/quickstart
Two modes, picked by whether $ARGUMENTS is empty.
- Empty → Intro mode. Short orientation, then offer the guided first run.
- Non-empty → Help mode. Treat
$ARGUMENTSas the operator's question.
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Intro mode
Keep it short and a little warm; this is the first thing a new operator sees.
Say roughly:
Welcome! This repo takes you from finding your first vulnerability to patching at scale, using a set of Claude Code skills and an autonomous pipeline. Two ways in: interactive skills (no setup, safe, start here) and the autonomous pipeline (Docker, scales to hundreds of parallel agents). The ramp-up: | Day 1 | Threat-model + first static scan + triage | | Day 2 | Run the reference pipeline (C/C++) | | Day 3-4 | Customize it for your stack | | Week 2 | Autonomous scanning, triage, and patching | Day-1 goal: threat-model, scan, and triage the bundled canary target. Most teams get there before lunch.
Remind them to export CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_MODEL=<model-id> so subagents use the same model as the session.
Then AskUserQuestion with three options:
- Walk me through Day 1 on the canary (~10 min) → run "Guided first
run" below.
- I have a question → ask what it is, then switch to Help mode.
- I'll read the README → point at
README.mdStep 1 and stop.
Guided first run
Runs the three Step-1 skills on targets/canary, pausing after each to show what landed on disk. These only read/write files in the repo; no sandbox needed.
/threat-model bootstrap targets/canaryvia Task. When done, open
THREAT_MODEL.md, show the focus areas, explain in 2-3 sentences how this steers the scan.
/vuln-scan targets/canaryvia Task. When done, open
targets/canary/VULN-FINDINGS.md, summarize the count and top 2-3 findings, point at VULN-FINDINGS.json.
/triage targets/canary/VULN-FINDINGS.jsonvia Task. When done, open
TRIAGE.md, explain what changed vs. raw findings (verified, deduped, re-ranked).
Pause for the operator between each (AskUserQuestion); don't barrel through. Close with a one-line recap of the three artifacts on disk, then point at README Step 2 for the execution-verified pipeline. Never run vuln-pipeline or anything that executes target code here; that's Step 2 and needs Docker + a sandbox.
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Help mode
Answer the operator's question using this repo as ground truth: README, docs/.md, harness/.py, dnr_harness/.py, targets//config.yaml, .claude/skills/*. Don't answer from general knowledge when the repo has a specific answer.
Routing map
| If the question is about… | Read first | Then offer |
|---|---|---|
| running the pipeline | docs/pipeline.md, README Step 2 | the recon / run command |
| too many findings, triage | docs/triage.md | /triage <path> |
| porting, Java/Go/Rust/etc. | docs/customizing.md, README Step 3 | /customize |
| safety, sandbox, Docker | docs/security.md | cite; no action |
| rate limits, 429, token budget | docs/pipeline.md: Rate limits, docs/troubleshooting.md#rate-limits | cite the numbers |
| duplicates, dedup | docs/troubleshooting.md#duplicate-findings | known_bugs: hint |
| CLI flags, "what does --X do" | harness/cli.py (grep the argparse) | exact flag + example |
| which model, subagent pinning | docs/troubleshooting.md: Subagents | the export line |
| best practices, prompting | docs/best-practices.md, docs/prompting.md | cite the principle |
| threat model, attack surface, scope | docs/threat-model.md | /threat-model bootstrap <target-dir> |
| scan, audit, find vulns | .claude/skills/vuln-scan/SKILL.md | /vuln-scan <target-dir> |
| "how do I start" | README Step 1 | offer Guided first run |
| patching, fix, diff, re-attack | docs/patching.md, README Step 4 | /patch <input> |
| threat hunting, incident response, logs | docs/detection-response.md | /dnr-hunt or /dnr-respond |
| autonomous D&R, dnrcanary | docs/detection-response.md, targets/dnrcanary/README.md | the dnr-pipeline run command |
| binary, embedded, other domains | docs/other-use-cases.md | cite section |
| anything else | README Table of contents | best-match doc |
Answer format
- Direct answer in 2-5 sentences.
> source:the file(s) and section you used.- Next action: one copy-pasteable command or skill invocation, if one
applies. If none does, say so.
- If the question is ambiguous, ask one clarifying question; don't guess.
Constraints
- Never fabricate CLI flags or file paths. If unsure,
Grepfor it in
harness/cli.py or the target configs and quote what you find.
- If the repo doesn't answer the question, say so plainly and suggest the
operator open a GitHub issue on this repo.
- Keep the Q&A dry and cited. Save the warmth for Intro mode.
