Security Review
jewbetcha/opentrace
A skill your agent uses when adding authentication, handling user input, working with secrets, creating API endpoints, or implementing payment/sensitive features.
Flags API endpoints whose data or actions look like they should need a login but currently don't, as part of authorized security testing.
$ npx skills add uphiago/recon-skills --skill api-noauth-hunt -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install uphiago/recon-skills api-noauth-hunt --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/uphiago/recon-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/recon/api-noauth-hunt .claude/skills/api-noauth-hunt && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "api-noauth-hunt" agent skill from https://github.com/uphiago/recon-skills/tree/main/recon/api-noauth-hunt into .claude/skills/api-noauth-hunt/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "api-noauth-hunt", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/uphiago/recon-skills/tree/main/recon/api-noauth-huntType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add uphiago/recon-skills --skill api-noauth-hunt -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install uphiago/recon-skills api-noauth-hunt --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/uphiago/recon-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/recon/api-noauth-hunt .agents/skills/api-noauth-hunt && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "api-noauth-hunt" agent skill from https://github.com/uphiago/recon-skills/tree/main/recon/api-noauth-hunt into .agents/skills/api-noauth-hunt/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "api-noauth-hunt", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add uphiago/recon-skills --skill api-noauth-hunt -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install uphiago/recon-skills api-noauth-hunt --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/uphiago/recon-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/recon/api-noauth-hunt .cursor/skills/api-noauth-hunt && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "api-noauth-hunt" agent skill from https://github.com/uphiago/recon-skills/tree/main/recon/api-noauth-hunt into .cursor/skills/api-noauth-hunt/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "api-noauth-hunt", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/uphiago/recon-skills.git --path recon/api-noauth-hunt--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add uphiago/recon-skills --skill api-noauth-hunt -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install uphiago/recon-skills api-noauth-hunt --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/uphiago/recon-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/recon/api-noauth-hunt .gemini/skills/api-noauth-hunt && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "api-noauth-hunt" agent skill from https://github.com/uphiago/recon-skills/tree/main/recon/api-noauth-hunt into .gemini/skills/api-noauth-hunt/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "api-noauth-hunt", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install uphiago/recon-skills api-noauth-huntInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add uphiago/recon-skills --skill api-noauth-hunt -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/uphiago/recon-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/recon/api-noauth-hunt .github/skills/api-noauth-hunt && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "api-noauth-hunt" agent skill from https://github.com/uphiago/recon-skills/tree/main/recon/api-noauth-hunt into .github/skills/api-noauth-hunt/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "api-noauth-hunt", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add uphiago/recon-skills --skill api-noauth-hunt -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install uphiago/recon-skills api-noauth-hunt --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/uphiago/recon-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/recon/api-noauth-hunt .opencode/skills/api-noauth-hunt && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "api-noauth-hunt" agent skill from https://github.com/uphiago/recon-skills/tree/main/recon/api-noauth-hunt into .opencode/skills/api-noauth-hunt/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "api-noauth-hunt", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
api-noauth-huntFlags API endpoints whose data or actions look like they should need a login but currently don't, as part of authorized security testing.
This skill is a reconnaissance step for authorized penetration testing or bug-bounty work, used after a port scan or subdomain search turns up an HTTP service that looks like an API — a dedicated subdomain, unusual ports, or endpoints referenced inside JavaScript bundles. Discovery stays read-only by default: it probes a short list of common paths and checks for signals such as an exposed API schema document, an error page leaking internal paths, or data coming back with no authentication header at all.
Any step that would change server state, such as a write test, requires the engagement's scope to explicitly allow write testing and only runs against disposable synthetic records created with authorization right beforehand — the skill is explicit that this guard should not be removed or pointed at a real record. It assumes curl, python3, and jq are already available, along with a target address and a list of common API paths to try.
4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1260244. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
curlpython3jqFrom the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use curl, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Requires curl, nmap, python3, masscan, subfinder, httpx, nuclei
From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Unauthenticated API Endpoint Recon loads about 2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 24 tokens; SKILL.md has 377 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
The full file from uphiago/recon-skills at commit 1260244, republished under its MIT licence (© uphiago). 377 words, ~2,044 tokens.
.claude/skills/api-noauth-hunt/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).Identify API operations that may be reachable without the authentication or authorization required by their data and business function. Discovery is read-only by default. Write validation uses synthetic records and requires explicit authorization immediately before execution.
port-service-discovery finds HTTP on unexpected ports.firebase-supabase-attack identifies backend APIs.# Quick API test — try common paths without auth
TARGET="https://api.target.com"
for path in "/" "/api" "/api/v1" "/api/users" "/api/health" "/docs" "/swagger.json"; do
code=$(curl -sk -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 5 --connect-timeout 5 "$TARGET$path")
echo "HTTP $code: $TARGET$path"
done| Signal | What It Means | Action |
|---|---|---|
HTTP 200 on /api/users or /api/clients | Possible unauthenticated data access | Validate one bounded sample |
| HTTP 2xx on POST without auth | Possible unauthenticated write | Stop and obtain write authorization |
OpenAPI/Swagger at /docs, /swagger.json | Full API map exposed | Enumerate all endpoints |
| Stack trace on error | Internal paths, framework version | Map infrastructure |
| State change via an unexpected method | Possible method-level authorization gap | Reproduce with a synthetic record |
| Login without password validation | Possible authentication bypass | Verify with an approved test account |
TARGET="$1" # URL or IP:port
OUTDIR="$OUTDIR/api_recon"
mkdir -p "$OUTDIR"
echo "[*] API discovery on $TARGET"
# Common API paths
API_PATHS=(
"/" "/api" "/api/v1" "/api/v2" "/v1" "/v2"
"/api/users" "/api/clients" "/api/admin" "/api/health"
"/api/auth" "/api/login" "/api/register"
"/api/products" "/api/orders" "/api/contracts"
"/docs" "/swagger.json" "/swagger.yaml" "/openapi.json"
"/api-docs" "/swagger-ui.html" "/graphql"
"/health" "/status" "/version" "/info" "/ping"
"/actuator" "/actuator/health" "/actuator/info" "/actuator/env"
)
for path in "${API_PATHS[@]}"; do
code=$(curl -sk -o /tmp/api_probe_$$.tmp -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 5 --connect-timeout 5 "$TARGET$path" 2>/dev/null)
if [[ "$code" == "200" ]]; then
body=$(cat /tmp/api_probe_$$.tmp)
content_type=$(file -b --mime-type /tmp/api_probe_$$.tmp 2>/dev/null)
# Check if it's JSON (likely API)
if echo "$body" | python3 -c "import sys,json; json.load(sys.stdin)" 2>/dev/null; then
record_count=$(echo "$body" | python3 -c "import sys,json; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(len(d) if isinstance(d,list) else 'object')" 2>/dev/null)
echo " [API] $path → HTTP 200 (JSON, ${record_count} records)"
elif echo "$body" | grep -qi "swagger\|openapi"; then
echo " [SWAGGER] $path → HTTP 200 (API documentation)"
elif echo "$body" | grep -qi "graphql"; then
echo " [GRAPHQL] $path → HTTP 200"
else
echo " [HTTP] $path → HTTP 200 (${#body} bytes, $content_type)"
fi
elif [[ "$code" == "401" || "$code" == "403" ]]; then
echo " [AUTH] $path → HTTP $code (protected)"
elif [[ "$code" == "500" ]]; then
echo " [ERROR] $path → HTTP 500 (potential injection point)"
cat /tmp/api_probe_$$.tmp | head -5
elif [[ "$code" != "404" && "$code" != "000" ]]; then
echo " [$code] $path"
fi
done
rm -f /tmp/api_probe_$$.tmpTARGET="$1"
echo "[*] Extracting API schema..."
# Try multiple Swagger paths
for sw_path in "/swagger.json" "/swagger.yaml" "/openapi.json" "/api/swagger.json" \
"/api-docs" "/v2/api-docs" "/v3/api-docs"; do
schema=$(curl -sk --max-time 10 --connect-timeout 10 "$TARGET$sw_path" 2>/dev/null)
if echo "$schema" | grep -q '"paths"'; then
echo "[+] Found OpenAPI spec at $sw_path"
# Extract all endpoints
echo "$schema" | python3 -c "
import sys, json
spec = json.load(sys.stdin)
paths = spec.get('paths', {})
for path, methods in paths.items():
for method in methods.keys():
if method not in ('parameters',):
print(f' {method.upper():7s} {path}')
" 2>/dev/null
# Save for later use
echo "$schema" > /tmp/openapi_$$.json
echo "[+] Schema saved to /tmp/openapi_$$.json"
break
fi
doneThis phase changes server state. Run it only when the scope explicitly permits write testing and the endpoint stores disposable synthetic records. The guard below is deliberate: do not remove it or substitute an existing object ID.
TARGET="$1"
ENDPOINT="$2" # approved test collection
OUTPUT_DIR="${OUTPUT_DIR:-./output}"
PROBE_ID="noauth-test-$(date +%s)"
if [[ "${I_HAVE_EXPLICIT_WRITE_AUTHORIZATION:-no}" != "yes" ]]; then
echo "Refusing state-changing validation without explicit authorization." >&2
exit 1
fi
mkdir -p "$OUTPUT_DIR/api-validation"
create_body=$(curl -sk --max-time 10 --connect-timeout 5 \
-X POST "$TARGET$ENDPOINT" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d "{\"name\":\"$PROBE_ID\",\"test_record\":true}")
printf '%s\n' "$create_body" \
> "$OUTPUT_DIR/api-validation/create-response.json"
created_id=$(printf '%s' "$create_body" | jq -r '.id // .uuid // empty')
if [[ -z "$created_id" ]]; then
echo "Create response did not expose a disposable object ID; stop here." >&2
exit 1
fi
curl -sk --max-time 10 --connect-timeout 5 \
"$TARGET$ENDPOINT/$created_id" \
-o "$OUTPUT_DIR/api-validation/read-response.json"
curl -sk --max-time 10 --connect-timeout 5 \
-X PATCH "$TARGET$ENDPOINT/$created_id" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"validation_state":"updated"}' \
-o "$OUTPUT_DIR/api-validation/update-response.json"
curl -sk --max-time 10 --connect-timeout 5 \
-X DELETE "$TARGET$ENDPOINT/$created_id" \
-o "$OUTPUT_DIR/api-validation/delete-response.txt"TARGET="$1"
ENDPOINT="$2" # confirmed no-auth endpoint
OUTPUT_DIR="${OUTPUT_DIR:-./output}"
mkdir -p "$OUTPUT_DIR/api-validation"
curl --max-time 15 --connect-timeout 5 -sk \
"$TARGET$ENDPOINT?page=1&limit=2" \
-o "$OUTPUT_DIR/api-validation/bounded-sample.json"
jq 'if type == "array" then .[:2] else . end' \
"$OUTPUT_DIR/api-validation/bounded-sample.json"© uphiago, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Just SKILL.md in recon/api-noauth-hunt of uphiago/recon-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1260244
Unauthenticated API Endpoint Recon next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unauthenticated API Endpoint Recon this skilluphiago/recon-skills | 1.3k | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Security Reviewjewbetcha/opentrace | 116 | 17 repos | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| API Security Checklistrevfactory/harness-100 | 1.3k | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Secure Code GuardianJeffallan/claude-skills | 12k | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Exploiting Prototype Pollution In Javascriptmukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills | 34k | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Defending Applicationstelagod/code-abyss | 244 | — | ~777 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Categories
Flags API endpoints whose data or actions look like they should need a login but currently don't, as part of authorized security testing. This skill is a reconnaissance step for authorized penetration testing or bug-bounty work, used after a port scan or subdomain search turns up an HTTP service that looks like an API — a dedicated subdomain, unusual ports, or endpoints referenced inside JavaScript bundles. Discovery stays read-only by default: it probes a short list of common paths and checks for signals such as an exposed API schema document, an error page leaking internal paths, or data coming back with no authentication header at all.
Unauthenticated API Endpoint Recon fits situations like: checking whether a discovered API endpoint enforces authentication; investigating an exposed API schema document found during recon; validating an authorization gap on a specific endpoint with written scope permission.
Run `npx skills add uphiago/recon-skills --skill api-noauth-hunt -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (recon/api-noauth-hunt in uphiago/recon-skills) into .claude/skills/api-noauth-hunt in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add uphiago/recon-skills --skill api-noauth-hunt -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (recon/api-noauth-hunt in uphiago/recon-skills) into .agents/skills/api-noauth-hunt in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add uphiago/recon-skills --skill api-noauth-hunt -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/api-noauth-hunt, .gemini/skills/api-noauth-hunt, .github/skills/api-noauth-hunt and .opencode/skills/api-noauth-hunt in your project.
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Unauthenticated API Endpoint Recon needs the command-line tools its instructions call (curl, python3 and jq). Our summary lists: curl, python3, and jq; nmap, masscan, subfinder, httpx, and nuclei for broader recon. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires curl, nmap, python3, masscan, subfinder, httpx, nuclei.
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use curl, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
Unauthenticated API Endpoint Recon is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Unauthenticated API Endpoint Recon: Security Review (jewbetcha/opentrace, 116 stars), API Security Checklist (revfactory/harness-100, 1.3k stars), Secure Code Guardian (Jeffallan/claude-skills, 12k stars) and Exploiting Prototype Pollution In Javascript (mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills, 34k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
uphiago (a GitHub user) maintains it in uphiago/recon-skills, which has 1,294 GitHub stars. The repository holds 23 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 1, 2026.
Source: uphiago/recon-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.