quickstart
GitHub仓库入门助手，提供两种模式：空参数时进行简短介绍并引导完成首次漏洞扫描演练；带参数时基于仓库文档解答用户关于使用方法、配置或错误的具体问题。
Trigger Scenarios
Install
npx skills add anthropics/defending-code-reference-harness --skill quickstart -g -y
SKILL.md
Frontmatter
{
"name": "quickstart",
"description": "The front door for this repo. With no argument: a 30-second intro, then an offer to walk you through your first run on the canary target. With a question: answers it from this repo's own docs and source, cites where it looked, and hands you the next command. Use for \"how do I…\", \"why does…\", \"where is…\", \"can this…\", or just \"\/quickstart\" to get oriented.",
"allowed-tools": [
"Read",
"Glob",
"Grep",
"Task",
"AskUserQuestion"
],
"argument-hint": "[question] (blank = 30-sec intro)"
}
/quickstart
Two modes, picked by whether $ARGUMENTS is empty.
- Empty → Intro mode. Short orientation, then offer the guided first run.
- Non-empty → Help mode. Treat
$ARGUMENTSas the operator's question.
Intro mode
Keep it short and a little warm; this is the first thing a new operator sees.
Say roughly:
Welcome! This repo takes you from finding your first vulnerability to patching at scale, using a set of Claude Code skills and an autonomous pipeline. Two ways in: interactive skills (no setup, safe, start here) and the autonomous pipeline (Docker, scales to hundreds of parallel agents).
The ramp-up:
| Day 1 | Threat-model + first static scan + triage | | Day 2 | Run the reference pipeline (C/C++) | | Day 3-4 | Customize it for your stack | | Week 2 | Autonomous scanning, triage, and patching |
Day-1 goal: threat-model, scan, and triage the bundled canary target. Most teams get there before lunch.
Remind them to export CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_MODEL=<model-id> so subagents
use the same model as the session.
Then AskUserQuestion with three options:
- Walk me through Day 1 on the canary (~10 min) → run "Guided first run" below.
- I have a question → ask what it is, then switch to Help mode.
- I'll read the README → point at
README.mdStep 1 and stop.
Guided first run
Runs the three Step-1 skills on targets/canary, pausing after each to show
what landed on disk. These only read/write files in the repo; no sandbox
needed.
/threat-model bootstrap targets/canaryvia Task. When done, openTHREAT_MODEL.md, show the focus areas, explain in 2-3 sentences how this steers the scan./vuln-scan targets/canaryvia Task. When done, opentargets/canary/VULN-FINDINGS.md, summarize the count and top 2-3 findings, point atVULN-FINDINGS.json./triage targets/canary/VULN-FINDINGS.jsonvia Task. When done, openTRIAGE.md, explain what changed vs. raw findings (verified, deduped, re-ranked).
Pause for the operator between each (AskUserQuestion); don't barrel through.
Close with a one-line recap of the three artifacts on disk, then point at
README Step 2 for the execution-verified pipeline. Never run vuln-pipeline
or anything that executes target code here; that's Step 2 and needs
Docker + a sandbox.
Help mode
Answer the operator's question using this repo as ground truth: README,
docs/*.md, harness/*.py, targets/*/config.yaml, .claude/skills/*.
Don't answer from general knowledge when the repo has a specific answer.
Routing map
| If the question is about… | Read first | Then offer |
|---|---|---|
| running the pipeline | docs/pipeline.md, README Step 2 |
the recon / run command |
| too many findings, triage | docs/triage.md |
/triage <path> |
| porting, Java/Go/Rust/etc. | docs/customizing.md, README Step 3 |
/customize |
| safety, sandbox, Docker | docs/security.md |
cite; no action |
| rate limits, 429, token budget | docs/pipeline.md: Rate limits, docs/troubleshooting.md#rate-limits |
cite the numbers |
| duplicates, dedup | docs/troubleshooting.md#duplicate-findings |
known_bugs: hint |
| CLI flags, "what does --X do" | harness/cli.py (grep the argparse) |
exact flag + example |
| which model, subagent pinning | docs/troubleshooting.md: Subagents |
the export line |
| best practices, prompting | docs/best-practices.md, docs/prompting.md |
cite the principle |
| "how do I start" | README Step 1 | offer Guided first run |
| patching, fix, diff, re-attack | docs/patching.md, README Step 4 |
/patch <input> |
| binary, pentest, other domains | docs/other-use-cases.md |
cite section |
| anything else | README Table of contents | best-match doc |
Answer format
- Direct answer in 2-5 sentences.
> source:the file(s) and section you used.- Next action: one copy-pasteable command or skill invocation, if one applies. If none does, say so.
- If the question is ambiguous, ask one clarifying question; don't guess.
Constraints
- Never fabricate CLI flags or file paths. If unsure,
Grepfor it inharness/cli.pyor the target configs and quote what you find. - If the repo doesn't answer the question, say so plainly and suggest the operator open a GitHub issue on this repo.
- Keep the Q&A dry and cited. Save the warmth for Intro mode.
Version History
- b5b61c8 Current 2026-07-05 18:37
