Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

Claude Code, Plugin

English Exam Coach

Claude Code plugin for CEFR-aligned English exam prep: IELTS, TOEFL iBT (2026 format), CEFR B1-C2.

Compatibility: Not stated.

Grade C

One Medium finding. Read the findings before installing.

Graded by PlugVetRubric v2

Not a guarantee. A hygiene check of the source at the commit shown, not a security audit.

Rescanned at commit def6ee7a7c4a, unchanged since the check below.

PERMISSION_SHELL_UNDECLARED

Why this grade

  • PERMISSION_SHELL_UNDECLARED Medium

    Runs shell commands that the manifest or description does not mention.

    plugins/english-exam-coach/skills/english-exam-coach/scripts/speak.py, line 104 done = subprocess.run(command, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,

Any High, or two or more Medium findings, give D. One Medium gives C. Low findings or a security Note give B. Each code names a finding behind the letter.

Grades are a hygiene check of the source at the commit shown, on the date checked, not a security audit or a guarantee. The free directory grades are automated. Before release, a PlugVet engineer reviews every paid report and any grade we hold back, including all F grades, against the source code and the evidence we quote.

What was checked

Plain notes from the hygiene checks.

  • Permissions

    Concern

    requests shell access. No manifest field names shell or command execution.

    PERMISSION_SHELL_UNDECLARED

    plugins/english-exam-coach/skills/english-exam-coach/scripts/speak.py, line 104

    done = subprocess.run(command, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,

    plugins/english-exam-coach/skills/english-exam-coach/scripts/speak.py, line 118

    listing = subprocess.run(["say", "-v", "?"], capture_output=True,

    plugins/english-exam-coach/skills/english-exam-coach/scripts/timed_speak.py, line 62

    subprocess.run(["say", "-r", "220", message], timeout=10,

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    plugins/english-exam-coach/skills/english-exam-coach/scripts/transcribe.py, line 93

    done = subprocess.run(command, capture_output=True, timeout=timeout)

  • Install and update

    Pass

    No install-time script found, and dependencies are pinned or absent.

  • Network

    Pass

    No network call found.

  • Secrets

    Pass

    No read of a credential file or secret environment variable found.

  • Agent instructions

    Pass

    No instruction to ignore earlier instructions or to hide a step.

  • Obfuscation

    Pass

    No encoded or minified payload found.

  • Licence

    Pass

    A licence file is present (LICENSE).

  • Maintainer activity

    Pass

    The latest commit is within the last 365 days.

Note

Hygiene check of commit def6ee7a7c4a. requests shell access. No manifest field names shell or command execution.

Date and source

Date checked:

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github.com

Commit graded: def6ee7a7c4a08fab4f8fa440e17a5051143eba8

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