Pre-installation verification of VS Code extensions via URL — fetch a remote
VSIX, extract it in a hardened sandbox, and run the existing IDE scanner
pipeline against it. No npm dependencies.
Sources:
- VS Code Marketplace (publisher.gallery.vsassets.io direct download)
- OpenVSX (open-vsx.org official API)
- Direct .vsix HTTPS URLs
Defenses:
- HTTPS-only, TLS verified, manual redirect with per-source host whitelist
- 30s total timeout via AbortController
- 50MB compressed cap, 500MB uncompressed, 100x expansion ratio
- Zero-dep ZIP extractor: zip-slip, absolute paths, drive letters, NUL bytes,
symlinks (Unix mode 0xA000), depth limits, ZIP64 rejected, encrypted rejected
- SHA-256 streamed during fetch, surfaced in meta.source
- Temp dir cleanup in all paths (try/finally)
Files:
- scanners/lib/vsix-fetch.mjs (HTTPS fetcher, host whitelist, streaming SHA-256)
- scanners/lib/zip-extract.mjs (zero-dep parser with hardening caps)
- knowledge/marketplace-api-notes.md (endpoint reference)
- 3 test files (48 tests added: vsix-fetch, zip-extract, ide-extension-url)
Tests: 1296 → 1344 (all green).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add /ultraresearch-local for structured research combining local codebase
analysis with external knowledge via parallel agent swarms. Produces research
briefs with triangulation, confidence ratings, and source quality assessment.
New command: /ultraresearch-local with modes --quick, --local, --external, --fg.
New agents: research-orchestrator (opus), docs-researcher, community-researcher,
security-researcher, contrarian-researcher, gemini-bridge (all sonnet).
New template: research-brief-template.md.
Integration: --research flag in /ultraplan-local accepts pre-built research
briefs (up to 3), enriches the interview and exploration phases. Planning
orchestrator cross-references brief findings during synthesis.
Design principle: Context Engineering — right information to right agent at
right time. Research briefs are structured artifacts in the pipeline:
ultraresearch → brief → ultraplan --research → plan → ultraexecute.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>