Virustotal Automation
Automates VirusTotal submissions & analysis from within Composio, streamlining threat intelligence gathering and reporting.
Install on your platform
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add virustotal-automation npx -- -y @trustedskills/virustotal-automation
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"virustotal-automation": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/virustotal-automation"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill automates interactions with the VirusTotal API. It allows you to submit files or URLs for scanning, retrieve scan results, and analyze potential threats using a wide range of antivirus engines and website reputation checks. The automation simplifies malware analysis workflows and enhances security investigations.
When to use it
- Malware Analysis: Quickly check suspicious files or URLs against VirusTotal's database to identify known malicious signatures.
- Security Investigations: Integrate with incident response processes by automatically submitting indicators of compromise (IOCs) for analysis.
- Threat Intelligence Gathering: Monitor newly discovered threats and track their prevalence across different antivirus engines.
- Automated Security Checks: Incorporate VirusTotal scanning into automated workflows, such as continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
Key capabilities
- File submission for scanning
- URL submission for scanning
- Retrieval of scan results
- Analysis of potential threats
Example prompts
- "Scan this file: [file path]"
- "What is the VirusTotal report for this URL? [URL]"
- "Submit this URL to VirusTotal and tell me if it's flagged as malicious. [URL]"
Tips & gotchas
- Requires a valid VirusTotal API key, which you’ll need to provide during skill configuration. Free accounts have limited daily submission quotas.
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Security Audits
| Gen Agent Trust Hub | Pass |
| Socket | Pass |
| Snyk | Pass |
🌐 Community
Passed automated security scans.