Alice Launches Caterpillar to Detect Malicious OpenClaw Skills

Alice has released Caterpillar, a free open-source security tool aimed at protecting AI agents in OpenClaw, announced in a press release. The software helps developers and security teams identify unsafe or malicious behaviors in agent skills as the OpenClaw ecosystem continues to expand.

Caterpillar analyzes skill logic and configurations to detect injection paths, unsafe tool access, and obfuscated code. It draws on data from Alice’s RabbitHole adversarial intelligence platform, which compiles threat signals from real-world research.

Before its public release, Caterpillar detected several malicious skills in OpenClaw, including ones used by more than 6,000 users. The tool is now available as open-source software, allowing the community to audit and extend its capabilities for securing AI agent workflows.