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@chemx/starter-kit@26.9.14-205
Chemical X Protocol: Private drop-in architecture starter kit and capsule generator
AI Security Review
scanned 11d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiInspected sources show no package install lifecycle hook or concrete attack behavior. The flagged agent-rule write occurs during explicit scaffolding and creates the package’s own starter project rules, while network and process use are tied to CLI features.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
A user invokes the CLI’s scaffolding, licensing, or audit-sharing features.
Impact
These inspected behaviors do not establish credential theft, covert persistence, destructive activity, or an unconsented install-time change.
Mechanism
The CLI writes starter files into its selected project directory, opens fixed product URLs, sends license data to the configured product service, and uses fixed Git/GitHub commands.
AI rationale
Inspected sources show no package install lifecycle hook or concrete attack behavior. The flagged agent-rule write occurs during explicit scaffolding and creates the package’s own starter project rules, while network and process use are tied to CLI features.
Evidence
.cursorrules
Network endpoints3
chemicalx.xophz.commycompassconsulting.comapi.github.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 94.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest exposes a CLI and contains no install lifecycle hook.
- The share flow reads the project homepage or website for an optional audit post.
- Browser launching uses fixed platform commands with the selected URL as an argument.
- License downloads send a supplied or cached key and generated device ID to the configured Chemical X service.
- Scaffolding runs through an explicit CLI action and writes starter files, including its own project rules file.
- Git helpers run fixed Git and GitHub CLI commands with a timeout.
Evidence against
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", timeout: 3000 });
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 GATEKEEPER_API_URL = process.env.COMPASS_GATEKEEPER_URL || 'https://mycompassconsulting.com/wp-json/compass/v1/gatekeeper';
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/audit/social-git.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
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