pentagi: Fully Autonomous Penetration Testing AI Agents

pentagi is a fully autonomous AI agent system designed for penetration testing. Unlike AI-assisted security tools, pentagi performs complex security tasks end-to-end without human guidance.

What It Does

pentagi handles the full penetration testing workflow:

• reconnaissance and target enumeration
• vulnerability scanning and prioritization
• exploit development and execution
• post-exploitation and privilege escalation
• report generation

The key difference: it’s autonomous, not assistive. You define the scope, the agents execute.

Why It Matters

Security testing is becoming an agent-native domain. Tools like Shannon (96.15% exploit success rate) proved that AI can outperform humans at finding and exploiting vulnerabilities.

pentagi takes this further by orchestrating multiple agents for different phases of a pentest. Instead of one model trying to do everything, specialized agents handle reconnaissance, exploitation, and reporting.

Architecture

The system uses:

• Planner Agent: breaks down the penetration testing task into subtasks
• Executor Agents: run specific tools (nmap, Metasploit, sqlmap, etc.)
• Analyzer Agent: interprets tool output and decides next steps
• Reporter Agent: generates structured findings

Each agent has access to a sandboxed environment with standard pentesting tools. The orchestrator manages communication between agents and ensures tasks stay within defined scope.

Use Cases

For red teams:
Automate routine penetration tests. Focus human effort on novel attack vectors and strategic planning.

For defenders:
Run continuous automated security audits. pentagi can test your infrastructure 24/7.

For researchers:
Build on top of pentagi’s framework to develop new autonomous security agents.

Limitations

Scope control is critical. Autonomous agents with exploitation capabilities need strict boundaries. pentagi requires explicit scope definitions and runs in isolated environments.

Not a replacement for human pentesters. It automates known techniques. Novel vulnerabilities and creative attack chains still require human insight.

Ethical and legal concerns. Running autonomous exploitation agents without proper authorization is illegal. pentagi is a tool for authorized security testing only.

The Bigger Picture

pentagi is part of a shift: security work moving from human-assisted to agent-driven.

Your personal AI OS will need an immune system. Not alerts you review — autonomous agents that detect, analyze, and respond to threats in real time.

The question isn’t whether security becomes agent-native. It’s whether your defenses keep pace with the attacks.

GitHub

pentagi is open source and actively developed.

Repository: https://github.com/vxcontrol/pentagi
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