Skills/npm/tribunal-kit

tribunal-kit@9.4.0

CAUTION· startup only

Publisher claims: "Tribunal Kit is the governance layer for AI coding agents that stops AI hallucinations and npm ghost packages before they hit disk. Works with Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, and Aider." Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry npm (MCP server)Publisher harmitx7 · publishing for 267 daysInstalls 11,776Last detonated 16 h ago
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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
ANTHROPIC_API_KEYANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKENJWT_SECRETOPENROUTER_API_KEY or --max-tokensConfiguration, not credentials: ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_SONNET_MODEL, BROWSER_PATH, CHROME_PATH, GLOBAL_STORE_PATH, LocalAppData, PATHEXT, PINCHTAB_BINARY, PINCHTAB_BROWSER_BINARY, PINCHTAB_PATH, ProgramFiles, TERM_PROGRAM, TK_AUTO_BUILD, TK_MOCK_LAYA_DOWNLOAD, TK_SKIP_UPDATE_CHECK, TK_VERBOSE, TRIBUNAL_CORE_PATH, TRIBUNAL_FORCE_JS, WT_SESSION
Where it talks to
no vendor host named in the code
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 with a scoped credential, under the guard. It asks for ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN, JWT_SECRET, OPENROUTER_API_KEY and talks to its vendor. Give the credential to the guard, not the server: the value never enters the server's environment and only travels to the host you bind. What the tools do with a real credential was not observed.

$vet-skills run --net declared -- npx -y tribunal-kit

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 2026-11-13 and scored it 77/100 (Caution). It is not known to be malicious, but it has behaviour or code a security policy should decide on before install. Notable findings: Auto-update or dynamic fetch configuration; Access to sensitive file paths; Auto-update or dynamic fetch configuration. Summary: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Behavior trace

Honeypot run · 31 s · 2 scenarios · 0 deviations
t+CategoryObserved action
0.0sprocessno install scripts in bundle
10sprocessdependency install exit 0
30sclaimedstartup only: exited (0) before answering · Require stack: - /tmp/ks-detonate-4spbel/task/home/work/acme-api/.claude/skills/tribunal-kit/src/tui/index.js - /tmp/ks-detonate-4spbel/task/home/work/acme-api/.claude/skills/tribunal-kit/src/cli.js - /tmp/ks-detonate-4spbel/task/home/work/acme-api/.claude/skills/tribunal-kit/bin/wrapper.js
30sprocessscript backend runs setup only
30sprocessno install scripts to re-run

Static findings

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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/commands/context.js:130 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeconsole.error('Usage: npx tribunal-kit context <target_file>');Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/commands/evolve.js:27 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codelogger.err('.agent/ not found. Run: npx tribunal-kit init');Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/commands/init.js:90 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code(0, logger_1.dim)(' npx tribunal-kit init');Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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File type combined with upload actionsrc/cli.js:257 · File type combined with upload action — agent may exfiltrate local data filesconsole.log(cmd('align', 'Clean AI outputs (strip slop, collapse lists)'));Fix: Remove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagebin/tribunal-kit.js:20 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code* npx tribunal-kit init --forceFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/commands/evalopt.js:44 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codelogger.err('.agent/ not found. Run: npx tribunal-kit init');Fix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagebin/tribunal-kit.js:22 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code* npx tribunal-kit init --quietFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/commands/mutate.js:17 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code(0, logger_1.err)('.agent/ not found. Run: npx tribunal-kit init');Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagebin/tribunal-kit.js:19 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code* npx tribunal-kit initFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/commands/context.js:147 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codeconsole.log(' Run: npx tribunal-kit graph (to generate snapshots)');Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/commands/context.js:124 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code(0, logger_1.err)('.agent/ not found. Run: npx tribunal-kit init');Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/commands/update.js:29 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code(0, logger_1.dim)(' npx tribunal-kit update');Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/commands/memory.js:398 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code(0, logger_1.err)('.agent/ not found. Run: npx tribunal-kit init');Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagebin/tribunal-kit.js:21 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code* npx tribunal-kit init --path ./myappFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/commands/learn.js:146 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code(0, logger_1.log)(` ${(0, logger_1.c)('white', 'npx tribunal-kit case search "your query"')}`);Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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Process kill commandsrc/browser/launcher.js:212 · Process kill command — agent can terminate processesif (typeof proc.kill === 'function') {Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/commands/graph.js:17 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code(0, logger_1.err)('.agent/ not found. Run: npx tribunal-kit init');Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagebin/tribunal-kit.js:23 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code* npx tribunal-kit init --dry-runFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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Auto-update or dynamic fetch configurationsrc/utils/version.js:136 · Auto-update or dynamic fetch configuration — agent may load new code at runtimeasync function autoUpdateCheck(originalArgs, currentVersion) {Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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Access to sensitive file pathssrc/context/ranker.js:179 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system files/[\\/]SECURITY\.md$/i.test('/' + norm) || /[\\/]\.env/i.test('/' + norm);Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/commands/case.js:24 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code(0, logger_1.err)('.agent/ not found. Run: npx tribunal-kit init');Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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File type combined with upload actionsrc/commands/activity.js:29 · File type combined with upload action — agent may exfiltrate local data filesif (!quiet) console.log(output);Fix: Remove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.
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Process kill commandsrc/browser/launcher.js:201 · Process kill command — agent can terminate processesif (typeof proc.kill === 'function') {Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/commands/learn.js:23 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code(0, logger_1.err)('.agent/ not found. Run: npx tribunal-kit init');Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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HIGH
Auto-update or dynamic fetch configurationsrc/cli.js:301 · Auto-update or dynamic fetch configuration — agent may load new code at runtimeconst didReInvoke = await autoUpdateCheck(originalArgs, CURRENT_VERSION);Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/commands/status.js:64 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code` ${dim('Initialize now:')} ${color(RGB.CYAN, 'npx tribunal-kit init')}`,Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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File type combined with upload actionsrc/commands/activity.js:41 · File type combined with upload action — agent may exfiltrate local data filesif (!quiet) console.log(output);Fix: Remove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.
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File type combined with upload actionsrc/cli.js:269 · File type combined with upload action — agent may exfiltrate local data filesconsole.log(opt('--json', 'Emit machine-readable JSON output'));Fix: Remove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.
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File type combined with upload actionsrc/commands/activity.js:64 · File type combined with upload action — agent may exfiltrate local data filesif (!quiet) console.log(output);Fix: Remove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.
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File type combined with upload actionsrc/cli.js:270 · File type combined with upload action — agent may exfiltrate local data filesconsole.log(opt('--quiet', 'Suppress all non-essential output'));Fix: Remove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/commands/learn.js:143 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code(0, logger_1.log)(` ${(0, logger_1.c)('white', 'npx tribunal-kit case add')}`);Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/commands/learn.js:121 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code(0, logger_1.warn)('skill_evolution.js not found \u2014 run: npx tribunal-kit update');Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/commands/mutate.js:22 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code(0, logger_1.err)('Usage: npx tribunal-kit mutate <target_file> <test_command>');Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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HIGH
Access to sensitive file pathssrc/context/ranker.js:26 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system files/[\\/]\.env/i,Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
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Auto-update or dynamic fetch configurationsrc/cli.js:299 · Auto-update or dynamic fetch configuration — agent may load new code at runtimeconst { autoUpdateCheck } = require('./utils/version');Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/index.d.ts:5 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code* For CLI usage, run: npx tribunal-kit --helpFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/index.d.ts:66 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code* Equivalent to `npx tribunal-kit status`.Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/index.d.ts:72 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code* Equivalent to `npx tribunal-kit learn`.Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/index.d.ts:60 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code* Equivalent to `npx tribunal-kit update`.Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/utils/version.js:167 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code(0, logger_1.colorize)('gray', ` Run: npx tribunal-kit@${latestVersion} init --force`),Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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npx invocation of non-well-known packagesrc/index.d.ts:54 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted code* Equivalent to `npx tribunal-kit init`.Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
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Cost to the agent

Instructions loaded
≈82 tok
1 file · 81 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 tribunal-kit@9.4.0 as of 4 h ago. This is the package itself, not its dependencies.

What would make this Verified

3 points to 80 · weights: behavior 45%, static 25%, prompt 15%, publisher 15%
  1. Unclaimed publisher≈ +8 on the totalClaim harmitx7: a verified publisher gets +50 on publisher trust. It is free and usually instant with GitHub sign-in.
  2. Auto-update or dynamic fetch configuration≈ +4 on the totalPin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
  3. Access to sensitive file paths≈ +4 on the totalStop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
  4. npx invocation of non-well-known package≈ +2 on the totalPin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
  5. File type combined with upload action≈ +2 on the totalRemove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.
  6. Process kill command≈ +2 on the totalBuild commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
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