Is docent-doctor safe to install?

Yes — docent-doctor is safe to install, with something worth knowing. Fable 5.1 read every file docent-doctor ships from benelser/docent on 7 September 2026 and found nothing that acts against the person installing it; the static scan of its 26 rules grades it A.

Reviewed by Fable 5.1 on 7 September 2026 · a grade is what a scan and a reading found, not a guarantee · how this works

What the reviewer found

First-run bootstrap for docent that clones github.com/benelser/docent (the project's own repo) into ~/.local/share/docent and runs its doctor.ts --install --yes, which installs uv, ffmpeg, gh and apm without prompting, downloads ~300 MB of Kokoro weights, and writes a shim to ~/.local/bin. The bun.sh installer is shown to the user as an instruction rather than run, and the rm -rf targets the plugin's own Codex cache directory.

What was read

The file as it ships in benelser/docent:

What the static scan said

The scan flagged 3things. The reviewer kept 0 and dismissed 3 as false.

How this review was made

Fable 5.1 read the files above on 7 September 2026 and answered three questions: is it dangerous to whoever installs it, is each scanner finding real, and what should the installer know. The verdict is bound to the file's hash; when the file changes, it is scanned afresh and reviewed again. A script that changes while the definition does not is not re-reviewed — that is a known gap. How the scan and the review work.

Produced by agentmods.dev · Fable 5.1 · 7 September 2026

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