---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@flydocs/cli/v/1.3.4"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@flydocs/cli/v/1.3.4.md"
package: "@flydocs/cli"
report_status: "published"
title: "@flydocs/cli@1.3.4 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "1.3.4"
---

# @flydocs/cli@1.3.4 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged as agent extension risk** — Allowed by default with warning: install-time first-party agent extension setup was detected.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Warn-only agent extension risk
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Agent extension lifecycle risk
- **Selected version:** 1.3.4
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions.

AI assessment: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

This is not malicious by the stated boundary: changes require an explicit user CLI action and are first-party FlyDocs setup. The deployed agent hooks and reporting capability warrant a warning for lifecycle risk.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 90.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-17T23:48:17.913Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-17T23:49:07.975Z
- **Download time:** 504 ms
- **Static scan time:** 3054 ms
- **AI review time:** 46503 ms
- **Total time:** 50062 ms

The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs.

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** An explicit FlyDocs CLI setup deploys Claude/Cursor agent configuration, including hooks and narrowly scoped auto-approval for FlyDocs scripts. A Stop hook can invoke consent-gated usage reporting to FlyDocs.

- **Trigger:** User runs a FlyDocs setup command such as init, install, or update.

- **Impact:** Installed hooks can influence agent permissions and process local transcript metadata under the FlyDocs workflow.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, dist/cli.js, template/.claude/settings.json, template/.claude/hooks/usage-capture.py, template/.claude/hooks/auto-approve.py

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-17T23:49:07.975Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** Project-scoped AI-agent extension and usage-report hook installation.

- **Rationale:** This is not malicious by the stated boundary: changes require an explicit user CLI action and are first-party FlyDocs setup. The deployed agent hooks and reporting capability warrant a warning for lifecycle risk.

- **Files touched:** .claude/hooks, .claude/settings.json, .claude/skills/flydocs-workflow/scripts, .cursor/hooks.json

- **Network endpoints:** https://app.flydocs.ai/api/relay, https://us.i.posthog.com/batch/

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 90.0%

- **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for warning:** Explicit CLI setup copies FlyDocs hooks into a project’s .claude directory., Template settings register command hooks and allow FlyDocs MCP/Bash actions., Stop hook launches \`flydocs usage report\` after agent responses.

- **Evidence against:** package.json has no preinstall/install/postinstall lifecycle hook., Agent configuration changes occur through explicit CLI commands, with prompts/backups for existing agent setups., Usage reporting is consent-gated and offers environment and local opt-out controls.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @flydocs/cli@1.3.4.

- Review the evidence and your use of @flydocs/cli@1.3.4 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.

## Public findings

### 1. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 2. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@flydocs/cli@1.3.4/dist/cli.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L123: });
L124: import { spawnSync } from "child_process";
L125: import { readFile as readFile2, realpath } from "fs/promises";
```

### 3. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@flydocs/cli@1.3.4/dist/cli.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L114: SKIP_VERSION_CHECK_ENV: () => SKIP_VERSION_CHECK_ENV,
L115: buildReExecArgv: () => buildReExecArgv,
L116: closestCommand: () => closestCommand,
```

### 4. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@flydocs/cli@1.3.4/dist/cli.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L423: async function fetchLatestVersion(packageName, ttlMs = 5 * 60 * 1e3) {
L424: const { join: join62 } = await import("path");
L425: const { readFile: readFile39, writeFile: writeFile28, mkdir: mkdir29 } = await import("fs/promises");
```

### 5. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 6. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 7. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 8. High: Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@flydocs/cli@1.3.4/dist/cli.js>)

Source combines credential-like environment material and outbound requests; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L114: SKIP_VERSION_CHECK_ENV: () => SKIP_VERSION_CHECK_ENV,
L115: buildReExecArgv: () => buildReExecArgv,
L116: closestCommand: () => closestCommand,
...
L127: function shouldSkipVersionGate(input) {
L128: const env = input.env ?? process.env;
L129: if (env[SKIP_VERSION_CHECK_ENV] === "1") return true;
...
L190: try {
L191: parsed = JSON.parse(manifestText);
L192: } catch {
...
L216: try {
L217: manifestText = await readFile2(join(packageDir, "package.json"), "utf-8");
L218: } catch {
```

### 9. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@flydocs/cli@1.3.4/dist/cli.js>)

Manifest-reachable source sends a prompted API credential to a fixed unofficial gateway and persists the redirection.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration.
dist/cli.js:
["auth", "Store your API key globally"],
".claude/skills",
".claude/commands",
const { readFile: readFile39, writeFile: writeFile28, mkdir: mkdir29 } = await import("fs/promises");
await writeFile28(
const skillsDir = join6(targetDir, ".claude", "skills");
const templateSkillsDir = join6(templateDir, ".claude", "skills");
const skillsDir = join6(targetDir, ".claude", "skills");
```

### 10. High: Entrypoint Foreign Package Code Overwrite
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@flydocs/cli@1.3.4/dist/cli.js>)

Manifest-reachable source overwrites another installed package with package-defined remote behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-reachable source resolves another installed package, overwrites its runtime code, and injects package-defined remote behavior.
dist/cli.js:
copyFile: () => copyFile,
copyFileIfNotExists: () => copyFileIfNotExists,
copyFile as fsCopyFile
async function copyFile(src, dest) {
await fsCopyFile(src, dest);
async function copyFileIfNotExists(src, dest) {
await fsCopyFile(src, dest);
if (parent.endsWith(`${sep}node_modules`) || parent === "node_modules") {
```

### 11. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@flydocs/cli@1.3.4/dist/cli.js>)

Source combines command execution, command-output handling, and outbound requests; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L114: SKIP_VERSION_CHECK_ENV: () => SKIP_VERSION_CHECK_ENV,
L115: buildReExecArgv: () => buildReExecArgv,
L116: closestCommand: () => closestCommand,
...
L127: function shouldSkipVersionGate(input) {
L128: const env = input.env ?? process.env;
L129: if (env[SKIP_VERSION_CHECK_ENV] === "1") return true;
...
L190: try {
L191: parsed = JSON.parse(manifestText);
L192: } catch {
...
L216: try {
L217: manifestText = await readFile2(join(packageDir, "package.json"), "utf-8");
L218: } catch {
```

### 12. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@flydocs/cli@1.3.4/dist/cli.js>)

Source gates dangerous network, credential, or execution behavior behind CI, host, platform, time, or geo fingerprint checks.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L114: SKIP_VERSION_CHECK_ENV: () => SKIP_VERSION_CHECK_ENV,
L115: buildReExecArgv: () => buildReExecArgv,
L116: closestCommand: () => closestCommand,
...
L127: function shouldSkipVersionGate(input) {
L128: const env = input.env ?? process.env;
L129: if (env[SKIP_VERSION_CHECK_ENV] === "1") return true;
...
L190: try {
L191: parsed = JSON.parse(manifestText);
L192: } catch {
...
L216: try {
L217: manifestText = await readFile2(join(packageDir, "package.json"), "utf-8");
L218: } catch {
```

### 13. High: Trigger Reachable Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@flydocs/cli@1.3.4/dist/cli.js>)

A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches credential exfiltration behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable credential exfiltration chain: manifest.bin -> dist/cli.js
L114: SKIP_VERSION_CHECK_ENV: () => SKIP_VERSION_CHECK_ENV,
L115: buildReExecArgv: () => buildReExecArgv,
L116: closestCommand: () => closestCommand,
...
L127: function shouldSkipVersionGate(input) {
L128: const env = input.env ?? process.env;
L129: if (env[SKIP_VERSION_CHECK_ENV] === "1") return true;
...
L190: try {
L191: parsed = JSON.parse(manifestText);
L192: } catch {
...
L216: try {
L217: manifestText = await readFile2(join(packageDir, "package.json"), "utf-8");
L218: } catch {
```

### 14. High: Runtime Package Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@flydocs/cli@1.3.4/dist/cli.js>)

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L460: try {
L461: execSync(`npm install -g ${packageName}@${version}`, {
L462: stdio: "inherit",
```

### 15. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 16. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 17. Medium: Ships Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** template/.claude/hooks/repo\_context.py
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@flydocs/cli@1.3.4/template/.claude/hooks/repo_context.py>)

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```python
path = template/.claude/hooks/repo_context.py
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 12112
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 18. High: Payload In Excluded Dir
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** template/.claude/hooks/repo\_context.py
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@flydocs/cli@1.3.4/template/.claude/hooks/repo_context.py>)

Package hides binary, compressed, or executable-looking payloads in test/fixture/hidden paths.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```python
path = template/.claude/hooks/repo_context.py
kind = payload_in_excluded_dir
sizeBytes = 12112
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 19. Critical: Trigger Reachable Excluded Directory Payload
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 96.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@flydocs/cli@1.3.4/dist/cli.js>)

A package entrypoint or install-reachable source explicitly loads and activates an executable-looking payload from a test, fixture, or hidden path.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
path = dist/cli.js
kind = trigger_reachable_excluded_payload
sizeBytes = 774932
triggerReachableSource = dist/cli.js
excludedPayload = template/.claude/hooks/auto-approve.py
```

### 20. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean.

### 21. Low: No License
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package manifest does not declare a clear license.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 7
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 4
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 7

### Published dependency entries
- @clack/prompts ^0.9.1 (Dependency)
- @modelcontextprotocol/core ^2.0.0 (Dependency)
- @modelcontextprotocol/server ^2.0.0 (Dependency)
- citty ^0.1.6 (Dependency)
- clipboardy ^5.3.0 (Dependency)
- picocolors ^1.1.1 (Dependency)
- zod ^4.4.3 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @flydocs/cli
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.3.4
- **Version published:** 2026-08-17T23:45:36.611Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-03T01:22:08.244Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-11-03T12:15:52.689Z
- **Known versions:** 37
- **Latest version:** 1.3.38
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** FlyDocs AI CLI — install, setup, and manage FlyDocs projects
- **Maintainers:** matt\_plastr
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=20
- **Artifact files:** 122
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 1,707,710 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@flydocs/cli/v/1.3.4>)