Medium Risk
Trade stocks and crypto via Alpaca API. Use for market data (quotes, bars, news), placing orders (market, limit, stop), checking positions, portfolio management, and account info. Supports both paper and live trading. Use when user asks about stock prices, wants to buy/sell securities, check portfolio, or manage trades.
H:3 D:4 A:1 C:1
⚠️ Hazard Flags
FS_READ_WORKSPACE FS_READ_USER FS_WRITE_WORKSPACE FS_WRITE_USER CREDS_ENV CREDS_FILES
📋 Capabilities
Execution
- ❌ Shell execution
- ❌ Code execution
- ❌ Install dependencies
- ❌ Persistence
- Privilege: user
Filesystem
- ✅ Read workspace
- ✅ Write workspace
- ✅ Read home
- ✅ Write home
- ❌ Read system
- ❌ Delete
Network
- Egress: none
- ❌ Ingress
Credentials
- ✅ Environment vars
- ✅ Credential files
- ❌ Browser data
- ❌ Keychain
Actions
❌ send messages❌ post public❌ purchase❌ transfer money❌ deploy❌ delete external
🔒 Containment
Level: maximum
Recommended:
- LOG_ACTIONS: Audit trail for all actions
⚡ Risks
Social engineering indicators: SOCIAL_ENG_VAGUE_DESCRIPTION low
Mitigation: Provide clear, detailed description of skill functionality
Data exfiltration patterns: DATA_EXFIL_ENV_VARS medium
Mitigation: Minimize access to environment variables
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Kill switch: Stop the agent process
Containment: Review logs for unexpected actions
Recovery: Depends on skill capabilities
📄 Raw SSDS JSON click to expand
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"document_id": "ssds:auto:alpaca:1.0.0",
"ssds_version": "0.2.0",
"scanner_version": "0.4.0+fe6fd9123d50",
"created_at": "2026-03-05T11:34:15.984Z",
"created_by": {
"agent": "safeagentskills-cli/generate-ssds"
},
"language": "en",
"notes": "Auto-generated SSDS. Manual review recommended."
},
"skill": {
"name": "Alpaca Trading",
"version": "1.0.0",
"format": "agent_skill",
"description": "Trade stocks and crypto via Alpaca API. Use for market data (quotes, bars, news), placing orders (market, limit, stop), checking positions, portfolio management, and account info. Supports both paper and live trading. Use when user asks about stock prices, wants to buy/sell securities, check portfolio, or manage trades.",
"publisher": "ClawHub",
"source": {
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"slug": "alpaca",
"owner": "vamzi",
"downloads": 1288,
"stars": 2
},
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"hash_method": "files_sorted"
}
},
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"can_exec_code": false,
"privilege_level": "user",
"can_install_deps": false,
"can_persist": false
},
"filesystem": {
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"reads_user_home": true,
"reads_system": false,
"writes_workspace": true,
"writes_user_home": true,
"writes_system": false,
"can_delete": false
},
"network": {
"egress": "none",
"ingress": false
},
"credentials": {
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"reads_credential_files": true,
"reads_browser_data": false,
"reads_keychain": false
},
"services": [],
"actions": {
"can_send_messages": false,
"can_post_public": false,
"can_purchase": false,
"can_transfer_money": false,
"can_deploy": false,
"can_delete_external": false
},
"prompt_injection_surfaces": [],
"content_types": [
"general"
]
},
"hazards": {
"hdac": {
"H": 3,
"D": 4,
"A": 1,
"C": 1
},
"flags": [
"FS_READ_WORKSPACE",
"FS_READ_USER",
"FS_WRITE_WORKSPACE",
"FS_WRITE_USER",
"CREDS_ENV",
"CREDS_FILES"
],
"custom_flags": [
{
"code": "SOCIAL_ENGINEERING",
"name": "Social Engineering Risk",
"description": "SOCIAL_ENG_VAGUE_DESCRIPTION: Skill description is too vague or missing"
},
{
"code": "DATA_EXFILTRATION",
"name": "Data Exfiltration Risk",
"description": "DATA_EXFIL_ENV_VARS: Reading environment variables that may contain secrets"
}
],
"confidence": {
"level": "medium",
"basis": [
"static_analysis"
],
"notes": "Detected 2 security patterns (2 vendored rule hits). Review recommended."
},
"rationale": {
"H": "H3: Shell/code execution or persistence detected",
"D": "D4: Critical: Credential theft or data exfiltration",
"A": "A1: Local side effects only",
"C": "C1: General content"
}
},
"containment": {
"level": "maximum",
"required": [],
"recommended": [
{
"control": "LOG_ACTIONS",
"reason": "Audit trail for all actions"
}
],
"uncontained_risk": "Risk level depends on manual review of actual capabilities."
},
"risks": {
"risks": [
{
"risk": "Social engineering indicators: SOCIAL_ENG_VAGUE_DESCRIPTION",
"severity": "low",
"mitigation": "Provide clear, detailed description of skill functionality"
},
{
"risk": "Data exfiltration patterns: DATA_EXFIL_ENV_VARS",
"severity": "medium",
"mitigation": "Minimize access to environment variables"
}
],
"limitations": [
"Static analysis only - runtime behavior not verified"
]
},
"incident_response": {
"kill_switch": [
"Stop the agent process"
],
"containment": [
"Review logs for unexpected actions"
],
"recovery": [
"Depends on skill capabilities"
]
},
"evidence": [
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"type": "file_excerpt",
"title": "_meta.json",
"file_path": "_meta.json"
},
{
"evidence_id": "EV:file-2",
"type": "file_excerpt",
"title": "SKILL.md",
"file_path": "SKILL.md"
},
{
"evidence_id": "EV:file-3",
"type": "file_excerpt",
"title": "scripts/alpaca_cli.py",
"file_path": "scripts/alpaca_cli.py"
},
{
"evidence_id": "EV:cisco-1",
"type": "file_excerpt",
"title": "SOCIAL_ENG_VAGUE_DESCRIPTION [LOW] SKILL.md:1: ---",
"file_path": "SKILL.md"
},
{
"evidence_id": "EV:cisco-2",
"type": "file_excerpt",
"title": "DATA_EXFIL_ENV_VARS [MEDIUM] scripts/alpaca_cli.py:77: api_key = os.environ.get(\"ALPACA_API_KEY\")",
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}
]
}