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 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-20",
 "id": "alexgaoth-awesome-reverse-engineered--publish-reverse-engineering-work-to-index",
 "repo": "alexgaoth/awesome-reverse-engineered",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/alexgaoth/awesome-reverse-engineered",
 "repo_slug": "alexgaoth-awesome-reverse-engineered",
 "title": "Publish your reverse engineering work and list it in the index",
 "page_title": "How to publish your reverse engineering work and list it in the index with Awesome Reverse Engineered",
 "summary": "Open-source your tool and add it to the index so the next person finds it.",
 "who": "A developer who finished reverse engineering a closed app, API, device or format and wants others to reuse the work.",
 "problem": "Finished reverse engineering work often stays in a private script or an unlinked repo, so others repeat it.",
 "outcome": "Your project is open source and listed in the index, where search and agents can find it.",
 "steps": [
  "Publish your work as an open-source repo on GitHub with a license file.",
  "Write a README that names the product, vendor, device or protocol you reverse engineered.",
  "Read the contributing section of the index README at https://github.com/alexgaoth/awesome-reverse-engineered.",
  "Open a pull request that adds your project to the matching category.",
  "After the project is listed, run `python3 re_index.py search <your product name>` to confirm it appears. (inferred, check the README)"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "For the repo <your repo URL>, check that it has a LICENSE file and a README naming the reverse engineered product. Then follow the contributing section of alexgaoth/awesome-reverse-engineered to prepare a listing entry. Verify the entry only uses facts from your README.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Advanced",
 "time": "60 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README asks contributors to publish open-source work before listing it, so private or closed-source tools do not belong in the index.",
 "category": "Security and science",
 "tags": [
  "Security and science"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "Python 3 for the re_index.py script (standard library only)",
  "Node.js with npx for the agent skill install",
  "git, since the clone command makes a shallow clone into vendor/",
  "A name of the product, vendor, device or protocol you want to work with"
 ],
 "risk": "dual-use",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [
  {
   "tag": "reverse-engineering",
   "notice": "Publishing reverse engineering work can expose you to the terms of the product you analyzed, so check those terms and any applicable law before you publish."
  }
 ],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.7,
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