ClaudSkills / Engineering / testing

Penetration Testing

Category: Engineering  ·  Sub-category: testing  ·  Last updated:
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Use this skill when conducting authorized penetration tests, vulnerability assessments, or security audits within proper engagement scope. Triggers on pentest methodology, vulnerability scanning, OWASP testing guide, Burp Suite, reconnaissance, exploitation, reporting, and any task requiring structured security assessment within authorized engagements or CTF competitions.

From the source SKILL.md

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What this skill does

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

Who uses this skill

The Penetration Testing skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 56,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

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

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

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

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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