registry / @phnx-labs/agents-cli / 1.22.113

@phnx-labs/agents-cli@1.22.113

One CLI for all your AI coding agents - versions, config, cloud dispatch, sessions, and teams (now with first-class Grok Build CLI support)

AI Security Review

scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The package performs automatic persistence and user-environment mutation from postinstall. The behavior is package-owned rather than a confirmed foreign AI-agent control-surface hijack, so it warrants a warning rather than a block.

Static reason

High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review

Trigger

npm postinstall during installation on Linux or macOS.

Impact

The package can keep its code running after installation through systemd or launchd.

Mechanism

Automatic command-path mutation and per-user daemon registration.

AI rationale

Evidence

package.jsonscripts/postinstall.jsdist/lib/daemon/daemon.js~/.local/bin/agents~/.local/bin/ag~/.bash_profile~/.profile~/.config/systemd/user/agents-daemon.service~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.phnx-labs.agents-daemon.plist

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 91.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

The npm postinstall hook automatically runs package code.
Postinstall creates command shims, may amend a login-shell PATH file, and invokes daemon healing.
On Linux, the daemon writes, enables, and starts a per-user systemd service; macOS uses a persistent LaunchAgent.

Evidence against

The shell PATH prompt is interactive unless an explicit environment flag is set.
The manifest has no dependency on another release of this package.
No credential exfiltration or installer-initiated network request was confirmed.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShellWebSocket

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

scanned 879 file(s), 12.1 MB of source, external domains: 127.0.0.1, accounts.google.com, agents-browser.invalid, agents-cli.sh, ai.azure.com, anthropic.com, antigravity.google, api.anthropic.com, api.cloudflare.com, api.cursor.com, api.deepinfra.com, api.example.com, api.factory.ai, api.github.com, api.hetzner.cloud, api.kimi.com, api.linear.app, api.meta.ai, api.openai.com, api.prix.dev, app.factory.ai, app.warp.dev, aws.amazon.com, cloud.google.com, cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com, code.kimi.com, console.anthropic.com, console.hetzner.cloud, console.x.ai, cursor.com, daily-cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com, dash.cloudflare.com, deepinfra.com, dev.meta.ai, developers.googleblog.com, docs.openclaw.ai, docs.x.ai, example.com, generativelanguage.googleapis.com, git-scm.com, github.com, gw.corp, hermes-agent.nousresearch.com, id.byphoenix.com, linear.app, login.tailscale.com, nodejs.org, oauth2.googleapis.com, opencode.ai, openrouter.ai

Source & flagged code

27 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 29-69json

29 "CHANGELOG.md",

30 "README.md",

31 "LICENSE"

32 ],

33 "publishConfig": {

34 "provenance": true

35 },

36 "repository": {

37 "type": "git",

38 "url": "git+https://github.com/phnx-labs/agi-cli.git"

39 },

40 "homepage": "https://agents-cli.sh",

41 "bugs": {

42 "url": "https://github.com/phnx-labs/agi-cli/issues"

43 },

44 "scripts": {

45 "build": "tsc && rm -rf 'dist/lib/menubar/MenubarHelper.app' && ([ -f 'bin/agents-macos' ] && mkdir -p dist/bin && cp -f 'bin/agents-macos' 'dist/bin/agents' && chmod 755 'dist/bin/agents' || true)",

46 "build:bin": "scripts/build-bin.sh",

47 "prepare": "npm run build",

48 "prepack": "cp ../README.md README.md",

49 "postinstall": "node scripts/postinstall.js",

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L49

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L49

50 "dev": "tsx src/index.ts",

51 "changelog": "bun scripts/gen-changelog.ts",

52 "gen:index": "bun scripts/gen-command-index.ts",

53 "verify:index": "bash scripts/verify-command-index.sh",

54 "start": "node dist/index.js",

55 "test": "TZ=UTC node ./node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run",

56 "bench": "node ./node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs bench --run",

57 "typecheck:bench": "tsc --noEmit --ignoreConfig --skipLibCheck --module esnext --moduleResolution bundler --target es2022 --strict --esModuleInterop --lib es2022 --types node src/lib/*.bench.ts src/lib/**/*.bench.ts",

58 "test:remote": "scripts/sandbox.sh test",

59 "verify-docs": "scripts/verify-docs.sh",

60 "test:watch": "node ./node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs"

61 },

62 "keywords": [

63 "agents",

64 "cli",

65 "dotfiles",

66 "claude",

67 "codex",

68 "cursor",

69 "opencode",

dist/bootstrap.jsView file

Lines 405-445javascript

405async function promptUpgrade(latestVersion) {

406 const { default: ora } = await import('ora');

407 const {

dist/session-tracker/dist/reader.jsView file

Lines 1-25javascript

1import { exec } from 'child_process';

2import * as fs from 'fs';

3import * as path from 'path';

dist/lib/sqlite.jsView file

Lines 1-35javascript

1/**

2 * Runtime-aware compatibility shim for SQLite.

3 *

4 * Picks `bun:sqlite` under Bun and `node:sqlite` under Node (>=22.5). Avoids

5 * the native `better-sqlite3` addon entirely so there is no prebuild compile

6 * and no Node/Bun ABI mismatch. Both runtimes are production: `dist/index.js`

7 * runs under Node, while the signed standalone `dist/bin/agents` (what the

8 * shims exec) embeds Bun.

9 *

10 * Exposes the small better-sqlite3-shaped surface area the rest of the

dist/lib/platform/ipc.jsView file

Lines 1-22javascript

1/**

2 * Local-daemon IPC endpoint, platform-aware.

3 */

4import * as crypto from 'crypto';

5/**

6 * Resolve the address a local daemon listens on / clients connect to.

7 *

8 * POSIX: the AF_UNIX socket file path itself.

dist/lib/menubar/install-menubar.jsView file

Lines 1-37javascript

1/**

2 * Install + lifecycle for the macOS menu-bar helper (`MenubarHelper.app`).

3 *

4 * Mirrors the stable-Application-Support-path-survives-npm-re-sign pattern and

5 * a RunAtLoad + KeepAlive user service, the same shape the deleted embedded

6 * secrets-agent used before it moved to the standalone secrets-cli (PHNX-3989).

7 *

8 * The helper is a no-Dock `.accessory` status-bar app. It reads live agent

9 * state directly from disk and shells `agents` only for actions, so the plist

10 * bakes in the node interpreter + entry point + bin path so the GUI process can

dist/lib/daemon/testdata/process-view-start.jsView file

Lines 1-23javascript

1import assert from 'node:assert/strict';

2import fs from 'node:fs';

3import path from 'node:path';

4import net from 'node:net'

dist/lib/cloud/factory.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

11* completion with `--output-format stream-json`, buffers the NDJSON events, and L12: * `stream()` replays them. The task id is droid"s own `session_id` (captured\n * from the run output), so it lines up with `droid exec -s <id>` for future\n * resume support.\n *\n... L13: * row as the computer name and keep the remainder as a label, skipping headers, ... L50: * the Droid relay. The relay is used as an OpenSSH ProxyCommand L51: * (`droid computer ssh <name> --proxy`), so the connection rides Factory"s\n * brokered tunnel rather than a directly reachable host.\n *\n * `remoteArgv` is the already-built remo... L52: events.push({ type: "unknown", name: "stdout", data: trimmed, timestamp: new Date().toISOString() });

Critical

Download Execute

Source downloads or fetches remote code and executes it.

dist/lib/cloud/factory.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg · L11

dist/commands/setup-fleet.jsView file

8import chalk from 'chalk'; L9: import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process'; L10: import { getCliLaunch } from '../lib/cli-entry.js'; ... L24: const launch = getCliLaunch(args); L25: const res = spawnSync(launch.command, launch.args, { stdio: 'inherit', env: process.env }); L26: if ((res.status ?? 1) === 0) ... L49: console.error(chalk.red('Tailscale is not installed or not on PATH.')); L50: const platform = process.platform; L51: console.log(chalk.bold('\nInstall Tailscale, then re-run `agents setup fleet`:')); ... L53: console.log(chalk.cyan(' brew install --cask tailscale')); L54: console.log(chalk.gray(' or install from https://tailscale.com/download/mac')); L55: }

High

Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability

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

dist/commands/setup-fleet.jsView on unpkg · L8

dist/lib/daemon/daemon.jsView file

13Install-time code directly mutates a foreign AI-agent control surface: L57: const LOG_ROTATE_COUNT = 3; L58: const PLIST_NAME = 'com.phnx-labs.agents-daemon'; L59: const SYSTEMD_UNIT = 'agents-daemon.service'; ... L191: const dir = getDaemonDir(); L192: fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true }); L193: return dir; ... L292: export function writeDaemonPid(pid) { L293: fs.writeFileSync(getPidPath(), String(pid), 'utf-8'); L294: } ... L317: try { L318: fs.writeFileSync(getHeartbeatPath(), JSON.stringify(hb), 'utf-8'); L319: } Write operation from scripts/postinstall.js: L13: const HOME = os.homedir(); L14: const USER_DIR = path.join(HOME, '.agents'); L15: const SHIMS_DIR = path.join(USER_DIR, '.cache', 'shims'); L16: // System repo lives inside the user repo (folded in v1.21). Legacy installs at

Critical

Ai Agent Control Hijack

Source creates an unconsented AI-agent control surface through install-time mutation or a default unauthenticated remote skill channel.

dist/lib/daemon/daemon.jsView on unpkg · L13

dist/lib/installations/migrate.jsView file

•Manifest-trigger-reachable source links an external AI-agent control path to a behavior-bearing write operation. function migraterunsintoroutines() { const src = path.join(user_dir, 'runs'); const dest = path.join(user_dir, 'routines', 'runs'); if (!fs.existssync(src) || fs.existssync(dest)) return; try { fs.mkdirsync(path.dirname(dest), { recursive: true, mode: 0o700 }); fs.renamesync(src, dest); } catch { } } function migratetrashtohidden() { const src = path.join(user_dir, 'trash'); const dest = path.join(user_dir, '.trash'); if (!fs.existssync(src) || fs.existssync(dest)) return; try { fs.renamesync(src, dest); } catch {

High

Trigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutation

Manifest-trigger-reachable source writes behavior-bearing configuration into a user or project AI-agent control surface.

dist/lib/installations/migrate.jsView on unpkg

scripts/postinstall.jsView file

9Trigger-reachable persistence chain: scripts.postinstall -> scripts/postinstall.js L9: import * as readline from 'readline'; L10: import { spawnSync } from 'child_process'; L11: import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'; L12: L13: const HOME = os.homedir(); L14: const USER_DIR = path.join(HOME, '.agents'); ... L26: function resolveAgentsBin() { L27: if (process.platform !== 'darwin') return AGENTS_JS_ENTRYPOINT; L28: try { ... L87: const target = path.join(SHIMS_DIR, name); L88: const script = `#!/bin/sh\nAGENTS_BIN=${shellQuote(AGENTS_BIN)}\nif [ -z "$AGENTS_BIN" ] || [ ! -x "$AGENTS_BIN" ]; then\n echo "agents: agents-cli entrypoint missing or not execu... L89: fs.writeFileSync(target, script, { mode: 0o755 });

High

Trigger Reachable Persistence

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

scripts/postinstall.jsView on unpkg · L9

dist/session-tracker/dist/hook.shView file

•path = dist/session-tracker/dist/hook.sh kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 6419 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

dist/session-tracker/dist/hook.shView on unpkg

dist/commands/daemon.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 41

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

dist/commands/daemon.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg

dist/commands/setup.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @phnx-labs/agents-cli@1.22.109 matchedPath = dist/commands/setup.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHBobngtbGFicy9hZ2VudHMtY2xp:1.22.109 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High