How do I install the OWASP Zap API Security Auditor Claude Code skill?

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

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.

ClaudSkills / Security / web-security

OWASP Zap API Security Auditor

Category: Security · Sub-category: web-security · Last updated: 2026-05-21

lang:python type:audit

Orchestrates OWASP ZAP active and passive scans against REST and GraphQL endpoints using ZAP's Python API client. Generates DAST reports with CWE mappings and suggests WAF rule configurations.

From the source SKILL.md

Orchestrates OWASP ZAP active and passive scans against REST and GraphQL endpoints using ZAP's Python API client. Generates DAST reports with CWE mappings and suggests WAF rule configurations.

What this skill does

OWASP Zap API Security Auditor is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the web-security sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/owasp-zap-api-security-auditor/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The OWASP Zap API Security Auditor 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 70,000+ 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/owasp-zap-api-security-auditor
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/owasp-zap-api-security-auditor/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/owasp-zap-api-security-auditor/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/owasp-zap-api-security-auditor/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

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

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Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/zaproxy/zaproxy
Website: https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/owasp-zap-api-security-auditor

Cite this skill

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

APA

ClaudSkills. (2026). OWASP Zap API Security Auditor [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/owasp-zap-api-security-auditor/

BibTeX

@misc{owasp-zap-api-security-auditor-2026,
  author    = {ClaudSkills},
  title     = {OWASP Zap API Security Auditor [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/owasp-zap-api-security-auditor/}
}

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