This is an autonomous AI pentester. Reads your code, crawls your app, executes real exploits, produces PoC reports. ~90 minutes, ~$10 in API tokens, zero false positives.

Finds: SQLi, XSS, SSRF, auth bypass, IDOR, command injection, JWT secrets, hardcoded keys, 2FA flaws. OWASP Top 10 plus more. (see definition below if you don’t know what it is)

Works via: Browser automation for attack surface mapping, source code analysis for data flow tracing, parallel agents that actually exploit (not just flag), actionable reports.

96.15% XBOW benchmark beats humans and proprietary tools. Annual $30k pentests are dead. Run expert security testing on every deploy.

Autonomous AI penetration tester. It reads your source code, crawls your live app, executes real exploits, and produces reports with zero false positives.

What it replaces:
- Annual $30k pentests → ~$10 per scan, run whenever you want
- "Maybe vulnerable" alerts → Confirmed exploits with working payloads
- Testing quarterly → Test on every deploy

Cost: Free (AGPL-3.0) plus your LLM API costs. About $8-10 for a medium app.
Shannon Pro runs ~$50/user if you need CI/CD integration and SOC 2 reporting.

Use it if:

You ship faster than quarterly pentests can keep up, you're tired of chasing false positives, or you want continuous security without hiring a full red team.

Shannon doesn't guess. It proves.

Traditional scanners work like smoke detectors. They scream when they think there might be fire. Shannon works like an arsonist. It actually lights the match and confirms whether anything burns.

The rule is simple: If Shannon can't exploit it, it doesn't report it.

No false positives. No "maybe vulnerable." No wasting engineering time on theoretical risks.

Every finding comes with the exact payload that worked, HTTP traces, screenshots of the exploit, and file/line numbers where to fix it.

Shannon works like a skilled pentester. Faster. Never sleeps. Relentlessly thorough.

First it maps everything. The browser crawls your app, logs in (handling 2FA and OAuth), clicks through pages, captures forms. Meanwhile it's analyzing your source code to understand routes and data flows.

Then specialized agents hunt in parallel. The SQLi agent traces inputs to database queries. XSS agent follows data to sinks. SSRF agent tests URL parameters for internal access. Auth agent pokes at login flows and JWT tokens.

Here's the part that matters: actual exploitation. Shannon doesn't just identify weak spots. It executes real attacks. SQL payloads that dump databases. XSS that hijacks sessions. SSRF that reaches cloud metadata. Auth bypasses that impersonate users.

Each vulnerability gets a Markdown file with the technical explanation, a reproducible PoC, and how to fix it.

On the XBOW benchmark (the standard for evaluating pentesting tools), Shannon hits 96.15% success rate in hint-free, source-aware scenarios.

For comparison:
- Proprietary enterprise tools: 85%
- Human senior pentesters (working 40 hours): 85%
- Traditional scanners: under 50%

Against OWASP Juice Shop, Shannon found 25+ critical vulnerabilities in 90 minutes. SQL injection bypassing auth. Hardcoded JWT signing key. 2FA secrets exposed in source. SSRF reaching cloud metadata. Command injection yielding server access. Multiple XSS vectors.

Cost: ~$8-10 in Claude API tokens.

Time: 90 minutes from start to actionable report.

Alternative: $30,000 and 4 weeks…

Shannon covers the OWASP Top 10. I'll break down what it actually finds:

SQL Injection
User input concatenated into database queries. Shannon crafts payloads like ' OR '1'='1 to bypass logins and UNION SELECT to dump data.

XSS
Untrusted data rendered without escaping. Shannon injects payloads, confirms execution, proves session hijacking.

SSRF
App fetches URLs without validation. Shannon probes internal networks and cloud metadata (169.254.169.254).

Auth Bypass
Flaws in login flows, JWT verification, session handling. Shannon finds hardcoded keys, weak algorithms, logic errors that let it impersonate any user.

IDOR
Apps don't verify you own the resource you're accessing. Shannon swaps user IDs in API calls and proves it can fetch other people's data.

Command Injection
User input passed to system commands. Shannon tests payloads like ; cat /etc/passwd and confirms code execution.

Each finding comes with reproducible proof. Not just a severity rating.

Here's what matters: Shannon fits where you actually ship.

Run it on every PR. Block critical vulnerabilities before they hit main.

Full autonomous scan against staging overnight. Report waiting in your Slack in the morning.

Deep scan before major releases. Compare to baseline, require sign-off on new findings.

Every report is pentester-grade proof. Feed directly into SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS evidence collection.

Shannon Pro integrates with Keygraph's compliance platform if you need the full package.