subfinder_scan

What subfinder_scan does on Nyxstrike

AI agents invoke subfinder_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 subfinder_scan is rated High

Subfinder is a well-known subdomain discovery/reconnaissance tool. On an offensive security platform with sibling tools like 'ai_reconnaissance_workflow' and 'advanced_payload_generation', this tool almost certainly executes active or passive subdomain enumeration against a target. The description is empty, lowering confidence slightly, but context strongly implies it runs an external scanning process.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'subfinder_scan' on a penetration testing platform ('AI Powered penetration testing Platform for offensive security research'); sibling tools include reconnaissance workflows, payload generation, and attack suites.

The rule that runs subfinder_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 subfinder_scan, this is the rule to start with:

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

Questions about subfinder_scan