instabox@0.8.74
A cloud box for your coding agent, the instabox CLI and its agent skills in one command: npx instabox@latest
AI Security Review
scanned 5d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package's network and filesystem behavior supports its cloud CLI and agent-skill functions. Its disclosed telemetry reports limited usage metadata, and the installer verifies downloaded CLI checksums.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
The CLI runs when invoked; onboarding and skill installation occur through the user's CLI command. Telemetry is sent after onboarding.
Impact
Expected CLI setup and usage reporting; no unauthorized credential collection, unrelated account action, or concealed code execution was found.
Mechanism
The CLI contacts the Instabox API, may install its checksum-verified CLI, writes its own skills to agent skill folders, and sends limited usage events to PostHog.
AI rationale
The package's network and filesystem behavior supports its cloud CLI and agent-skill functions. Its disclosed telemetry reports limited usage metadata, and the installer verifies downloaded CLI checksums.
Evidence
~/.local/bin/instabox~/.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 package has no install lifecycle hook; its declared scripts are for prepack, tests, and formatting.
- The CLI installer downloads the CLI and checks its SHA-256 against the supplied checksum before installing it.
- Telemetry is disclosed as command names and outcomes without arguments, with environment variables to disable it.
- The onboarding event reports outcome and runtime or mode metadata, not command arguments or file contents.
- Skill installation copies package skills and only overwrites existing copies marked as installed by instabox.
Evidence against
- The package includes native CLI binaries and can install one into the user's CLI directory when onboarding runs.
- The repo-migration skill transfers conversation history by default and notes that committed files or Git configuration can contain secrets.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 8979968
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/cli.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencelib/cli.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.74.
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