Skills/npm/squinch

squinch@0.18.0

VERIFIED· install only

Publisher claims: "Architecture diagrams as code for coding agents: install the skill, then check, render, diff and watch .squinch projects — clean, zoomable diagrams with real cloud icons, as deterministic SVG, PNG or interactive HTML." Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry npm (MCP server)Publisher jquatier · publishing for 98 daysInstalls 1,122Last detonated 4d ago
$claude mcp add squinch -- npx -y squinch
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Coverage

Nothing executable in the bundle ran; the trace covers the install step only.
Tested
every file read, file written and host contacted by what ran
Not tested
use of the skill by an agent

Is [email protected] safe to install?

KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (1 scenario; nothing executable in the bundle ran; the trace covers the install step only) on 2026-11-10 and scored it 84/100 (Verified). In what ran, nothing we could detect went wrong: no undeclared network egress, no credential reads, no persistent instruction writes. What it does with a real credential was not observed; the static findings and the publisher carry the rest of the score. Summary: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Behavior trace

Honeypot run · 0 s · 1 scenarios · 0 deviations
t+CategoryObserved action
0.0sprocessno install scripts in bundle
0.0sprocessscript backend runs setup only
0.0sprocessscript backend runs setup only
0.0sprocessno install scripts to re-run

Static findings

LOW
Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction filesdist/index.js:38 · Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction files · informational: not an instruction file--claude also write .claude/skills/ even if no CLAUDE.md is foundFix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packagedist/update.js:190 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeconst npx = (deps.argv1 ?? "").includes("_npx");Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06
MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packagedist/update.js:196 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code? `npx ${pkg.name}@latest skill`Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06
HIGH
Destructive file system command detecteddist/index.js:86 · Destructive file system command detectedthrow new Error(`unknown --format \`${format}\` — use text | json | markdown`);Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05
MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packagedist/index.js:564 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeconsole.error(`\nthe skill drives \`squinch check\` and \`squinch render\`, so keep squinch on\nPATH (\`npx squinch\` works too) — and re-run this after upgrading to refresh`);Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06
HIGH
Destructive file system command detecteddist/index.js:314 · Destructive file system command detectedthrow new Error(`unknown --format \`${format}\` — use svg | png | html`);Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05
MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packagedist/skill.generated.js:6 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code… cookbook.\ncompatibility: Requires Node.js 22+ and the squinch CLI on PATH, or npx squinch with no install\n---\n\n# Squinch — architecture diagrams as code\n\nSquinch re…Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06
MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packagedist/update.js:195 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codecommand: npxFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06
MEDIUM
File type combined with upload actiondist/skill.generated.js:6 · File type combined with upload action — agent may exfiltrate local data files…ers \"order_id\"\n }\n svc -> db.orders \"writes\"\n}\nview db { scope shop.db } // standing in the database: every field\n```\n\nColumns — only when the request asks what is *in* a store. Any leaf takes a\n`fields { }` block (a table, a c…Fix: Remove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.
AST07

Cost to the agent

Instructions loaded
≈78 tok
1 file · 25 in bundle

Tokens estimated at four characters each. Skills load their instruction text when triggered; the figure is what that costs.

Known vulnerabilities

No advisories in OSV for squinch@0.18.0 as of 4d ago. This is the package itself, not its dependencies.