Read files
It reads your challenge source code and searches for strings inside logs.
Product
pentest lab automation for CTF practice
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Extreme Iteration helps with files, scripts and notes for your own pentest lab.
Run commands
It executes your shell commands and reports the real exit code.
Save notes
It writes your solve script and keeps a plain text note file.
Features for your workflow
- FilesIt reads, writes, edits, deletes, and lists files in your working folder.
- ShellIt runs terminal commands like linters and tests and shows the exit code.
- WebIt searches the web and reads documentation pages.
- Screenshots and imagesIt reads text from screenshots and saves generated images.
- OrchestrationIt runs parallel sub-agents and saves your work to version control.
- Approval modesIt pauses before changes in Ask first or writes a plan only.
- CronIt runs your scheduled prompts automatically when the time comes around.
- ModelsIt connects to a cloud endpoint, a local model on your PC, or the built-in model.
How it helps with your pentest lab
You keep work to systems you own or are allowed to use; the agent does not enforce scope and Shell, web and SSH are not folder-bound.
Read the source code of the login page and search for hidden strings.
- read_file
login.htmlloaded - grep
flag3 matches - write_file
notes.txtsaved - edit_file
solve.pydiff - Shell
python solve.pyexit 0
waiting for your OK before the next stepRejectAccept
Walkthroughs for your practice
Solve a web challenge
You start by reading the challenge source code to understand the logic and you see the command result in a card with full details. This is good. A very easy practice lab for beginners helps you learn the basics of one category at a time. You write down what you tried in a plain text file. You reset your penetration testing labs from a snapshot before you start again. Ask first pauses before actions that change something and the diff is accepted there. The agent does not solve challenges by itself and you Read the task text and every given file twice to ensure you understand the goal.
Run a penetration testing lab
Extreme Iteration helps you manage the files and commands for your isolated test setup, and the agent runs your own scripts on the lab files to verify results. Read the rules. You use the file tools to read and write your configuration files. The Shell command runs your tools on the challenge files and reads the exit code. When you are stuck on a ctf what to do, try reading the task text twice. The run_on_model feature sends a hard step to a bigger model. You can create a skill to reuse your playbooks for common tasks. This setup is ideal for a penetration testing labs where you control the environment.
What Extreme Iteration does not do
It is not a hosted service or plugin; it is meant only for your own files, PC and servers you are authorised to use. You keep the work within them because the agent does not enforce scope. Shell, web and SSH are not folder-bound so you must check the rules. There is no guarantee that code, scans or analysis are correct or complete. Extreme Iteration is not a CTF platform: does not host events, does not provide challenges and does not enter competitions for you, so you must handle king of the hill competition hosting yourself.
