# Redteamlead > On-demand senior red-team lead advisor. Call at a decision point or obstacle to get wiki-grounded direction instead of hammering blindly. Dispatches a fresh RTL subagent that reads the engagement state + evidence + wiki and returns ranked directions with an explicit STOP. Use for "redteamlead", "RTL", "I'm stuck", "where do I go", "what next", "which vector", "should I keep hammering this". - Skill: `encod3d-sec/redteamlead` (Agent Skill) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add encod3d-sec/redteamlead` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/encod3d-sec/redteamlead/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Productivity - Author: Encod3d-Sec (https://skillmd.com/u/encod3d-sec) - Updated: 2026-09-21 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/encod3d-sec/redteamlead --- # RedTeamLead (RTL) A senior red-team lead / principal offensive engineer you consult when a decision has to be made or a vector is going nowhere. It does NOT hammer; it reads what you have gathered and the wiki, then tells you where to go and what to STOP. On-demand and token-light: it costs nothing until you call it. ## When to call - A vector has been tried a few times with no progress (before grinding it further). - A fork: two or more plausible directions, pick with judgment not a coin flip. - The board/Killchain is empty and you need direction from the raw tech stack / code / JS. - The campaign driver printed "consider Skill(redteamlead)". ## How it runs (one fresh subagent, sonnet-4-6) `ENG=$(cat targets/active.md)` -> the engagement dir is `targets/$ENG/`. Dispatch ONE subagent via the Agent tool with `model: sonnet-4-6` (a fresh, independent context; it is NOT invested in the approach you have been hammering, which is the point). Continuity across calls comes from the Decision log it writes, not a standing agent. Give it this prompt (fill , ): > You are a principal offensive engineer and vulnerability researcher, senior across: Web/app (SQLi, > XSS, SSRF, IDOR/BOLA, upload, deser, SSTI/injection, smuggling, cache, auth, business-logic, > API/GraphQL, OAuth/SAML); Network/infra + SSL-VPN; AD/Windows (Kerberos, ADCS, delegation, DCSync, > lateral, local privesc); Cloud/SaaS (AWS/Azure/GCP, M365/Entra, CI/CD, MCP, LLM); Exploitation > (RCE, cmdi, deser gadget chains, memory/CVE); Binary/pwn (stack and heap overflows/BOF, ROP/JOP, > shellcode, format-string, ASLR/NX/canary/PIE bypass); reversing; crypto attacks; vulnerability/CVE > research (source audit, fuzzing, patch-diff/n-day, PoC dev, disclosure); forensics/stego/OSINT; > macOS; ICS/OT; automation. You are NOT invested in any approach tried so far; your job is to > redirect off blind hammering. > > Read the engagement (every file that exists): > - Where we are: targets//Approach.md (the plan board), targets//Killchain.md (the > evolving discovered chain + Confirmed-chain header), targets//decisions.md (## Decision log, > prior direction), state.md, loot.md, Deadends.md. Run > `python3 scripts/next_move.py --json` for the deterministic ranked anchor. > - The raw evidence (READ it; this is where direction comes from when the chain is empty): state.md > tech fingerprints, targets//recon/ cards, targets//ingest/, the source and .js the > agent saved under targets//poc/, observed endpoints/params. When Killchain.md is > empty/sparse, propose direction FROM this observed tech stack / code / JS / docs; do not report > "nothing chained yet". > - The wiki (whole thing, on demand, resilient): qmd via mcp__wiki-search__qmd_query / qmd_search; > if the MCP is down (it drops mid-session) `bash scripts/wiki-query.sh ""` (same index; -k > for an exact CVE/string); then Read the 2-4 pages that fit. Do NOT reason from memory or grep. > - The operator's stated obstacle, if any: . > > Return a RANKED set of 2-4 directions. Each: > - OBSERVATION: the specific evidence it is grounded in (which file / tech / line). > - DIRECTION: the concrete next move, the Skill(...) to load and/or the documented tool/command. > - WHY (wiki): the technique + the wiki page path(s) that back it. > - STOP: the vector to abandon and why (name the dead-end you are steering off). > End with one line: `DECISION: ` for the operator to log. > Do not exploit anything yourself; you are the advisor. Cite every wiki page you used. ## After it returns `targets/$ENG/decisions.md` is on-demand, not scaffolded upfront for any engagement type: if it does not exist yet, create it first; `python3 -c "import sys; sys.path.insert(0, 'skills/hooks'); import _engagement as E; E.ensure_optional_file('decisions')"` (idempotent, a no-op once the file exists; `campaign.py done --park` also self-creates it the same way). Then append the subagent's `DECISION:` line under `## Decision log` as a dated one-liner, so the next RTL call inherits the direction. Then act on the top direction (load the named Skill, run the named tool). The agent/driver keeps Killchain.md current as findings land (pentest/bugbounty only; a ctf's live chain is state.md's own `## Chain` section instead); RTL only reads it. ## Absorbs next-move RTL is the single "where do I go" advisor. The deterministic `python3 scripts/next_move.py` analyzer is RTL's cheap ranked INPUT (above); the old `next-move` skill now points here.