Characterize Agent — Security skill for Claude Code
Step 1 of an agent pentest — fingerprint the target before sending any payload.
How to install Characterize Agent
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/elementalsouls-claude-agenthunter-characterize-agent/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/elementalsouls-claude-agenthunter-characterize-agent && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elementalsouls/Claude-AgentHunter/HEAD/commands/characterize-agent.md -o ~/.claude/skills/elementalsouls-claude-agenthunter-characterize-agent/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Characterize Agent does
name: characterize-agent description: Step 1 of an agent pentest — fingerprint the target before sending any payload. Maps visibility, tool allowlist, egress, oracle semantics, auth/tenancy. Never probe before this. Usage: /characterize-agent
Characterize the target agent the user names. Send NO payload yet — this step decides whether a later probe can even be measured.
- Visibility — can you see tool calls / traces, or only final text? (black vs grey box → sets which dete
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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