Pwnote tryhackme

Skill Pwnote/skills/skills/pwnote-tryhackme

AI agent skills for Pwnote Pentest Notebook

Install

npx -y skills add Pwnote/skills --skill pwnote-tryhackme

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Use whenever the user is working through a TryHackMe (THM) room — taking structured notes per task, writing a public-facing writeup or blog post, tracking flags, or dealing with THM-specific tooling (AttackBox, OpenVPN connection issues). Trigger on "TryHackMe", "THM room", "writeup for [room name]", or "walkthrough", even without the word "skill".

SKILL.md

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TryHackMe Workflow

Reference for taking notes through a THM room and producing either private working notes or a public-facing writeup/blog post.

1. Room Note Structure

Mirror THM's own task breakdown so notes stay easy to cross-reference against the room page. One doc per task group (maps to pwnote docs):

00_Room_Overview      — room name, difficulty, tags, learning objectives
01_Task_1_[name]
02_Task_2_[name]
...
NN_Root_Flag / NN_Wrap_Up

Within each task doc, log:

The task's question(s) as headings
Commands run + output (command-output blocks)
Reasoning for why a step was taken — this is what makes notes useful for review later, not just a command transcript

2. Writeup Format (Public / Blog-Style)

THM writeups are commonly shared publicly (blog, LinkedIn, YouTube), so default to a teaching-oriented format rather than a bare answer key — this fits a mentorship/lecturer context well:

# TryHackMe: [Room Name] — Writeup

## Room Info
- Difficulty:
- Category/Tags:
- Link:

## Objective
[what the room teaches]

## Enumeration
[methodology explanation, not just command dump — explain *why* each step was taken]

## Exploitation
[same — explain the vulnerability class, not just "run this exploit"]

## Privilege Escalation
[explain the misconfiguration/technique class]

## Lessons Learned
[what this room teaches that's transferable to other boxes/real engagements]

Redact actual flag values in public writeups (THM{redacted} or similar) — most THM rooms prohibit publishing flags verbatim in their room rules; check the specific room's policy.
Favor explaining why a technique works over just listing commands — this is what separates a useful teaching writeup from a copy-paste answer key, and matters if writeups are used in a teaching/lecture context.

3. Flag Tracking

Use a checklist block per room:

{
  "title": "Room Flags",
  "items": [
    { "text": "Task 1 flag", "done": false },
    { "text": "Task 2 flag", "done": false },
    { "text": "Root flag", "done": false }
  ]
}

4. THM-Specific Tooling Notes

AttackBox vs own VPN: AttackBox is browser-based and simpler but has resource/time limits; own-VPN via OpenVPN config gives full control but requires split-tunnel awareness so you don't route all traffic through the THM VPN unintentionally.
Connection troubleshooting: most THM connectivity issues are stale VPN config expiry (re-download the .ovpn file) or MTU mismatches on some networks — note this before assuming a room-specific issue.
Room reset: some rooms need an explicit VM reset if state gets corrupted mid-task; note the reset button location per room type (some are on the room page, some inside the room's "Machine" tab).