Awesome Pentest

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Awesome Pentest 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. Awesome Pentest is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Security category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Security · Sub-category: red-team · Last updated: 2026-08-09

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Runs an authorization-gated penetration-test engagement against a target (repo, web app, API, network, cloud, or mobile client) following PTES, OWASP WSTG/MASTG/API Top 10, and NIST SP 800-115 — from scoping and rules of engagement through recon, attack-surface mapping, testing, exploitation-to-proof, and a findings report with CWE/CVSS and retest. Passive review of your own code needs no gate; any active probe, scan, or exploitation is hard-gated behind written authorization and scope. Use when the user says 'pentest', 'penetration test', 'pen test', 'red team', 'attack surface assessment', 'offensive security', 'OWASP WSTG', 'PTES engagement', 'проведи пентест', 'тест на проникновение'. Do not use for white-box static review of files or a diff — use awesome-security-audit; for what a public client discloses about its backend — use awesome-leak-audit; for dependency/supply-chain CVEs — use awesome-dependency-audit.

Security AStatic scan found no risk patternsHow grading works ›

About this skill (catalog notes)

Awesome Pentest includes pricing or quota commentary; at least one code block. At roughly 3,549 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

License: MIT
Original author: khasky
Indexed lastmod: 2026-08-09
Catalog position: Security · red-team
Indexed related skills: 10

How Awesome Pentest fits the catalog

Awesome Pentest sits in the Security category under the red-team sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

Is Awesome Pentest safe to install?

A free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10 found no risk patterns in Awesome Pentest’s SKILL.md — no data-exfiltration, prompt-injection, or unexpected-execution signatures. The full security scan is below.

Installing & verifying

Installing Awesome Pentest writes its SKILL.md to ~/.claude/skills/awesome-pentest/SKILL.md; Claude Code discovers it automatically on the next session — no restart flag needed. It declares no allowed-tools restriction, so it inherits your session’s existing tool access rather than narrowing it. To confirm it loaded, ask Claude to list its available skills — awesome-pentest should appear by name.

What Awesome Pentest needs to run

External services: The SKILL.md references pricing, quota, or rate limits — it likely calls a paid or rate-limited API. Check the source before wiring it into unattended automation.
Worked code: 1 copy-paste code block in the body.
Depth: ~3,549 words, substantial — top of the catalog distribution.

When to reach for it

There are 10 related skills in Security — a two-minute scan of the alternatives usually confirms whether Awesome Pentest is the right pick.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

Run an authorized penetration test the way a professional engagement does: scope and rules of engagement first, then work the target from an attacker's perspective through recognized methodology, and end with a report a client could act on. This skill is the engagement lifecycle and orchestration layer — it drives the deep-dive siblings (awesome-security-audit for static code review, awesome-dependency-audit for supply chain, awesome-leak-audit for client disclosure) and adds what they don't cover: scoping, attack-surface enumeration, dynamic/runtime testing, exploitation-to-proof,…

What this skill does

Awesome Pentest is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the red-team sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/awesome-pentest/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when the user says 'pentest', 'penetration test', 'pen test', 'red team', 'attack surface assessment', 'offensive security', 'OWASP WSTG', 'PTES engagement', 'проведи пентест', 'тест на проникновение'. Do not use for white-box static review of files or a diff — use awesome-security-audit; for what a public client discloses about its backend — use awesome-leak-audit; for dependency/supply-chain CVEs — use awesome-dependency-audit.

Who uses this skill

The Awesome Pentest 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 178,000+ 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/awesome-pentest
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/awesome-pentest/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/awesome-pentest/SKILL.md

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

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

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Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Awesome Pentest Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/awesome-pentest/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Awesome Pentest skill do?

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 Awesome Pentest skill?

Use Awesome Pentest when your Claude Code task falls under the Security category — specifically in the red team 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 Awesome Pentest" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/security/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Awesome Pentest 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. Awesome Pentest 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/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/khasky/awesome-agent-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/awesome-pentest/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: khasky

Cite this skill

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

APA

khasky. (2026). Awesome Pentest [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/awesome-pentest/

BibTeX

@misc{awesome-pentest-2026,
  author    = {khasky},
  title     = {Awesome Pentest [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/awesome-pentest/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-08-09 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

No risk patterns were found in any of the ten OWASP-aligned categories. How grading works ›

✓ Prompt injection
✓ Data exfiltration
✓ Supply chain
✓ Reverse shell
✓ Credentials
✓ Execution
✓ Filesystem
✓ Persistence
✓ Obfuscation
✓ Network

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