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Nmap

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brownfinesecurity·vlatest·security·MIT

This Nmap skill scans networks to identify live hosts and services, revealing potential vulnerabilities for enhanced security assessments.

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Install on your platform

Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add brownfinesecurity/iothackbot --skill nmap -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

brownfinesecurity

Taken from the source listing. We haven't verified who controls this account.

Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill passed all 6 checks. We read its files at one commit and looked for the things that make a skill dangerous to run — not for whether it works.

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned brownfinesecurity/iothackbot at d443c408a9.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
d443c408a9
Manifest
skills/nmap/SKILL.md
Scanned
1 file, 455 lines
This is a static scan, not a review. It reads the skill's files; it does not run them, and it cannot tell you whether the skill is any good or whether the code does what its description says. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent.
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About this skill

What it does

The nmap skill allows an AI agent to perform network scanning and discovery. It can identify open ports, services running on those ports, and operating system details of target machines. This provides valuable information for assessing network security posture and identifying potential vulnerabilities.

When to use it

  • Network Mapping: Quickly map out the devices present on a local network to understand its structure.
  • Security Audits: Identify open ports and services that might be exploited by attackers during a penetration test or vulnerability assessment.
  • Device Discovery: Locate specific devices (e.g., printers, servers) within a network when their IP addresses are unknown.
  • Troubleshooting Network Issues: Diagnose connectivity problems by identifying which ports are open and what services are running.

Key capabilities

  • Port Scanning
  • Service Detection
  • OS Fingerprinting

Example prompts

  • "Scan the network for open ports on 192.168.1.1."
  • "What operating system is running on 10.0.0.5?"
  • "Identify all services listening on port 80 of target machine."

Tips & gotchas

The nmap skill requires appropriate permissions to perform network scans, which may be restricted in some environments. Be mindful of legal and ethical considerations when scanning networks you do not own or have explicit permission to access.