alpaca-cli

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Audited by Snyk on May 17, 2026

Risk Level: MEDIUM
Full Analysis

MEDIUM W012: Unverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).

  • Potentially malicious external URL detected (high risk: 0.90). The skill directs installation/update via "go install github.com/alpacahq/cli/cmd/alpaca@latest", which fetches and installs remote code from GitHub (executing it locally) and is a required dependency for the skill's runtime operation.

MEDIUM W009: Direct money access capability detected (payment gateways, crypto, banking).

  • Direct money access detected (high risk: 1.00). The skill is explicitly a CLI for the Alpaca Trading API and contains concrete, purpose-built commands and examples to place market/limit orders, manage live trading API keys, and interact with brokerage endpoints. It includes direct order submission examples (alpaca order submit), piping JSON to the /v2/orders API, guidance for enabling live trading via ALPACA_LIVE_TRADE and API keys, and idempotent order patterns (client-order-id). Those are specific market-order and brokerage integrations intended to move money/assets (stocks and crypto), not a generic tool. Therefore it grants direct financial execution capability.

Issues (2)

W012
MEDIUM

Unverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).

W009
MEDIUM

Direct money access capability detected (payment gateways, crypto, banking).

Audit Metadata
Risk Level
MEDIUM
Analyzed
May 17, 2026, 07:09 AM
Issues
2
Security Audit — snyk — alpaca-cli