registry / recess-cli / 3.10.0
recess-cli@3.10.0
Safe Recess administration and family AI tools from the command line.
AI Security Review
scanned 14d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe automatic postinstall refresh of package-owned agent skills is a guarded extension lifecycle risk. The inspected source supports a warning, but not a confirmed attack or publish block.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
npm installation of the published package.
Impact
The bundled Recess skill is updated for those agents; inspected code does not establish a write to broad agent control configuration or an unrelated destination.
Mechanism
The postinstall hook imports setup.js, which removes and recopies the recess-cli skill directory in the configured Codex and Claude skill homes.
AI rationale
The automatic postinstall refresh of package-owned agent skills is a guarded extension lifecycle risk. The inspected source supports a warning, but not a confirmed attack or publish block.
Evidence
scripts/postinstall.mjsdist/setup.jsdist/commands/apps.jsdist/update-notice.js
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 91.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- package.json runs scripts/postinstall.mjs automatically during installation.
- The published-package postinstall imports setup.js and calls installSkill().
- installSkill replaces the recess-cli skill directory under the configured Codex and Claude homes with the bundled skill.
- The apps init command writes AGENTS.md only into the app folder supplied to that explicit command.
- The update notice launches the documented npm install command as a self-update operation.
Evidence against
- The automatic setup is limited to this package's own recess-cli skill directories; the inspected code does not show a broad agent configuration write.
- The apps init behavior is activated by an explicit CLI command and writes its guidance into the requested app folder.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flagged · loading sourcepackage.jsonView file
•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.mjs
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkg•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.mjs
Medium
Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.
package.jsonView on unpkgdist/commands/onboarding.jsView file
564patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 564
Medium
Secret Pattern
Package contains a possible secret pattern.
dist/commands/onboarding.jsView on unpkg · L564Findings
2 High6 Medium5 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/update-notice.js
MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json
MediumSecret Patterndist/commands/onboarding.js
MediumDynamic Requirescripts/postinstall.mjs
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to recess-cli@3.10.0.
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