stackhawk-hawkscan-cli Cursor ruleA

stackhawk-hawkscan-cli from stackhawk/agent-skills is a Cursor rule: instructions the Cursor agent follows in that repo.

Install it, pinned
mdr add stackhawk/agent-skills/cursor/.cursor/rules/stackhawk-hawkscan-cli.mdc@git:20260914.7edcfdc

Pins git:20260914.7edcfdc in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 14 of 14 checks passed
Kind
Cursor rule
Repository
stackhawk/agent-skills
Path
cursor/.cursor/rules/stackhawk-hawkscan-cli.mdc
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20260914.7edcfdc, committed Sep 14, 2026
First version recorded
Jun 23, 2026
Size
12,905 bytes
Repository stars
16
License
MIT

hawk CLI reference: scan commands and flags (--json-output, --verbose, --debug, --trace), validate commands (config, api, auth), perch daemon mode, diagnostic commands, exit codes, subcommand options for scan scope, scanner behavior, output artifacts, and git integration.

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

# HawkScan CLI Reference

The `hawk` CLI is preferred for local/agentic use — lower overhead than Docker,
faster iteration on config, and better localhost networking.

**Option resolution order:** CLI flag → `API_KEY` environment variable → `~/.hawk/hawk.properties`. In any **non-interactive session** (CI, containers, headless agents), prefix every invocation with `API_KEY=$HAWK_API_KEY hawk ...` — `hawk init` needs a browser and a person. In an interactive session, `hawk init --browser` writes credentials to `~/.hawk/hawk.properties` once and no env var is needed.

## Contents
- [Top-Level Options](#top-level-options)
- [Setup](#setup)
- [Core Scan Commands](#core-scan-commands)
- [Scan Flags for Agentic Loops](#scan-flags-for-agentic-loops)
- [Memory and Crash Detection](#memory-and-crash-detection)
- [Validation Commands](#validation-commands)
- [hawk config](#hawk-config)
- [Diagnostic Commands](#diagnostic-commands)
- [Perch (Daemon Mode)](#perch-daemon-mode)
- [Subcommand Options](#subcommand-options)
- [Exit Codes](#exit-codes)
- [Config File Path Rules](#config-file-path-rules)

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## Top-Level Options

These go **before** the command (`hawk [options] <command>`):
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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add stackhawk/agent-skills/cursor/.cursor/rules/stackhawk-hawkscan-cli.mdc@sha256:53510b129c2cca71

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260914.7edcfdc, 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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Source

GitHub

stackhawk/agent-skills · 16 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_phq2tsyzio6h3mfg
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=stackhawk/agent-skills/cursor/.cursor/rules/stackhawk-hawkscan-cli.mdc
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/53510b129c2cca71a27214a029edde14921a8a2140e448b363d4748a777e2352

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