ctf-writeup SKILL.md skillA

ctf-writeup from ljagiello/ctf-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add ljagiello/ctf-skills/ctf-writeup@git:20261027.2388a3b

Pins git:20261027.2388a3b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: ljagiello/ctf-skills
Path: ctf-writeup/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 4
Latest version: git:20261027.2388a3b, committed Oct 27, 2026
First version recorded: Mar 27, 2026
Size: 4,823 bytes
Repository stars: 3,657
License: MIT

Generates a single standardized submission-style CTF writeup for competition handoff and organizer review. Use after solving a CTF challenge to document the solution steps, tools used, and lessons learned in a structured format.

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

# CTF Write-up Generator

Generate a standardized submission-style CTF writeup for a solved challenge.

Default behavior:

- During an active competition, optimize for speed, clarity, and reproducibility
- Keep writeups short enough that a teammate or organizer can validate the solve quickly
- Always produce a `submission`-style writeup
- Prefer one complete solve script from challenge data to final flag

## Workflow

### Step 1: Gather Information

Collect the following from the current session, challenge files, and user input:

1. **Challenge metadata** — name, CTF event, category, difficulty, points, flag format
2. **Solution artifacts** — exploit scripts, payloads, screenshots, command output
3. **Timeline** — key steps taken, dead ends, pivots

```bash
# Scan for exploit scripts and artifacts
find . -name '*.py' -o -name '*.sh' -o -name 'exploit*' -o -name 'solve*' | head -20
# Check for flags in output files
grep -rniE '(flag|ctf|eno|htb|pico)\{' . 2>/dev/null
```

### Step 2: Generate Write-up

Write the writeup file as `writeup.md` (or `writeup-<challenge-name>.md`) using the submission template below.

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## Templates

### Submission Format

```markdown
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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add ljagiello/ctf-skills/ctf-writeup@sha256:09633dc2d75f6c4d

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261027.2388a3b, 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.

Badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_lb4uk74mtr327jj6.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_lb4uk74mtr327jj6)

2 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Mar 27, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026, about one every 71 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20261027.2388a3b latest	2026-10-27	2388a3b	4,823 B	A	view · diff
git:20260912.61c2efe	2026-09-12	61c2efe	4,797 B	A	view · diff
git:20260328.fda5334	2026-03-28	fda5334	4,791 B	A	view · diff
git:20260327.40100a9	2026-03-27	40100a9	4,669 B	A	view

Audit of the latest version

A 17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.

pass: Frontmatter block present
pass: Frontmatter declares a name
pass: Frontmatter declares a description
pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (4823 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

GitHub

ljagiello/ctf-skills · 3,657 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_lb4uk74mtr327jj6
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ljagiello/ctf-skills/ctf-writeup
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/09633dc2d75f6c4dc3377337391844ac883041c739d80fe4b72d90d73bc4fa23

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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.

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