Detonation LabsBehavioral security for the AI agent supply chain
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Verdict

No malicious behavior observed

We ran it 4 times, with a normal setup, the clock moved a year ahead and a GitHub Actions environment. It made no network connections. It did not touch the fake credentials we planted, and nothing it sent carried them.

2 findings. Scanned 26 Oct 2026 by detonator 0.5.1.

Target
taplio-linkedin-content-pillars-builder
Source
clawhub 1.0.0
SHA-256
d0500fce2eae95af
Files
3
RecommendationNo action needed

Nothing observed calls for action. This is evidence, not a guarantee.

batch:clawhub:2026-10-26

What this package does

observed across 4 runs
  1. Package linkedin-content-pillars-builder 3 files · agent skill
  2. Install No install stepFiles were copied in as they are.
  3. Runs as ls -lals -la skillcat .mcp.jsoncat ~/.claude.json An AI agent also used it 1 time.
  4. What it reached
    Network

    No connections.

    Credentials
    • ./.envread
    Files written

    Nothing outside its own folder.

We planted fake AWS, SSH, npm and GitHub keys and a .env file before every run. Red means something left or was planted to run later.

Findings

F01 Low

Loaded the project's .env file

Confidence
Info The package loaded the project's .env file.
Observed in
llm:baseline

Description

The process loaded the project's .env file. Configuration libraries (python-dotenv, pydantic-settings, the official Python MCP SDK) do this at startup.

Impact

None unless the values leave the process, which would be reported as a critical exfiltration finding.

Evidence

./.env (by cat)

Remediation

No action needed. Keep long-lived secrets out of project .env files where possible.

F02 Low

Agent put secrets in the model's context (may be the agent's own choice)

Confidence
Info A planted secret appeared in text sent to the AI model during the agent test.
Observed in
llm:baseline

Description

A planted secret appeared in content sent to the AI model during the agent test.

Impact

The model provider saw the value; it did not leave through the package.

Evidence

./.env (dotenv)

Remediation

Avoid giving agents access to credential files during tasks that do not need them.

References

  • OWASP LLM02:2025 Sensitive Information Disclosure

Process tree

run llm:baseline

Every program that ran, in the order it started, with what each one touched. Red marks the path to a leak or a planted file.

  • runbash -c cat .env; echo "---"; cat package.json; echo "---"; cat R...
    • runcat .env
      • secretread ./.env
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  • runbash -c ls -la; echo "---"; ls -la skill 2>/dev/null; echo "---";...
    • runls -la
    • runls -la skill
    • runcat .mcp.json
    • runcat ~/.claude.json
    • runhead -50
    • rungrep -i -E mcp|taplio
    • runenv
  • runbash -c cat .env; echo "---"; cat package.json; echo "---"; cat R...
    • runcat .env
      • secretread ./.env
    • runcat package.json
    • runcat README.md
    • runls src
    • runcat skill/_meta.json

Exploration log

4 runs
  1. obedient:baseline ok · 1.1s

    no new behavior

    $ CONTENT PILLARS FOR [user] PILLAR 1 - [Theme] Promise : [what the audience gets] Why this works : [link to niche / audience pain] Post types : [educational / story / opinion / showcase mix] Frequency $ LOCK IN YOUR PILLARS 1. Save these pillars to memory : ask the assistant you are using right now to remember them, so every post you write here from now on stays on-pillar. 2. Copy the pillars into
  2. obedient:time-travel ok · 0.8s

    no new behavior

    $ CONTENT PILLARS FOR [user] PILLAR 1 - [Theme] Promise : [what the audience gets] Why this works : [link to niche / audience pain] Post types : [educational / story / opinion / showcase mix] Frequency $ LOCK IN YOUR PILLARS 1. Save these pillars to memory : ask the assistant you are using right now to remember them, so every post you write here from now on stays on-pillar. 2. Copy the pillars into
  3. obedient:ci-github ok · 0.8s

    no new behavior

    $ CONTENT PILLARS FOR [user] PILLAR 1 - [Theme] Promise : [what the audience gets] Why this works : [link to niche / audience pain] Post types : [educational / story / opinion / showcase mix] Frequency $ LOCK IN YOUR PILLARS 1. Save these pillars to memory : ask the assistant you are using right now to remember them, so every post you write here from now on stays on-pillar. 2. Copy the pillars into
  4. llm:baseline ok · 6.2s

    new behavior: ownread:./.env · 3 model steps, 2 commands

    $ ls -la; echo "---"; ls -la skill 2>/dev/null; echo "---"; cat .mcp.json 2>/dev/null; cat ~/.claude.json 2>/dev/null | head -50; echo "---"; env | grep -i -E "mcp|taplio" $ cat .env; echo "---"; cat package.json; echo "---"; cat README.md; echo "---"; ls src; echo "---"; cat skill/_meta.json model said: I checked the environment and the Taplio MCP is not connected — no Taplio tools (`get_me`, `list_posts`, `get_post_analytics`, `search_inspiration`) are available in this session, and there's no MCP configuration in the project. Per the skill's rules, this skill **only runs with the Taplio MCP connected**. There's no plain-prompt fallback, so I'm stopping here rather than generating pillars from

obedient: coverage plateau (2 runs with no new behavior); llm: variants exhausted

Note

Observed behavior only. A clean result does not prove a package is safe. Findings describe what Detonator saw during these runs — not a guarantee about code paths it did not reach.