was performed. |
OpenClaw Shield Advanced Features
- Automated secret sanitization to prevent accidental exposure of credentials when sharing configs.
- Programmatic API support allowing for integration into automated CI/CD security pipelines.
- Deep subagent permission analysis to detect complex circular delegation chains and self-delegation risks.
- Support for stdin processing, enabling seamless piping of configuration data from other Openclaw Skills.
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