shannon
Fully autonomous AI hacker to find actual exploits in your web apps. Shannon has achieved a 96.15% success rate on the hint-free, source-aware XBOW Benchmark.
Learn how Shannon validates YAML files using JSON Schema and AJV. Discover its defense-in-depth approach combining parsing, schema validation, and custom security checks for safe configuration distribution.
How Shannon Enforces Agent Prerequisites for Deterministic Execution Order in session-managerLearn how Shannon enforces agent prerequisites for deterministic execution order. Discover static dependency maps, topological sorting, and runtime validation in Temporal workflows.
Shannon's Security Validation Rules for Configuration Files: A Deep Dive into Dangerous Pattern BlockingDiscover Shannon's security validation rules for configuration files. Learn how this five-layer defense strategy blocks dangerous patterns in YAML files to prevent code injection and path traversal.
How to Set Up Focus and Avoid Rules to Scope Shannon Pentesting to Specific API EndpointsScope Shannon pentesting to specific API endpoints by defining focus and avoid arrays in the YAML configuration. Filter URLs efficiently for targeted security testing.
How to Debug Worker Logs and Query Workflow Execution Status in ShannonDebug Shannon worker logs with ./shannon logs ID and query workflow execution status using ./shannon query ID. Empower your debugging with Temporal progress queries.
Estimated Runtime and Cost for a Full Pentest Cycle with Shannon: Technical Benchmarks and OptimizationDiscover Shannon's estimated pentest runtime and cost. Get a full, 1-1.5 hour security analysis for around $50 USD using Claude 4.5 Sonnet and orchestrated LLM agents.
Legal and Ethical Requirements for Using Shannon on Target Applications: A Complete GuideUnderstand legal and ethical requirements for using Shannon, the AI pentesting framework. Get explicit written authorization before running Shannon to avoid CFAA violations and data modification.
How Shannon Handles Graceful Failure of Agents in Parallel Execution GroupsLearn how Shannon ensures successful pentests with graceful failure handling for agents in parallel execution groups using Promise.allSettled and structured error classification.
How Shannon's Prompt Manager Handles Variable Substitution for Context: A Technical Deep DiveExplore how Shannon's prompt manager handles variable substitution for context. Learn about its pure-function pipeline for template loading, include directives, and interpolation.
Shannon Lite vs Shannon Pro: Complete Feature and Architecture ComparisonCompare Shannon Lite AGPL with Shannon Pro commercial. Discover key differences in features and architecture including source-sink analysis, data-flow analysis, CVSS scoring, CI CD integration, and RBAC.
How Shannon Handles Authentication Flows for Form-Based Login, SSO, and API AuthenticationExplore how Shannon simplifies authentication flows for form-based login, SSO, and API authentication using declarative YAML and modular prompt templates for automated Playwright commands.
External Security Tools Integrated into Shannon: Nmap, Subfinder, WhatWeb, and SchemathesisShannon's Pre-Recon phase integrates Nmap, Subfinder, WhatWeb, and Schemathesis concurrently for network discovery, subdomain enumeration, technology fingerprinting, and API schema testing.
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