systematic-probing

name	systematic-probing
description	Strategy: AI-safety systematic probing — enumerate all threat surfaces, generate attack vectors per surface, execute probes, and aggregate findings across the full attack space.
type	strategy
tactics	["structured-attack-campaign","assumption-cascade"]
dependencies	{"tactics":["assumption-cascade","structured-attack-campaign"],"sops":["attack-resilience-scoring","attack-vector-generation","finding-aggregation","probe-execution","threat-surface-mapping"]}

Systematic Probing Strategy

Anthropic-style systematic probing: exhaustive coverage of all threat surfaces with structured attack generation and execution.

Method

1. threat-surface-mapping enumerates all attackable surfaces of the artifact
2. attack-vector-generation produces specific attacks per surface
3. Vectors prioritized by expected severity and likelihood
4. probe-execution executes each attack, records success/failure/partial
5. Failed probes trigger deeper investigation via follow-up vectors
6. attack-resilience-scoring computes coverage and resilience metrics

Budget Table

Parameter	S	M	L
Attack vectors	5	12	20
Probing rounds	3	6	10
Personas	2	4	6
Assumption checks	5	10	20

Orchestration

threat-surface-mapping → [enumerate surfaces]
→ [for each surface]:
    attack-vector-generation (generate vectors)
    → [for each vector]:
        probe-execution (execute attack)
        → (if partial success: generate follow-up vectors)
→ finding-aggregation → attack-resilience-scoring

Subagents

• threat-surface-mapping (surface enumeration)
• attack-vector-generation (vector design)
• probe-execution (attack execution)
• finding-aggregation (result synthesis)
• attack-resilience-scoring (metric computation)

Available Tactics

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

Tactic	When to use
assumption-cascade	Tactic: Surface assumptions, sort by dependency, attack root assumptions first, then trace cascade failures through the dependency graph.
structured-attack-campaign	Tactic: Full attack lifecycle — threat surface enumeration, attack vector generation, systematic probing, and finding aggregation across all surfaces.

Available SOPs

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

SOP	When to use
attack-resilience-scoring	Compute overall resilience score (0.0-1.0) based on attack results, coverage, and vulnerability severity distribution.
attack-vector-generation	Generate specific attack strategies for a given threat surface, producing concrete probes that can be executed.
finding-aggregation	Aggregate, deduplicate, and classify findings from multiple probes into a coherent vulnerability report.
probe-execution	Execute a single attack probe against an artifact, record the result with evidence and severity classification.
threat-surface-mapping	Enumerate all attackable surfaces of an artifact — logical, empirical, methodological, social, and practical dimensions.