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 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-20",
 "id": "zerodayevil-ai-security-tool--automate-ctf-challenge-steps-with-ai-agents",
 "repo": "ZeroDayEvil/ai-security-tool",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/ZeroDayEvil/ai-security-tool",
 "repo_slug": "zerodayevil-ai-security-tool",
 "title": "Automate CTF challenge steps with AI agents",
 "page_title": "How to automate CTF challenge steps with AI agents with AI Security Tool",
 "summary": "Use the CTF and recon agents with the LLM assistant to suggest commands and analyze terminal output during a challenge.",
 "who": "A CTF player or security student working on a timed challenge who wants help choosing tools and reading their output.",
 "problem": "Choosing the next tool, tuning its parameters, and reading long terminal output takes time away from solving the challenge.",
 "outcome": "Suggested commands, script drafts, and summarized terminal output for each challenge step, with the human still approving each action.",
 "steps": [
  "Install the build for your platform and start the Web UI with `./build/bin/run-prod.sh`.",
  "Open http://127.0.0.1:5577 and add your DeepSeek, OpenAI, or custom API key in the LLM settings.",
  "Start the CTFWorkflowManager agent and give it the challenge description and target address.",
  "Review each command the agent proposes on the real-time dashboard before allowing it to run.",
  "Ask the LLM assistant to analyze a terminal output block and note the findings you want to keep."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using the AI Security Tool repo at https://github.com/ZeroDayEvil/ai-security-tool, start the CTFWorkflowManager agent on the challenge at <challenge-address> and have it propose the next three commands without running them. Expected output: a list of three commands with a one-line reason for each. Verify that no command ran before a human approved it.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "45 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README warns that agents can execute system commands, so keep the human approval step on and do not point the agent at systems outside the challenge scope.",
 "category": "Security and science",
 "tags": [
  "Security and science"
 ],
 "lang": "html",
 "requirements": [
  "A Linux, macOS, or Windows machine with internet access to download the build",
  "A web browser to open the Web UI at http://127.0.0.1:5577",
  "Written authorization to scan or access every target system you plan to use",
  "An API key for DeepSeek, OpenAI, or a custom LLM provider if you want the AI assistant or agents to call a model"
 ],
 "risk": "sensitive",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [
  {
   "tag": "reverse-engineering",
   "notice": "CTF exploitation techniques can be reused against real systems, so only run them against challenge environments you are allowed to test."
  }
 ],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.7,
 "evidence": [],
 "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/zerodayevil-ai-security-tool/automate-ctf-challenge-steps-with-ai-agents/",
 "md": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/zerodayevil-ai-security-tool/automate-ctf-challenge-steps-with-ai-agents/index.md",
 "disclaimer": "Deduped lists open-source repositories that belong to other people. We do not own, maintain, audit, or vouch for any of them, and a repo appearing here is not an endorsement or a safety check. The use cases, steps, and prompts are written by AI and may be incomplete, outdated, or just wrong. Where a use case is marked \"Seen in the wild\", we link to public posts where someone described something similar, but we have not verified those posts and the use case itself is still our AI's own write-up. Use all of this at your own risk. Only run code, commands, or agents on systems and accounts you are authorized to use, and read the code and every command before you run it, especially anything that touches credentials, files, or the network. Nothing here is professional, security, legal, or financial advice. All trademarks and project names belong to their respective owners, and their use here does not imply affiliation. Content is provided as is, without warranties of any kind. Found a mistake, a safety problem, or something you want removed? Email hello@dedupedai.com and we will look at it promptly.",
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