Guardian CLI – Skill Reference

Guardian CLI – Skill Reference

1. Project Overview

Guardian (v2.0) is a Python 3.11+ CLI application that automates penetration testing workflows using a multi-agent AI system. It is designed for authorized security assessments only.

guardian-cli/
├── ai/               # AI provider integrations & prompt templates
│   ├── providers/    # base_provider, openai, claude, gemini, openrouter
│   └── prompt_templates/
├── cli/              # CLI entry-point (Typer) & commands
│   └── commands/     # init, scan, recon, analyze, report, workflow, ai, models
├── core/             # Multi-agent orchestration engine
│   ├── agent.py          # BaseAgent
│   ├── planner.py        # PlannerAgent  – decides next test step
│   ├── tool_agent.py     # ToolAgent     – selects & executes tools
│   ├── analyst_agent.py  # AnalystAgent  – interprets tool output
│   ├── reporter_agent.py # ReporterAgent – generates final reports
│   ├── memory.py         # PentestMemory, ToolExecution, Finding dataclasses
│   └── workflow.py       # WorkflowEngine – top-level orchestrator
├── tools/            # 19 security-tool wrappers (one Python file each)
├── workflows/        # YAML workflow definitions (8 built-in)
├── utils/            # logger, scope_validator, helpers
├── config/           # guardian.yaml configuration file
├── reports/          # Output directory for generated reports & session state
└── docs/             # Guides (WORKFLOW_GUIDE, TOOLS_DEVELOPMENT_GUIDE, …)

2. Architecture

2.1 Agent Pipeline

Target Input
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WorkflowEngine.run_workflow()  ──or──  WorkflowEngine.run_autonomous()