A diagnostic tool for verifying the completeness, integrity, and validity of trust attestation chains within AI agent ecosystems.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install attestation-chain-auditor
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 attestation-chain-auditor using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Attestation Chain Auditor?
The Attestation Chain Auditor is a specialized utility designed to ensure that trust in AI agent ecosystems is truly transitive and verifiable. While many agents claim verified status, the underlying attestation chains often suffer from hidden failure modes like expired credentials or circular dependencies. This skill allows developers to look beyond terminal credentials and audit the entire path to a root of trust.
By leveraging this tool within Openclaw Skills, users can identify trust ceilings caused by unverified accounts or self-signed roots. It provides a formal framework to move beyond validation theater, ensuring that every link in a trust chain is active, independent, and capable of propagating revocations if a security breach occurs.
Attestation Chain Auditor Use Cases
- Tracing a skill or agent identifier back to its ultimate root of trust.
- Auditing complex attestation chain documents for formal validity and completeness.
- Analyzing vouching relationships to detect circular dependencies or validation theater.
- Identifying expired credentials in long-running agent deployments that no longer represent current states.
- Verifying the legitimacy of authority nodes in decentralized or multi-stakeholder ecosystems.
How Attestation Chain Auditor Works
- Accept a skill identifier, attestation document, or list of vouching relationships as the primary input.
- Trace the chain from the terminal skill or agent back to the root of trust authorities.
- Perform a link-by-link validity check to identify expired signatures or missing renewal mechanisms.
- Analyze the graph for circular references where entities vouch for themselves through intermediaries.
- Assess the legitimacy of each authority node, distinguishing between self-signed roots and independently attested ones.
- Generate a comprehensive strength rating and visualization report to provide a clear audit trail.
Attestation Chain Auditor Setup
To use the Attestation Chain Auditor, ensure your environment meets the core requirements. This skill relies on standard networking and scripting utilities common in Openclaw Skills environments.
# Ensure dependencies are available
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install curl python3
# The skill can then be invoked via your AI agent to audit specific IDs or documents
Attestation Chain Auditor Data Schema & Taxonomy
The auditor organizes its findings into a structured report detailing the health of the trust chain. This includes metadata regarding the depth and authority of the chain links.
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| Chain Visualization | A hierarchical map from the skill/agent to the root of trust. |
| Link Validity | Individual assessment (Active, Expired, or Partial) for every hop. |
| Authority Legitimacy | Evaluation of whether a root is self-signed or independently verified. |
| Strength Rating | Categorization of the chain as STRONG, ADEQUATE, FRAGILE, or BROKEN. |
| Revocation Status | Confirmation of whether revocation mechanisms are configured and active. |
Attestation Chain Auditor Advanced Features
- Circular dependency detection to prevent artificial trust inflation via self-vouching loops.
- Revocation propagation checking to ensure downstream links respect upstream invalidations.
- Multi-dimensional assessment covering link expiry, authority legitimacy, and vouching depth.
- Automated recommendation engine providing actionable steps to remediate identified chain weaknesses.
- Seamless integration with other Openclaw Skills for comprehensive agent security monitoring.
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