Strategy Chat¶
Strategy Chat is an AI-powered planning assistant built into the platform. It helps you design an effective penetration testing strategy for your target application before you run a scan — saving time and ensuring the right modules are selected for your context.
How It Works¶
You have a conversation with a senior-pentester AI that:
- Asks clarifying questions about your target's technology stack, authentication model, and known concerns
- Reasons step-by-step about which attack scenarios apply
- Produces a structured module recommendation you can use to immediately create a scan
The AI is powered by Ollama Cloud and runs against the model your platform administrator has made available on your plan.
Prerequisites¶
| Requirement | Where to configure |
|---|---|
| Strategy Chat enabled on your plan | Contact your platform administrator |
| Ollama Cloud API key | Settings → Strategy Chat |
| Preferred model selected | Settings → Strategy Chat |
Plan availability
Strategy Chat is a plan-gated feature. If you do not see a Strategy Chat entry in the sidebar, your current subscription does not include it. Contact your administrator or upgrade your plan.
Key Concepts¶
Sessions¶
Each conversation is a session. Sessions are persistent — you can close the browser and return to a session later. Sessions are listed in the left sidebar, sorted newest first, with pinned sessions at the top.
Skills¶
A skill is a specialist knowledge context loaded into the AI at the start of a session. Different skills guide the AI to ask the right questions and recommend the right modules for different assessment scenarios.
There are two tiers of skills:
- Platform skills — always loaded automatically. These encode mandatory platform guidance (ownership verification, scoping workflow) and are invisible to users.
- Specialist skills — chosen by you when creating a session. These provide deep context for a specific assessment type (API security, multi-tenant SaaS, auth deep dive, etc.).
You choose a specialist skill when creating a new session. See Skills for the full list.
Recommendations¶
When the AI has gathered enough information, it produces a recommendation block — a structured list of modules with reasoning. You can review, adjust, and then click Create Scan to launch a scan pre-configured with the recommended modules.
See Using the Chat for details.