instabox@0.8.133
A cloud box for your coding agent, the instabox CLI and its agent skills in one command: npx instabox@latest
AI Security Review
scanned 2d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package has no npm install hook. Its CLI performs expected instabox service operations and disclosed, disableable usage telemetry; the flagged dependency installer runs as a migration helper when invoked.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
The CLI runs when the user invokes it; migration scripts run when explicitly used as part of moving a project.
Impact
No unauthorized collection, account action, or harmful automatic behavior was identified.
Mechanism
The CLI communicates with the instabox API and sends disclosed usage events to PostHog; the helper installs project runtimes and dependencies from their usual sources.
AI rationale
The package has no npm install hook. Its CLI performs expected instabox service operations and disclosed, disableable usage telemetry; the flagged dependency installer runs as a migration helper when invoked.
Network endpoints8
api.instabox.shus.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 declares no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook; its scripts are for packing, testing, and formatting.
- Onboarding reports command outcomes and basic runtime details, and the source says it does not report names, paths, or messages.
- Telemetry is sent only for the default instabox server, requires an account user ID, and can be disabled with environment flags.
- The skills installer asks for confirmation in an interactive terminal when no agent is selected; skills-only installation is a user-run command.
- The dependency helper is documented as a migration tool invoked with bash, with a dry-run option, to install a moved project's toolchain and dependencies.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 9102848
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 Evidencebin/instabox.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.133.
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