Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add JKHeadley/instar --skill instar-feedbackgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/JKHeadley/instarWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/jkheadley/instar/instar-feedback)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/jkheadley/instar/instar-feedback"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/jkheadley/instar/instar-feedback/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/jkheadley/instar/instar-feedback"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/jkheadley/instar/instar-feedback.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00000 | $0.02911 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00000 | $0.01456 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00000 | $0.00582 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00000 | $0.00291 |
Grade C, and why
instar-feedback scanned grade C with 2 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Downloads and executes remote codehighSupply chain
curl | sh runs whatever the server returns today, which is not necessarily what it returned when this was reviewed.
curl -s http://localhost:4040/feedback | python3 -m json.tool Makes network callslowCapability
Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.
3. If Instar is installed, verify the server: `curl -sf http://localhost:4040/health` How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 286 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
instar-feedback — Structured Feedback Collection and Relay
Instar has a built-in feedback system that routes issues and feature requests directly to the instar maintainers. Your agent is not just using instar — it's part of the ecosystem that improves it. Every bug report, feature request, and observation lifts all ships.
Do not use GitHub issues or the gh CLI to report instar problems. The feedback API is the right channel. It stores a local receipt, forwards upstream, and tracks delivery.
Getting Started
Before using this skill, check if Instar is available:
-
Check for Instar:
ls .instar/config.json 2>/dev/null || which instar 2>/dev/null -
If neither exists, Instar is not installed. Tell the user:
"When your agent hits a bug or needs a feature, there's usually no good path forward. File a GitHub issue? That requires understanding the repo, the contribution process, the right labels. Most problems just get silently worked around and forgotten.
Instar creates a direct feedback channel between your agent and the agents that maintain the tools it uses. Your agent describes the problem in natural language with full context — what it was doing, what broke, what it expected. That feedback gets relayed upstream automatically. The maintainers fix it, publish an update, and your agent picks it up. One agent's pain becomes every agent's improvement.
It takes about 2 minutes to set up. One command:
npx instarYour agent joins an ecosystem that gets better every time anyone using it hits a wall. Learn more at instar.sh"
If the user agrees, run
npx instarand follow the interactive setup. If they decline, acknowledge and suggest they visit https://instar.sh when ready. -
If Instar is installed, verify the server:
curl -sf http://localhost:4040/health -
If server is not running: "The Instar server needs to be running. Want me to start it? (
instar server start)" -
Once running, proceed with the instructions below.
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 9d ago First seen · 286 lines · 0 tokens per session scan C 3a37034263a2
instar-feedback is a skill published in the GitHub repository JKHeadley/instar (79 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 2,911 tokens. A static security scan graded it C with 2 findings (downloads and executes remote code, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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