instabox@0.8.59
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. Its network activity and filesystem changes occur as part of the user-invoked CLI workflow, and its disclosed usage telemetry has an opt-out.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the CLI or its onboarding or skills-install command; telemetry is sent during onboarding when enabled.
Impact
No unauthorized credential transfer, account action, or unrelated automatic execution was identified.
Mechanism
The CLI contacts its configured instabox API and PostHog for disclosed usage telemetry, and installs the CLI or agent skills as part of the requested workflow.
AI rationale
The package has no npm install hook. Its network activity and filesystem changes occur as part of the user-invoked CLI workflow, and its disclosed usage telemetry has an opt-out.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json~/.claude/skills~/.agents/skills
Network endpoints2
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json declares no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook; its scripts are for packaging, tests, and formatting.
- Usage telemetry is disclosed as command names and outcomes without arguments, and can be disabled with INSTABOX_NO_TELEMETRY or DO_NOT_TRACK.
- Onboarding telemetry includes the instabox account ID, outcome, agent, platform, architecture, Node version, and package version; the code avoids names, paths, and messages.
- The CLI downloads its own installer or binaries from its configured instabox API; Windows downloads check the binary against a SHA-256 value.
- Skills are copied into agent skill directories by CLI onboarding or the explicit skills install command; in an interactive terminal that command asks before installing when no agent is specified.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 8966144
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
This report applies to instabox@0.8.59.
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