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protocol-reverse-engineeringby Seth HobsonDevelopmentGitHub stars: 41.8k

Protocol Reverse Engineering skill: what it does and how to install it

Analyses network traffic to identify, dissect, document and test proprietary or unfamiliar communication protocols.

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Warning. A security audit flagged this skill with a warning. Read its SKILL.md and scripts before you install it.

Install

$ npx skills add wshobson/agents --skill protocol-reverse-engineering

Run it in a terminal. If your agent is already running, start a new session so it picks the skill up.

About this skill

What it does. Guides packet capture with Wireshark, tcpdump and mitmproxy, then analyses traffic using tshark or Scapy to identify message boundaries, fields and protocol signatures. It covers replay, modification and fuzzing, and helps produce a protocol specification and validate it with a parser or generator.

When to use it. For security research, interoperability work or debugging network communication, especially when the protocol is proprietary or poorly documented.

History

Repo stars

41.8k+1.5k since 5 Oct 2026

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26 Oct 202641,741
25 Oct 202641,668
24 Oct 202641,623
23 Oct 202641,590
22 Oct 202641,533
21 Oct 202641,400
20 Oct 202641,212
19 Oct 202641,081
18 Oct 202640,990
17 Oct 202640,943
16 Oct 202640,891
15 Oct 202640,824
14 Oct 202640,663
13 Oct 202640,579
12 Oct 202640,457
11 Oct 202640,368
10 Oct 202640,319
9 Oct 202640,307
8 Oct 202640,296
7 Oct 202640,267
6 Oct 202640,238
5 Oct 202640,212

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