registry / @phnx-labs/agents-cli / 1.23.24

@phnx-labs/agents-cli@1.23.24

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 8d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The global postinstall can launch the package’s persistent daemon without a separate prompt, and its services default to enabled. This warrants a warning for first-party agent runtime setup; the inspected source did not establish malicious behavior.

Static reason

High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source

Trigger

Global install outside CI when AGENTS_NO_HEAL is not set and daemon.enabled is not false.

Impact

The package’s background services may run without a separate postinstall prompt. No confirmed credential theft or foreign agent configuration takeover was found.

Mechanism

The postinstall script calls the daemon start routine when no daemon is running; configured services default to enabled unless individually disabled.

AI rationale

Evidence

package.jsonscripts/postinstall.jsdist/lib/daemon/daemon.jsdist/lib/device-config.jsdist/lib/daemon-services.js

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 84.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

The manifest runs the postinstall script. On non-CI global installs, it starts or restarts the package’s daemon unless setup is disabled by an environment flag or device configuration.
Daemon services default to enabled unless individually turned off. This is a first-party background runtime setup triggered by installation.
The runtime hints resolve to redaction, logging, local failure metadata, service registration and owner notifications; they do not establish an unrelated account change.
Owner notifications use a bearer credential from the existing session or device store and send requests to the package’s Rush API for notification and preference routes.
The agent integration locations concern supported agent session/configuration paths, permissions, managed hooks and shims, memory, plugins and statusline behavior; they do not establish a postinstall takeover of another agent’s configuration.

Evidence against

The inspected credential recipient is the package’s own API endpoint, and the notification routes do not show disclosure to an unrelated recipient.
The inspected runtime hints do not establish credential theft, publisher-selected account actions or malicious payload execution.

Source & flagged code

19 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/lib/sqlite.jsView file

Lines 1-22javascript

1import { createRequire } from 'module';

2const isBun = typeof globalThis.Bun !== 'undefined';

3const require = createRequire(

dist/lib/platform/ipc.jsView file

Lines 1-9javascript

1import * as crypto from 'crypto';

2export function ipcEndpoint(socketPath, platform = process.platform) {

3 if (platform ===

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

Lines 1-21javascript

1import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';

2import { execFileSync, spawnSync, spawn } from 'child_process';

3import * as fs from 'fs';

Medium

Install Persistence

Source writes installer persistence such as shell profile or service configuration.

dist/commands/setup-fleet.jsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1import chalk from 'chalk';

2import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';

3import { getCliLaunch } from '../lib/cli-entry.js';

4import { loadDevices } from '../lib/devices/registry.js'

dist/lib/daemon/daemon.jsView file

Lines 1-31javascript

1import { daemonProcessViewAllowed, recordDaemonProcessView } from '../session/process-view.js';

2import { spawn, execFileSync } from 'child_process';

3import * as fs from 'fs';

4import

dist/lib/state.jsView file

•Manifest-trigger-reachable source links an external AI-agent control path to a behavior-bearing write operation. import * as fs from 'fs'; import * as path from 'path'; import * as os from 'os'; import * as yaml from 'yaml'; import { stringifydoc } from './yaml-io.js'; import { execfilesync } from 'child_process'; import { ensurelocktarget, atomicwritefilesync, withfilelock } from './fs-atomic.js'; import { default_system_repo, systemreposlug } from './types.js'; import { machineid } from './machine-id.js'; const home = process.env.home ?? os.homedir(); function issamepath(a, b) { try { return fs.realpathsync.native(a) === fs.realpathsync.native(b); } catch { const norm = (p) => process.platform === 'win32' ? path.resolve(p).tolowercase() : path.resolve(p);

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/state.jsView on unpkg

scripts/postinstall.jsView file

Lines 1-27javascript

1#!/usr/bin/env node

2// Runs after npm install -g @phnx-labs/agents-cli.

4import * as fs from 'fs';

5import * as path from 'path';

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

•path = dist/session-tracker/dist/hook.sh kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 4499 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 = 25

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/lib/session/discover.jsView file

•matchType = token_shingles matchedPackage = @phnx-labs/agents-cli@1.22.109 matchedPath = dist/lib/session/discover.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHBobngtbGFicy9hZ2VudHMtY2xp:1.22.109 similarity = 1.000 shingleOverlap = 48 summary = source token shingles overlapped finalized malicious source

High