Pytest

The pytest skill enables AI agents to execute automated testing frameworks within the Prowler security auditing tool, validating cloud infrastructure configurations against defined security standards. It allows agents to run specific checks or full audit suites programmatically to ensure compliance and identify vulnerabilities in cloud environments.

When to use it

• Validating that recent cloud configuration changes have not introduced new security gaps.
• Automating periodic security audits of AWS, Azure, or GCP resources before deployment.
• Verifying the effectiveness of remediation scripts by re-running failed checks after fixes are applied.
• Integrating security testing directly into CI/CD pipelines for continuous compliance monitoring.

Key capabilities

• Executes Prowler's native Python-based testing framework.
• Runs specific security checks or entire audit profiles against cloud providers.
• Generates detailed reports on infrastructure misconfigurations and potential risks.
• Supports custom test definitions to extend standard Prowler functionality.

Example prompts

• "Run the full AWS S3 bucket security audit using pytest and summarize any findings."
• "Execute a specific check for public S3 buckets in the 'us-east-1' region and report results."
• "Validate that all IAM roles follow least privilege principles using the Prowler test suite."

Tips & gotchas

Ensure you have valid credentials configured for your target cloud provider before initiating tests, as access failures will halt execution. This skill is specific to the Prowler tool; it does not perform general-purpose unit testing for unrelated codebases.