Skip to content
TrustedSkillsbeta
Back to all skills

Pentest Engineer

Checked
xiaowanjiagit·vlatest·security·MIT

This AI simulates a penetration tester, identifying vulnerabilities in systems and applications to bolster cybersecurity defenses proactively.

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 xiaowanjiagit/linuxdo --skill pentest-engineer -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

xiaowanjiagit

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 xiaowanjiagit/linuxdo at b83aab9030.

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

Commit
b83aab9030
Manifest
.claude/skills/pentest-engineer/SKILL.md
Scanned
11 files, 558 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 allows an AI agent to perform penetration testing tasks. It can identify vulnerabilities in systems and networks, simulate attacks, and provide reports on findings. The agent is capable of executing common pentesting tools and techniques to assess security posture.

When to use it

  • You need a preliminary assessment of your network's security before launching a new application.
  • You want to identify potential weaknesses in a web server or API endpoint.
  • You are conducting regular security audits and require automated vulnerability scanning.
  • You’re preparing for compliance requirements that necessitate penetration testing.

Key capabilities

  • Vulnerability identification
  • Attack simulation
  • Report generation
  • Execution of pentesting tools

Example prompts

  • "Perform a basic network scan on 192.168.1.0/24 and report any open ports."
  • "Simulate an SQL injection attack against the login page of example.com."
  • “Generate a vulnerability assessment report for this server: [server IP address].”

Tips & gotchas

The agent's effectiveness depends on having appropriate permissions to scan and test target systems. Ensure you have authorization before deploying this skill in any environment.