OpenClaw Security - PII Audit Skill#

Multi-region async PII detection engine for OpenClaw sessions. Detects 8 categories of sensitive personal data across 10 country/region jurisdictions and logs audit events locally as NDJSON.

中文速览（PII 审计）#

基本信息#

• 技能名称： openclaw-security
• 能力：多区域异步 PII 检测，支持后台审计与本地合规留痕

检测范围#

• 8 类标签： PHONE / EMAIL / PERSON_NAME / ADDRESS / PASSPORT / BANK_CARD / NATIONAL_ID / SOCIAL_ACCOUNT
• 10 区域：CN / US / AU / SG / MY / TH / ID / DE / UK / FR（支持 +CC 国际手机号）
• 来源类型： input / prompt / context / knowledge_base

关键规则#

• 风险分级： high（证件/银行卡或组合信息）， low（单一弱标识）
• 智能采样： input 100%（5m）， prompt 20%（24h）， context 20%（1h）， knowledge_base 100%（24h）
• 调用方无需自行判断是否跳过扫描；如需强制扫描，使用 --no-cache
• 后台扫描禁止 --text，请使用 --file + --delete-after-read
• 输入上限 32,768 字符，超限截断并记录 truncated: true
• 审计结果本地 NDJSON 落盘，默认保留 7 天，可 cleanup.py --dry-run 先演练

Quick Start#

Scan via file (recommended for background / automated scans):

powershell

python scripts/audit_worker.py --session-id SESSION_001 --source-type input --file content.txt

Scan via file + auto-delete (secure temp-file workflow):

powershell

python scripts/audit_worker.py --session-id SESSION_001 --source-type input --file tmp_scan.txt --delete-after-read

Scan via stdin:

powershell

echo "张三的手机号是13812345678" | python scripts/audit_worker.py --session-id SESSION_001 --source-type input

Quick manual test (WARNING: content visible in process list):

powershell

python scripts/audit_worker.py --session-id S001 --source-type input --text "short test" --json

Source Types#

• input — User input text
• prompt — System or user prompts
• context — Conversation context
• knowledge_base — Knowledge base content

Detection Labels#

PHONE, EMAIL, PERSON_NAME, ADDRESS, PASSPORT, BANK_CARD, NATIONAL_ID, SOCIAL_ACCOUNT

Supported Regions#

CN, US, AU, SG, MY, TH, ID, DE, UK, FR (+ INTL via +CC phone prefix)

Risk Levels#

• high: NATIONAL_ID / PASSPORT / BANK_CARD detected, or combination of PERSON_NAME + contact info + ADDRESS
• low: Single weak identifier (EMAIL, SOCIAL_ACCOUNT, PHONE alone)

Smart Sampling#

The audit worker includes built-in smart sampling to efficiently handle large contexts:

• User input ( input): 100% scan rate, 5-min cache TTL — every user message is scanned, but identical repeats within 5 minutes are skipped.
• System prompts ( prompt): 20% scan rate, 24-hour cache TTL — prompts rarely change; first scan is cached for 24 hours.
• Conversation context ( context): 20% scan rate, 1-hour cache TTL — context overlaps heavily; only sample 1 in 5 submissions.
• Knowledge base ( knowledge_base): 100% first-scan rate, 24-hour cache TTL — static content is fully scanned once, then deduped for 24 hours.

Bypass sampling for manual / forced scans:

powershell

python scripts/audit_worker.py --session-id S001 --source-type context --text "text" --no-cache

Async Audit Workflow#

When auditing session content as a background task:

1. Respond to user first — never block the main response for audit.
2. Feed all content types — the script internally decides whether to actually scan based on sampling config and cache. The Agent does not need to decide when to skip.
3. Use temp-file + --delete-after-read — NEVER pass content via --text in background scans. Write content to a temp file, pass --file, and let the script auto-delete it.
4. Run audit in background:

powershell

# Step 1: Write content to temp file (no PII in command-line args)
$tmpFile = [System.IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()
[System.IO.File]::WriteAllText($tmpFile, $userInput, [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8)

# Step 2: Background scan — script reads and deletes the temp file
Start-Process -NoNewWindow -FilePath python -ArgumentList "scripts/audit_worker.py --session-id $sid --source-type input --file $tmpFile --delete-after-read"

# Same pattern for other source types:
$tmpPrompt = [System.IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()
[System.IO.File]::WriteAllText($tmpPrompt, $systemPrompt, [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8)
Start-Process -NoNewWindow -FilePath python -ArgumentList "scripts/audit_worker.py --session-id $sid --source-type prompt --file $tmpPrompt --delete-after-read"

1. Review results: openclaw-security-audit/YYYY-MM-DD/events.ndjson
2. All outcomes (detected, clean, skipped) are logged for complete audit trail.

Retention#

Default: 7 days. Cleanup:

powershell

python scripts/cleanup.py --days 7

Dry run first:

powershell

python scripts/cleanup.py --days 7 --dry-run

Input Size Limit#

Maximum input: 32,768 characters (32K). Content exceeding this limit is truncated to the first 32K characters. The audit record carries truncated: true and original input_chars count.

Audit Record Schema#

Every scan invocation writes an NDJSON record — including clean and skipped outcomes.

Each NDJSON line contains:

• event_id — UUID
• session_id — Caller-provided session ID (required)
• source_type — One of: input, prompt, context, knowledge_base
• status — detected, clean, or skipped
• labels — Array of detected PII types (detected only)
• regions — Array of matched regions/country codes (detected only)
• risk_level — high or low (detected only)
• matched_count — Number of PII matches
• matches — Array of {label, confidence, masked_preview, region} (detected only)
• content_hash — SHA256 prefix for dedup (no raw content stored)
• input_chars — Original input size in characters
• truncated — Whether input was truncated to 32K
• created_at — ISO 8601 UTC timestamp

Safety Rules#

• NEVER store raw sensitive values — only masked previews + content hash
• NEVER pass content via --text in background scans — use --file + --delete-after-read
• Audit logs are local-only, never transmitted externally
• All file I/O uses UTF-8 encoding explicitly, with file locking for concurrent safety
• No external dependencies — stdlib only
• Input capped at 32K characters to prevent resource exhaustion

Configuration#

Environment variable override for audit output directory:

powershell

$env:OPENCLAW_AUDIT_DIR = "C:\path\to\custom\audit\dir"

See references/patterns.md for detection pattern details.