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SKILL Sonar
by
Xiaofang Yang
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· v1.0.2
· MIT-0
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Install in OpenClaw
/install skill-sonar
Description
Lifecycle guard. Route to preflight or runtime.
Usage Guidance
This skill appears coherent and low-risk: it is purely documentation that defines preflight/runtime guard behavior and makes no external calls or credential requests. Before installing, verify the skill's origin/author (the registry metadata shows an opaque owner ID), review the preflight and runtime documents yourself to ensure the guard logic matches your expectations, and test it in a non-production environment. Note that the documents are policy-level guidance only — they cannot by themselves enforce sandboxing or prevent code execution; confirm your agent runtime will actually follow the guard steps (triage prompts, user confirmations) and that you won't grant the skill extra capabilities (e.g., file-system or network access) beyond its intended read-only review of the skill package.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: skill-sonar
Version: 1.0.2
The 'skill-sonar' bundle is a defensive security framework designed to provide preflight auditing and runtime protection for OpenClaw agents. It contains comprehensive instructions (SKILL.md, preflight-guard.md, runtime-guard.md) that guide the agent to treat all external skill artifacts and tool outputs as untrusted (P0). While the files contain sensitive indicators such as regex patterns for API keys and references to private directories like ~/.ssh/ (found in preflight/preflight-guard.md), these are used strictly as detection signatures to alert users to risks in other skills. The logic is consistently aligned with its stated purpose of safety enforcement and does not exhibit malicious intent or unauthorized data access.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
Name/description (lifecycle guard / routing to preflight or runtime) matches the included files and declared behavior. All included documents (preflight and runtime guards, checklists, stage guards) are relevant to the stated purpose. No unrelated binaries, env vars, or external endpoints are requested.
Instruction Scope
SKILL.md and the referenced guard documents restrict actions to reviewing the skill's own package, performing triage, and gating risky operations. The preflight guard explicitly forbids reading paths outside the candidate skill directory. There are no directives to exfiltrate data, call external endpoints, or read unrelated system files. The guidance is prescriptive rather than open-ended.
Install Mechanism
No install specification and no code files — this is instruction-only. Nothing will be downloaded or written to disk by an installer. This is the lowest-risk install profile and is proportionate for a documentation-based guard skill.
Credentials
The skill requests no environment variables, credentials, or config paths. All checks and policies operate on documents bundled in the skill. There are no unexplained secret accesses or requests for unrelated tokens or files.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill is not always-on and does not request elevated privileges; model invocation is allowed (default), which is normal. Because this skill functions as a guard that could influence agent decision-making, you should ensure your agent runtime enforces these guard policies rather than assuming the skill can enforce isolation or system-level protections on its own.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install skill-sonar - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/skill-sonar - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.2
- Updated runtime guard to include four new focused checklists: mode transition, provenance, sensitive resources, and triage.
- Removed nine previously separate preflight area checklists, using only one file.
- No changes to routing or user-facing instructions.
- Improves organization of runtime safety checks.
v1.0.1
- area5-injection-resistance. Wording update
Rephrased several descriptive examples that were triggering false positives in static regex scanners. No changes to detection logic or coverage scope.
v1.0.0
Initial release of skill-sonar.
- Introduces automatic routing between preflight and runtime guards based on skill status and context.
- Differentiates between analysis of the skill itself (preflight) and actions taken during execution (runtime).
- Supports user overrides and risk-based escalation.
- Loads guard files only when needed.
- Provides constraints for language output, advisories, and escalation on bypass attempts.
Metadata
Frequently Asked Questions
What is SKILL Sonar?
Lifecycle guard. Route to preflight or runtime. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 598 downloads so far.
How do I install SKILL Sonar?
Run "/install skill-sonar" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is SKILL Sonar free?
Yes, SKILL Sonar is completely free, licensed under MIT-0. You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does SKILL Sonar support?
SKILL Sonar is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created SKILL Sonar?
It is built and maintained by Xiaofang Yang (@yxf203); the current version is v1.0.2.
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