instabox@0.8.85
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 CLI's installer fetches Instabox's own CLI with checksum validation for Windows downloads. Its usage telemetry is disclosed with opt-outs, and the reviewed skill operations match their stated purposes.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the CLI or an agent skill; telemetry is sent during CLI usage unless disabled.
Impact
Expected product operations, including sending limited usage events and installing or migrating files as requested by the user.
Mechanism
The CLI communicates with the Instabox API, can install the product's CLI, and sends disclosed usage events to PostHog. Skills perform their described setup or migration tasks when invoked.
AI rationale
The package has no npm install hook, and its CLI's installer fetches Instabox's own CLI with checksum validation for Windows downloads. Its usage telemetry is disclosed with opt-outs, and the reviewed skill operations match their stated purposes.
Evidence
~/.claude/skills~/.agents/skillstelemetry.json
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 package exposes an explicit CLI entry point and has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook.
- The CLI installer fetches the product installer from its configured API; Windows downloads are checked against a SHA-256 value before installation.
- Telemetry is disclosed as command steps and outcomes, without names or arguments, and has documented opt-outs.
- The history migration script describes staging conversations with local paths rewritten for the box.
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 = 8984064
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
LowSuspicious Lifecycle Evidencepackage.json
LowAi Review Evidencelib/cli.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.85.
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