Claude Skills Guide

Claude Code Skills for Security Engineers and Pentesters

Security professionals need tools that accelerate assessment workflows without sacrificing rigor Claude Code skills provide targeted capabilities for vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, compliance checking, and security documentation. Here is how to integrate these skills into your security practice.

Using Security Skills in Claude Code

Claude Code skills are invoked with the /skill-name syntax. Each skill focuses on specific security tasks, from code review to report generation. The following skills deliver the most value for security engineers and penetration testers.

pdf: Security Report Generation

The pdf skill produces professional security reports from your findings. Use it to generate penetration test reports, vulnerability assessments, and compliance documentation.

# Generate a penetration test report from markdown notes
"Create a PDF report from these vulnerability findings with executive summary"

This skill handles formatting, page breaks, and table of contents automatically. Security teams use it to deliver client-ready documentation without manual formatting work.

docx: Technical Security Documentation

The docx skill creates Word documents for formal security specifications. Use it for security architecture documents, incident response plans, and risk assessments.

# Generate a security architecture document
"Create a technical specification for the zero-trust network implementation"

The skill maintains consistent formatting and can convert markdown to professionally styled Word documents.

tdd: Secure Development Workflows

The tdd skill enforces test-driven development, which naturally produces more secure code. By writing tests before implementation, you identify edge cases and security boundaries early.

# Write security-focused tests for authentication
"Write tests for a login function that validates input, handles rate limiting, and prevents SQL injection"

Security engineers use this skill to build security test suites that verify input validation, authentication logic, and authorization checks.

supermemory: Security Knowledge Base

Supermemory acts as your security knowledge repository. It indexes CVE databases, security policies, and past assessment findings.

# Query your security knowledge
"Find all previous findings related to SQL injection in our codebase"

This skill connects with tools like Obsidian and Notion, enabling security teams to maintain searchable knowledge bases of vulnerabilities, remediation steps, and lessons learned.

xlsx: Vulnerability Tracking and Metrics

The xlsx skill generates spreadsheets for tracking vulnerabilities, severity ratings, and remediation progress.

# Create a vulnerability tracking dashboard
"Generate a spreadsheet tracking CVEs with severity scores, affected systems, and remediation status"

Security teams use this for compliance reporting, risk metrics, and maintaining audit trails of security findings.

Code Review Skills for Security

Security-focused code review requires identifying vulnerable patterns, checking for common weaknesses, and suggesting secure alternatives. Claude Code skills help automate parts of this process.

# Request security-focused code analysis
"Analyze this authentication module for common vulnerabilities like hardcoded credentials, weak hashing, and session management issues"

The combination of tdd for secure development and supermemory for referencing past vulnerabilities creates a comprehensive security workflow.

Penetration Testing Workflows

Penetration testers benefit from combining multiple skills:

  1. Use pdf to generate scoping documents and rules of engagement
  2. Apply xlsx to track findings during assessments
  3. Use supermemory to reference previous penetration tests and known vulnerability patterns
  4. Generate final reports with docx or pdf
# Document engagement scope
"Create a penetration test scoping document with defined targets, testing methodology, and timeline"

Compliance and Audit Documentation

Security compliance requires meticulous documentation. The pdf and docx skills generate audit-ready documentation for SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, and other frameworks.

# Generate compliance evidence documentation
"Create a compliance mapping document showing controls for SOC 2 Type II requirements"

The xlsx skill tracks control effectiveness, audit findings, and remediation timelines across compliance programs.

Practical Example: Vulnerability Assessment

Here is a typical workflow for conducting a vulnerability assessment using Claude Code skills:

1. Initial reconnaissance: Document scope with /pdf
2. Vulnerability scanning: Track findings in /xlsx
3. Exploitation testing: Reference techniques via /supermemory
4. Remediation verification: Use /tdd to verify fixes
5. Reporting: Generate final report with /pdf or /docx

Each skill handles a specific phase, reducing context switching and maintaining consistency across the assessment lifecycle.

Choosing Skills for Your Security Practice

Consider your primary activities when selecting skills:

Start with the skills that address your most frequent tasks. Security professionals often find that report generation skills provide immediate time savings, while knowledge management skills deliver long-term value as your security database grows.

Summary

Claude Code skills enhance security workflows through targeted automation. Use /pdf or /docx for professional security reports, /xlsx for vulnerability tracking, /tdd for secure development practices, and /supermemory to build a searchable security knowledge base. These tools integrate into existing security processes without requiring wholesale workflow changes.

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