penetration-testing-with-strix SKILL.md skillB
penetration-testing-with-strix from usestrix/strix is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add usestrix/strix/penetration-testing-with-strix@git:20261026.f121ab0Pins git:20261026.f121ab0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- B, 16 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- usestrix/strix
- Path
skills/penetration-testing-with-strix/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 10
- Latest version
- git:20261026.f121ab0, committed Oct 26, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 7, 2026
- Size
- 10,140 bytes
- Repository stars
- 74,096
- License
- Apache-2.0
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…
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
# 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** | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add usestrix/strix/penetration-testing-with-strix@sha256:d70bc1c9fc5c4557The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261026.f121ab0, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_v7ex7qbfvfx5phss)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 10 versions of this file, between Aug 7, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026, about one every 9 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261026.f121ab0 latest | 2026-10-26 | f121ab0 | 10,140 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20261006.f1386ca | 2026-10-06 | f1386ca | 10,131 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20261003.3cd6c93 | 2026-10-03 | 3cd6c93 | 10,071 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20261003.45b775d | 2026-10-03 | 45b775d | 10,125 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20261003.b112281 | 2026-10-03 | b112281 | 10,225 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260917.46d7bdb | 2026-09-17 | 46d7bdb | 9,832 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260901.d26b1ab | 2026-09-01 | d26b1ab | 9,843 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260820.9099710 | 2026-08-20 | 9099710 | 8,995 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260820.d6a3ca7 | 2026-08-20 | d6a3ca7 | 9,332 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 (10140 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
Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.
Source
usestrix/strix · 74,096 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-06 · 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/d70bc1c9fc5c4557ae072467731eed0ff755a25d3e3aff958dc7d4a1ab615915
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