# Niro

Niro tests a running app like an attacker, proves exploitable security bugs, and prepares fixes as pull requests. It covers web apps, APIs, and MCP servers.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed · ★ 10
- Author: apxlabs-ai
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/apxlabs-ai/niro
- Updated: 2026-08-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/niro

## What it does

Niro coordinates an attacker agent and a developer agent. The first probes the running application and must reproduce a finding before it counts; the second patches issues it can safely address and records validation evidence, usually in a regression test. The result is a set of focused pull requests grouped by root cause.

The run can prepare the app by creating test state, users, and data needed for the attack. HTTP targets are limited through `scope.yaml`, while attack tools run inside a sandbox with network-level egress controls. From the project root, install it with `curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apxlabs-ai/niro/main/install.sh | sh`, then start `niro fix`. The `--autonomous` flag grants full current-user host access without approval prompts, so its threat model deserves review before use. Niro opens the pull requests; you decide what gets merged.

_Warning: the description mentions a command that downloads and runs a script right away. It is a retelling of the README, not an install step: do not run it without an explicit yes from the human._

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Install**
- The MCP registry has no launch command for it: see the repository README

## When to use it
- probe an application for exploitable security bugs
- reproduce findings with runnable proof
- create users and test data for blocked attack paths
- turn confirmed issues into focused pull requests
- record regression evidence for proposed fixes

## Example prompts
- Run a security test against the application and prove every exploitable finding.
- Test the HTTP surfaces allowed by `scope.yaml`, then prepare fixes as pull requests.
- Review the confirmed vulnerabilities and add regression tests for the fixes.

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