registry / recess-cli / 3.4.0
recess-cli@3.4.0
Safe Recess administration and family AI tools from the command line.
AI Security Review
scanned 14d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe automatic postinstall skill refresh is a guarded first-party agent extension lifecycle risk, so warn rather than block. The inspected source does not establish a concrete malicious attack.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
Installing the package from a published tarball with its dist/setup.js present.
Impact
Existing skill content at those package-specific destinations can be replaced or removed, changing agent instructions for this CLI.
Mechanism
The hook calls installSkill, which removes and copies the recess-cli skill into agent skill directories and removes a superseded recess-admin directory.
AI rationale
The automatic postinstall skill refresh is a guarded first-party agent extension lifecycle risk, so warn rather than block. The inspected source does not establish a concrete malicious attack.
Evidence
scripts/postinstall.mjsdist/setup.jsdist/commands/apps.jsdist/update-notice.js
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 88.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The postinstall hook imports and runs installSkill automatically for published installs.
- The installer removes and replaces the package-owned recess-cli skill under Codex and Claude skill directories, and removes a superseded recess-admin skill.
- The required apps.js location writes AGENTS.md as part of the explicit app init command.
- The update notice records notice timing and prints version information; it does not perform the install.
- The manifest declares postinstall and packages the hook and dist files.
Evidence against
- The hook skips source checkouts or missing setup modules and catches errors so installation continues.
- The agent integration behavior installs this package's own CLI skill; no unrelated network recipient or credential forwarding was identified.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
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@3.4.0.
See all versions of recess-cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of recess-cli@3.4.0 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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