---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/halfcycle/v/0.5.1"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/halfcycle/v/0.5.1.md"
package: "halfcycle"
report_status: "published"
title: "halfcycle@0.5.1 npm security report"
verdict: "clean"
version: "0.5.1"
---

# halfcycle@0.5.1 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 19 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Clean
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 0.5.1
- **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: clean; recommendation: mark clean. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

The inspected entrypoints and credential flows match the package’s purpose: Halfcycle credentials are used for requests to Halfcycle’s service, and the reverse-shell indicator is explained by loopback sign-in code. No install hook or unrelated credential destination was identified.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Clean
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 95.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-31T14:22:43.202Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-31T14:23:22.577Z
- **Download time:** 510 ms
- **Static scan time:** 5298 ms
- **AI review time:** 33566 ms
- **Total time:** 39375 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:** No attack was identified; the CLI uses Halfcycle’s service for project and engagement operations.

- **Trigger:** CLI actions that create or use a Halfcycle engagement; importing the package exposes its library entrypoint.

- **Impact:** No evidence of credential theft, unrelated remote execution, or other malicious behavior was found.

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-10-31T14:23:22.577Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** Engagement requests send Halfcycle credentials to the configured Halfcycle service URL. The CLI’s sign-in socket is bound to loopback.

- **Rationale:** The inspected entrypoints and credential flows match the package’s purpose: Halfcycle credentials are used for requests to Halfcycle’s service, and the reverse-shell indicator is explained by loopback sign-in code. No install hook or unrelated credential destination was identified.

- **Files touched:** package.json, dist/bin.js, dist/cli.js, dist/index.js

- **Network endpoints:** https://control.halfcycle.ai, HALFCYCLE\_SERVICE\_URL (user-configured service URL)

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Clean

- **Confidence:** 95.0%

- **Recommended action:** mark\_clean

- **Intent class:** Benign

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for AI clean decision:** The package has no lifecycle scripts; its CLI entrypoint checks the Node version and then imports the CLI., The CLI defaults to Halfcycle’s own service at https://control.halfcycle.ai and allows a service URL to be explicitly configured through HALFCYCLE\_SERVICE\_URL., Engagement requests send the supplied credential as a Bearer token to the request URL; credential loading uses Halfcycle-specific variables.

- **Evidence against:** The scanner’s reverse-shell lead is not supported by the CLI source: its socket code is a loopback HTTP sign-in server, and no node:net import was found., The package description and CLI behavior indicate a project-scoping and code-review tool that communicates with its own service.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to halfcycle@0.5.1.

- Review the evidence and your use of halfcycle@0.5.1 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:** bin/bin.bundle.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/halfcycle@0.5.1/bin/bin.bundle.mjs>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L15119: const program = [
L15120: "const p=require(`path`),f=require(`fs`),c=require(`child_process`);",
L15121: "let d=process.cwd();",
```

### 3. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/bin.bundle.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/halfcycle@0.5.1/bin/bin.bundle.mjs>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L14668: var WRITE_CAPABLE_TOOLS = ["Edit", "MultiEdit", "NotebookEdit", "Write"];
L14669: var PRE_TOOL_USE_MATCHER = "^(Bash|Read|Grep|Write|Edit|MultiEdit|NotebookEdit|Agent|PowerShell)$";
L14670: function hookCommand(script, verb) {
```

### 4. Low: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 45.0%

Package source references a known benign dynamic code generation pattern.

### 5. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** bin/bin.bundle.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/halfcycle@0.5.1/bin/bin.bundle.mjs>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L8: // dist/guard-origin.js
L9: var DEFAULT_GUARD_ORIGIN = "https://guard.halfcycle.ai";
L10: function resolveGuardOrigin(env) {
...
L26: ZodArray: () => ZodArray,
L27: ZodBase64: () => ZodBase64,
L28: ZodBase64URL: () => ZodBase64URL,
...
L1487: error: new (_Err ?? $ZodError)(result.issues.map((iss) => finalizeIssue(iss, ctx, config())))
L1488: } : { success: true, data: result.value };
L1489: };
...
L14668: var WRITE_CAPABLE_TOOLS = ["Edit", "MultiEdit", "NotebookEdit", "Write"];
L14669: var PRE_TOOL_USE_MATCHER = "^(Bash|Read|Grep|Write|Edit|MultiEdit|NotebookEdit|Agent|PowerShell)$";
L14670: function hookCommand(script, verb) {
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 9. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/halfcycle@0.5.1/dist/cli.js>)

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L9322: // dist/control-origin.js
L9323: var DEFAULT_CONTROL_ORIGIN = "https://control.halfcycle.ai";
L9324: function resolveControlOrigin(env = process.env) {
L9325: const configured = env["HALFCYCLE_SERVICE_URL"]?.trim();
...
L9334: // dist/device-signin.js
L9335: import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
L9336: import { platform as platform3 } from "node:os";
```

### 10. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/halfcycle@0.5.1/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:
import { existsSync as existsSync4, lstatSync, mkdirSync as mkdirSync5, readFileSync as readFileSync6, rmSync as rmSync2, writeFileSync as writeFileSync5 } from "node:fs";
var SETTINGS_REL = ".claude/settings.json";
var LOCAL_SETTINGS_REL = ".claude/settings.local.json";
var SESSION_START_MARKER_REL = ".claude/hooks/session-start-marker.sh";
var GUARD_RUNNER_REL = ".claude/hooks/guard-runner.sh";
var USER_PROMPT_REMINDER_REL = ".claude/hooks/user-prompt-reminder.sh";
var USER_PROMPT_SCOPE_REL = ".claude/hooks/user-prompt-scope.sh";
var USER_PROMPT_FINDINGS_REL = ".claude/hooks/user-prompt-findings.sh";
```

### 11. Critical: Reverse Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 92.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/halfcycle@0.5.1/dist/cli.js>)

Source matches reverse-shell style process and socket wiring.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L6: // dist/install.js
L7: import { execFileSync as execFileSync2 } from "node:child_process";
L8: import { createHash as createHash2 } from "node:crypto";
...
L125: try {
L126: const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
L127: if (!parsed || typeof parsed !== "object" || typeof parsed.accounts !== "object") {
...
L249: // `password=...`, `token = ...`, `access_key: ...` — the value need not be quoted.
L250: /\b(?:api[_-]?key|secret|password|passwd|token|access[_-]?key|private[_-]?key|client[_-]?secret|auth[_-]?token|bearer)\b\s*[:=]\s*\S+/i,
L251: // Connection strings that embed credentials: `scheme://user:pass@host`.
...
L1065: "const p=require(`path`),f=require(`fs`),c=require(`child_process`);",
L1066: "let d=process.cwd();",
L1067: `for(;;){if(f.existsSync(p.join(d,${tick(VENDORED_BIN_REL)})))br
```

### 12. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/halfcycle@0.5.1/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
L6: // dist/install.js
L7: import { execFileSync as execFileSync2 } from "node:child_process";
L8: import { createHash as createHash2 } from "node:crypto";
...
L125: try {
L126: const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
L127: if (!parsed || typeof parsed !== "object" || typeof parsed.accounts !== "object") {
...
L249: // `password=...`, `token = ...`, `access_key: ...` — the value need not be quoted.
L250: /\b(?:api[_-]?key|secret|password|passwd|token|access[_-]?key|private[_-]?key|client[_-]?secret|auth[_-]?token|bearer)\b\s*[:=]\s*\S+/i,
L251: // Connection strings that embed credentials: `scheme://user:pass@host`.
...
L1065: "const p=require(`path`),f=require(`fs`),c=require(`child_process`);",
L1066: "let d=process.cwd();",
L1067: `for(;;){if(f.existsSync(p.join(d,${tick(VENDORED_BIN_REL)})))br
```

### 13. High: Cross File Remote Execution Context
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 72.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/halfcycle@0.5.1/dist/cli.js>)

Source spawns a local helper that also contains network and dynamic execution context; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Cross-file remote execution chain: dist/cli.js spawns bin/bin.bundle.mjs; helper contains network access plus dynamic code execution.
L6: // dist/install.js
L7: import { execFileSync as execFileSync2 } from "node:child_process";
L8: import { createHash as createHash2 } from "node:crypto";
...
L125: try {
L126: const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
L127: if (!parsed || typeof parsed !== "object" || typeof parsed.accounts !== "object") {
...
L249: // `password=...`, `token = ...`, `access_key: ...` — the value need not be quoted.
L250: /\b(?:api[_-]?key|secret|password|passwd|token|access[_-]?key|private[_-]?key|client[_-]?secret|auth[_-]?token|bearer)\b\s*[:=]\s*\S+/i,
L251: // Connection strings that embed credentials: `scheme://user:pass@host`.
...
L1065: "const p=require(`path`),f=require(`fs`
```

### 14. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/halfcycle@0.5.1/dist/cli.js>)

A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable chain: manifest.bin -> dist/bin.js -> dist/cli.js
L6: // dist/install.js
L7: import { execFileSync as execFileSync2 } from "node:child_process";
L8: import { createHash as createHash2 } from "node:crypto";
...
L125: try {
L126: const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
L127: if (!parsed || typeof parsed !== "object" || typeof parsed.accounts !== "object") {
...
L249: // `password=...`, `token = ...`, `access_key: ...` — the value need not be quoted.
L250: /\b(?:api[_-]?key|secret|password|passwd|token|access[_-]?key|private[_-]?key|client[_-]?secret|auth[_-]?token|bearer)\b\s*[:=]\s*\S+/i,
L251: // Connection strings that embed credentials: `scheme://user:pass@host`.
...
L1065: "const p=require(`path`),f=require(`fs`),c=require(`child_process`);",
L1066: "let d=process.cwd();",
L10
```

### 15. High: Runtime Package Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/halfcycle@0.5.1/dist/cli.js>)

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1058: }
L1059: var CODEX_WINDOWS_NOT_SET_UP = "Halfcycle checks did not run because Halfcycle is not set up in this folder or any folder above it; run npx halfcycle in the project folder.";
L1060: var CODEX_WINDOWS_NO_GIT_BASH = "Halfcycle checks did not run because Git for Windows was not found; install Git for Windows, then open a new session.";
...
L1064: const program = [
L1065: "const p=require(`path`),f=require(`fs`),c=require(`child_process`);",
L1066: "let d=process.cwd();",
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 18. Medium: Ships Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** bin/pre-tool-use-filter.sh
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/halfcycle@0.5.1/bin/pre-tool-use-filter.sh>)

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```shell
path = bin/pre-tool-use-filter.sh
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 27379
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 19. 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.

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

- **Dependencies:** 1
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 9
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 1

### Published dependency entries
- zod ^4.4.3 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** halfcycle
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.5.1
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-10-31T14:20:11.986Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-30T19:45:10.840Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-11-04T05:05:27.451Z
- **Known versions:** 49
- **Latest version:** 0.8.0
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Your coding agents are the engineers. Halfcycle is the rest of the team: it scopes, designs, plans and reviews production software, and runs the build for Claude Code and Codex.
- **Maintainers:** halfcycle-ai
- **Keywords:** claude, claude-code, ai-agents, agentic-coding, spec-driven-development, code-review, mcp, prd, software-architecture, ai-code-quality, engineering-process, technical-specification
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18
- **Artifact files:** 144
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 3,776,098 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/halfcycle/v/0.5.1>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/Halfcycle-AI/halfcycle>)
- [Homepage](<https://halfcycle.ai/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/Halfcycle-AI/halfcycle/issues>)