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solve-challenge
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By ljagiello/ctf-skills (GitHub) · coding · 3,679 stars · scanned at commit e79be29
Solves CTF challenges by performing first-pass triage, identifying the dominant category, and routing execution to the right specialized ctf-* skill. Use when the user gives you a challenge bundle, a remote service, a suspicious file, or only a vague challenge description and you must determine where to start. Do not use it when the category is already clear and a specialized skill can be invoked directly; this is the dispatcher and recon entrypoint, not the deepest reference for category-speci…
Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.
What this skill can do
Runs commands on your computer
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Sends data to these websites: host
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Downloads and installs other software
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- scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh, line 545
log_warn "pip install failed: $name" - scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh, line 546
log_detail "Failed command: python3 -m pip install ${pip_flags[*]} $spec" - scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh, line 600
if sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -q "$pkg" >>"$LOG_FILE" 2>&1; then - scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh, line 603
log_warn "apt install failed: $pkg" - scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh, line 651
if brew install "$pkg" >>"$LOG_FILE" 2>&1; then - scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh, line 654
log_warn "brew install failed: $pkg" - scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh, line 736
if go install github.com/ffuf/ffuf/v2@latest >>"$LOG_FILE" 2>&1; then - scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh, line 739
log_warn "go install failed: ffuf" - scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh, line 826
echo " macOS: brew install pwndbg/tap/pwndbg-gdb" - scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh, line 832
echo " SageMath — Linux: apt install sagemath (optional — only for legacy Sage fallback snippets)" - scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh, line 833
echo " macOS: brew install --cask sage (optional)" - scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh, line 837
echo " && pip install -r ~/.ctf-tools/crypto-attacks/requirements.txt" - scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh, line 838
echo " Alternative (flaky): pip install coppersmith # no reliable PyPI package as of 2026-09" - scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh, line 842
echo " steghide — Linux: apt install steghide" - scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh, line 863
macOS: brew install pwndbg/tap/pwndbg-gdb - scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh, line 865
SageMath — Linux: apt install sagemath (optional — only for legacy Sage fallback snippets) - scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh, line 866
macOS: brew install --cask sage (optional)
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Changes files outside its own folder
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Install
Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.
if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'solve-challenge' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'solve-challenge' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named solve-challenge already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/ljagiello/ctf-skills' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet 'e79be2925d1612e8a97070d6201e300286672370' -- 'solve-challenge' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'solve-challenge' ~/.agents/skills/'solve-challenge' && rm -rf "$d"; fi
Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'solve-challenge' ~/.claude/skills/'solve-challenge' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.
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Score history
| Date | Version | Score |
|---|
| 2026-11-11 | e79be29 | 69 |
| 2026-11-08 | 2ad85d3 | 69 |
| 2026-11-07 | 2ad85d3 | 59 |