> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.notatechguy.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # AI security tool reverse-skill hits 38,000 GitHub stars - URL: https://www.notatechguy.com/ai-security-tool-reverse-skill-hits-38-000-github-stars/ - Published: 2026-09-27T23:46:16.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-27T23:46:16.000Z - Description: reverse-skill routes AI coding agents like Claude Code and Cursor into penetration testing workflows, with 38,182 stars and no independent audit. - Author: Marcello Babbili - Tags: Technology & AI, Anthropic zhaoxuya520 pushed reverse-skill onto GitHub's daily trending list with 38,182 stars, adding 361 in a single day [S¹](https://github.com/zhaoxuya520/reverse-skill?ref=notatechguy.com). Every functional claim about the project — the 44 routing rules, the 175 regression tests, the 45 tracked modules, comes from the maintainers' own README; no third party has audited the code, no error bars or benchmark results are published, and the star count is a GitHub metric that could reflect coordinated promotion rather than organic adoption [S¹](https://github.com/zhaoxuya520/reverse-skill?ref=notatechguy.com). **My read:** This is the first AI coding-agent plugin I've seen that tries to systematise offensive security workflows into a routing system, and the star count is striking for a niche tool. But 38,000 stars on a PowerShell-tagged security repo with no published audit gives me pause. I'd want to see the routing rules tested against real binaries before I trusted the "self-evolving knowledge base" claim, and the sponsor list (AstraFlow, UCloud, Atlas Cloud, Kite AI) is self-reported with no verification [S¹](https://github.com/zhaoxuya520/reverse-skill?ref=notatechguy.com). The v1.0.0 tag dropped on 17 July 2026 [P²](https://github.com/zhaoxuya520/reverse-skill/releases/tag/v1.0.0?ref=notatechguy.com), so this is a young project with fast traction. The project calls itself a "Reverse Engineering / Authorized Penetration Testing / Security Research Skill Router Pack" [S¹](https://github.com/zhaoxuya520/reverse-skill?ref=notatechguy.com). In practice, it sits between an AI coding client and the security tools a researcher already uses, routing tasks to the right tool based on what the user asks for. The maintainers describe 44 routing rules labelled R0 through R45, 175 regression test cases, and 45 tracked modules [S¹](https://github.com/zhaoxuya520/reverse-skill?ref=notatechguy.com) — figures that have not been independently checked, with no released test logs or CI output available for review. The routing core runs from a single structured configuration file, is checked by cross-platform CI, and stays separate from optional adapters for different AI clients [S¹](https://github.com/zhaoxuya520/reverse-skill?ref=notatechguy.com). ### Router targets the coding-agent clients now dominating AI-assisted development The project lists support for Claude Code, Kiro, Cursor, and Cline [S¹](https://github.com/zhaoxuya520/reverse-skill?ref=notatechguy.com). The "built with" list reads like a security researcher's desktop: IDA Pro, radare2, Ghidra, and Binary Ninja [S¹](https://github.com/zhaoxuya520/reverse-skill?ref=notatechguy.com). These are the standard disassemblers and decompilers used in legitimate reverse engineering, from malware analysis to vulnerability research. The "self-evolving knowledge base" claim is not backed by published evidence of how the knowledge base learns or updates over time [S¹](https://github.com/zhaoxuya520/reverse-skill?ref=notatechguy.com). ### No independent audit backs the project's claims The README is the maintainers' description of their own code, not an independent review [S¹](https://github.com/zhaoxuya520/reverse-skill?ref=notatechguy.com). The "authorized penetration testing" label in the project title is a framing choice by the maintainers, not a legal certification or regulatory approval. Two related repositories surfaced in the same research. adityagirishh's ReForfit.ai reverse engineering write-up has zero stars and is a Jupyter Notebook challenge solution [P³](https://github.com/adityagirishh/ReForfit.ai-ReverseEngineering?ref=notatechguy.com). arifiyanto-toto's pentest-ai-agents, also at zero stars, turns Claude Code into an offensive security assistant with specialised subagents [P⁵](https://github.com/Arfian-2908/pentest-ai-agents?ref=notatechguy.com). Both are early-stage with no adoption, which makes reverse-skill's 38,182-star count stand out sharply. A penetration tester running Claude Code or Cursor on their desk would gain a routing layer that automatically directs a given binary-analysis task to IDA Pro, radare2, Ghidra, or Binary Ninja instead of manually switching tools — but only if the 44 routing rules hold up under testing that has not yet been independently performed [S¹](https://github.com/zhaoxuya520/reverse-skill?ref=notatechguy.com). The v1.0.0 release notes [P²](https://github.com/zhaoxuya520/reverse-skill/releases/tag/v1.0.0?ref=notatechguy.com) describe a "PRIMARY path" entry in the release table, but the full content was not captured in the available evidence. --- *Sources: [S1 — zhaoxuya520/reverse-skill: Reverse Engineering / Authorized Penetratio](https://github.com/zhaoxuya520/reverse-skill?ref=notatechguy.com) · [P2 — v1.0.0 — First formal release](https://github.com/zhaoxuya520/reverse-skill/releases/tag/v1.0.0?ref=notatechguy.com) · [P3 — adityagirishh/ReForfit.ai-ReverseEngineering](https://github.com/adityagirishh/ReForfit.ai-ReverseEngineering?ref=notatechguy.com) · [P4 — README\_EN.md at main · zhaoxuya520/reverse-skill](https://github.com/zhaoxuya520/reverse-skill/blob/main/README%5FEN.md?ref=notatechguy.com) · [P5 — arifiyanto-toto/pentest-ai-agents](https://github.com/Arfian-2908/pentest-ai-agents?ref=notatechguy.com)* --- *Written from 5 sourced items, 4 of them primary.* ## More from Not A Tech Guy - [GRPO step-level bias: GRAFT graph method claims gains on agent tasks](https://www.notatechguy.com/grpo-step-level-bias-graft-graph-method-claims-gains-on-agent-tasks/) - [Chinese AI text humanizer trends with 18,000 GitHub stars](https://www.notatechguy.com/chinese-ai-text-humanizer-trends-with-18-000-github-stars/) - [Rivet Actors hits GitHub trending with 20ms cold-start claim](https://www.notatechguy.com/rivet-actors-hits-github-trending-with-20ms-cold-start-claim/)