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, a GitHub Actions environment and cloud credentials present. 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
adaptive-classifier
Source
clawhub 1.0.0
SHA-256
4a9d3dd64e1d5aaf
Files
4
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 adaptive-classifier 4 files · agent skill
  2. Install No install stepFiles were copied in as they are.
  3. Runs as ls -latail -5cat skill/SKILL.mdhead -5 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 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 cd . && cat README.md package.json .gitignore; echo "--- ...
    • runsed s/=.*/=<redacted>/ .env
      • secretread ./.env
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  • runbash -c cd . && ls -la && echo "---" && python -c "import adaptiv...
    • runls -la
    • runtail -5
  • runbash -c cd . && cat skill/SKILL.md | head -5; ls skill; ls skill/...
    • runcat skill/SKILL.md
    • runhead -5
    • runls skill
    • runls skill/references
  • runbash -c cd . && cat README.md package.json .gitignore; echo "--- ...
    • runsed s/=.*/=<redacted>/ .env
      • secretread ./.env
    • runcat README.md package.json .gitignore
    • runls -la src
    • runhead -10
    • rungit log --oneline
  • runbash -c which python3 python3.11 python3.12 pip3 2>/dev/null; pyt...
    • runwhich python3 python3.11 python3.12 pip3
    • runpython3 --version
    • runpython3 -c import adaptive_classifier; print(adaptive_classifier.__v...
    • runtail -3
  • runbash -c cd . && cat src/index.js; echo "---"; cat skill/reference...
    • runcat src/index.js
    • runcat skill/references/minimal_example.md
    • runcat skill/_meta.json

Exploration log

4 runs
  1. obedient:baseline ok · 0.5s

    no new behavior

    $ python -c "import adaptive_classifier; print(adaptive_classifier.__version__)" $ python -c "import inspect, adaptive_classifier as a; print(inspect.signature(a.AdaptiveClassifier.__init__))"
  2. obedient:ci-github ok · 0.7s

    no new behavior

    $ python -c "import adaptive_classifier; print(adaptive_classifier.__version__)" $ python -c "import inspect, adaptive_classifier as a; print(inspect.signature(a.AdaptiveClassifier.__init__))"
  3. obedient:cloud-creds ok · 0.6s

    no new behavior

    $ python -c "import adaptive_classifier; print(adaptive_classifier.__version__)" $ python -c "import inspect, adaptive_classifier as a; print(inspect.signature(a.AdaptiveClassifier.__init__))"
  4. llm:baseline ok · 10.3s

    new behavior: ownread:./.env · 4 model steps, 5 commands

    $ cd . && ls -la && echo "---" && python -c "import adaptive_classifier; print(adaptive_classifier.__version__)" 2>&1 | tail -5 $ cd . && cat skill/SKILL.md | head -5; ls skill; ls skill/references 2>/dev/null $ cd . && cat README.md package.json .gitignore; echo "--- src:"; ls -la src; echo "--- env keys:"; sed 's/=.*/=<redacted>/' .env; echo "--- git log:"; git log --oneline | head -10 $ which python3 python3.11 python3.12 pip3 2>/dev/null; python3 --version 2>&1; python3 -c "import adaptive_classifier; print(adaptive_classifier.__version__)" 2>&1 | tail -3 $ cd . && cat src/index.js; echo "---"; cat skill/references/minimal_example.md; echo "---"; cat skill/_meta.json model said: I've checked the project and environment. Here's where things stand, and what I need from you before going further. ## What I found - **The project is `payments-api`**, a small Node/Express payments service (`src/index.js`, Express + pg + Stripe). There is **no labeled text data, no Python code, and no classifier task** anywhere in the repo. The only text-like material is the README and the skil

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.