instabox@0.8.76
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 has no install lifecycle hook, and its network behavior serves the Instabox CLI and disclosed, limited onboarding telemetry. The flagged repository migration workflow warns users about secrets in copied history and calls for a user choice.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the CLI; onboarding telemetry is sent after sign-in unless disabled. The repository migration helper runs only when the user follows that workflow.
Impact
No unauthorized credential collection, unrelated account action, or harmful automatic behavior was identified.
Mechanism
CLI requests use the configured Instabox server. Telemetry goes to PostHog and is limited to outcomes and runtime details; the package documents an opt-out. The migration skill warns about secrets in conversation history and directs the user to choose whether to copy it.
AI rationale
The package has no install lifecycle hook, and its network behavior serves the Instabox CLI and disclosed, limited onboarding telemetry. The flagged repository migration workflow warns users about secrets in copied history and calls for a user choice.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.claude/skills~/.agents/skills$HOME/.profile$HOME/.bashrc
Network endpoints2
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 94.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest has no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook; its scripts are for packaging, tests, and formatting.
- Telemetry is skipped when disabled or when the configured server is not the default Instabox server, and is disclosed with an opt-out.
- Onboarding telemetry reports step outcomes and runtime/platform details; the source says it does not send names or arguments.
- The move-repo skill warns that copied conversation history may contain secrets and instructs the user to choose whether to skip 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 = 8980480
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
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