OpenClaw Secret Scanning Maintainer

Maintainer-only. This skill requires repo admin / maintainer permissions to edit or delete other users' comments and resolve secret scanning alerts.

Use this skill when processing alerts from https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/secret-scanning.

Language rule: All notification comments and replacement comments MUST be written in English.

Script

All mechanical operations (API calls, temp file management, security enforcements) are handled by:

$REPO_ROOT/.agents/skills/openclaw-secret-scanning-maintainer/scripts/secret-scanning.mjs

The script enforces:

• hide_secret=true on all alert fetches (no plaintext secrets in stdout)
• mktemp with random UUIDs for all temp files
• -F body=@file for all body uploads (no inline shell quoting)
• Notification templates branched by location type
• Never prints .secret or .body to stdout

Overall Flow

Supports single or multiple alerts. For multiple alerts, process in ascending order.

For each alert:

1. Identify — fetch-alert + fetch-content to get metadata and body
2. Decide — Agent reads the body file, identifies whether plaintext secrets remain, and produces a redacted version only when needed
3. Redact — redact-body-if-needed for issue/PR body; skip for comments (delete directly)
4. Purge — delete-comment + recreate-comment for comments; cannot purge body history
5. Notify — notify posts the right template per location type, unless the current issue/PR body is already redacted
6. Resolve — resolve closes the alert
7. Summary — summary prints formatted results

Step 1: Identify

# List all open alerts
node secret-scanning.mjs list-open

# Fetch specific alert metadata + locations
node secret-scanning.mjs fetch-alert <NUMBER>

# Fetch content for each location (saves body to temp file)
node secret-scanning.mjs fetch-content '<location-json>'

The fetch-content output includes:

• body_file: path to temp file with full body content
• author: who posted it
• issue_number / pr_number: where it is
• edit_history_count: number of existing edits
• type: location type for routing
• For discussion_comment, it also includes comment_node_id, discussion_node_id, and reply_to_node_id when the original comment was a reply.

Location type routing

type	Flow
issue_comment	Comment: delete+recreate
pull_request_comment	Comment: delete+recreate
pull_request_review_comment	Comment: delete+recreate
discussion_comment	Discussion comment: delete+recreate (GraphQL)
issue_body	Body: redact in place
pull_request_body	Body: redact in place
commit	Notify only
other	Skip and report

Step 2: Decide (Agent)

The agent reads the body file from fetch-content output and:

1. Identifies ALL secrets in the content (there may be more than the alert flagged)
2. Determines whether any plaintext credential remains in the current body
3. Replaces each remaining secret with [REDACTED <secret_type>] — no partial values, no prefix/suffix
4. Saves the redacted content to a new temp file

This is the only step that requires semantic understanding. Everything else is mechanical.

For issue_body and pull_request_body: if the current body has already been redacted by the author and no plaintext credential remains, do not post a public notification comment. Resolve the alert with a maintainer-only resolution comment such as:

node secret-scanning.mjs resolve <ALERT_NUMBER> revoked "Current issue/PR body is already redacted; no public notification posted."

This avoids creating a fresh public pointer to historical sensitive content.

Step 3: Redact

For comments (issue_comment / PR comments)

Do NOT redact. Skip directly to Step 4 (delete + recreate). PATCHing before DELETE creates an unnecessary edit history revision.

For issue_body / pull_request_body

node secret-scanning.mjs redact-body-if-needed <issue|pr> <NUMBER> <current-body-file> <redacted-body-file> <result-file>

Use the body_file from fetch-content as <current-body-file>. The command writes notify_required to <result-file> and only PATCHes the body when the redacted file differs from the current body.

Step 4: Purge Edit History

Comments — Delete and Recreate

For issue/PR comments:

# Delete original (all edit history gone)
node secret-scanning.mjs delete-comment <COMMENT_ID>

# Recreate with redacted content
node secret-scanning.mjs recreate-comment <ISSUE_NUMBER> <body-file>

For discussion comments (uses GraphQL):

# Delete original
node secret-scanning.mjs delete-discussion-comment <COMMENT_NODE_ID>

# Recreate with redacted content
node secret-scanning.mjs recreate-discussion-comment <DISCUSSION_NODE_ID> <body-file> [REPLY_TO_NODE_ID]

The fetch-content output for discussion_comment includes comment_node_id and discussion_node_id for these commands. When the original discussion comment was a reply, it also includes reply_to_node_id; pass that optional third argument so the redacted replacement stays in the original thread.

The recreated comment should follow this format:

> **Note:** The original comment by @<AUTHOR> has been removed due to secret leakage. Below is the redacted version of the original content.

---

<redacted original content>

issue_body / pull_request_body — Cannot Purge Edit History

Editing creates an edit history revision with the pre-edit plaintext. This cannot be cleared via API.

Do not advise authors publicly to delete/recreate issues or close/reopen PRs. That can draw attention to historical content. Keep purge guidance maintainer-only.

Output to maintainer terminal only (never in public comments):

⚠️ Issue/PR body edit history still contains plaintext secrets.
Contact GitHub Support to purge: https://support.github.com/contact
Request purge of issue/PR #{NUMBER} userContentEdits.

CRITICAL: Do NOT mention edit history or the "edited" button in any public comment or resolution_comment.

Commits

Cannot clean. Notify author to delete branch or force-push (for unmerged PRs).

Step 5: Notify

node secret-scanning.mjs notify <TARGET> <AUTHOR> <LOCATION_TYPE> <SECRET_TYPES> [REPLY_TO_NODE_ID|BODY_REDACTION_RESULT_FILE]

• For non-discussion types, <TARGET> is the issue/PR number.
• For discussion_comment, <TARGET> is the discussion_node_id returned by fetch-content.
• For reply-style discussion_comment locations, pass the optional reply_to_node_id from fetch-content so the notification stays in the same thread.
• For issue_body and pull_request_body, pass the <result-file> from redact-body-if-needed. The script skips notification when notify_required is false and refuses body notifications without this file.

Secret types are comma-separated: "Discord Bot Token,Feishu App Secret"

The script picks the right template:

• comment types: "your comment … removed and replaced"
• body types: "your issue/PR description … redacted in place"
• commit: "code you committed"

For issue_body and pull_request_body, only notify when the current body still contained plaintext and maintainers redacted it. If the user already redacted the current body, skip this step and resolve silently.

Step 6: Resolve

node secret-scanning.mjs resolve <ALERT_NUMBER>
# or with custom resolution:
node secret-scanning.mjs resolve <ALERT_NUMBER> revoked "Custom comment"

Resolution is revoked by default. As maintainers we cannot control whether users rotate — our responsibility is to remove current plaintext exposure and notify only when public notification is useful. The revoked means "this secret should be considered leaked", not "I confirmed it was revoked".

Step 7: Summary

After processing, create a JSON results file and pass it to the summary command:

node secret-scanning.mjs summary /tmp/results.json

The script outputs a block delimited by ---BEGIN SUMMARY--- and ---END SUMMARY---. You MUST output the content between these markers verbatim to the user. Do NOT rephrase, reformat, abbreviate, or create your own summary. The script already includes full URLs for every alert and location.

The JSON format:

[
  {
    "number": 72,
    "secret_type": "Discord Bot Token",
    "location_label": "Issue #63101 comment",
    "location_url": "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/63101#issuecomment-xxx",
    "actions": "Deleted+Recreated+Notified",
    "history_cleared": true
  }
]

For unsupported types, add "skipped": true, "unsupported_type": "<type>".

Safety Rules

• Agent reads content, identifies secrets, produces redaction. Script handles all API calls.
• Never include any portion of a secret in public comments, redaction markers, or terminal output.
• Never include alert URLs or numbers in public comments.
• For comments, skip PATCH — go directly to DELETE + recreate.
• Never mention edit history, "edited" button, or commit SHAs in any public content.
• Ask for confirmation before deleting any comment.
• One alert at a time unless user requests batch.
• All public comments in English.
• Skip unsupported location types and report in summary.