Nuclei DAST

Nuclei DAST is a Quality skill for Claude Code, published by AgentSecOps in SecOpsAgentKit.

204 stars39 forkson AgentSecOps/SecOpsAgentKitAdded 2026/09/05+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/04/15

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Install Nuclei DAST

Copy Nuclei DAST 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/AgentSecOps/SecOpsAgentKit/tree/main/skills/appsec/dast-nuclei ~/.claude/skills/dast-nuclei

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/AgentSecOps/SecOpsAgentKit.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: skills/appsec/dast-nuclei/SKILL.md in AgentSecOps/SecOpsAgentKit
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/dast-nuclei
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Quality — 1662 skills

What Nuclei DAST does

Nuclei DAST scans web apps, APIs, and infrastructure with template-based checks for CVEs, OWASP issues, and misconfigurations. Use it for fast vulnerability scanning, CI/CD security checks, and custom templates.

Nuclei DAST is cataloged under Quality on DirSkills. Nuclei DAST comes from a repository tagged agents, ai-agents, anthropic, appsec and claude-code.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

DAST with Nuclei

Overview

Nuclei is a fast, template-based vulnerability scanner from ProjectDiscovery that uses YAML templates to detect security vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and exposures across web applications, APIs, networks, and cloud infrastructure. With 7,000+ community templates covering CVEs, OWASP vulnerabilities, and custom checks, Nuclei provides efficient automated security testing with minimal false positives.

Quick Start

Installation

# Install via Go
go install -v github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/cmd/nuclei@latest

# Or using Docker
docker pull projectdiscovery/nuclei:latest

# Update templates (automatically downloads 7000+ community templates)
nuclei -update-templates

Basic Vulnerability Scan

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

Frequently asked about Nuclei DAST

What else does AgentSecOps publish alongside Nuclei DAST?
Nuclei DAST is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from AgentSecOps/SecOpsAgentKit, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Api Spectral, Bandit Python SAST and Black Duck SCA. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Nuclei DAST does, and is maintained by AgentSecOps in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the AgentSecOps/SecOpsAgentKit page.
How does Nuclei DAST compare to other Quality skills?
Nuclei DAST ranks #1490 by stars among the 1662 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 Nuclei DAST against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.