instabox@0.8.69
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 provides a cloud-box CLI and related agent skills, with no npm lifecycle hook. Its reviewed network behavior sends credentials to the configured Instabox API and sends disclosed, opt-out onboarding telemetry; the downloader and dependency installer are user-invoked features consistent with the package’s purpose.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
CLI onboarding or explicit use of its commands and helper scripts.
Impact
No unauthorized credential transfer, unrelated account action, or concealed automatic execution was identified.
Mechanism
The CLI authenticates to the configured Instabox API, sends disclosed usage telemetry with an opt-out, installs its own skills during onboarding, and can install the CLI or project dependencies when requested.
AI rationale
The package provides a cloud-box CLI and related agent skills, with no npm lifecycle hook. Its reviewed network behavior sends credentials to the configured Instabox API and sends disclosed, opt-out onboarding telemetry; the downloader and dependency installer are user-invoked features consistent with the package’s purpose.
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
- The manifest describes a cloud-box CLI and declares no install, preinstall, or postinstall lifecycle hook.
- Onboarding telemetry is gated by the package’s default API server and can be disabled; its event reports onboarding outcomes and runtime metadata, not names, paths, or messages.
- API bearer tokens are sent in requests to the configured Instabox server, which defaults to api.instabox.sh.
- The package’s skill installer copies its own skills into coding-agent skill directories and preserves files it did not previously install.
Evidence against
- The CLI supports downloading and running an install script, and the move-repo helper can install toolchains and project dependencies when a user runs it.
- The package ships native CLI binaries; the reviewed binary views were limited or unsupported.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 8970240
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@0.8.69.
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