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@theronap/cortex-mcp@0.9.230
Renamed to @theronap/agnoclast-mcp — use that. Existing installs switch themselves to the new name on next start.
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AI Security Review
scanned 20d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package has no npm lifecycle hook, and the inspected agent configuration changes are reached through explicit CLI setup or install commands. The flagged Antigravity watcher is inactive until manually loaded and depends on a local checkout, so no concrete attack behavior was established.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the setup or install subcommand; npm installation alone has no lifecycle hook.
Impact
The inspected behavior does not establish unconsented control-surface mutation, credential theft, or other concrete attack behavior.
Mechanism
The CLI wires editor configuration and skills. The Antigravity adapter writes a watcher configuration that does not run at load and requires the user to activate it.
AI rationale
The package has no npm lifecycle hook, and the inspected agent configuration changes are reached through explicit CLI setup or install commands. The flagged Antigravity watcher is inactive until manually loaded and depends on a local checkout, so no concrete attack behavior was established.
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 defines only release, promote, and rollback scripts; it has no npm install lifecycle hook.
- The CLI dispatches setup and install as explicit subcommands.
- The inspected Codex and Cursor adapters target their respective editor configurations; Cursor’s adapter describes its capture behavior as limited.
- Setup writes Claude settings, while skills target detected Claude Code and Codex directories; uninstall targets the package’s managed configuration locations.
- The Antigravity watcher is not set to run at load, and its adapter says the user must load it and that it depends on a local checkout.
- The working-files helper looks up a transcript using the supplied session identifier.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
6 flaggedlib/capture.mjsView file
1import { readFileSync, accessSync, constants, openSync, mkdirSync } from 'fs'
L2: import { spawn, execFileSync } from 'child_process'
L3: import { homedir } from 'os'
...
L21: if (!res.ok) return null
L22: const j = await res.json().catch(() => ({}))
L23: return Array.isArray(j.types) ? j.types : null
...
L35: try {
L36: if (resolve(String(cwd)) === homedir()) return 'general'
L37: } catch { /* unresolvable path — fall through to basename */ }
...
L45: //
L46: // Handles the four remote forms git emits: scp-like ssh (git@github.com:o/n.git), ssh://, https://,
L47: // git://. The HOST CHECK IS LOAD-BEARING, not cosmetic: this string becomes a clearance key, and
Low
Weak Crypto
Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.
lib/capture.mjsView on unpkg · L1lib/editors/antigravity.mjsView file
4Trigger-reachable persistence chain: manifest.bin -> bin/cortex-mcp.mjs -> lib/install.mjs -> lib/editors/index.mjs -> lib/editors/antigravity.mjs
L4: // WatchPaths the trajectory store and runs a one-shot sync. wire() generates the two artifacts
L5: // (the sync.sh + the launchd plist) deterministically. It does NOT run `launchctl load` here
L6: // (an unverifiable system mutation) and it flags the PORTABILITY BLOCKER below.
...
L21: /** The launchd plist, home-substituted. Deterministic — golden-testable byte-for-byte. */
L22: export function renderAntigravityPlist({ home = homedir() } = {}) {
L23: const sh = join(home, '.cortex', 'antigravity-sync.sh')
...
L33: <array>
L34: <string>/bin/bash</string>
L35: <string>${sh}</string>
Findings
3 High3 Medium6 Low
HighTrigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationlib/uninstall.mjs
HighTrigger Reachable Persistencelib/editors/antigravity.mjs
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedbin/cortex-mcp.mjs#virtual:normalized:round1
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumInstall Persistencelib/editors/antigravity.mjs
LowScripts Present
LowWeak Cryptolib/capture.mjs
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowSuspicious Lifecycle Evidencepackage.json
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @theronap/cortex-mcp@0.9.230.
See all versions of @theronap/cortex-mcp for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @theronap/cortex-mcp@0.9.230 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.
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