SKILL.md
Workflow
- [workflow.md](reference/workflow.md) — Complete workflow with commands. Read this for each step
Steps
- Get Credentials —
python3 .claude/tools/env-reader.py HTBUSER HTBPASS HTBTOKEN ANTHROPICAPIKEY SLACKBOTTOKEN HTBSLACKCHANNELID - Only for "Machine" kind of competition -> Verify vpn is running, otherwise download the vpn file from the platform and instruct the user on how to enable it
- Generate output dirs —
mkdir -p YYMMDD_<name>/{recon,findings,logs,artifacts,tools,reports}for each challenge. Do not seedattack-chain.mdorexperiments.mdfrom the orchestrator — those are the coordinator subagent's first action (seeskills/coordination/reference/spawning-recipes.md). - To achieve the tasks given by the user, when possible use the HTBTOKEN, otherwise login to the platform using playwright at https://account.hackthebox.com/login and fill the login form with the HTBUSER and HTB_PASS
- If necessary, start the machines
- If necessary, check network connectivity to the machines
- Spawn coordinator subagent per target —
Agent(name="coordinator-{tag}", runinbackground=True, ...)perspawning-recipes.md. Never run the P0-P6 coordinator workflow inline in the orchestrator session — the bookkeeping discipline (attack-chain.md, experiments.md, goal_attempts counting, mandatory skeptic at experiments 5/15/25) requires the subagent boundary. Max N concurrent agents, queue-based spawning. - Post-solve Phase 3 — parent orchestrator (not coordinator) always runs
/skill-update+ Slack after each coordinator returns its PHASE3_SUMMARY (see workflow.md step 8)
References
- [workflow.md](reference/workflow.md) — Workflow overview with credentials, VPN, setup, and coordinator spawn
- [spawning-recipes.md](../coordination/reference/spawning-recipes.md) — Coordinator agent spawn prompt templates (exploitation, flag submission, completion report, stats)
- [completion-report-schema.md](../../formats/htb-completion-report.md) — Challenge completion report structure & template
- [slack-notifications.md](reference/slack-notifications.md) — Slack completion notification format & examples
- [platform-navigation.md](reference/platform-navigation.md) — Platform site navigation guide
- [vpn-pool-routing.md](reference/vpn-pool-routing.md) — VPN pool isolation. Pre-flight check before spawning any machine (releasearena vs dediviplab vs others)
- [vpn-setup.md](reference/vpn-setup.md) — VPN connectivity troubleshooting
- [anti-bot-bypass.md](../reconnaissance/reference/anti-bot-bypass.md) — Cloudflare/Turnstile detection evasion