# Pentest preparation (/security--pentest-prep)

/security--pentest-prep is a Claude Code skill in the Code section. Prepares you for a penetration test: sweeps for easy fixes, documents the scope and delivers a pentest-prep.md with a checklist and known risks.

- Web version: https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/s/security--pentest-prep
- Section: [Code](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/code.md)
- Author: Santiago Gómez de la Torre
- License: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/blob/main/skills/security/pentest-prep.md
- Updated 10 Jul 2026

## How to ask for it

- `/security--pentest-prep prep our app before the external security audit`
- `/security--pentest-prep create the scope document for the pentest`
- `/security--pentest-prep what quick fixes should I do before the pentest?`

## Install

macOS · Linux:

```
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.sh | bash
```

Windows:

```
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.ps1 | iex
```

Claude Code plugin:

```
/plugin marketplace add sgomez-dev/claude-skills
/plugin install security-skills@claude-skills-collection
```

## Permissions

- Reads: `**/*`
- Writes: `pentest-prep*.md`
- Runs: —
- Network: No
- Destructive: No

## Author's description

Defensive pre-pentest hardening: scope doc, quick fixes, evidence collection

- [How we review this](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/methodology.md)