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Package evidence

@alistar.max/[email protected]

Install-time lifecycle script: preinstall="node scripts/check-node-version.js"

Trust signals

Why this verdict

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Weekly downloads
325
Versions published
6
First published
Feb 2026
Publisher
alistar.max

Recommended action

Block this update

Static evidence trips multiple high-signal indicators. Quarantine the release until the publisher validates the change or you can rule out the indicators below.

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  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PKGRADAR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"specs":["@alistar.max/[email protected]"],"fail_on":"high"}'

GitHub Actions step:

- name: PkgRadar gate
  run: |
    curl -fsS https://pkgradar.com/gate/npm \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.PKGRADAR_TOKEN }}" \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"specs":["@alistar.max/[email protected]"],"fail_on":"high"}'
Publisheralistar.max
Artifact bytes78,648
Previous version0.1.0
Published2026-06-01T07:25:27.777Z
SHA-256112ce71aa80e1dd84cf1a879eea4b152dfff61fb050efe43b751e4a37086a854

Why flagged

What the scanner saw

New Lifecycle Script Vs Previous: preinstall added in 0.1.1 vs 0.1.0: "node scripts/check-node-version.js"

Not observed: package install, lifecycle script execution, or sandbox execution. PkgRadar only inspects on-disk artifacts.

Availability ledger

available

high
Last checked
highRisk
45Score
0.1.1Version
Status history (1 event)
  1. new → available · risk high · score 45 · status changed

Evidence

Static findings

3 static · 1 from release diff · showing high-signal first.

SeverityKindPathDetailPoints
highNew Lifecycle Script Vs Previouspackage.jsonpreinstall added in 0.1.1 vs 0.1.0: "node scripts/check-node-version.js"40
Show all 4 findings (low-signal and informational)
SeverityKindPathDetailPoints
highNew Lifecycle Script Vs Previouspackage.jsonpreinstall added in 0.1.1 vs 0.1.0: "node scripts/check-node-version.js"40
lowInstall-time lifecycle scriptpackage.jsonpreinstall="node scripts/check-node-version.js"5
lowObfuscation Densitypackage/dist/chunk-NNDJVRH2.jshigh encoded/escaped-token density0
lowObfuscation Densitypackage/dist/index.jshigh encoded/escaped-token density0

Manifest

Package metadata

Scripts15
  • benchmark:offlinetsx src/search/eval/runOfflineBenchmark.ts tests/benchmark/fixtures/sample-offline-benchmark.jsonl --k 1,3,5
  • benchmark:tunetsx src/search/eval/runAutoTune.ts tests/benchmark/fixtures/sample-auto-tune-dataset.jsonl --target mrr --k 1,3,5 --top 3
  • buildtsup src/index.ts --format esm --dts --out-dir dist --sourcemap --clean
  • build:releasetsup src/index.ts --format esm --dts --out-dir dist --clean
  • devtsup src/index.ts --format esm --dts --out-dir dist --sourcemap --watch
  • fmtbiome check --write ./src
  • preinstallnode scripts/check-node-version.js
  • prepackpnpm build
  • prepublishOnlypnpm test
  • testtsx tests/language-support.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/registry.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/docs-guard.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/workspace-packages.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/plugin-loader.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/config-multi-key.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/cli-behavior.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/embedding-client.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/reranker-client.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/multi-key-docs.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/parser-pool.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/lang-ts21-plugin.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/lang-ts22-plugin.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/fallback-split.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/search-rerank-fallback.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/chunk-fts-content.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/query-channel-build.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/search-query-routing.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/per-file-cap.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/scanner-coverage-expansion.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/chunk-fts-fields.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/chunks-fts-search.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/chunk-index-consistency.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/feedback-loop.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/lock-regression.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/index-healing-convergence.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/context-packer.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/graph-expander.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/language-filter.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/install-guard.test.ts && tsx tests/runtime/test-script-completeness.test.ts
  • test:benchmarktsx tests/benchmark/offline-benchmark.test.ts && tsx tests/benchmark/auto-tune.test.ts
  • test:e2e:mcppnpm build && tsx tests/mcp-e2e-smoke.ts
  • test:install:node24node tests/install/node24-smoke.mjs
  • test:runtimetsx tests/runtime/registry.test.ts
  • test:unit:allpnpm test && pnpm run test:benchmark
Dependencies16
  • @lancedb/lancedb^0.22.0
  • @modelcontextprotocol/sdk^1.25.1
  • better-sqlite3^12.2.0
  • cac^6.7.14
  • chardet^2.1.1
  • dotenv^17.2.3
  • fdir^6.5.0
  • iconv-lite^0.7.1
  • ignore^7.0.5
  • p-limit^7.2.0
  • pino^10.1.0
  • tree-sitter^0.25.0
  • tree-sitter-go0.25.0
  • tree-sitter-javascript0.25.0
  • tree-sitter-python0.25.0
  • zod^4.2.1