Trust Assessment
plaud-api received a trust score of 10/100, placing it in the Untrusted category. This skill has significant security findings that require attention before use in production.
SkillShield's automated analysis identified 17 findings: 7 critical, 7 high, 3 medium, and 0 low severity. Key findings include File read + network send exfiltration, Suspicious import: requests, Sensitive path access: AI agent config.
The analysis covered 4 layers: Manifest Analysis, Static Code Analysis, Dependency Graph, LLM Behavioral Safety. The Manifest Analysis layer scored lowest at 0/100, indicating areas for improvement.
Last analyzed on February 14, 2026 (commit 13146e6a). SkillShield performs automated 4-layer security analysis on AI skills and MCP servers.
Layer Breakdown
Behavioral Risk Signals
Security Findings17
| Severity | Finding | Layer | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRITICAL | File read + network send exfiltration AI agent config/credential file access Remove access to sensitive files not required by the skill's stated purpose. SSH keys, cloud credentials, and browser data should never be read by skills unless explicitly part of their declared functionality. | Manifest | skills/leonardsellem/plaud-unofficial/SKILL.md:53 | |
| CRITICAL | File read + network send exfiltration AI agent config/credential file access Remove access to sensitive files not required by the skill's stated purpose. SSH keys, cloud credentials, and browser data should never be read by skills unless explicitly part of their declared functionality. | Manifest | skills/leonardsellem/plaud-unofficial/SKILL.md:57 | |
| CRITICAL | File read + network send exfiltration AI agent config/credential file access Remove access to sensitive files not required by the skill's stated purpose. SSH keys, cloud credentials, and browser data should never be read by skills unless explicitly part of their declared functionality. | Manifest | skills/leonardsellem/plaud-unofficial/SKILL.md:65 | |
| CRITICAL | File read + network send exfiltration AI agent config/credential file access Remove access to sensitive files not required by the skill's stated purpose. SSH keys, cloud credentials, and browser data should never be read by skills unless explicitly part of their declared functionality. | Manifest | skills/leonardsellem/plaud-unofficial/SKILL.md:78 | |
| CRITICAL | File read + network send exfiltration AI agent config/credential file access Remove access to sensitive files not required by the skill's stated purpose. SSH keys, cloud credentials, and browser data should never be read by skills unless explicitly part of their declared functionality. | Manifest | skills/leonardsellem/plaud-unofficial/SKILL.md:86 | |
| CRITICAL | File read + network send exfiltration AI agent config/credential file access Remove access to sensitive files not required by the skill's stated purpose. SSH keys, cloud credentials, and browser data should never be read by skills unless explicitly part of their declared functionality. | Manifest | skills/leonardsellem/plaud-unofficial/SKILL.md:102 | |
| CRITICAL | File read + network send exfiltration AI agent config/credential file access Remove access to sensitive files not required by the skill's stated purpose. SSH keys, cloud credentials, and browser data should never be read by skills unless explicitly part of their declared functionality. | Manifest | skills/leonardsellem/plaud-unofficial/SKILL.md:120 | |
| HIGH | Sensitive path access: AI agent config Access to AI agent config path detected: '~/.claude/'. This may indicate credential theft. Verify that access to this sensitive path is justified and declared. | Static | skills/leonardsellem/plaud-unofficial/SKILL.md:53 | |
| HIGH | Sensitive path access: AI agent config Access to AI agent config path detected: '~/.claude/'. This may indicate credential theft. Verify that access to this sensitive path is justified and declared. | Static | skills/leonardsellem/plaud-unofficial/SKILL.md:57 | |
| HIGH | Sensitive path access: AI agent config Access to AI agent config path detected: '~/.claude/'. This may indicate credential theft. Verify that access to this sensitive path is justified and declared. | Static | skills/leonardsellem/plaud-unofficial/SKILL.md:65 | |
| HIGH | Sensitive path access: AI agent config Access to AI agent config path detected: '~/.claude/'. This may indicate credential theft. Verify that access to this sensitive path is justified and declared. | Static | skills/leonardsellem/plaud-unofficial/SKILL.md:78 | |
| HIGH | Sensitive path access: AI agent config Access to AI agent config path detected: '~/.claude/'. This may indicate credential theft. Verify that access to this sensitive path is justified and declared. | Static | skills/leonardsellem/plaud-unofficial/SKILL.md:86 | |
| HIGH | Sensitive path access: AI agent config Access to AI agent config path detected: '~/.claude/'. This may indicate credential theft. Verify that access to this sensitive path is justified and declared. | Static | skills/leonardsellem/plaud-unofficial/SKILL.md:102 | |
| HIGH | Sensitive path access: AI agent config Access to AI agent config path detected: '~/.claude/'. This may indicate credential theft. Verify that access to this sensitive path is justified and declared. | Static | skills/leonardsellem/plaud-unofficial/SKILL.md:120 | |
| MEDIUM | Suspicious import: requests Import of 'requests' detected. This module provides network or low-level system access. Verify this import is necessary. Network and system modules in skill code may indicate data exfiltration. | Static | skills/leonardsellem/plaud-unofficial/plaud_client.py:19 | |
| MEDIUM | Unpinned Python dependency version Requirement 'requests>=2.28.0' is not pinned to an exact version. Pin Python dependencies with '==<exact version>'. | Dependencies | skills/leonardsellem/plaud-unofficial/requirements.txt:1 | |
| MEDIUM | Unpinned Python dependency version Requirement 'python-dotenv>=1.0.0' is not pinned to an exact version. Pin Python dependencies with '==<exact version>'. | Dependencies | skills/leonardsellem/plaud-unofficial/requirements.txt:2 |
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