memory-triage SKILL.md skillA
memory-triage from dreadnode/capabilities is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add dreadnode/capabilities/memory-triage@git:20260504.2a64374Pins git:20260504.2a64374 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- dreadnode/capabilities
- Path
capabilities/memory-forensics/skills/memory-triage/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260504.2a64374, committed May 4, 2026
- Size
- 4,140 bytes
- Repository stars
- 22
- License
- MIT
Structured first-pass triage of an unknown memory image. Use when handed a .mem/.raw/.vmem/.dmp/.lime/.bin/.aff4 and asked "what happened on this box?" — establishes ground truth before any targeted hunt.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Memory Triage Implements the SANS 6-step memory triage workflow (rogue processes → DLLs/handles → network → injection → rootkit → dump). For methodology anchors and MITRE ATT&CK / D3FEND mappings, see `references/methodology.md`. ## When to Use - First contact with an unfamiliar memory image - Incident scoping before deep-diving (injection / credential / persistence hunts) - Quick check for obvious compromise indicators ## Goal Answer these in order: what OS/build, what processes, what network, what looks wrong. ## Procedure ### 1. Identify the image Run `volatility_info` with no `os_hint` — it tries Windows / Linux / Mac in order and returns the resolved `os_kind` along with the banner. Record: - Kernel build / Windows version - Image acquisition timestamp (NtHeader TimeDateStamp, or system time) - CPU architecture All subsequent tools take `os_kind` — set it once based on this. ### 2. Process census (the single most valuable step) Run both in succession: - `volatility_processes` — live EPROCESS walk - `volatility_process_scan` — pool-tag carve …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add dreadnode/capabilities/memory-triage@sha256:a7a750c68d077b55The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260504.2a64374, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on May 4, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (4140 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
dreadnode/capabilities · 22 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_bwcrtl7dq7b5rn3i GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dreadnode/capabilities/memory-triage GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a7a750c68d077b55963bbe5735fc27966997523711a4f3dbba1ea257c86b5cea
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.