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inngest-local

Sets up self-hosted Inngest on macOS for durable background task management, enabling event-driven functions and workflows.

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The inngest-local skill was audited on Mar 7, 2026 and we found 14 security issues across 4 threat categories, including 2 high-severity. Review the findings below before installing.

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Security Issues

medium line 202

Template literal with variable interpolation in command context

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202const path = `/tmp/downloads/${crypto.randomUUID()}.bin`;
high line 407

Piping content to bash shell

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407curl -sL joelclaw.com/scripts/inngest-setup.sh | bash
high line 412

Piping content to bash shell

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412curl -sL joelclaw.com/scripts/inngest-setup.sh | bash -s -- 2
medium line 265

Curl to non-GitHub URL

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265curl -X POST http://localhost:8288/e/key \
medium line 43

Webhook reference - potential data exfiltration

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432. **General background jobs** — scheduled tasks, webhooks, data processing
low line 56

Access to .env file

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56echo "INNGEST_SIGNING_KEY=$INNGEST_SIGNING_KEY" >> .env.inngest
low line 57

Access to .env file

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57echo "INNGEST_EVENT_KEY=$INNGEST_EVENT_KEY" >> .env.inngest
low line 73

External URL reference

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73Open http://localhost:8288 — you should see the Inngest dashboard.
low line 265

External URL reference

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265curl -X POST http://localhost:8288/e/key \
low line 267

External URL reference

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267-d '{"name": "task/process", "data": {"url": "https://example.com/file.txt", "outputPath": "/tmp/out"}}'
low line 340

External URL reference

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340<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
low line 380

External URL reference

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3802. **Docker-to-host networking.** If Inngest runs in Docker and the worker on the host, the server can't reach `localhost:3111`. Pass `--sdk-url http://host.docker.internal:3111/api/inngest` on the do
low line 396

External URL reference

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396- [ ] Inngest dashboard accessible at http://localhost:8288
low line 435

External URL reference

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435- [Inngest](https://www.inngest.com/) — the workflow engine
Scanned on Mar 7, 2026
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