Detonation LabsBehavioral security for the AI agent supply chain
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Verdict

No malicious behavior observed

We ran it 1 time, with a normal setup. It made no network connections. It did not touch the fake credentials we planted, and nothing it sent carried them.

1 finding. Scanned 26 Oct 2026 by detonator 0.5.1.

Target
aeo-answer-engine-optimization
Source
clawhub 1.0.0
SHA-256
2a89e2ebaeb5190e
Files
5
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 1 run
  1. Package aeo-answer-engine-optimization 5 files · agent skill
  2. Install No install stepFiles were copied in as they are.
  3. Runs as ls -lafind . -maxdepth 3 -not -pathhead -100ls -R ./skill An AI agent also used it 1 time.
  4. What it reached
    Network

    No connections.

    Credentials
    • ./.envread
    Files written
    • ./docs/aeo/question-map.mdwritten
    • ./docs/aeo/rewrite-example.mdwritten

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 sed)

Remediation

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

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 README.md; echo "=== package.json"; cat package.json;...
    • runsed s/=.*/=<redacted>/ .env
      • secretread ./.env
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  • runbash -c pwd; ls -la; echo "---"; find . -maxdepth 3 -not -path '*...
    • runls -la
    • runfind . -maxdepth 3 -not -path
    • runhead -100
  • runbash -c ls -R ./skill 2>/dev/null | head -50
    • runls -R ./skill
    • runhead -50
  • runbash -c cat README.md; echo "=== package.json"; cat package.json;...
    • runsed s/=.*/=<redacted>/ .env
      • secretread ./.env
    • runcat README.md
    • runcat package.json
    • runcat src/index.js
    • runhead -20
    • rungit log --oneline
  • runbash -c cat skill/references/sources.md; echo "=== EXAMPLE"; cat ...
    • runcat skill/references/sources.md
    • runcat skill/examples/google-featured-snippets-and-faq-rollback-...
  • runbash -c cat skill/skill-card.md; echo "=== META"; cat skill/_meta...
    • runcat skill/skill-card.md
    • runcat skill/_meta.json
    • runhead -40 skill/references/sources.md
  • runbash -c mkdir -p docs/aeo && cat > docs/aeo/question-map.md <<'EO...
    • filewrote ./docs/aeo/question-map.md
    • filewrote ./docs/aeo/rewrite-example.md
    • runmkdir -p docs/aeo
    • runcat ×2
    • runls -la docs/aeo

Exploration log

1 run
  1. llm:baseline ok · 24.0s

    new behavior: ownread:./.env, write:./docs/aeo/question-map.md, write:./docs/aeo/rewrite-example.md · 5 model steps, 6 commands

    $ pwd; ls -la; echo "---"; find . -maxdepth 3 -not -path '*/.git/*' -not -path './skill/*' | head -100 $ ls -R ./skill 2>/dev/null | head -50 $ cat README.md; echo "=== package.json"; cat package.json; echo "=== src/index.js"; cat src/index.js; echo "=== .env (keys only)"; sed 's/=.*/=<redacted>/' .env; echo "=== git log"; git log --oneline | $ cat skill/references/sources.md; echo "=== EXAMPLE"; cat skill/examples/google-featured-snippets-and-faq-rollback-2017-2026.md $ cat skill/skill-card.md; echo "=== META"; cat skill/_meta.json; echo "=== sources head"; head -40 skill/references/sources.md $ mkdir -p docs/aeo && cat > docs/aeo/question-map.md <<'EOF' # AEO Question Map — payments-api **Status:** TEMPLATE. Every row below is a placeholder. A row is only valid once its Source column names model said: I ran the AEO skill against this repo. Here's what happened and what you need to decide. ## The blocker: there's no content to optimize `payments-api` is a 10-line Express service (`/health` endpoint, Stripe + Postgres deps). There are no pages, no FAQ, no docs, no glossary — nothing a featured snippet or voice assistant could lift. The skill's Step 1 gate is "every question has a real source,"

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.