instabox@0.8.118
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 install-time hook, and its entry point performs onboarding only when invoked as a CLI. The reviewed credential, telemetry, skill-installation, and migration-helper behavior fits the package's stated purpose; no malicious behavior was found.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user invokes the CLI or explicitly runs the repository-migration workflow; there is no package install hook.
Impact
No harmful impact identified. Expected effects include Instabox API operations, usage reporting, skill installation, and project setup on the box.
Mechanism
The CLI uses credentials with the configured Instabox API, installs its bundled CLI and advertised skills, and sends disclosed usage telemetry with an opt-out. The migration helper installs missing project toolchains and dependencies on the box when run.
AI rationale
The package has no install-time hook, and its entry point performs onboarding only when invoked as a CLI. The reviewed credential, telemetry, skill-installation, and migration-helper behavior fits the package's stated purpose; no malicious behavior was found.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json~/.claude/skills~/.agents/skills~/.gemini/config/skills$HOME/.bash_profile$HOME/.bash_login$HOME/.profile$HOME/.bashrc
Network endpoints8
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.commise.runraw.githubusercontent.combun.shastral.shsh.rustup.rsgo.dev
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 96.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest exposes the CLI and has no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook; its scripts are for prepack, testing, and formatting.
- The CLI sends bearer credentials to its configured Instabox API, defaulting to api.instabox.sh.
- Onboarding telemetry reports outcome and runtime metadata, omits names and arguments, and can be disabled with either of two environment variables.
- Agent skills are installed by the CLI and existing user-created skill files are kept; the move-repo helper is described as installing project dependencies on the box.
Evidence against
- The package contains network, filesystem, and process-execution behavior, including a helper that downloads toolchain installers, but these actions serve the CLI and migration workflow.
- The package ships native CLI binaries whose internals were not readable in the provided binary views; the JavaScript identifies them as the package's bundled CLI.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystem
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 9061376
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 Evidencelib/api.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencebin/instabox.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.118.
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