What the reviewer found

Agent instructions for scriba, a local transcription tool. The flagged 'chmod 600' line saves the user's own HuggingFace API token locally with restrictive permissions (unrelated to root/sudo, so the 'asks for root' finding is mismatched), and 'curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh' is the official uv installer from its own vendor domain, exactly the documented exception for a project's own installer. Storing a personal API key on disk, even chmod 600, is a real credential touchpoint the installer should be aware of.

• credential-access — reads credentials
• installs-software — installs software

What was read

The file as it ships in AlexanderAbramovPav/scriba:

• AGENTS.md

What the static scan said

The scan flagged 4things. The reviewer kept 1 and dismissed 3 as false.

• PE2Asks for root — false positive
• SC2Downloads and executes remote code — false positive
• AS1Reads agent configuration directories — false positive
• NETMakes network calls — real

How this review was made

Sonnet 5 read the files above on 7 September 2026 and answered three questions: is it dangerous to whoever installs it, is each scanner finding real, and what should the installer know. The verdict is bound to the file's hash; when the file changes, it is scanned afresh and reviewed again. A script that changes while the definition does not is not re-reviewed — that is a known gap. How the scan and the review work.

Produced by agentmods.dev · Sonnet 5 · 7 September 2026