wazuh-active-response SKILL.md skillA
wazuh-active-response from gensecaihq/wazuh-autopilot is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add gensecaihq/wazuh-autopilot/wazuh-active-response@v1.0Pins v1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
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- SKILL.md skill
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- gensecaihq/wazuh-autopilot
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- v1.0, committed Sep 24, 2026
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- 63
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- MIT
How Wazuh active response actually works — commands, agent-side scripts, dispatch vs execution, permanence, blast radius, pre-checks and verification caveats — for planning and verifying containment; use before proposing or verifying any response action.
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
# Wazuh Active Response
Agents never execute actions. The response-planner proposes (`propose_action`); the autonomy policy and
human approvers decide; the platform executor calls the Wazuh MCP action tool; the responder verifies.
This skill explains what happens underneath so plans are realistic and verification is honest.
## How Wazuh AR works
1. The Wazuh API (via the MCP server) sends an active-response **command** to one or more agents.
2. The **agent** runs a script of that name from its active-response bin directory. If the script
isn't deployed on that agent, nothing happens on the host.
3. The API returns as soon as the manager **accepts and dispatches** the command
("AR command was sent to the agent") — this is **not** proof of execution.
4. The script logs its outcome; Wazuh turns that log into an alert in the `active_response` group.
5. **API-triggered AR is permanent**: Wazuh ignores the timeout for API-triggered commands, so a block
stays until explicitly removed (rollback), unlike rule-triggered AR with a timeout.
## What each platform action sends
| Platform action | MCP tool | AR command | Stock script? | Rollback |
|---|---|---|---|---|
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add gensecaihq/wazuh-autopilot/wazuh-active-response@sha256:fdd165178c4390a8The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0, 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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The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Sep 24, 2026.
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Source
gensecaihq/wazuh-autopilot · 63 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-24 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ny23ag2ggfz6n3oa GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=gensecaihq/wazuh-autopilot/wazuh-active-response GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/fdd165178c4390a842405d68be80552dfc8b72387fb9d35ad1287e7a53f893ba
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