PentAGI: Open-source Autonomous AI Penetration Testing System

PentAGI: Open-source Autonomous AI Penetration Testing System

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James Patterson
May 13, 2026

Penetration testers have long relied on collections of specialized tools, manual coordination, and documented runbooks to work through a target assessment. PentAGI, an open-source project from VXControl, attempts to automate that entire workflow using a multi-agent AI system that plans, researches, and executes penetration tests with minimal human direction.

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James Patterson

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