instabox@0.8.116
A cloud box for your coding agent, the instabox CLI and its agent skills in one command: npx instabox@latest
AI Security Review
scanned 3d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package has no npm install hook, and the inspected network and credential flows are tied to its stated CLI functions. Usage telemetry is disclosed and opt-out, while the migration skill describes the data it copies and warns about committed secrets.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
The user runs the CLI or its onboarding command; telemetry follows onboarding, and migration helpers run when an agent follows the move-repo skill.
Impact
Expected product effects include authenticated requests to instabox, installation of the CLI and skills, and optional usage reporting; no unauthorized credential collection or unrelated account action was found.
Mechanism
The CLI authenticates to the configured instabox API, installs its bundled CLI and agent skills, and sends disclosed usage events to PostHog unless telemetry is disabled. The migration helper can install project runtimes when explicitly used.
AI rationale
The package has no npm install hook, and the inspected network and credential flows are tied to its stated CLI functions. Usage telemetry is disclosed and opt-out, while the migration skill describes the data it copies and warns about committed secrets.
Evidence
bin/instabox.mjslib/api.mjslib/credentials.mjslib/telemetry.mjslib/cli.mjslib/skills.mjsskills/instabox-move-repo/scripts/deps.shskills/instabox-move-repo/scripts/history.mjs
Network endpoints8
api.instabox.sh (or the user-configured instabox API server)us.i.posthog.commise.runraw.githubusercontent.combun.shastral.shsh.rustup.rsgo.dev
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 94.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest has no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook; its scripts are prepack, test, and formatting commands.
- The README describes sign-in, CLI and skill installation as actions the user starts by running the package command.
- Onboarding telemetry is disclosed, can be disabled with INSTABOX_NO_TELEMETRY or DO_NOT_TRACK, and reports outcomes and runtime metadata rather than command arguments.
- API requests send the instabox session token to the configured instabox server as a Bearer token.
- The migration skill documents which conversation history and repository files it transfers, including the possibility of committed credentials in Git remotes.
- The skill installer overwrites only copies previously marked as installed by instabox.
Evidence against
- The package ships native CLI binaries, but its README identifies them as the product’s own CLI for supported platforms.
- The move-repo helper downloads runtimes from their official installation hosts when that user-invoked workflow needs them.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcess
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 9059328
magicHex = [redacted]
Medium
Ships Native Binary
Package ships native binary artifacts.
cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView on unpkgskills/instabox-basic-setup/scripts/install-files.pyView file
•path = skills/instabox-basic-setup/scripts/install-files.py
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 2977
magicHex = [redacted]
Medium
Ships Build Helper
Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.
skills/instabox-basic-setup/scripts/install-files.pyView on unpkgpackage.jsonView file
Findings
5 Medium7 Low
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Native Binarycli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
MediumShips Build Helperskills/instabox-basic-setup/scripts/install-files.py
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowSuspicious Lifecycle Evidencepackage.json
LowAi Review EvidenceREADME.md
LowAi Review Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.116.
See all versions of instabox for other recorded verdicts.
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- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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