ancilla-live

v0.0.1 suspicious
4.0
Medium Risk

Status client for the Ancilla platform. Fetches and renders the current project status from ancilla.live. Installs as the `ancilla` command. Not the Ancilla platform itself.

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS

The package shows some signs of potential misuse due to its rapid development cycle and lack of community engagement, but the actual code analysis does not indicate any malicious activities.

  • Rapid development cycle and low community engagement
  • No detected malicious code patterns
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: The observed network call is likely intended for status checks or updates, which could be part of legitimate functionality.
  • Shell: No shell execution patterns were detected, indicating low risk for direct system command execution.
  • Obfuscation: No obfuscation patterns detected, indicating low risk.
  • Credentials: No credential harvesting patterns detected, indicating low risk.
  • Metadata: The rapid development cycle and lack of community engagement raise concerns about the legitimacy of the package.

📦 Package Quality Overall: Low (3.6/10)

○ Low Test Suite 1.0

No test suite detected

  • No test files or test-runner configuration detected
◈ Medium Documentation 5.0

Some documentation present

  • Detailed PyPI description (2754 chars)
○ Low Contributing Guide 2.0

No contributing guide or governance files found

  • No CONTRIBUTING, CODE_OF_CONDUCT, or governance files found
◈ Medium Type Annotations 5.0

Partial type annotation coverage

  • 6 type-annotated function signatures (partial)
◈ Medium Multiple Contributors 5.0

Limited contributor diversity

  • 1 unique contributor(s) across 21 commits in ancilla-live/ancilla-status-client
  • Single author but highly active (21 commits)

🔬 Heuristic Checks

⚠ Outbound Network Calls score 3.0

Found 2 network call pattern(s)

  • ch_status() -> str: req = urllib.request.Request(STATUS_URL, headers={"User-Agent": USER_AGENT})
  • Agent": USER_AGENT}) with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=TIMEOUT_SEC) as resp: if resp.s
✓ Code Obfuscation

No obfuscation patterns detected

✓ Shell / Subprocess Execution

No shell execution patterns detected

✓ Credential Harvesting

No credential harvesting patterns detected

✓ Typosquatting

No typosquatting candidates detected

✓ Registered Email Domain

No author email provided

✓ Suspicious Page Links

All external links appear legitimate

⚠ Git Repository History score 5.0

Git history flags: Repository has zero stars and zero forks

  • Repository has zero stars and zero forks
  • All 21 commits happened within 24 hours
⚠ Maintainer History score 4.0

2 maintainer concern(s) found

  • Only one version has ever been released — brand new package
  • Author "Ancilla maintainer" appears to have only 1 package on PyPI (new or inactive account)
✓ Known CVE Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities found in OSV database.

💡 AI App Starter Prompt

Use this prompt to build a project with ancilla-live 
Develop a real-time project monitoring tool using the 'ancilla-live' Python package. This tool will fetch and display the current status of projects hosted on the Ancilla platform, providing developers with an easy-to-use interface to track their progress.

### Step-by-Step Guide:
1. **Setup**: Install the 'ancilla-live' package and any other necessary libraries.
2. **Authentication**: Implement a simple login system where users input their credentials to access their project statuses.
3. **Fetch Data**: Use 'ancilla-live' to retrieve the project status data. This includes details like build status, deployment status, and any alerts or notifications.
4. **Display Interface**: Create a user-friendly dashboard to display the fetched data. Include options to filter projects based on various criteria such as build status or project name.
5. **Real-Time Updates**: Integrate functionality to automatically refresh the displayed information at regular intervals to ensure the data is always up-to-date.
6. **Notifications**: Add support for sending email or SMS notifications when specific events occur, such as a failed build or successful deployment.
7. **Customization**: Allow users to customize which types of information they want to monitor and receive notifications about.
8. **Testing**: Thoroughly test the application to ensure it works correctly and efficiently under different scenarios.
9. **Deployment**: Prepare the application for deployment, considering both local and cloud-based options.

### Suggested Features:
- User authentication with secure storage of credentials.
- Real-time updates every 5 minutes.
- Customizable alert settings for different project statuses.
- Filtering options to narrow down the list of projects.
- A clean and intuitive UI design.
- Support for multiple project views (e.g., by team or individual).
- Integration with popular email services for sending notifications.

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