---
name: clauditor-75dd62f19be0
description: Tamper-resistant audit watchdog for Clawdbot agents. Detects and logs suspicious filesystem activity with HMAC-chained evidence.
homepage: https://github.com/apollostreetcompany/clauditor
metadata: {"clawdbot":{"emoji":"🛡️","requires":{"bins":["cargo","systemctl"],"os":"linux"}}}
---

# Clauditor

Security watchdog that monitors filesystem activity and creates tamper-evident logs. Even if Clawdbot is compromised, it cannot stop the watchdog, forge entries, or delete evidence.

## Installation (Guided)

Use the CLI wizard to guide users through installation:

```bash
cd /path/to/clauditor
cargo build --release
```

### Agent Workflow

1. **Check status:** `./target/release/clauditor wizard status`
   - Returns JSON with `current_step` (1-6) and `complete` (true/false)

2. **Get next step:** `./target/release/clauditor wizard next`
   - Shows WHAT it does, WHY it matters, and the exact COMMAND to run

3. **User runs the sudo command**

4. **Verify:** `./target/release/clauditor wizard verify`
   - Confirms step completed

5. **Repeat until `complete: true`**

### Example Interaction

```
User: "Install clauditor"

Agent: [runs wizard status → current_step: 1]
Agent: "Step 1 of 6: Create system user

This creates a 'sysaudit' user that runs the watchdog. Even if you're 
compromised, you can't kill a process owned by another user.

Run this:
sudo useradd --system --shell /usr/sbin/nologin --no-create-home sysaudit

Let me know when done."

User: "done"

Agent: [runs wizard verify → success]
Agent: [runs wizard next → step 2...]
```

## After Installation

### Check status
```bash
systemctl status systemd-journaldd
```

### Generate digest
```bash
./target/release/clauditor digest \
  --log /var/lib/.sysd/.audit/events.log \
  --key /etc/sysaudit/key \
  --format markdown
```

## Quick Install (Power Users)

```bash
sudo bash wizard/wizard.sh
```

## Configuration

- Config: `/etc/sysaudit/config.toml`
- Key: `/etc/sysaudit/key`
- Logs: `/var/lib/.sysd/.audit/events.log`

Edit config to customize `watch_paths` and `target_uid`.


---
Source attribution: kbarbel640-del
Original project: https://github.com/kbarbel640-del/skills/blob/e7e336ac628c3e3bd771aff1aaa469c93778f94a/skills/apollostreetcompany/clauditor/SKILL.md
License: MIT
License information: https://opensource.org/license/mit
Original upstream instructions; downloaded from Dave AI.

## Upstream license notice

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 clawdbot

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# Dave AI resource metadata

Creator / publisher: kbarbel640-del
Original project: https://github.com/kbarbel640-del/skills/blob/e7e336ac628c3e3bd771aff1aaa469c93778f94a/skills/apollostreetcompany/clauditor/SKILL.md
Attribution basis: Source repository record

Fields of work: Development & Engineering
Roles: DevOps / SRE, Security Engineer
Specialties: Backend
Tools: Cargo, Systemctl
Country applicability: Country not specified
Classification basis: Source catalog labels
Instruction SHA-256: 7ad7c350b227186be7f971bc5e979d5903ffb45db9886d0fb69155b50b2cb4f0