web-recon

name	web-recon
description	Web application enumeration hub — directory/file fuzzing, vhost discovery, API enumeration, CMS scanning, WAF detection, auth surface mapping, cookie audit.
allowed-tools	Read
metadata	{"subdomain":"reconnaissance","when_to_use":"web recon, web application enumeration, web app fingerprint","tags":"web-recon","mitre_attack":"T1595.003, T1592.004"}

Web Application Reconnaissance — Hub

Sub-skills under this directory:

Sub-skill	Path	When to load
Discovery	load_skill("/skills/standard/recon/web-recon/discovery/SKILL.md")	directory/file fuzzing, vhost, JS analysis
API enumeration	load_skill("/skills/standard/recon/web-recon/api-enumeration/SKILL.md")	REST/GraphQL/parameter fuzzing
CMS scanning	load_skill("/skills/standard/recon/web-recon/cms-scanning/SKILL.md")	WordPress/Joomla/Drupal detected
WAF detection	load_skill("/skills/standard/recon/web-recon/waf-detection/SKILL.md")	proxy/CDN suspected
Auth mapping	load_skill("/skills/standard/recon/web-recon/auth-mapping/SKILL.md")	login flow analysis
Cookie audit	load_skill("/skills/standard/recon/web-recon/cookie-audit/SKILL.md")	sink behind session, race-condition recon

Overall recon workflow, scope rules, and handoff format are loaded into your system prompt at agent boot — no load_skill call needed for them.

Tag-Driven Fast Paths

When the orchestrator passes challenge tags, skip straight to the matching sub-skill:

Tag	First action	Sub-skill to load
sqli	Fire a single error-triggering payload on every form/param	/skills/standard/exploit/web/sqli/SKILL.md recon section
ssti	Probe every reflection point with {{7*7}}	/skills/standard/exploit/web/ssti/SKILL.md recon section
lfi	Path-traversal probe on every file/path param	discovery.md
idor	Enumerate object IDs on every user-data endpoint	api-enumeration.md
auth	Map the full auth flow before other recon	auth-mapping.md

HTTP Request Deduplication Pattern

When iterating parameters (IDs, pages, paths), always deduplicate via recon/probed.txt to avoid re-probing the same URLs after context summarization:

URL="http://<TARGET>/api/resource/$ID"
if grep -Fxq "$URL" recon/probed.txt 2>/dev/null; then
  echo "SKIP: $URL"
else
  echo "$URL" >> recon/probed.txt
  curl -sS "$URL" -o /tmp/probe.html -w '%{http_code}\n'
  head -10 /tmp/probe.html
fi

Resume rule: Before any scan loop, check tail -1 recon/probed.txt to find the last probed item and continue from there — not from the beginning.

Stop rule: If 5 consecutive probes return the same status code + same response size (±50 bytes), stop that enumeration axis and pivot to a different surface.

Output files

./
├── ffuf_<target>_dirs.json         # Directory fuzzing results
├── ffuf_<target>_vhosts.json       # Virtual host discovery
├── ffuf_<target>_api.json          # API endpoint fuzzing
├── web_sensitive_<target>.txt      # Sensitive file check results
├── js_endpoints_<target>.txt       # Extracted JS endpoints
├── wpscan_<target>.json            # WordPress scan (if applicable)
└── web_recon_<target>_summary.md   # Consolidated web findings