solve-challenge

The `solve-challenge` skill is designed to act as a first-pass dispatcher for Capture The Flag (CTF) challenges, efficiently guiding users toward the appropriate specialized tools based on the input provided. It handles initial triage of challenge bundles, remote services, suspicious files, or vague descriptions, identifying the dominant category of the challenge before routing execution to the relevant `ctf-*` skill. This approach ensures that users can start tackling a challenge effectively without needing to immediately determine the correct category themselves, streamlining the initial analysis and setup process for complex CTF problems.

The skill offers several capabilities aimed at improving efficiency and accuracy in CTF workflows. It can detect CTFd platforms and configure API-driven navigation when credentials are provided, enabling automated interaction with challenges hosted on compatible platforms. During the reconnaissance phase, it supports file exploration, binary triage, link fetching, remote service connections, and hint analysis. It categorizes challenges based on file types or descriptive keywords, covering domains such as reverse engineering, binary exploitation, cryptography, web vulnerabilities, forensics, and OSINT. Users can leverage pre-installed toolkits or install dependencies on-demand per category, ensuring flexibility across competition and practice environments.

This skill is particularly useful for CTF competitors, security researchers, and educational users who need a systematic method to begin tackling a wide variety of challenges. It targets users who may not immediately know which specialized skill applies to a challenge, helping them avoid dead ends and focus on relevant techniques. By acting as a central entry point for CTF challenge analysis and routing, `solve-challenge` reduces setup friction and accelerates the problem-solving process, making it ideal for both training scenarios and live competitions where efficiency is critical.