common-pentest-methodology SKILL.md skillA
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common-pentest-methodology from hoangnguyen0403/agent-skills-standard is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add hoangnguyen0403/agent-skills-standard/common-pentest-methodology@git:20260821.b9b1ba0Pins git:20260821.b9b1ba0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- hoangnguyen0403/agent-skills-standard
- Path
.claude/skills/common/common-pentest-methodology/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260821.b9b1ba0, committed Aug 21, 2026
- Size
- 4,529 bytes
- Repository stars
- 583
- License
- MIT
PTES-aligned penetration testing methodology for backend, frontend, and mobile. Provides attack taxonomy, exploit techniques per vulnerability class, and platform-specific test matrices. Use when executing pentest workflow, planning security assessments, mapping attack surfaces, or building threat models.
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
# Penetration Testing Methodology (PTES-Aligned) ## **Priority: P0 (CRITICAL)** ## Always-Apply Rules - **No Exploit = No Report**: Every finding requires reproducible Proof-of-Concept. Hypotheses without PoC are discarded. - **No Production Testing**: All dynamic probes target local/staging only. Confirm authorization before Phase 1. - **No Single-Platform Bias**: Assess backend, frontend, AND mobile surfaces when in-scope. ## Workflow Load alongside `/pentest` workflow. Provides methodology backbone for all 7 phases. 1. **Scope** → Define test mode (whitebox/greybox/blackbox), platforms, exclusions. 2. **Recon** → Build asset inventory per platform. See [platform-recon](references/platform-recon.md). 3. **Threat Model** → Rank endpoints by risk. See [threat-modeling](references/threat-modeling.md). 4. **Analyze** → Run vulnerability matrix across all domains. Load `common-owasp`, `common-security-audit`, `common-dast-tooling`. 5. **Exploit** → Validate each finding with PoC. See [exploit-techniques](references/exploit-techniques.md). 6. **Post-Exploit** → Assess blast radius, lateral movement, privilege escalation. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add hoangnguyen0403/agent-skills-standard/common-pentest-methodology@sha256:b296f27b2f91a29cThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260821.b9b1ba0, 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 Aug 21, 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 (4529 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
hoangnguyen0403/agent-skills-standard · 583 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch develop
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_idkesy37ms36chcw GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=hoangnguyen0403/agent-skills-standard/common-pentest-methodology GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b296f27b2f91a29c72f8dc5ab0f2560fef88c9c50541f61059fdb0cb159da6eb
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