instabox@0.8.93
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 hook, and its CLI, telemetry, and migration behavior match its documented cloud-box and agent-skill purpose. The reviewed credential and history handling is disclosed and tied to user-directed workflows.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
User runs the CLI or explicitly follows a skill workflow.
Impact
Expected product actions; migration instructions disclose the possibility of secrets in history and ask the user whether to include it.
Mechanism
The CLI contacts the Instabox service and sends disclosed usage telemetry; migration steps transfer selected project and conversation data to the user's box.
AI rationale
The package has no install hook, and its CLI, telemetry, and migration behavior match its documented cloud-box and agent-skill purpose. The reviewed credential and history handling is disclosed and tied to user-directed workflows.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json~/.claude/skills~/.agents/skills~/.gemini/config/skills
Network endpoints8
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.commise.runraw.githubusercontent.combun.shastral.shsh.rustup.rsgo.dev
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 93.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest has no install lifecycle hook; its scripts are prepack and developer commands.
- The CLI and skill setup run when a user invokes the documented npx command.
- Telemetry is disclosed as steps and outcomes, excludes names and arguments, and has opt-out variables.
- Telemetry is sent to PostHog only when using the default Instabox server and with an Instabox account ID.
- The repo migration instructions warn that conversation history can contain secrets and direct the user to decide whether to include 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 = 9010688
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 EvidenceREADME.md
LowAi Review Evidencebin/instabox.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
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