search_hacktricks
Search through HackTricks documentation. Returns results GROUPED BY FILE with match count, page title, and relevant section headers.
How to use it
search_hacktricks is exposed by the Hacktricks MCP Server MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the search_hacktricks tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
Install Hacktricks MCP Server
npm install -g hacktricks-mcp-serverOther tools in Hacktricks MCP Server (7)
(string, optional): Category filter for faster results
Get the table of contents of a page (all section headers). Use this BEFORE reading full pages to understand structure.
⚡ One-shot exploitation lookup. Searches, finds best page, and returns exploitation sections + code blocks in one call.
(number, optional): Max grouped results (default: 20)
(string): Relative path to markdown file
(string, required): Search term or regex pattern
(string, required): Attack/technique to look up (e.g., 'SUID', 'sqli', 'xss', 'docker escape')