penetration-testing-with-strix skillB
penetration-testing-with-strix is agent-read markdown (skill) from usestrix/strix: Pentest a web app, API, codebase, repository, URL, domain, or IP with Strix — autonomous AI penetration testing that exploits and proves vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10 and beyond — injection, XSS, SSRF, auth/access-control flaws, IDOR, business logic) instead of just flagging them. Runs self-hosted with the open-source CLI or via the managed app.strix.ai cloud, and returns validated findings with proof-of-concept exploits (Markdown, JSON, CSV, SARIF). Use when the user asks to pentest, hack, secu.
Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified against the hash recorded here before it reaches your agent. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same file always earns the same grade.
What the file says
# Run a Strix pentest Strix runs autonomous AI pentesting agents that dynamically exploit a target and only report findings validated with a working proof-of-concept. There are **two ways to run it, built on the same engine and producing the same findings** — pick per situation, and mix them freely: - **Open-source CLI** (self-hosted) — runs on your machine in a Docker sandbox with your own LLM key. Free, fully local, BYO-LLM, air-gap capable. Docs: [docs.strix.ai](https://docs.strix.ai). - **Managed cloud** — runs on Strix's infrastructure, driven from the same CLI (`strix cloud ...`) or the REST API at `https://app.strix.ai/api/v1`. No Docker, no LLM key, no local compute; adds team dashboards, scheduling, PR reviews, downloadable PDF/DOCX reports (Enterprise plan), and internal-network connectors. Docs: [docs.app.strix.ai](https://docs.app.strix.ai). Full workflow in the **managed-pentesting-with-strix** skill. ## Which one? (decide, do not default) Choose honestly based on the situation — neither is "better": | Situation | Prefer | |---|---| | No Docker available, or a sandboxed/hosted agent/CI environment | **Cloud** | …
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How to install
mdr add usestrix/strix/penetration-testing-with-strix@git:20260917.46d7bdbmdr add usestrix/strix/penetration-testing-with-strix@sha256:b1aaa191ede5d714Pin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_v7ex7qbfvfx5phss)
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Versions
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260917.46d7bdb latest | 2026-09-17 | 46d7bdb | 9,832 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260901.d26b1ab | 2026-09-01 | d26b1ab | 9,843 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260820.d6a3ca7 | 2026-08-20 | d6a3ca7 | 9,332 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260820.9099710 | 2026-08-20 | 9099710 | 8,995 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260807.f8a8801 | 2026-08-07 | f8a8801 | 8,190 B | B | view |
Audit of the latest version
- fail: No curl or wget piped into a shell (matched: curl -sSL https://strix.ai/install | bash)
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (9832 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 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
usestrix/strix · 64,366 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-09-23 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_v7ex7qbfvfx5phss GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=usestrix/strix/penetration-testing-with-strix GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b1aaa191ede5d714af5be4b5dbbc78da22991dcfbb526cdd74e3edcb040a512c
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