Skip to content
TrustedSkillsbeta
Back to all skills

Penetration Testing

Checked
aj-geddes·vlatest·security·MIT

Simulates network attacks to identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses in systems and applications.

Repository

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 aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill penetration-testing -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

aj-geddes

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

    Only contacts known or declared hosts: 127.0.0.1.

    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.

    Hosts contacted

    127.0.0.1local

  • 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 aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts at 3f5182cfd7.

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

Commit
3f5182cfd7
Manifest
skills/penetration-testing/SKILL.md
Scanned
4 files, 585 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.
What each check looks for →

About this skill

What it does

This skill enables AI agents to simulate malicious attacks on systems, networks, and applications to identify security vulnerabilities before bad actors can exploit them. It automates the execution of penetration testing methodologies to assess an organization's defensive posture.

When to use it

  • Conducting pre-deployment security audits for new cloud infrastructure or software releases.
  • Simulating phishing campaigns to test employee awareness and email gateway filters.
  • Validating the effectiveness of existing firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and encryption protocols.
  • Performing compliance checks against industry standards like PCI-DSS or HIPAA regarding access controls.

Key capabilities

  • Automated vulnerability scanning across web applications and network endpoints.
  • Simulation of social engineering attacks to evaluate human factors in security.
  • Generation of detailed reports highlighting critical risks and remediation steps.
  • Execution of authorized exploitation techniques within defined scopes.

Example prompts

  • "Run a penetration test on our staging environment's web server to find SQL injection vulnerabilities."
  • "Simulate a phishing attack targeting our HR department to measure response times and reporting rates."
  • "Analyze the network topology for misconfigured ports and suggest hardening measures based on NIST guidelines."

Tips & gotchas

Ensure you have explicit written authorization from system owners before running any penetration tests to avoid legal repercussions. Always define a strict scope of work to prevent accidental disruption to production systems during the simulation.