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@cotal-ai/cli@0.135.9
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 2d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package is a CLI whose flagged writes and network request are part of explicit setup and feedback flows. Its skill reconciler limits changes to managed skill files and protects user edits; no malicious behavior was identified.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
The user runs `cotal setup`/`cotal setup --skills`, or explicitly submits feedback.
Impact
No automatic credential collection, unrelated data transfer, or unrequested account action was identified.
Mechanism
Setup reconciles shipped skills within its documented file ownership boundary. Feedback posts the submitted report to the Cotal intake or a user-configured URL.
AI rationale
The package is a CLI whose flagged writes and network request are part of explicit setup and feedback flows. Its skill reconciler limits changes to managed skill files and protects user edits; no malicious behavior was identified.
Evidence
~/.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md~/.cotal/agent-skills.json
Network endpoints2
broker.cotal.aicotal.ai
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 94.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The package entry imports command definitions and exports `runCli`; the manifest declares no install lifecycle hook.
- `cotal setup` gathers and validates inputs before preparing a space; skill reconciliation runs through that explicit setup flow.
- Skill management is limited to Cotal’s `~/.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md` files and its ownership manifest, with protections for user edits and unrelated files.
- Feedback is sent by an explicit submission command to the Cotal intake or a configured URL; its key comes from a protected key file or the feedback-specific environment variable.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
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@0.135.9.
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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