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@vatio-ai/cli@0.109.0
Vatio CLI — deploy and manage Vatio agent workspaces
AI Security Review
scanned 6d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe flagged AGENTS.md write is part of the explicit `vatio init` command and is limited to its workspace. The skills check contacts the npm registry for version information, while disclosed runtime telemetry has an opt-out and uses the configured Vatio API.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
The CLI performs its actions when a user runs commands; init writes workspace guidance, selected commands show a skills hint, and command runs may report telemetry.
Impact
No unauthorized agent configuration changes, credential exfiltration, or unrelated external collection was identified.
Mechanism
The hint checks npm for the skills package version and stores local cache state; telemetry posts disclosed command outcomes to the configured Vatio API.
AI rationale
The flagged AGENTS.md write is part of the explicit `vatio init` command and is limited to its workspace. The skills check contacts the npm registry for version information, while disclosed runtime telemetry has an opt-out and uses the configured Vatio API.
Evidence
AGENTS.md in the initialized workspaceconfigHome()/skills-hint.jsonconfigHome()/skills-check.jsonconfigHome()/sessions.jsonconfigHome()/telemetry-notice
Network endpoints3
registry.npmjs.orgvatio.aiconfigured Vatio API base URL
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 87.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The AGENTS.md write occurs in vatio init after it writes the workspace manifest, so it requires an explicit setup command.
- The skills hint is called from selected CLI commands and fetches only the latest @vatio-ai/skills version from the npm registry.
- Runtime telemetry is disclosed, excludes arguments, files and secrets, and can be disabled with VATIO_TELEMETRY=0 or DO_NOT_TRACK=1.
- Telemetry posts to the configured Vatio API base URL; the default is https://vatio.ai.
Evidence against
- The package has a CLI bin entry and no lifecycle script in its manifest.
- The skills hint writes reminder and version cache files under configHome(), not agent instructions or settings.
- Telemetry includes command and error details, but the package discloses this collection and provides an opt-out.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStrings
Source & flagged code
6 flaggedlib/skills-hint.mjsView file
•Manifest-trigger-reachable source links an external AI-agent control path to a behavior-bearing write operation.
import { existssync, mkdirsync, readfilesync, writefilesync } from "node:fs";
import { homedir } from "node:os";
import { dirname, join, resolve } from "node:path";
import { confighome } from "./config.mjs";
import { paint } from "./support.mjs";
const skill = "vatio-improve";
const version_file = ".vatio-sk[redacted]";
const latest_url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/@vatio-ai/skills/latest";
const show_every_ms = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
const check_every_ms = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
const fetch_timeout_ms = 1_500;
export async function printskillshint(startdir = process.cwd()) {
if (process.env.ci || process.env.vatio_no_skills_hint) return;
const path = join(confighome(), "sk
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.
lib/skills-hint.mjsView on unpkg32export async function printSkillsHint(startDir = process.cwd()) {
if (process.env.CI || process.env.VATIO_NO_SKILLS_HINT) return;
const path = join(configHome(), "sk[redacted]");
const key = resolve(startDir);
const state = readJson(path);
const last = Date.parse(state[key] ?? "");
if (!Number.isNaN(last) && Date.now() - last < SHOW_EVERY_MS) return;
const lines = hin
Low
Ai Review Evidence
The skills hint is called from selected CLI commands and fetches only the latest @vatio-ai/skills version from the npm registry.
Findings
2 High2 Medium8 Low
HighTrigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationlib/skills-hint.mjs
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedlib/commands/support-commands.mjs#virtual:normalized:round1
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
LowAi Review Evidencelib/commands/misc.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencelib/commands/misc.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencelib/skills-hint.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencelib/skills-hint.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @vatio-ai/cli@0.109.0.
See all versions of @vatio-ai/cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @vatio-ai/cli@0.109.0 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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