Nessus Vulnerability Scanning

Nessus Vulnerability Scanning is a Quality skill for Claude Code, published by devton in agentic-workflow-blueprint.

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Install Nessus Vulnerability Scanning

Copy Nessus Vulnerability Scanning 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/devton/agentic-workflow-blueprint/tree/main/workflows/performing-vulnerability-scanning-with-nessus ~/.claude/skills/performing-vulnerability-scanning-with-nessus

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/devton/agentic-workflow-blueprint.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: workflows/performing-vulnerability-scanning-with-nessus/SKILL.md in devton/agentic-workflow-blueprint
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/performing-vulnerability-scanning-with-nessus
Collection: One of 26 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Quality — 1354 skills

What Nessus Vulnerability Scanning does

Nessus Vulnerability Scanning runs authorized Nessus assessments, validates findings, and produces prioritized remediation guidance. Use it for authenticated scans, false-positive triage, and rescan verification.

Nessus Vulnerability Scanning is cataloged under Quality on DirSkills.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

agentic-workflows-blueprint.workflow.performing-vulnerability-scanning-with-nessus

Goal

Execute Nessus-based vulnerability assessments with validated findings, risk-prioritized remediation guidance, and auditable scan evidence.

Scope

Applies to: authorized vulnerability scanning engagements using Nessus across hosts, network infrastructure, and services.
Does not cover: replacing manual penetration testing or unauthorized scanning operations.

Triggers

"Run vulnerability scan with Nessus"
"Perform authenticated patch/compliance assessment"
"Validate remediation with rescan evidence"
"Produce prioritized CVE-based remediation plan"

Inputs

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

Frequently asked about Nessus Vulnerability Scanning

What else does devton publish alongside Nessus Vulnerability Scanning?
Nessus Vulnerability Scanning is one of 26 skills that DirSkills catalogs from devton/agentic-workflow-blueprint, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Agentic Workflow Blueprint, Analyzing Kubernetes Audit Logs and Brainstorming. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Nessus Vulnerability Scanning does, and is maintained by devton in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the devton/agentic-workflow-blueprint page.
How does Nessus Vulnerability Scanning compare to other Quality skills?
Nessus Vulnerability Scanning ranks #1295 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 Nessus Vulnerability Scanning against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.