IoT UART Console (picocom)

This skill enables interaction with IoT device UART consoles using picocom for security testing and penetration testing operations. It supports bootloader interaction, shell access (with or without authentication), device enumeration, and vulnerability discovery.

Prerequisites

• picocom must be installed on the system
• Python 3 with pyserial library (sudo pacman -S python-pyserial on Arch, or pip install pyserial)
• UART connection to the target device (USB-to-serial adapter, FTDI cable, etc.)
• Appropriate permissions to access serial devices (typically /dev/ttyUSB* or /dev/ttyACM*)

Recommended Approach: Serial Helper Script

IMPORTANT: This skill includes a Python helper script (serial_helper.py) that provides a clean, reliable interface for serial communication. This is the RECOMMENDED method for interacting with IoT devices.

Default Session Logging

ALL commands run by Claude will be logged to /tmp/serial_session.log by default.