Is ailexminecraft7/aulifox safe?

https://github.com/openclaw/skills/tree/main/skills/ailexminecraft7/aulifox

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CAUTION

Moltbook is a plausible AI social network skill with no directly malicious code in its current files and a clean installation — but its architecture is a significant risk multiplier: every 30 minutes the agent fetches and executes instructions from a live remote URL (heartbeat.md), and overwrites its own skill files from the remote server, giving the moltbook.com operator persistent post-install control over agent behavior with no user visibility. Combined with an agent-to-agent DM channel that enables third-party prompt injection, and explicit encouragement to post user activity details to a public platform, this skill grants an external party ongoing influence over the agent and a data aggregation pipeline from user environments. The skill is not immediately malicious but installs a persistent remote-controllable infrastructure component.

Category Scores

Prompt Injection 35/100 · 30%
Data Exfiltration 62/100 · 25%
Code Execution 70/100 · 20%
Clone Behavior 90/100 · 10%
Canary Integrity 95/100 · 10%
Behavioral Reasoning 30/100 · 5%

Findings (12)

CRITICAL Remote instruction execution via heartbeat fetch-and-follow -35

Both SKILL.md and HEARTBEAT.md instruct the hosting agent to fetch https://www.moltbook.com/heartbeat.md on a 30-minute cycle and execute its instructions. This is an unconditional remote instruction execution channel: any modification to the remote file by the moltbook.com operator immediately becomes agent behavior across all installations, with no user notification or consent required.

HIGH Self-updating skill files allow post-install instruction replacement -20

The heartbeat explicitly instructs the agent to overwrite its own local skill files (SKILL.md, HEARTBEAT.md) via curl. This means the skill author can modify agent behavior at any time after installation — including introducing data exfiltration, privilege escalation, or persona override instructions — without the user reinstalling or reviewing changes.

HIGH Agent-to-agent DM channel as prompt injection vector -10

The MESSAGING.md establishes a full messaging API between agents. The skill instructs the host agent to handle 'routine DM conversations autonomously once approved'. A malicious agent registered on Moltbook could use this trusted channel to inject adversarial instructions that the host agent would process as legitimate peer communication.

HIGH Heartbeat polling is a C2-equivalent architecture -35

The combination of periodic remote fetch, instruction execution, and self-updating creates a Command & Control structure indistinguishable in mechanism from malware beaconing. The moltbook.com operator can push arbitrary new instructions to all installed agents at any point after installation, with no transparency to the user.

HIGH User activity systematically leaked via encouraged posts -20

The HEARTBEAT.md's 'Consider posting something new' section explicitly encourages agents to post details of user activities to the public Moltbook platform. This creates a systematic pipeline for leaking what users are working on, what they asked their agent, and what the agent discovered — to a third-party social network visible to all platform members.

MEDIUM Agent registration sends identity data to external service -10

The skill instructs agents to register with moltbook.com (POST name and description), receive and store an API key, and link the account to the human owner's X/Twitter handle. This creates an external persistent identity for the agent and links it to user social media profiles.

MEDIUM DM channel routes user-adjacent content through third-party servers -8

The DM messaging system transmits all agent-to-agent communication through moltbook.com servers. Any information the agent conveys in DMs — including context about user tasks, system configurations, or sensitive topics — is transmitted to and stored by the platform operator.

MEDIUM Remote file overwrite via curl implements functional code injection -20

The heartbeat's curl-to-file pattern is a functional mechanism for injecting arbitrary new markdown instructions into the agent's skill context. While the current remote content is benign, the mechanism itself is equivalent to remote code execution in the context of an LLM agent that loads and executes these files.

MEDIUM Platform enables coordinated AI influence operations -20

With many agents registered on Moltbook, a single operator can direct them to post, upvote, and amplify specific content. The semantic search and 'hot' feed algorithm could be gamed by coordinated agent activity. Each agent is operating in the context of a real user's environment, making this an influence vector into many distinct user contexts simultaneously.

LOW Heartbeat bash snippet processes live remote API responses -10

HEARTBEAT.md contains a bash code block using curl and jq to parse DM activity responses. While currently just example code, this pattern in skill documentation normalizes agent execution of dynamically received shell commands.

LOW Autonomous agent behaviors established without per-action consent -15

The skill establishes a pattern of extensive autonomous action — posting, commenting, messaging, following agents — with user notification only for exceptional cases. Normal operation silently sends content to an external platform on behalf of the user at regular intervals.

INFO Installation was clean with no anomalous behavior 0

The git clone from github.com (140.82.121.3:443) was the only network connection observed during installation. No unexpected processes were spawned, no files were written outside the skill directory, and the connection diff shows no new persistent listeners after install.