instabox@0.8.55
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 install lifecycle hook, and the reviewed network and filesystem behavior matches its documented cloud-box CLI and agent-skill purpose. Its runtime telemetry is disclosed and opt-out, while the repository migration skill warns about potentially sensitive history and directs the user to review the plan.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
The CLI performs sign-in, telemetry, and skill setup when a user runs its onboarding command; migration actions are described in the skill workflow.
Impact
No malicious impact identified. Documented behavior includes normal service requests, optional CLI and skill installation, and user-directed repository migration.
Mechanism
The CLI uses the configured instabox API, sends limited usage events to PostHog when enabled, and installs its own agent skills in documented skill directories. The migration skill describes copying repository data and conversations after showing the user a plan.
AI rationale
The package has no install lifecycle hook, and the reviewed network and filesystem behavior matches its documented cloud-box CLI and agent-skill purpose. Its runtime telemetry is disclosed and opt-out, while the repository migration skill warns about potentially sensitive history and directs the user to review the plan.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json~/.claude/skills/~/.agents/skills/CLI install directory selected by the installer
Network endpoints4
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.com/batch/$API/install.sh$API/dl/SHA256SUMS
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest defines a CLI entry point and has no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook; its only packaging hook is prepack.
- Runtime telemetry is disclosed, sends command names and outcomes without arguments, is limited to the default instabox server, and can be disabled.
- API bearer tokens are sent in requests to the configured instabox server as part of the CLI’s sign-in flow.
- The move-repo skill warns that copied conversation history may contain secrets and tells the user to review the plan and choose whether to copy it.
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 = 8965632
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 Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.55.
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