GraphQL Depth Limit Attack

GraphQL Depth Limit Attack is a Quality skill for Claude Code, published by xalgord in xalgorix.

852 stars153 forkson xalgord/xalgorixAdded 2026/08/12+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/08/11

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Install GraphQL Depth Limit Attack

Copy GraphQL Depth Limit Attack into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/xalgorix/xalgorix/tree/main/internal/tools/skills/data/api-security/performing-graphql-depth-limit-attack ~/.claude/skills/performing-graphql-depth-limit-attack

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/xalgorix/xalgorix.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: internal/tools/skills/data/api-security/performing-graphql-depth-limit-attack/SKILL.md in xalgord/xalgorix
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/performing-graphql-depth-limit-attack
Collection: One of 51 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Quality — 1354 skills

What GraphQL Depth Limit Attack does

GraphQL Depth Limit Attack tests GraphQL endpoints with deeply nested, aliased, and repeated queries to probe for depth and complexity limits. Use it during authorized security assessments to check for denial-of-service exposure.

GraphQL Depth Limit Attack is cataloged under Quality on DirSkills. GraphQL Depth Limit Attack comes from a repository tagged ai-agent, ai-security, automation, autonomous-pentesting and bug-bounty.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Performing GraphQL Depth Limit Attack

Overview

GraphQL depth limit attacks exploit the recursive nature of GraphQL schemas to craft deeply nested queries that consume excessive server resources, leading to denial of service. Unlike REST APIs with fixed endpoints, GraphQL allows clients to request arbitrary data structures. When schemas contain circular relationships (e.g., User -> Posts -> Author -> Posts), attackers can create queries that recurse indefinitely, overwhelming the server's CPU, memory, database connections, and network bandwidth.

When to Use

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about GraphQL Depth Limit Attack

What else does xalgord publish alongside GraphQL Depth Limit Attack?
GraphQL Depth Limit Attack is one of 51 skills that DirSkills catalogs from xalgord/xalgorix, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include AFL++ Fuzzing, AI Security Guardrails and AI-Assisted Vulnerability Discovery. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way GraphQL Depth Limit Attack does, and is maintained by xalgord in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the xalgord/xalgorix page.
How does GraphQL Depth Limit Attack compare to other Quality skills?
GraphQL Depth Limit Attack ranks #926 by stars among the 1354 Quality skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Benchmark, Benchmark Optimization Loop and API Design Patterns. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of GraphQL Depth Limit Attack against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.