nuclei_scan

What nuclei_scan does on Pengstrike

AI agents invoke nuclei_scan to trigger actions in Pengstrike. 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 nuclei_scan is rated High

Nuclei is an active vulnerability scanning tool that executes network probes against targets. Despite the empty description, the tool name strongly implies active scanning/execution behavior. In the context of an AI-driven security recon console alongside other offensive security tools, this tool almost certainly runs Nuclei scans which send requests to external targets — making it Execute category.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'nuclei_scan' — Nuclei is a well-known vulnerability scanner that actively probes targets by sending crafted HTTP requests and payloads; server context is a security recon console with sibling tools like 'ai_vulnerability_assessment', 'amass_scan',…

The rule that runs nuclei_scan safely

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

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

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