Skills/npm/extra-desktop

extra-desktop@0.3.6

CAUTION· startup only

Publisher claims: "Flashless Linux, Windows & macOS Native Computer-Use Engine & Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server" Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry npm (MCP server)Publisher yantraos · publishing for 54 daysInstalls 947Last detonated 10 h ago

Coverage

Startup only; authenticated tool behavior not tested.
Tested
server startup over stdio (initialize sent) · every file read, file written and host contacted by what ran
Not tested
the tool list (the server exited before answering) · what the tools do when called with real credentials

What this means for the label: Caution here covers what ran. The server's tools were not exercised with a real credential, so nothing about their behavior is asserted; the credential summary below says what to do with that.

Before you give it your token

It will ask for
no credential variables read in the code
Where it talks to
yantraos.com (its own)
What the honeypot saw
no credential files read · no network
What we could not test
the tool list (the server exited before answering) · what the tools do when called with real credentials

Connect it under the guard. Startup only; authenticated tool behavior not tested. The code names no credential variable and talks to yantraos.com, its own; the guard pins the network to what the honeypot saw and logs every call.

$vet-skills run --net declared -- npx -y @yantraos/extra-desktop

Never paste a credential into a chat, a ticket or a report, including ours. How the guard holds it.

Is [email protected] safe to install?

KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (2 scenarios; startup only; authenticated tool behavior not tested) on 2026-11-14 and scored it 78/100 (Caution). It is not known to be malicious, but it has behaviour or code a security policy should decide on before install. Notable findings: Pipe-to-shell pattern; Pipe-to-shell pattern. Summary: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Behavior trace

Honeypot run · 20 s · 2 scenarios · 0 deviations
t+CategoryObserved action
0.0sprocessno install scripts in bundle
20sprocessexec /app/apps/web/node_modules/.bin/which
20sprocessexec /root/.cache/node/corepack/v1/pnpm/10.28.0/dist/node-gyp-bin/which
20sprocessexec /app/node_modules/.bin/which
20sprocessexec /pnpm/which
20sprocessexec /usr/local/sbin/which
20sprocessexec /usr/local/bin/which
20sprocessexec /usr/sbin/which
20sprocessexec /usr/bin/which
20sclaimedstartup only: exited (0) before answering · * Astral uv: uv tool install extra-desktop Homepage: https://extra.yantraos.com Documentation: https://extra.yantraos.com/docs Repository: https://github.com/AIYantra/extra
20sprocessscript backend runs setup only
20sprocessno install scripts to re-run

Static findings

MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packagebin/cli.js:47 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code// 2. PATH resolution excluding npm/npx wrappersFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06
MEDIUM
Remote installer piped to shellbin/cli.js:193 · Remote installer piped to shell* Linux / macOS (Bash): curl -sSL https://extra.yantraos.com/install.sh | bashFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST07
CRITICAL
Pipe-to-shell patternbin/cli.js:193 · Pipe-to-shell pattern — downloads and immediately executes remote code* Linux / macOS (Bash): curl -sSL https://extra.yantraos.com/install.sh | bashFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST06
CRITICAL
Pipe-to-shell patternbin/cli.js:173 · Pipe-to-shell pattern — downloads and immediately executes remote code["-c", "curl -fsSL https://extra.yantraos.com/install.sh | bash"],Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST06
MEDIUM
Remote installer piped to shellbin/cli.js:173 · Remote installer piped to shell["-c", "curl -fsSL https://extra.yantraos.com/install.sh | bash"],Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST07
MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packagebin/cli.js:155 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code// Default to "run" (MCP server stdio mode) if invoked with no arguments (e.g. via npx in MCP clients)Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06

Cost to the agent

Instructions loaded
≈63 tok
1 file · 5 in bundle
Tool list per prompt
≈0 tok
0 tools · 0 per tool
Handshake
no reply
launch to tools/list, stdio
Undocumented tools
0
description under 20 chars · avg 0

Tokens estimated at four characters each. The tool list is re-read by the agent on every turn, so it is the number to compare between servers that do the same job: ranked across the index.

Known vulnerabilities

No advisories in OSV for @yantraos/extra-desktop@0.3.6 as of 10 h ago. This is the package itself, not its dependencies.

What would make this Verified

2 points to 80 · weights: behavior 45%, static 25%, prompt 15%, publisher 15%
  1. Pipe-to-shell pattern≈ +9 on the totalBuild commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
  2. Unclaimed publisher≈ +8 on the totalClaim yantraos: a verified publisher gets +50 on publisher trust. It is free and usually instant with GitHub sign-in.
  3. npx invocation of non-well-known package≈ +2 on the totalPin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
  4. Remote installer piped to shell≈ +2 on the totalBuild commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
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