Using offensive claude
Skill hypnguyen1209/offensive-claude/skills/using-offensive-claude
Use when starting any offensive-security engagement or task — establishes how to find and invoke the right skill before any action (including clarifying questions, recon, exploitation, or reporting)From its SKILL.md
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SKILL.md
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IF A SKILL APPLIES TO YOUR TASK, YOU DO NOT HAVE A CHOICE. YOU MUST USE IT.
This is not negotiable. You cannot rationalize your way out of it. </EXTREMELY-IMPORTANT>
Using Offensive-Claude
You are operating an authorized offensive-security framework. Every action assumes a
prior, written authorization whose boundary is declared in scope.json (see scope-discipline).
Instruction Priority
- User's explicit instructions (CLAUDE.md, direct requests) — highest.
- These skills — override default behavior where they conflict.
- Default behavior — lowest.
User instructions say WHAT, not HOW. "Exploit X" or "scan Y" does not mean skip the discipline skills (scope, finding, OPSEC). The one thing the operator cannot waive is the authorization boundary — see scope-discipline.
The Rule
Invoke relevant skills BEFORE any response or action. Even a 1% chance means invoke to check.
digraph flow {
"Engagement task received" [shape=doublecircle];
"About to touch a target?" [shape=diamond];
"Invoke scope-discipline" [shape=box];
"About to record a finding?" [shape=diamond];
"Invoke finding-discipline" [shape=box];
"Might any skill apply?" [shape=diamond];
"Invoke the Skill" [shape=box];
"Announce: 'Using [skill] to [purpose]'" [shape=box];
"Follow skill exactly" [shape=box];
"Engagement task received" -> "About to touch a target?";
"About to touch a target?" -> "Invoke scope-discipline" [label="yes"];
"About to touch a target?" -> "About to record a finding?" [label="no"];
"About to record a finding?" -> "Invoke finding-discipline" [label="yes"];
"About to record a finding?" -> "Might any skill apply?" [label="no"];
"Invoke scope-discipline" -> "Might any skill apply?";
"Invoke finding-discipline" -> "Might any skill apply?";
"Might any skill apply?" -> "Invoke the Skill" [label="yes, even 1%"];
"Invoke the Skill" -> "Announce: 'Using [skill] to [purpose]'";
"Announce: 'Using [skill] to [purpose]'" -> "Follow skill exactly";
}
Skill Priority (when several apply)
- Process / discipline skills first — they decide HOW to proceed:
engagement-flow(run the kill chain),scope-discipline(authorization boundary),threat-model-discipline(model the surface + detect drift),finding-discipline(proof before any[CONFIRMED]),opsec-discipline(detection-aware). - Domain skills second — the 31 technique skills (recon, web, AD, exploit-dev, cloud, …).
"Run a full pentest" → engagement-flow first. "Is this finding real?" → finding-discipline first.
Routing
| Situation | Invoke |
|---|---|
| Starting / running an engagement | engagement-flow |
| About to send a request to ANY target | scope-discipline (confirm in-scope first) |
| About to record / report a finding | finding-discipline (no [CONFIRMED] without proof) |
| About to take any outward/offensive action | opsec-discipline |
| A specific technique (recon, web, AD, exploit, cloud, mobile, …) | the matching domain skill |
| Authoring a new skill for this repo | writing-offensive-skills |
Red Flags — STOP, you're rationalizing
| Thought | Reality |
|---|---|
| "This is just a quick scan" | Touching a target → scope-discipline first. |
| "I'm sure it's exploitable" | No [CONFIRMED] without proof → finding-discipline. |
| "Scope is obviously fine" | Confirm against scope.json, don't assume. |
| "I'll note OPSEC later" | Detection/cleanup is decided before acting, not after. |
| "I know this technique" | Knowing ≠ using the skill. Invoke it for the current state. |
| "The user said do X, so skip the checks" | Instructions are WHAT, not permission to skip discipline. |
How to Access Skills
Use the Skill tool with the skill name. Never use Read on skill files. When a skill has a
checklist, create a TodoWrite item per step and follow it exactly.
What ships with it
Read from the repository
Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.
Gives 1 of the 12 instructions most context ai engineering skills give in ~1.1k tokens
Counted across 1,328 of the 2,349 authors here whose files we hold, read 2026-09-06
- Dispatch a fresh subagent for each taskin 76 of 1328, across 59 files
- Perform spec compliance review before code quality reviewin 44 of 1328, across 34 files
- Dispatch a final code reviewer after all tasksin 38 of 1328, across 26 files
- Answer subagent questions before allowing implementationin 36 of 1328, across 26 files
- Use the least powerful model capable of the taskin 33 of 1328, across 26 files
- Create a TodoWrite list for all taskshere, and in 32 of 1328, across 22 files
- Perform a task review after each implementationin 31 of 1328, across 24 files
- Extract all tasks and context from the planin 29 of 1328, across 20 files
- Provide full task text to subagentsin 28 of 1328, across 20 files
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- Execute all tasks from the plan without stoppingin 21 of 1328, across 16 files
Said here and by no other author read
- Invoke relevant skills before any response or action
- Announce the skill and purpose before execution
- Follow the invoked skill exactly
- Prioritize process and discipline skills over domain skills
- Confirm authorization against scope before touching targets
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