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@cotal-ai/cli@0.135.11
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 2d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe flagged filesystem writes and process launches serve the CLI's setup and bundled-connector functions, with effectful command handling reached after validation. Runtime telemetry is disclosed, reports usage metadata to Cotal, and has an explicit opt-out; no malicious behavior was identified.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
Validated CLI commands; agent-skill writes require `cotal setup` or `cotal setup --skills`.
Impact
No malicious impact identified. Skill writes are limited to managed skill files; telemetry has an explicit off control.
Mechanism
Setup manages Cotal-authored skill files, startup reconciliation installs shipped connector payloads from a local store, and disclosed runtime telemetry posts command metadata to Cotal.
AI rationale
The flagged filesystem writes and process launches serve the CLI's setup and bundled-connector functions, with effectful command handling reached after validation. Runtime telemetry is disclosed, reports usage metadata to Cotal, and has an explicit opt-out; no malicious behavior was identified.
Evidence
~/.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md~/.cotal/agent-skills.json<config>/cotal/seed/
Network endpoints3
cotal.ai/v1/telemetrybroker.cotal.ai/v1/feedbackcotal.ai/v1/feedback
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 CLI entry points and lists development, test, and build scripts; no install lifecycle hook is declared.
- The dispatcher reaches effectful command handling only after a validated invocation.
- Agent-skill reconciliation is called from the explicit setup command, including its `--skills` path.
- The reconciler writes Cotal-authored `SKILL.md` files under `~/.agents/skills` and backs up divergent copies.
- First-run connector seeding copies shipped payloads to a local store and invokes the CLI's `ext add` command for that path.
- Runtime telemetry is described as anonymous, sent to Cotal, and can be turned off with `cotal telemetry off`; the event code records command metadata and scrubbed errors.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStrings
Source & flagged code
6 flaggeddist/seed/reconcile.jsView file
1import { existsSync, renameSync } from "node:fs";
L2: import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L3: import { randomBytes } from "node:crypto";
High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
dist/seed/reconcile.jsView on unpkg · L1dist/lib/persona-files.jsView file
274process.on(signal, pass);
L275: const child = program ? spawn(program, [draft], { stdio: "inherit" }) : spawn(`${editor} ${quoted}`, { shell: true, stdio: "inherit" });
L276: return new Promise(resolve => {
High
dist/lib/nats-bin.jsView file
Findings
5 High4 Medium4 Low
HighChild Processdist/seed/reconcile.js
HighShelldist/lib/persona-files.js
HighTrigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationdist/lib/agent-skills.js
HighRuntime Package Installdist/commands/setup.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/commands/ext.js
MediumDynamic Requiredist/lib/nats-bin.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @cotal-ai/cli@0.135.11.
See all versions of @cotal-ai/cli for other recorded verdicts.
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- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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