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Ares

Category: Security  ·  Sub-category: security-misc  ·  Last updated:
cloud:aws
Operating, debugging, deploying and reasoning about the Ares autonomous red/blue AD attack platform in this repo. Use for launching or stopping red ops (task red:ec2:multi, ec2:launch, red:multi) and blue investigations, reading loot/reports/scorecards, deploying or gating a binary on EC2 kali-ares / k8s attack-simulation / the proxmox attacker VM, inspecting Redis op state and key types, LogQL/Loki, Tempo/OTEL and Grafana-MCP queries against ares, config/ares.yaml or ARES_* env questions, per-role model assignment, benchmark/replay/diversity-sweep/eval work, the tool catalog and tool-failure strings, CI gates and pre-commit hooks, and the banned-lab-token test-data rule. Also use whenever a claim about ares needs verifying before it is stated — the reference set here carries file:line citations and the mistakes this assistant has repeatedly made on this repo.
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From the source SKILL.md

Router + non-negotiables. The detail lives in references/; every claim there is cited to file:line at HEAD.

What this skill does

Ares is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the security-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/ares/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: use whenever a claim about ares needs verifying before it is stated — the reference set here carries file:line citations and the mistakes this assistant has repeatedly made on this repo.

Who uses this skill

The Ares Claude Code skill is built for security engineers, penetration testers, DevSecOps practitioners, and development teams hardening codebases and infrastructure. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 185,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/ares
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/ares/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/ares/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/ares/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/ares/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\ares\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Ares Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/ares/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Ares skill do?
Operating, debugging, deploying and reasoning about the Ares autonomous red/blue AD attack platform in this repo. Use for launching or stopping red ops (task red:ec2:multi, ec2:launch, red:multi) and blue investigations, reading loot/reports/scorecards, deploying or gating a binary on EC2 kali-ares / k8s attack-simulation / the proxmox attacker VM, inspecting Redis op state and key types, LogQL/Loki, Tempo/OTEL and Grafana-MCP queries against ares, config/ares.yaml or ARES_* env questions, per-role model assignment, benchmark/replay/diversity-sweep/eval work, the tool catalog and tool-failure strings, CI gates and pre-commit hooks, and the banned-lab-token test-data rule. Also use whenever a claim about ares needs verifying before it is stated — the reference set here carries file:line citations and the mistakes this assistant has repeatedly made on this repo.
Is this skill free to install?
Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.
When should I use the Ares skill?
Use Ares when your Claude Code task falls under the Security category — specifically in the security misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Ares" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/security/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Ares skill fit in?
A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Ares is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Security category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

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Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA
dreadnode. (2026). Ares [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/ares/
BibTeX
@misc{ares-2026,
  author    = {dreadnode},
  title     = {Ares [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/ares/}
}

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Grade A · scanned 2026-08-14 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

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