@chemx/starter-kit@26.9.13-272
Chemical X Protocol: Private drop-in architecture starter kit and capsule generator
AI Security Review
scanned 11d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe source shows an explicit scaffolding feature that writes a project-local agent directive file, a warning-only capability under the review policy. Other flagged behaviors appear connected to user-invoked CLI functions; no malicious install-time behavior was established.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
A user invokes the scaffold command and completes license verification.
Impact
The generated project gains a behavior-bearing editor instruction file; the inspected excerpt does not show broader agent configuration changes.
Mechanism
The scaffolder writes the directive file only if it is absent in the chosen target directory.
AI rationale
The source shows an explicit scaffolding feature that writes a project-local agent directive file, a warning-only capability under the review policy. Other flagged behaviors appear connected to user-invoked CLI functions; no malicious install-time behavior was established.
Evidence
cli/scaffold.js<chosen project>/.cursorrules
Network endpoints1
chemicalx.xophz.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 88.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The package exposes an interactive CLI and declares no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook.
- Scaffolding writes a project-local .cursorrules directive file when the user runs the scaffold command.
- License verification sends the supplied license key and device ID to the configurable service endpoint to download starter files.
Evidence against
- Discussion sharing asks the user for project details before publishing the audit report.
- The shell-based build executor is an exported build capability; inspection found no automatic activation path in its source.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
NoLicense
Source & flagged code
5 flagged · loading sourcecli/navigator-share.jsView file
2import path from 'node:path';
L3: import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
L4: import {
High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
cli/navigator-share.jsView on unpkg · L2cli/terminal.jsView file
10} else if (platform === "win32") {
L11: spawnSync("cmd.exe", ["/c", "start", '""', url], { stdio: "ignore" });
L12: } else {
High
cli/license.jsView file
3import os from 'node:os';
L4: import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
L5: import {
...
L17:
L18: export const API_BASE = process.env.CHEMICAL_X_API_URL || 'https://chemicalx.xophz.com';
L19: export const URL_LEARN = 'https://chemicalx.xophz.com';
Findings
5 High2 Medium5 Low
HighChild Processcli/navigator-share.js
HighShellcli/terminal.js
HighSame File Env Network Executioncli/license.js
HighTrigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationcli/scaffold.js
HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltacli/build/executor.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
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