Reverse-Skill: AI Skill Pack for Authorized Security Research

TL;DR: Reverse-Skill is an MIT-licensed PowerShell skill pack from zhaoxuya520 aimed at authorized security research, reverse engineering, and penetration testing inside AI coding clients. The repository has 38K stars and 22 open issues since May 2026.

What it is

The repository zhaoxuya520/reverse-skill describes itself as a “Reverse Engineering / Authorized Penetration Testing / Security Research Skill Router Pack.” The README positions it as a routing layer plus an on-demand toolchain bootstrap plus a self-evolving knowledge base, designed to plug into the AI coding clients that already exist: Claude Code, Kiro, Cursor, Cline.

PowerShell is the language listed on the repository’s metadata, and MIT is the license. The owner is a personal account, not an organization. There is no separate homepage.

What the data points tell you

• 38,034 stars and 5,277 forks, with the repository created on 2026-05-13 and most recently pushed on 2026-09-22.
• 22 open issues, a remarkably low count for a security-oriented project at this star level. That low number is consistent with a project whose main consumers are AI coding clients running through a router, with most of the actual interaction happening inside the AI session rather than the issue tracker.
• Topics empty, no search tags configured on the repository.
• MIT license, the most permissive option, which makes the skill pack embeddable inside any AI client that wants the routing layer.

How to try it

This is a security-research skill pack, so the first principle is to scope it to authorized targets only:

1. Install the skill pack into your AI coding client of choice (Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, Kiro) following the project’s README.
2. Run the onboarding commands in a sandbox first, on a virtual machine that is allowed to host reverse-engineering tooling.
3. Confirm the routing layer dispatches the expected tools against a controlled target you own or have permission to test.
4. Set the toolchain scope per project. The skill pack works best when the AI client’s permissions are tuned to authorized targets only.

The combination of “authorized” framing, an MIT license, and an on-demand toolchain bootstrap gives the project the shape of a structured shell around sensitive tooling rather than an autonomous agent that runs without a human in the loop.

When to evaluate Reverse-Skill

Pick Reverse-Skill when the team’s security work is already scoped to authorized targets and the team uses AI coding clients as the entry point for tooling. The skill router is the most useful when the AI client is the place where commands are issued and the human is the one who decides what gets routed where.

Skip it for teams that prefer a fully standalone CLI for security research, or for environments where AI coding clients are not allowed to interact with sensitive tooling. MIT licensing does not, by itself, mean the toolchain is appropriate for every environment.

Configuration surface

Configuration lives in the AI client’s skill manifest plus the skill pack’s own router config, plus the PowerShell scripts that bootstrap the toolchain on demand. The routing layer keeps the surface understandable; the toolchain bootstrap is where the project earns its name.

Source and Accuracy Notes

• Project page: (none configured on GitHub)
• Source repository: zhaoxuya520/reverse-skill (verified via GitHub API html_url)
• License: MIT (verified via GitHub API license.spdx_id)
• Stars at time of writing: 38,034