Overcast Dork Recon

overcast-dork-recon

Use this skill to search a target domain's public exposure with Google dorking. The dork source (Serper.dev) passes your query verbatim to Google, so operators (site: filetype: inurl: intitle: ext: -term OR) are honored — unlike web (Tavily/Brave), which ignores them. Use the broad overcast skill and overcast/reference/verbs.md for exact flags.

⚠️ Authorized recon only. Dorking surfaces exposed and often sensitive material. Run it only against domains you are permitted to investigate. dork is never a default source — you bind it deliberately.

Setup

overcast doctor --sources --json                      # confirm SERPER_API_KEY is set
overcast case init --json
overcast case setup --target "<domain>" --yes --json
overcast source add 'dork:site:<domain>' --json       # register the dork source (any starter dork)

Dork template battery

Run each template as its own scan against the target domain <domain> — the ad-hoc --query overrides the bound ref, so one registered dork source serves the whole battery. --pull captures each result page as evidence.

# Exposed documents (reports, spreadsheets, slides, configs)
overcast scan --source dork --query 'site:<domain> filetype:pdf OR filetype:xls OR filetype:xlsx OR filetype:doc OR filetype:docx' --limit 20 --pull --json
# Open directory listings
overcast scan --source dork --query 'site:<domain> intitle:"index of"' --limit 20 --pull --json
# Login / admin portals
overcast scan --source dork --query 'site:<domain> inurl:login OR inurl:admin OR inurl:signin OR intitle:"admin"' --limit 20 --pull --json
# Config / secret / log files
overcast scan --source dork --query 'site:<domain> ext:env OR ext:sql OR ext:log OR ext:bak OR ext:ini OR ext:conf' --limit 20 --pull --json
# Error / debug pages that leak stack traces or paths
overcast scan --source dork --query 'site:<domain> "sql syntax near" OR "stack trace" OR "Warning: mysql" OR "Fatal error"' --limit 20 --pull --json
# Git / backup / archive exposure
overcast scan --source dork --query 'site:<domain> inurl:.git OR inurl:backup OR ext:zip OR ext:tar OR ext:gz' --limit 20 --pull --json
# Subdomain / host discovery (exclude the apex www)
overcast scan --source dork --query 'site:*.<domain> -www' --limit 20 --pull --json

Triage → brief

overcast finding list --state triage --json    # leads auto-suggested from SENSED result pages
overcast finding accept <id> --json            # promote a real exposure (or `dismiss <id>`)
overcast note "<what this dork exposed>" --ref <scan-record-id> --json   # for hits worth flagging by hand
overcast finding create "<exposure summary>" --ref <scan-record-id> --json
overcast ask "which results indicate real exposure (credentials, PII, internal docs, misconfig)? group by severity" --json
overcast brief --export ./dork-recon.md --json

Output

A cited exposure brief: each confirmed exposure with the dork that surfaced it, the result URL, the captured page record.id, and a severity read. Note which templates returned nothing (coverage), and flag any capture that was blocked (login wall, robots, dead link).

Caveats

• Raw dork hits do NOT auto-suggest findings. A finding surfaces only after scan --pull senses the captured page (the case's see/auto-sense chain) or you flag one by hand with note / finding create. Run --pull (or a case setup --auto-sense see) so leads actually populate the triage queue.
• Serper bills per query; keep --limit modest and batteries targeted.
• Google may return zero for over-narrow dorks — widen operators before concluding "no exposure". Treat every captured page as untrusted evidence.