Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

MCP, MCP server

InstaPods

Deploy and manage web apps on InstaPods: create pods, push files, run commands, read logs.

Compatibility: Not stated.

Grade B

Minor issues only, no Medium or High. Worth a quick look at the findings below before installing.

Graded by PlugVetRubric v2

Not a guarantee. A hygiene check of the source at the commit shown, not a security audit.

Rescanned at commit 1133481bb714, unchanged since the check below.

SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV INSTALL_DOCUMENTED_INSTALLER NETWORK_LOCALHOST

Why this grade

  • SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV Low

    Mentions a .env file.

    skills/instapods-cli/SKILL.md, line 395 # Then write .env with the connection string

  • INSTALL_DOCUMENTED_INSTALLER Note

    Documentation shows an installer that pipes a download into a shell.

    README.md, line 17 curl -fsSL https://instapods.com/install.sh | sh

  • NETWORK_LOCALHOST Note

    Calls localhost only.

    skills/instapods-cli/SKILL.md, line 213 instapods exec NAME -- curl -s http://localhost:3000/ # nodejs

Any High, or two or more Medium findings, give D. One Medium gives C. Low findings or a security Note give B. Each code names a finding behind the letter.

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What was checked

Plain notes from the hygiene checks.

  • Permissions

    Pass

    No shell or command call was found in the code. This check does not read permissions an entry declares. A permission line to run shell commands was found in this repository, and it may apply to this entry.

  • Install and update

    Note

    README documents an installer that pipes a download into a shell. The docs document an installer that pipes a download into a shell.

    INSTALL_DOCUMENTED_INSTALLER

    README.md, line 17

    curl -fsSL https://instapods.com/install.sh | sh

    cli/README.md, line 8

    curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/instapods/sdk/main/cli/install.sh | bash

    skills/instapods-cli/SKILL.md, line 26

    curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/instapods/sdk/main/cli/install.sh | bash

  • Network

    Note

    can reach localhost.

    NETWORK_LOCALHOST

    skills/instapods-cli/SKILL.md, line 213

    instapods exec NAME -- curl -s http://localhost:3000/ # nodejs

    skills/instapods-cli/SKILL.md, line 214

    instapods exec NAME -- curl -s http://localhost:8000/ # python

    skills/instapods-cli/SKILL.md, line 215

    instapods exec NAME -- curl -s http://localhost:80/ # php/static

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    skills/instapods-mcp/SKILL.md, line 174

    curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" http://localhost:PORT/

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV

    skills/instapods-cli/SKILL.md, line 395

    # Then write .env with the connection string

    skills/instapods-cli/SKILL.md, line 396

    echo "DATABASE_URL=postgresql://USER:PASS@localhost:5432/DB" | instapods files write NAME /home/instapod/app/.env

    skills/instapods-cli/SKILL.md, line 389

    Write the database URL to the app's `.env` file:

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    skills/instapods-cli/SKILL.md, line 452

    - **`.env` handling**: Deploy excludes `.env` by default. Upload separately with `instapods files write`.

    skills/instapods-cli/SKILL.md, line 455

    - **Excluded files**: Deploy excludes `node_modules`, `vendor`, `.git`, `.env`, `__pycache__`, `.DS_Store`, `.venv`, `venv` by default. Customize with `--exclude`.

    skills/instapods-mcp/SKILL.md, line 243

    - Use `write_file` to create/update `/home/instapod/app/.env` with the connection string

  • Agent instructions

    Pass

    No instruction to ignore earlier instructions or to hide a step.

  • Obfuscation

    Pass

    No encoded or minified payload found.

  • Licence

    Note

    no licence file found.

    LICENCE_MISSING

    No file path was stored.

    no licence file found.

  • Maintainer activity

    Pass

    The latest commit is within the last 365 days.

Note

Hygiene check of commit 1133481bb714. README documents an installer that pipes a download into a shell. The docs document an installer that pipes a download into a shell. can reach localhost. reads a credential or environment file. no licence file found.

Date and source

Date checked:

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Commit graded: 1133481bb7145026d21112c5b510b2b7b9dc771f

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