instabox@0.8.149
A cloud box for your coding agent, the instabox CLI and its agent skills in one command: npx instabox@latest
AI Security Review
scanned 1d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package has no npm install hook, and the reviewed network and filesystem behavior matches its CLI and agent-skill purpose. Its onboarding telemetry is disclosed and can be disabled.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the CLI; onboarding telemetry follows successful sign-in, and skill files are copied when the user invokes onboarding or skill installation.
Impact
No malicious impact identified. Telemetry can be disabled, and the reviewed source does not show unrelated credential collection or install-time network activity.
Mechanism
The CLI contacts the instabox service for its features and sends disclosed usage events to PostHog when telemetry is enabled. Skill installation writes the package's skills into supported user-level agent skill directories.
AI rationale
The package has no npm install hook, and the reviewed network and filesystem behavior matches its CLI and agent-skill purpose. Its onboarding telemetry is disclosed and can be disabled.
Evidence
~/.claude/skills~/.agents/skills~/.gemini/config/skills
Network endpoints6
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.commise.runraw.githubusercontent.combun.shgo.dev
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 92.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json exposes a CLI and has no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook.
- The CLI discloses usage telemetry and provides INSTABOX_NO_TELEMETRY and DO_NOT_TRACK opt-outs.
- Onboarding telemetry reports command outcomes and runtime details, and says it excludes names, paths, and messages.
- Skill installation copies package skills into supported agent skill directories and only replaces copies marked as installed by instabox.
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 = 9171968
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/telemetry.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencebin/instabox.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
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