Provides miscellaneous CTF challenge techniques for problems that do not cleanly fit the main categories. Use for encoding puzzles, pyjails, bash jails, RF/SDR, DNS oddities, unicode tricks, esoteric languages, QR or …
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name: ctf-misc
description: Provides miscellaneous CTF challenge techniques for problems that do not cleanly fit the main categories. Use for encoding puzzles, pyjails, bash jails, RF/SDR, DNS oddities, unicode tricks, esoteric languages, QR or audio puzzles, constraint solving, game theory, unusual sandbox escapes, and hybrid logic puzzles. Prefer a more specific skill first when the challenge is mainly web, pwn, reverse, forensics, malware, OSINT, or crypto. Treat this as the fallback skill for genuine cross-category or edge-case challenges, not the default starting point.
license: MIT
compatibility: Requires filesystem-based agent (Claude Code or similar) with bash, Python 3, and internet access for tool installation.
allowed-tools: Bash Read Write Edit Glob Grep Task WebFetch WebSearch Skill
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user-invocable: "false"
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# CTF Miscellaneous
Quick reference for miscellaneous CTF challenges. Each technique has a one-liner here; see supporting files for full details.
## Prerequisites
**Python packages (all platforms):**
```bash
pip install z3-solver pwntools Pillow numpy requests dnslib
```
**Linux (apt):**
```bash
apt install ffmpeg qrencode
```… install to load the full skill