solve-challenge SKILL.md skillA

This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.

solve-challenge from naravid19/claude-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 naravid19/claude-ctf-skills/solve-challenge@git:20261024.8f9bd65

Pins git:20261024.8f9bd65 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
naravid19/claude-ctf-skills
Path
skills/solve-challenge/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
3
Latest version
git:20261024.8f9bd65, committed Oct 24, 2026
First version recorded
Sep 8, 2026
Size
10,981 bytes
Repository stars
4
License
MIT

Solves CTF challenges by performing first-pass triage, identifying the dominant category, and routing execution to the right specialized ctf-* skill. Use when the user gives you a challenge bundle, a remote service, a suspicious file, or only a vague challenge description and you must determine where to start. Do not use it when the category is already clear and a specialized skill can be invoked directly; this is the dispatcher and recon entrypoint, not the deepest reference for…

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 Challenge Solver

You're a skilled CTF player. Your goal is to solve the challenge and find the flag.

## Environment Setup

Two setup strategies depending on your workflow:

### Pre-install (recommended before competitions)

Use the central installer entrypoint:

```bash
bash scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh all
```

Run a narrower mode when you only want one tool group:

```bash
bash scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh python
bash scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh apt
bash scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh brew
bash scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh gems
bash scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh go
bash scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh manual
```

The full package lists now live in [scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh](../scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh).

### On-demand (during challenges)

Each category skill's `SKILL.md` has a **Prerequisites** section listing only the tools needed for that category. Install as you go.

## Workflow

Before selecting or escalating a model, read
[difficulty-routing.md](difficulty-routing.md). Use its evidence-based scoring,
stop-loss rules, and tier gates throughout the workflow.

### Step 0: CTFd Platform Detection
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add naravid19/claude-ctf-skills/solve-challenge@sha256:8be345af4002d5c1

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261024.8f9bd65, 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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Versions

The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Sep 8, 2026 and Oct 24, 2026, about one every 23 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20261024.8f9bd65 latest2026-10-24 8f9bd65 10,981 BA view · diff
git:20260927.84043a02026-09-27 84043a0 9,183 BA view · diff
git:20260908.0cdca9b2026-09-08 0cdca9b 8,897 BA 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 (10981 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

naravid19/claude-ctf-skills · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-24 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_yqhfwjrhvkmjiu7i
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=naravid19/claude-ctf-skills/solve-challenge
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8be345af4002d5c119c8f25b2db8f89a334cd59b7ea596a0c9a4bdb3d926170f

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

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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