instabox@0.8.83
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 npm install hook, and its network and file operations are tied to user-invoked CLI onboarding and Instabox functions. Runtime usage telemetry is disclosed, limited to command names and outcomes, and can be disabled.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user invokes the Instabox CLI; onboarding telemetry runs as part of that workflow, and CLI installation occurs when requested or when no CLI is available.
Impact
No malicious impact was identified. The reviewed behavior supports the package's cloud-box and CLI functions.
Mechanism
The package communicates with the Instabox API, can install its CLI and agent skills, and sends disclosed usage events to PostHog when telemetry is enabled.
AI rationale
The package has no npm install hook, and its network and file operations are tied to user-invoked CLI onboarding and Instabox functions. Runtime usage telemetry is disclosed, limited to command names and outcomes, and can be disabled.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json~/.claude/skills/~/.agents/skills/~/.local/bin/instabox
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, testing, and formatting.
- The npm entry point routes onboarding and skills setup through CLI commands, and routes other arguments to the bundled or installed Instabox CLI.
- The package discloses that runtime telemetry sends command names and outcomes, never arguments, and provides opt-out settings.
- The CLI checks downloaded binaries against a checksum from the Instabox API before installing them.
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 = 8982016
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 Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.83.
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