Nuclei
Nuclei is a fast, customizable vulnerability scanner powered by the global security community and built on a simple YAML-based DSL, enabling collaboration to tackle trending vulnerabilities on the internet. It helps you find vulnerabilities in your applications, APIs, networks, DNS, and cloud configurations.
Install with one command
$ npx skills add projectdiscovery/nucleiDecision summary
Production-ready for Security and compliance
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Best for
- Security and compliance workflows
- Claude Code teams
- teams that value GitHub adoption signals
Not ideal for
- teams that need a vendor-supported SLA
- high-compliance environments without internal security review
Risk notes
- No major risk signals from current metadata
Quality profile
Excellent candidate for agent workflows
High-confidence pick with strong adoption and healthy maintenance signals.
Workflow fit
Use this skill in these scenarios
Reduce risk
Security and compliance
I need my agent to scan a project for security risks and summarize what needs attention.
Build and ship code
Coding agents
I need a coding agent that can understand a repository, edit code, and review pull requests.
Operate web apps
Browser automation
I need my agent to control a browser, fill forms, and verify web app workflows.
Stack fit
Add it to a complete workflow
Inspect, patch, and verify code
Coding review agent
A stack for software agents that inspect repositories, review pull requests, generate tests, and turn findings into shippable patches.
Operate and verify web apps
Browser QA agent
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Overview
Nuclei is a fast, customizable vulnerability scanner powered by the global security community and built on a simple YAML-based DSL, enabling collaboration to tackle trending vulnerabilities on the internet. It helps you find vulnerabilities in your applications, APIs, networks, DNS, and cloud configurations.
Imported by the skill-only GitHub discovery pipeline because it matches agent skill, automation, RAG, or developer-tool signals. Protocol-server projects are excluded from automated imports.
Platform Compatibility
Technical Details
- Version
- 1.0.0
- License
- MIT
- Last Updated
- 6/7/2026
- Published
- 6/6/2026
Frameworks & Tools
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Author
projectdiscovery✓
@projectdiscovery
Tags
Platform Fit
Health Signals
- GitHub stars
- 29.1K
- Quality score
- 74/100
- Last GitHub push
- Jun 4, 2026
- Framework hints
- 2
- OpenAgentSkill views
- 2
- Install copies
- 0
- Outbound clicks
- 0
Community Signal
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Trust & Safety
- —Open source (public GitHub repo)
- —AI static analysis passed
- —License: MIT
- —Manually verified by team
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