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Pre-processes the repository by generating security-focused summaries (mantis-summary.md) for each directory to make planning and research more efficient. Use when starting a review campaign to map the codebase before threat modeling and planning. Don't use for executing code reviews, writing test scripts, or patching code.

Independently reviews findings and filters out false positives. Use when consolidated findings need validation against the actual source code. Don't use for reproducing crashes or patching code.

Analyzes individual security findings to identify and construct complex exploit chains. Use after validation stages to see if multiple low-severity bugs can be combined into a higher impact vulnerability. Don't use for initial codebase auditing or writing patch code.

Assesses the production viability of findings, filtering out debug-only features and assertion traps. Use when findings have been validated and you need to confirm they are triggerable in production release builds (with assertions disabled). Don't use for writing reproduction scripts or patches.

Generates a human-readable security review packet compiled from reproduced findings. Use at the end of a review cycle to produce stakeholder-facing documentation. Don't use for auditing code or verifying patches directly.

Formulates a targeted defensive security reviewing plan based on the active threat model and historical learnings. Use when starting a security review campaign to map the codebase boundaries and generate a roadmap (workspace/plan.json). Don't use for executing code reviews, writing test scripts, or patching code.

Consolidates raw security findings to eliminate redundant reports. Use when raw findings have been generated by the researcher and need consolidation before review. Don't use for initial code auditing or patch generation.

Acts as the persistent supervisor, launching and monitoring the automated review campaign. Use when running a long-running, continuous security review campaign that needs autonomous coordination. Don't use for executing individual review stages directly.

Interactively guides the design and implementation of custom deterministic orchestrator harnesses. Use when a user wants to build their own pipeline to wrap and run Mantis skills reliably. Don't use for executing the default pipeline directly.

Generates and runs crash reproducers to verify security flaws. Use when viable findings exist and you need to write and execute a script or payload to verify the crash. Don't use for code auditing or patching.

Synthesizes raw learnings and codebase analysis into an interlinked Markdown Knowledge Base (KB). Use at the beginning of a loop to build or update architecture.md, entities, and vulnerabilities. Don't use for generating threat models or formulating execution plans.

Generates minimal security fixes using transactional isolation (shadow directories or file backups), applies patches, and verifies them. Use when security findings are successfully reproduced and need patches applied and verified. Don't use for initial vulnerability research or reproduction payload generation.

Audits production source code files based on the strategy in workspace/plan.json. Use when a review plan exists and you need to perform static analysis and deep-dive reviews of targeted files. Don't use for planning, deduplicating, or writing patches.

Extracts learnings from execution trajectories at the end of a Mantis loop. Use to parse agent conversations, extract successes, failures, and false assumptions, and append them to workspace/learnings.jsonl. Don't use for analyzing source code or writing patches.

Synthesizes trust boundaries, attack surfaces, and attacker profiles into a living threat model. Use as Stage B of the Knowledge Base generation process, reading architecture and entity definitions from the KB. Don't use for analyzing source code or extracting raw learnings from JSONL files.

Analyzes the repository's version control system (VCS) history to extract past vulnerabilities, security fixes, and vulnerability patterns. Use as an initial pre-processing step to build a historical vulnerabilities database (workspace/historical_learnings.jsonl) that informs subsequent stages about past issues and fixes. Don't use for code reviews, writing test scripts, or patching code.

Calculates the final risk score based on empirical evidence and architectural impact. Use when findings have been fully processed by previous stages and you need to append final risk scores to the finding files. Don't use for discovering new vulnerabilities or writing patches.