Skills

Pentest Projects Discovery: Generate Hands-On Penetration Testing Project Roadmaps with Claude

Best for anyone who wants to learn penetration testing systematically through hands-on projects in a legally authorized environment: create a Claude Project on Claude.ai, add the repository's SKILL.md, then request roadmaps; it is intended for authorized learning purposes only.

Official source · pentest-projects-discovery

Install

git clone https://github.com/Sahil-Hossain-1429/pentest-projects-discovery

Who It's For

  • Ideal for anyone who wants to learn penetration testing systematically in a legally authorized setting: personal lab environments, CTF platforms, and practice on your own or explicitly authorized systems.
  • Its core purpose is generating structured, research-backed penetration testing project roadmaps, helping you progress from foundational concepts to advanced security engineering through hands-on projects.
  • Not suitable for testing unauthorized targets; the repository explicitly states this Skill is for ethical hacking education in legally authorized environments only, and you are responsible for legal compliance.
  • Prerequisites: a Claude.ai account and a basic understanding of Claude Projects and Skills. The official documentation does not mention any other runtime environment or client, so do not assume anything unconfirmed.

Your First Attempt in 3 Minutes

  1. Prerequisites: you can access Claude.ai and log in, and you know how to create a Claude Project and add Skills.
  2. Installation location: clone or download this GitHub repository. The Skill file is a single SKILL.md in the repo, at the path pentest-projects-discovery/pentest-projects-skill/SKILL.md. Local clone command:
git clone https://github.com/Sahil-Hossain-1429/pentest-projects-discovery
  1. Follow the official process: create a new Claude Project on Claude.ai (for example, named "Learning Ethical Hacking"), and add the SKILL.md to that project.
  2. Trigger the task: in the project's conversation, request a project roadmap for the security domain of your choice. For your first attempt, it's recommended to ask only for a beginner-level roadmap in one domain (e.g., web security fundamentals) — a plain-text, low-risk diagnostic request.
  3. Success signal: the official description says "Once the installation is complete, open a conversation inside your project and start requesting project roadmaps" — meaning that after installation, you start receiving structured project roadmap responses for your chosen domain within the project conversation.

Note: this Skill's output is a text roadmap. Whether it reads or writes your files, executes commands, or accesses the network during generation is not stated in official evidence and remains unknown.

Use Cases

  • Use case 1: Planning a learning path from zero to advanced. Scenario: you're a security beginner unsure which hands-on projects to start with. Approach: in a Claude Project conversation with this Skill installed, request a project roadmap for a specific security domain (e.g., web penetration testing). The real workflow it uses is the Skill's core capability — generating structured, research-backed project roadmaps that move you from basic concepts to practical projects in advanced security engineering. Expected outcome: a text roadmap / project list organized by stages.
  • Use case 2: Customizing advanced projects for a specific direction. Scenario: you already have some basics (e.g., have done simple CTFs) and want to advance toward a specific direction. Approach: in the same project conversation, specify that direction and request a roadmap. Per the official description, the Skill provides research-oriented hands-on project suggestions within your chosen security domain. The confirmed endpoint is receiving a structured roadmap; the exact output format is not specified officially, so rely on actual conversation output.

Boundaries of Use

  • Files and commands: official evidence only describes cloning the repository, adding the SKILL.md to a Claude Project, and requesting roadmaps in the project conversation. Whether the Skill reads/writes files or executes commands at runtime is not mentioned in the evidence and is unknown.
  • Network access: not stated in the evidence; unknown.
  • Side effects and checkpoints: generating a roadmap is a text output and does not mean it will directly modify your files; for a first attempt, validate it with a beginner-domain roadmap request.
  • Runtime environment and clients: officially described as used with Claude Projects on Claude.ai; whether other platforms or clients are supported is not stated officially.
  • Official restriction: for learning in legally authorized environments only (personal labs, CTFs, your own/authorized systems); you are responsible for legal compliance.
  • Not yet confirmed: output language range, exact roadmap format, versioning and update methods, and similar details are not stated officially.

Who It's For

This Skill guide is for anyone who wants to learn penetration testing in a legally authorized environment.