skills/smithery.ai/performing-penetration-testing

performing-penetration-testing

SKILL.md

Overview

This skill automates the process of penetration testing for web applications, identifying vulnerabilities and suggesting exploitation techniques. It leverages the penetration-tester plugin to assess web application security posture.

How It Works

  1. Target Identification: Analyzes the user's request to identify the target web application or API endpoint.
  2. Vulnerability Scanning: Executes automated scans to discover potential vulnerabilities, covering OWASP Top 10 risks.
  3. Reporting: Generates a detailed penetration test report, including identified vulnerabilities, risk ratings, and remediation recommendations.

When to Use This Skill

This skill activates when you need to:

  • Perform a penetration test on a web application.
  • Identify vulnerabilities in a web application or API.
  • Assess the security posture of a web application.
  • Generate a report detailing security flaws and remediation steps.

Examples

Installs
3
First Seen
Mar 23, 2026