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@cotal-ai/cli@0.141.4
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 8h ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package declares no lifecycle hooks. The flagged agent-skill writes and feedback network request are command-triggered features with behavior consistent with the CLI’s setup and feedback functions.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
User invokes a CLI command; skill reconciliation runs through `cotal setup` or `cotal setup --skills`, and feedback submission runs through the feedback command.
Impact
No automatic credential collection, unrelated data transfer, or unrequested account action identified.
Mechanism
Setup reconciles shipped skill files in `~/.agents/skills`; feedback sends the user’s report to the chosen intake endpoint.
AI rationale
The package declares no lifecycle hooks. The flagged agent-skill writes and feedback network request are command-triggered features with behavior consistent with the CLI’s setup and feedback functions.
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
- package.json declares no install, preinstall, or postinstall lifecycle hook.
- Agent skill reconciliation is called from the explicit `cotal setup` command, including its `--skills` mode.
- Feedback sends a POST only when the feedback command is invoked; its request uses the selected intake URL and report fields.
Evidence against
- Setup can write Cotal skills under `~/.agents/skills`, an AI-agent skill directory, but the reconciliation is command-triggered and limits ownership to the shipped skill files.
- Feedback may include user-provided details and a feedback key, but the submission is explicit and directed to the configured or Cotal feedback intake.
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@0.141.4.
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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