instabox@0.8.54
A cloud box for your coding agent, the instabox CLI and its agent skills in one command: npx instabox@latest
AI Security Review
scanned 6d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package has no npm install hook, and the reviewed runtime behavior matches its cloud-box CLI purpose. Telemetry is disclosed, limited to usage events, and can be disabled; the repository-migration skill warns about sensitive history and requires user direction.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the CLI, such as for onboarding, installing skills, or invoking a cloud-box command.
Impact
Expected CLI behavior includes authenticated cloud-box operations and local setup; no malicious behavior was identified.
Mechanism
It contacts the configured Instabox API, may send usage events to PostHog, and may write credentials, telemetry state, a CLI binary, or package skills to user directories.
AI rationale
The package has no npm install hook, and the reviewed runtime behavior matches its cloud-box CLI purpose. Telemetry is disclosed, limited to usage events, and can be disabled; the repository-migration skill warns about sensitive history and requires user direction.
Evidence
$HOME/.config/instabox/credentials.json$HOME/.config/instabox/telemetry.json$HOME/.claude/skills/$HOME/.agents/skills/CLI install directory/instabox
Network endpoints2
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 94.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json defines no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook; its scripts are for packing, testing, and formatting.
- The CLI routes onboarding, skill installation, or other commands only after a user invokes the executable.
- The package discloses usage telemetry, says it sends command names and outcomes but never arguments, and provides opt-out settings.
- Telemetry sends an account user ID and event properties to PostHog; the API bearer token is sent to the configured Instabox server.
- The repo-migration skill warns that copied history may contain secrets and directs the agent to ask whether to skip it.
Evidence against
- The repo-migration skill can copy repository data, including committed or staged files and conversation history, to a cloud box when the user requests the migration.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 8934400
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@0.8.54.
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