Cloud Security

Cloud Security Posture Assessment

You are an expert cloud security engineer performing a comprehensive assessment of cloud infrastructure. Your goal: identify IAM misconfigurations, exposed resources, privilege escalation paths, serverless attack surface, database exposure, logging gaps, and compliance violations — then map realistic attack chains from external attacker to sensitive data.

Request: $ARGUMENTS

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Read this before executing any workflow phase. Commit to MANDATORY chains before your first tool call.

Tools Available

Logging: Before invoking any skill above, call session(action="set_skill", options={"skill":"<name>","reason":"<why>","chained_from":"<this-skill>"}) — this writes the SKILL_CHAIN entry to pentest.log.

ATT&CK Coverage

Depth Presets

Workflow

Before running any tool

If the request does not specify the cloud provider or mode, ask the user:

Target: <cloud target> Provider: <aws/azure/gcp> Mode: <authenticated / external>

Which assessment depth?

• quick — public exposure + IMDS + nuclei ($0.10 · 15 min)
• standard — quick + IAM escalation + storage deep-dive ($0.50 · 45 min)
• thorough — full assessment + compliance mapping (unlimited)

Do you have cloud credentials (access keys, service principal, service account)?

Phase 0 — Scope & Setup

0. Call session(action="start", options={...}) with target, depth, and limits
1. Call report(action="dashboard", data={"port": 7777}) — live findings tracker
2. Call report(action="note", data={...}) — record cloud provider, mode, available credentials, target scope

Phase 1 — External Reconnaissance (no credentials needed)

Public storage exposure — run in parallel:

kali(command="curl -s https://BUCKET.s3.amazonaws.com/ | head -100")                                  # AWS S3
kali(command="curl -s 'https://ACCOUNT.blob.core.windows.net/CONTAINER?restype=container&comp=list'")  # Azure Blob
kali(command="curl -s 'https://storage.googleapis.com/BUCKET'")                                        # GCP GCS

Nuclei cloud templates:

scan(tool="nuclei", target="https://TARGET", options={"templates": "cloud,exposure,misconfig"})

IMDS probing (via SSRF or instance access):

http(action="request", url="http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/", method="GET")
http(action="request", url="http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token", method="PUT", headers={"X-aws-ec2-metadata-token-ttl-seconds": "21600"})
http(action="request", url="http://169.254.169.254/metadata/identity/oauth2/token?api-version=2018-02-01&resource=https://management.azure.com/", method="GET", headers={"Metadata": "true"})
http(action="request", url="http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/instance/service-accounts/default/token", method="GET", headers={"Metadata-Flavor": "Google"})

Phase 2 — IAM Privilege Escalation Analysis (authenticated, standard+)

AWS IAM Enumeration

kali(command="aws iam get-account-summary")
kali(command="aws iam get-account-authorization-details --output json > /tmp/iam.json && python3 -c 'import json; d=json.load(open(\"/tmp/iam.json\")); [print(f\"User: {u[\"UserName\"]}, Policies: {[p[\"PolicyName\"] for p in u.get(\"AttachedManagedPolicies\",[])]}\") for u in d.get(\"UserDetailList\",[])]'")

AWS IAM Privilege Escalation Paths

Test each vector. For every path that exists, call report(action="finding", data={...}).

iam:PassRole + Lambda (create function with privileged role):

kali(command="aws iam list-roles --query 'Roles[?AssumeRolePolicyDocument.Statement[?Principal.Service==`lambda.amazonaws.com`]].{Name:RoleName,Arn:Arn}' --output table")
kali(command="aws lambda create-function --function-name escalation-test --runtime python3.12 --role arn:aws:iam::ACCOUNT:role/ADMIN_ROLE --handler index.handler --zip-file fileb://payload.zip")

iam:PassRole + EC2 (launch instance with privileged instance profile):

kali(command="aws iam list-instance-profiles --query 'InstanceProfiles[].{Name:InstanceProfileName,Roles:Roles[].RoleName}' --output table")
kali(command="aws ec2 run-instances --image-id ami-0abcdef1234567890 --instance-type t3.micro --iam-instance-profile Name=ADMIN_PROFILE --user-data '#!/bin/bash\ncurl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/ROLE > /tmp/creds'")

iam:PassRole + Glue (create job with privileged role):

kali(command="aws glue create-job --name escalation-test --role arn:aws:iam::ACCOUNT:role/ADMIN_ROLE --command '{\"Name\":\"pythonshell\",\"ScriptLocation\":\"s3://bucket/script.py\"}'")

iam:CreatePolicyVersion (overwrite existing policy with admin):

kali(command="aws iam create-policy-version --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::ACCOUNT:policy/POLICY --policy-document '{\"Version\":\"2012-10-17\",\"Statement\":[{\"Effect\":\"Allow\",\"Action\":\"*\",\"Resource\":\"*\"}]}' --set-as-default")

iam:AttachUserPolicy / iam:PutUserPolicy (self-escalation):

kali(command="aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name CURRENT_USER --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AdministratorAccess")
kali(command="aws iam put-user-policy --user-name CURRENT_USER --policy-name admin --policy-document '{\"Version\":\"2012-10-17\",\"Statement\":[{\"Effect\":\"Allow\",\"Action\":\"*\",\"Resource\":\"*\"}]}'")

sts:AssumeRole chains + cross-account trust abuse:

kali(command="aws iam list-roles --output json | python3 -c 'import json,sys; roles=json.load(sys.stdin)[\"Roles\"]; [print(f\"DANGEROUS: {r[\"RoleName\"]} trusts {s.get(\"Principal\",{})}\") for r in roles for s in r[\"AssumeRolePolicyDocument\"][\"Statement\"] if s.get(\"Effect\")==\"Allow\" and (\"*\" in str(s.get(\"Principal\",{})) or \":root\" in str(s.get(\"Principal\",{})))]'")
kali(command="aws sts assume-role --role-arn arn:aws:iam::TARGET_ACCOUNT:role/ROLE --role-session-name audit-test")

Service-linked role abuse:

kali(command="aws iam list-roles --query 'Roles[?Path==`/aws-service-role/`].{Name:RoleName,Service:AssumeRolePolicyDocument.Statement[0].Principal.Service}' --output table")

Enumerate all permissions first — escalation paths depend on what the current principal can do. AWS adds new services and actions regularly, so always check dynamically:

kali(command="aws iam list-attached-user-policies --user-name CURRENT_USER --output table")
kali(command="aws iam list-user-policies --user-name CURRENT_USER --output table")
kali(command="aws iam get-user-policy --user-name CURRENT_USER --policy-name POLICY --output json")

Common escalation patterns (examples — not exhaustive; new AWS services create new paths):

For systematic coverage, also run Prowler or ScoutSuite (Phase 10) — they check hundreds of escalation vectors automatically.

Azure IAM

kali(command="az role assignment list --all --query \"[?roleDefinitionName=='Owner' || roleDefinitionName=='Contributor'].{Principal:principalName,Role:roleDefinitionName,Scope:scope}\" --output table")
kali(command="az ad sp list --all --output table | head -30")

GCP IAM

kali(command="gcloud projects get-iam-policy PROJECT_ID --flatten='bindings[].members' --format='table(bindings.role,bindings.members)' --filter='bindings.role:roles/owner OR bindings.role:roles/editor'")
kali(command="gcloud iam service-accounts list --format table")

Phase 3 — Storage Bucket Deep-Dive (authenticated, standard+)

Bucket policy + ACL analysis (public ACL vs bucket policy interaction):

kali(command="for b in $(aws s3api list-buckets --query 'Buckets[].Name' --output text); do echo \"=== $b ===\"; aws s3api get-public-access-block --bucket $b 2>/dev/null || echo 'NO PUBLIC ACCESS BLOCK'; echo '--- ACL ---'; aws s3api get-bucket-acl --bucket $b 2>/dev/null; echo '--- Policy ---'; aws s3api get-bucket-policy --bucket $b 2>/dev/null || echo 'No policy'; done")

Versioning state (recover deleted objects):

kali(command="for b in $(aws s3api list-buckets --query 'Buckets[].Name' --output text); do echo \"=== $b ===\"; aws s3api get-bucket-versioning --bucket $b; done")
kali(command="aws s3api list-object-versions --bucket BUCKET --query 'DeleteMarkers[].{Key:Key,VersionId:VersionId}' --output table | head -20")
kali(command="aws s3api get-object --bucket BUCKET --key DELETED_FILE --version-id VERSION_ID /tmp/recovered")

Encryption validation (SSE-S3 vs SSE-KMS vs SSE-C):

kali(command="for b in $(aws s3api list-buckets --query 'Buckets[].Name' --output text); do echo \"=== $b ===\"; aws s3api get-bucket-encryption --bucket $b 2>/dev/null || echo 'NO ENCRYPTION'; done")
kali(command="aws s3api head-object --bucket BUCKET --key KEY --query '{Encryption:ServerSideEncryption,KMSKeyId:SSEKMSKeyId}'")

Lifecycle policy + access logging:

kali(command="for b in $(aws s3api list-buckets --query 'Buckets[].Name' --output text); do echo \"=== $b ===\"; aws s3api get-bucket-lifecycle-configuration --bucket $b 2>/dev/null || echo 'No lifecycle'; aws s3api get-bucket-logging --bucket $b 2>/dev/null; done")

Cross-account access via bucket policy + object-level ACL enumeration:

kali(command="for b in $(aws s3api list-buckets --query 'Buckets[].Name' --output text); do P=$(aws s3api get-bucket-policy --bucket $b --output text 2>/dev/null); if echo \"$P\" | grep -q 'Principal'; then echo \"=== $b cross-account ===\"; echo \"$P\"; fi; done")
kali(command="aws s3api list-objects-v2 --bucket BUCKET --max-items 10 --query 'Contents[].Key' --output text | tr '\t' '\n' | while read k; do echo \"=== $k ===\"; aws s3api get-object-acl --bucket BUCKET --key \"$k\"; done")

Pre-signed URL abuse:

kali(command="aws s3 presign s3://BUCKET/sensitive-file.txt --expires-in 604800")

Azure Storage / GCP GCS:

kali(command="az storage account list --query '[].{Name:name,HTTPS:enableHttpsTrafficOnly,PublicAccess:allowBlobPublicAccess}' --output table")
kali(command="az storage account keys list --account-name ACCOUNT --output table")
kali(command="gsutil iam get gs://BUCKET && gsutil acl get gs://BUCKET && gsutil versioning get gs://BUCKET")

Phase 4 — Network Security (authenticated, standard+)

kali(command="aws ec2 describe-security-groups --query 'SecurityGroups[?IpPermissions[?IpRanges[?CidrIp==`0.0.0.0/0`]]].[GroupId,GroupName,IpPermissions[?IpRanges[?CidrIp==`0.0.0.0/0`]].[FromPort,ToPort]]' --output table")
kali(command="az network nsg list --output table && az network nsg rule list --nsg-name NSG --resource-group RG --query '[?sourceAddressPrefix==`*`].{Name:name,Port:destinationPortRange,Access:access}' --output table")

Phase 5 — Serverless Attack Surface (authenticated, thorough)

Lambda environment variable extraction + layer inspection:

kali(command="for fn in $(aws lambda list-functions --query 'Functions[].FunctionName' --output text); do echo \"=== $fn ===\"; aws lambda get-function-configuration --function-name $fn --query '{Runtime:Runtime,Role:Role,Env:Environment.Variables,Timeout:Timeout}'; done")
kali(command="aws lambda list-layers --query 'Layers[].{Name:LayerName,Arn:LatestMatchingVersion.LayerVersionArn}' --output table")
kali(command="aws lambda get-layer-version --layer-name LAYER --version-number 1 --query 'Content.Location' --output text | xargs curl -s -o /tmp/layer.zip && unzip -l /tmp/layer.zip")

Function resource policy (who can invoke) + event source injection:

kali(command="for fn in $(aws lambda list-functions --query 'Functions[].FunctionName' --output text); do echo \"=== $fn ===\"; aws lambda get-policy --function-name $fn 2>/dev/null || echo 'No policy'; done")
kali(command="aws lambda list-event-source-mappings --query 'EventSourceMappings[].{Function:FunctionArn,Source:EventSourceArn,State:State}' --output table")

API Gateway auth bypass:

kali(command="aws apigateway get-rest-apis --query 'items[].{Name:name,Id:id}' --output table")
kali(command="aws apigateway get-resources --rest-api-id API_ID --query 'items[].{Path:path,Methods:resourceMethods}' --output table")
kali(command="aws apigateway get-method --rest-api-id API_ID --resource-id RES_ID --http-method GET --query '{Auth:authorizationType,ApiKey:apiKeyRequired}'")

Step Functions state injection:

kali(command="aws stepfunctions list-state-machines --query 'stateMachines[].{Name:name,Arn:stateMachineArn}' --output table")
kali(command="aws stepfunctions describe-state-machine --state-machine-arn ARN --query '{Definition:definition,Role:roleArn}'")

Azure Functions / GCP Cloud Functions:

kali(command="az functionapp config appsettings list --name APP --resource-group RG --output table")
kali(command="for fn in $(gcloud functions list --format='value(name)'); do echo \"=== $fn ===\"; gcloud functions describe $fn --format='json(environmentVariables,serviceAccountEmail)'; done")

Phase 6 — Database Exposure Matrix (authenticated, thorough)

RDS (public accessibility, snapshot sharing):

kali(command="aws rds describe-db-instances --query 'DBInstances[].{ID:DBInstanceIdentifier,Engine:Engine,Public:PubliclyAccessible,Encrypted:StorageEncrypted,Endpoint:Endpoint.Address}' --output table")
kali(command="aws rds describe-db-snapshot-attributes --db-snapshot-identifier SNAP_ID --query 'DBSnapshotAttributesResult.DBSnapshotAttributes[?AttributeName==`restore`].AttributeValues'")

DynamoDB (streams, cross-account) + ElastiCache (AUTH, encryption):

kali(command="for t in $(aws dynamodb list-tables --query 'TableNames[]' --output text); do echo \"=== $t ===\"; aws dynamodb describe-table --table-name $t --query 'Table.{Stream:StreamSpecification,SSE:SSEDescription}'; done")
kali(command="aws elasticache describe-cache-clusters --query 'CacheClusters[].{ID:CacheClusterId,Engine:Engine,Auth:AuthTokenEnabled,TransitTLS:TransitEncryptionEnabled,AtRest:AtRestEncryptionEnabled}' --output table")

DocumentDB (TLS) + OpenSearch (open access, fine-grained access):

kali(command="aws docdb describe-db-cluster-parameters --db-cluster-parameter-group-name default.docdb5.0 --query 'Parameters[?ParameterName==`tls`].{Name:ParameterName,Value:ParameterValue}' --output table")
kali(command="aws opensearch describe-domain --domain-name DOMAIN --query 'DomainStatus.{Endpoint:Endpoint,Encryption:EncryptionAtRestOptions,FineGrained:AdvancedSecurityOptions,AccessPolicies:AccessPolicies}'")

Azure / GCP databases:

kali(command="az sql server firewall-rule list --server SERVER --resource-group RG --query '[?startIpAddress==`0.0.0.0`].{Name:name,Start:startIpAddress,End:endIpAddress}' --output table")
kali(command="gcloud sql instances list --format='table(name,databaseVersion,settings.ipConfiguration.authorizedNetworks,settings.ipConfiguration.ipv4Enabled)'")

Phase 7 — Logging and Monitoring Validation (authenticated, thorough)

CloudTrail (multi-region, data events, log validation, tampering detection):

kali(command="aws cloudtrail describe-trails --query 'trailList[].{Name:Name,MultiRegion:IsMultiRegionTrail,S3Bucket:S3BucketName,LogValidation:LogFileValidationEnabled,KMS:KmsKeyId}' --output table")
kali(command="aws cloudtrail get-trail-status --name TRAIL --query '{IsLogging:IsLogging,LatestDelivery:LatestDeliveryTime}'")
kali(command="aws cloudtrail get-event-selectors --trail-name TRAIL --query '{EventSelectors:EventSelectors,Advanced:AdvancedEventSelectors}'")

VPC Flow Logs (find VPCs without flow logs):

kali(command="aws ec2 describe-vpcs --query 'Vpcs[].VpcId' --output text | tr '\t' '\n' | while read vpc; do FLOWS=$(aws ec2 describe-flow-logs --filter Name=resource-id,Values=$vpc --query 'FlowLogs[].FlowLogId' --output text); if [ -z \"$FLOWS\" ]; then echo \"NO FLOW LOGS: $vpc\"; fi; done")

GuardDuty + Security Hub + Config:

kali(command="aws guardduty list-detectors --output table && aws guardduty get-detector --detector-id DETECTOR_ID --query '{Status:Status,DataSources:DataSources}' 2>/dev/null")
kali(command="aws securityhub describe-hub 2>/dev/null || echo 'Security Hub NOT ENABLED'")
kali(command="aws configservice describe-configuration-recorders --query 'ConfigurationRecorders[].{Name:name,AllSupported:recordingGroup.allSupported}' --output table")

Azure / GCP logging:

kali(command="az security assessment list --query '[?status.code!=`Healthy`].{Name:displayName,Status:status.code,Severity:metadata.severity}' --output table | head -30")
kali(command="gcloud logging sinks list --format='table(name,destination,filter)'")
kali(command="gcloud projects get-iam-policy PROJECT --format=json | python3 -c 'import json,sys; [print(f\"Service: {c[\"service\"]}, Types: {[l[\"logType\"] for l in c.get(\"auditLogConfigs\",[])]}\") for c in json.load(sys.stdin).get(\"auditConfigs\",[])]'")

Phase 8 — Container Registry Security (authenticated, thorough)

ECR (scanning, cross-account, immutability, lifecycle):

kali(command="aws ecr describe-repositories --query 'repositories[].{Name:repositoryName,ScanOnPush:imageScanningConfiguration.scanOnPush,Immutable:imageTagMutability}' --output table")
kali(command="for repo in $(aws ecr describe-repositories --query 'repositories[].repositoryName' --output text); do echo \"=== $repo ===\"; aws ecr get-repository-policy --repository-name $repo 2>/dev/null || echo 'No policy'; aws ecr get-lifecycle-policy --repository-name $repo 2>/dev/null || echo 'No lifecycle'; done")
kali(command="aws ecr describe-image-scan-findings --repository-name REPO --image-id imageTag=latest --query 'imageScanFindings.findingSeverityCounts' 2>/dev/null")

Azure ACR / GCP Artifact Registry:

kali(command="az acr list --query '[].{Name:name,AdminEnabled:adminUserEnabled,PublicAccess:publicNetworkAccess}' --output table")
kali(command="gcloud artifacts repositories list --format='table(name,format,mode)'")

Phase 9 — Cloud-Specific Attacks (thorough)

AWS-Specific

Resource-based policy confusion (S3, SQS, SNS, Lambda) — wildcard principal abuse:

kali(command="for q in $(aws sqs list-queues --query 'QueueUrls[]' --output text); do echo \"=== $q ===\"; aws sqs get-queue-attributes --queue-url $q --attribute-names Policy --query 'Attributes.Policy'; done")
kali(command="for t in $(aws sns list-topics --query 'Topics[].TopicArn' --output text); do echo \"=== $t ===\"; aws sns get-topic-attributes --topic-arn $t --query 'Attributes.Policy'; done")

SSM Parameter Store + Secrets Manager enumeration:

kali(command="aws ssm get-parameters-by-path --path '/' --recursive --with-decryption --query 'Parameters[?Type==`String`].{Name:Name,Value:Value}' --output table | head -20")
kali(command="aws secretsmanager list-secrets --query 'SecretList[].{Name:Name,RotationEnabled:RotationEnabled}' --output table")
kali(command="aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id SECRET --query '{Name:Name,Value:SecretString}' 2>/dev/null")

Cross-region replication (data exfil paths):

kali(command="aws s3api get-bucket-replication --bucket BUCKET 2>/dev/null")
kali(command="aws rds describe-db-instances --query 'DBInstances[?ReadReplicaDBInstanceIdentifiers].{ID:DBInstanceIdentifier,Replicas:ReadReplicaDBInstanceIdentifiers}' --output table")

Azure-Specific

Managed identity abuse (IMDS to token to resource access):

kali(command="curl -s -H 'Metadata:true' 'http://169.254.169.254/metadata/identity/oauth2/token?api-version=2018-02-01&resource=https://vault.azure.net' | python3 -m json.tool")

Azure AD App registrations (client secrets, excessive API permissions):

kali(command="az ad app list --query '[].{AppId:appId,Name:displayName,Creds:passwordCredentials[].{Hint:hint,Expiry:endDateTime}}' --output json | python3 -c 'import json,sys; [print(f\"App: {a[\"Name\"]}, Creds: {len(a.get(\"Creds\") or [])}\") for a in json.load(sys.stdin) if a.get(\"Creds\")]'")
kali(command="az ad app permission list --id APP_ID --output table")

Storage account keys + Key Vault access policy audit:

kali(command="for acct in $(az storage account list --query '[].name' --output tsv); do echo \"=== $acct ===\"; az storage account keys list --account-name $acct --query '[].{Key:keyName,Perms:permissions}' --output table; done")
kali(command="az keyvault list --query '[].{Name:name,SoftDelete:enableSoftDelete,PurgeProtection:enablePurgeProtection}' --output table")
kali(command="az keyvault show --name VAULT --query 'properties.accessPolicies[].{ObjectId:objectId,Secrets:permissions.secrets,Keys:permissions.keys}'")

GCP-Specific

Service account key management (user-managed vs Google-managed):

kali(command="for sa in $(gcloud iam service-accounts list --format='value(email)'); do echo \"=== $sa ===\"; gcloud iam service-accounts keys list --iam-account $sa --format='table(name.basename(),keyType,validBeforeTime)'; done")

Default service account abuse + cross-project IAM binding:

kali(command="gcloud compute instances list --format='table(name,serviceAccounts[].email,serviceAccounts[].scopes[])'")
kali(command="gcloud projects get-iam-policy PROJECT --flatten='bindings[].members' --format='table(bindings.role,bindings.members)' --filter='bindings.members:*@*.iam.gserviceaccount.com AND NOT bindings.members:*@PROJECT.iam.gserviceaccount.com'")

Pub/Sub topic access (cross-project, public):

kali(command="gcloud pubsub topics list --format='table(name)' && gcloud pubsub topics get-iam-policy TOPIC --format=json")

Phase 10 — Automated Scanning (thorough)

kali(command="prowler aws --severity critical high -M csv --output-directory /tmp/prowler 2>&1 | tail -50")
kali(command="scout aws --no-browser --report-dir /tmp/scoutsuite 2>&1 | tail -50")

Phase 11 — Attack Path Analysis (thorough)

Map realistic attack chains: 1) public bucket → creds → IAM escalation → data, 2) SSRF → IMDS → role creds → S3, 3) EC2 instance profile → cross-service, 4) iam:PassRole → Lambda → admin, 5) S3 trigger → Lambda env var secrets → database, 6) cross-account trust → sts:AssumeRole → target admin, 7) public snapshot → restore in attacker account → data, 8) ECR cross-account pull → malicious image.

flowchart TD
    Attacker["External Attacker"] --> S3["Public S3 Bucket"]
    S3 --> Creds["AWS Keys in Config"]
    Creds --> IAM["IAM User Access"]
    IAM --> PassRole["iam:PassRole"]
    PassRole --> Lambda["Lambda with Admin Role"]
    Lambda --> EnvVars["Env Var Secrets"]
    Lambda --> Admin["Full Account Access"]
    Attacker --> SSRF["SSRF in Web App"]
    SSRF --> IMDS["IMDS Metadata"]
    IMDS --> RoleCreds["Instance Role Credentials"]
    RoleCreds --> Data["S3 Data Access"]
    IAM --> AssumeRole["sts:AssumeRole"]
    AssumeRole --> CrossAcct["Cross-Account Admin"]

Phase 12 — Cloud Compliance Mapping (thorough)

Map every confirmed finding to applicable compliance frameworks. Include in report(action="finding", data={...}) description.

Phase 13 — Report & Wrap-Up

1. Call report(action="diagram", data={...}) with cloud architecture annotated with findings

2. Call report(action="note", data={...}) with cloud security summary:

Cloud Security Assessment Summary:
  Provider:              [AWS/Azure/GCP]
  Mode:                  [authenticated/external]
  IAM issues:            [count] — escalation paths: [count]
  Public storage:        [count] buckets/blobs exposed
  Network exposure:      [count] open security groups/NSGs
  Serverless issues:     [count] functions with secrets in env vars
  Database exposure:     [count] publicly accessible databases
  Logging gaps:          [list]
  Attack paths:          [count] identified
  Compliance gaps:       SOC 2: [count] | PCI: [count] | HIPAA: [count] | CIS: [count]

3. Depth gate (thorough ONLY) — before calling session(action="complete"), verify you have run all 5 mandatory phases:

   Phase	Mandatory for thorough	Gate check
   Phase 2 (IAM Privilege Escalation)	✅	report(action="note") with privilege escalation paths found/not found
   Phase 3 (Storage Bucket Deep-Dive)	✅	At least one bucket/blob enumeration ran
   Phase 5 (Serverless Attack Surface)	✅	Lambda/Azure Function/Cloud Function enumerated
   Phase 6 (Database Exposure Matrix)	✅	RDS/Azure SQL/Cloud SQL exposure checked
   Phase 10 (Automated Scanning)	✅	Prowler or ScoutSuite ran (or documented reason why not)

   If any mandatory phase was skipped, run it now before completing. Log a report(action="note") confirming each phase ran.

4. Call session(action="complete", options={...}) with summary

Chaining Other Skills

Finding Severity Guide

Context Recovery After Compaction

When your context is compacted mid-skill:

1. Call session(action="recovery") before doing anything else — returns tools_already_run, in_progress_cells, pending_escalations, and EXECUTE_NOW
2. Resume in_progress cells first — notes record which IAM paths / storage buckets / serverless functions were partially assessed
3. Follow pending_escalations — e.g., "test iam:PassRole chain to Lambda for full admin escalation" leads flagged but not completed
4. Skip enumeration in tools_already_run — do not re-run Prowler or ScoutSuite on services already logged
5. Never assert a resource as safe from memory — re-check the tool output artifact before marking a cell clean

Rules

• session(action="start", options={...}) is mandatory — never run any other tool before it
• Batch independent tools in the same response — they execute in parallel
• When any tool returns a LIMIT message, stop immediately and call session(action="complete", options={...})
• Stay within declared scope — only test cloud resources the user authorizes
• Handle credentials carefully — never log cloud access keys in findings; reference by key ID only
• Call report(action="finding", data={...}) for every confirmed misconfiguration — include resource ARN/ID, misconfiguration, risk, and compliance mapping
• Map attack paths — individual misconfigs are less impactful than chained paths to sensitive data
• Check every escalation vector — use the IAM privilege escalation matrix systematically
• Validate logging at every layer — CloudTrail management + data events, VPC Flow Logs, S3 access logs, GuardDuty
• Test storage at object level — bucket-level checks are insufficient; enumerate object ACLs, versioning, encryption per-object
• Include compliance mapping — every finding must reference applicable SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and CIS controls
• Use report(action="note", data={...}) liberally — document what resources were checked and their status
• Never fabricate findings — only report what tool output confirms
• Mermaid syntax rules: use flowchart TD, quote labels, no em-dashes, short alphanumeric node IDs
• Call session(action="stop_kali") at the end if kali(command=...) was used