offensive-tools/recon/dirsearch/SKILL.md
Web path scanning and directory brute-forcing with recursive scanning and multi-extension support. Use when enumerating web server content, finding hidden endpoints, and discovering backup or config files.
npx skillsauth add aeondave/malskill dirsearchInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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Web directory and file brute-forcer with recursion, extensions, and proxy support.
pip install dirsearch
# Basic scan
dirsearch -u https://target.com
# With extensions
dirsearch -u https://target.com -e php,asp,aspx,bak,txt
# Recursive
dirsearch -u https://target.com -r
# Output to file
dirsearch -u https://target.com -o results.txt
| Flag | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| -u URL | Target URL |
| -e EXT | Extensions (comma-separated) |
| -w FILE | Custom wordlist |
| -r | Recursive scanning |
| -R N | Max recursion depth |
| -t N | Threads (default: 25) |
| -x CODES | Exclude status codes |
| --proxy URL | HTTP proxy |
| -o FILE | Output file |
| --format FORMAT | plain/json/xml/md |
PHP app scan with backups:
dirsearch -u https://target.com -e php,bak,old,txt,zip -r -t 30
Exclude 404s and noise:
dirsearch -u https://target.com -x 404,403,301
API path discovery:
dirsearch -u https://api.target.com -w /usr/share/seclists/Discovery/Web-Content/api/api-endpoints.txt
| File | When to load |
|------|--------------|
| references/ | Wordlist selection and recursion tuning |
data-ai
Scoped routing: Linux operator; hosts, sessions, users, services, packages, logs, containers, SSH, network paths, privilege evidence.
development
Offensive methodology for ICS/OT/SCADA environments in authorized industrial penetration testing and red team operations. Use when assessing PLCs, RTUs, HMIs, engineering workstations, historians, or field devices running Modbus, DNP3, EtherNet/IP, S7comm/S7+, Profinet, IEC 60870-5-104, BACnet, or OPC-UA. Covers passive OT network enumeration, protocol-level device interrogation, PLC coil/register read-write attacks, HMI session exploitation, historian and engineering workstation compromise, and safe escalation rules for critical infrastructure scope. Does not cover: general IT network exploitation (network-technique), physical hardware interfaces UART/JTAG/SPI (hardware-technique), wireless sensor network attacks (wireless-technique), RF/SDR signal analysis (hardware-ctf or wireless-technique), or CTF-framed ICS lab tasks (ics-ctf).
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Offensive methodology for authorized game security assessments, game client security research, and game-adjacent penetration testing in real-world engagements. Use when assessing game clients for cheating vulnerabilities, testing anti-cheat effectiveness, auditing game server protocols for score manipulation or economic fraud, reverse engineering game DRM or license validation, analyzing game save file protection, or assessing game mod/plugin security. Covers: process memory scanning and manipulation (Cheat Engine methodology), game binary reversing for license and DRM bypass, game network protocol analysis and packet replay, anti-cheat mechanism analysis, save file format reversing and tampering, speed hack and value injection techniques. Does NOT cover: CTF game challenges (game-ctf), game engine source code auditing (web-exploit-technique or vuln-search-technique for the backend), or general binary exploitation (pwn-ctf or reversing-technique).
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Auth assessment: hardware/embedded methodology; UART/JTAG/SWD/SPI/I2C, firmware extraction, boot/debug paths, embedded OS evidence.