instabox@0.8.70
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 manifest has no install-time hook, and the reviewed actions are tied to CLI use. Telemetry is disclosed, limited to usage details, and can be disabled; migration risks involving conversation history and Git metadata are documented for the user.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
User invokes the instabox CLI; migration and skill installation occur through its commands or described workflow.
Impact
No malicious behavior found. The documented migration can transfer conversation history and Git metadata, so the skill directs the agent to explain that before starting.
Mechanism
The CLI contacts the Instabox API for sign-in and service operations, sends disclosed and opt-out onboarding telemetry to PostHog, and can copy packaged skills into agent skill directories.
AI rationale
The manifest has no install-time hook, and the reviewed actions are tied to CLI use. Telemetry is disclosed, limited to usage details, and can be disabled; migration risks involving conversation history and Git metadata are documented for the user.
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 93.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json declares no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook.
- The package is a CLI; onboarding runs through the command-line branch when invoked.
- Onboarding telemetry reports outcomes and environment versions, and the code states it never sends command arguments; it has opt-out flags.
- Telemetry is sent to PostHog only when using the default Instabox API, and is skipped when disabled.
- Skill installation copies this package's skills and preserves a user's existing unmarked skill files.
- The repo-migration skill warns that conversation history may contain secrets and tells the agent to inform the user before starting.
Evidence against
- The CLI makes network requests to the Instabox service and sends limited onboarding telemetry to PostHog.
- The repo-migration skill can copy conversation history and Git metadata, including a remote URL containing a token, when the user invokes that workflow.
- The package includes native CLI binaries whose full behavior is not established by the available binary analysis.
Behavioral surface
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 Evidencebin/instabox.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencebin/instabox.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.70.
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