intelligent_smart_scan

What intelligent_smart_scan does on Nyxstrike

AI agents invoke intelligent_smart_scan to trigger actions in Nyxstrike. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call: builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.

Why intelligent_smart_scan is rated High

Given the server context (offensive security/pentesting platform) and sibling tools focused on reconnaissance, vulnerability assessment, and active attacks, a 'smart scan' almost certainly executes active network/host scanning operations against targets. This constitutes an Execute-level action with high severity due to potential for unauthorized probing of external systems.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'intelligent_smart_scan' on a penetration testing platform ('AI Powered penetration testing Platform for offensive security research') alongside sibling tools like 'ai_reconnaissance_workflow', 'ai_vulnerability_assessment', and 'aircrack_ng'.

The rule that runs intelligent_smart_scan safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Nyxstrike, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For intelligent_smart_scan, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "intelligent_smart_scan": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "intelligent_smart_scan_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 10,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Questions about intelligent_smart_scan