Run Autonomous White Box Pentests Against Web Apps And Apis With Shannon

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name: "Run autonomous white-box pentests against web apps and APIs with Shannon"
slug: "run-autonomous-white-box-pentests-against-web-apps-and-apis-with-shannon"
description: "Analyze a web app's source code, execute real exploit attempts against the running target, and return proof-backed findings before release."
github_stars: 39843
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/KeygraphHQ/shannon"
author: "KeygraphHQ"
publisher_type: "open_source_project"
category: "Security & Verification"
framework: "Custom Agents"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "KeygraphHQ/shannon"
  github_stars: 39843
  npm_package: "@keygraph/shannon"
  npm_weekly_downloads: 3964
---

# Run autonomous white-box pentests against web apps and APIs with Shannon

Analyze a web app's source code, execute real exploit attempts against the running target, and return proof-backed findings before release.

## Prerequisites

Node.js 18+, Docker, target web app URL, local source repository, model/API credentials supported by Shannon

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- **Data Flow Analysis (SAST)**: Identifies sources (user input, API requests) and sinks (SQL queries, command execution), then traces paths between them. At each node, an LLM evaluates whether the specific sanitization...
- | **Analysis Engine** | Code review prompting | CPG-based data flow with LLM reasoning at every node |
- [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- Shannon closes that gap by providing on-demand, automated penetration testing that can run against every build or release.
- **Parallel Processing**: Vulnerability analysis and exploitation phases run concurrently across all attack categories.
- [Setup & Usage Instructions](#setup--usage-instructions)

- Source: https://github.com/KeygraphHQ/shannon
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KeygraphHQ/shannon/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://keygraph.io/

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/run-autonomous-white-box-pentests-against-web-apps-and-apis-with-shannon/)