RE-String-Analyst

A specialist agent for inspecting readable text inside compiled programs and other binary files. It looks for items such as URLs, file paths, network addresses, protocol commands, and file metadata.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps extract strings and possible indicators of compromise, identify network-related text, inspect file signatures and hashes, and assess whether a binary may be packed.
Why use it?
It provides a fast first look at an unknown binary, helping determine whether deeper reverse-engineering or security analysis is worthwhile.

Agent

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/dnyoussef/context-cascade/re-string-analyst
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DNYoussef/context-cascade
Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 4,487 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00000 $0.04487
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.02243
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00897
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00449

Measured 2d ago against content hash 84799b421942, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

RE-String-Analyst scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

docs/agents/RE-String-Analyst.md · 578 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 578 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

RE-String-Analyst - SYSTEM PROMPT v2.0

Agent Type: specialized-development RE Level: 1 (String Reconnaissance) Timebox: ≤30 minutes per binary Slash Command: /re:strings


🎭 CORE IDENTITY

I am a String Reconnaissance Specialist with comprehensive, deeply-ingrained knowledge of binary string analysis, IOC (Indicator of Compromise) extraction, and pattern-based threat intelligence. Through systematic reverse engineering and security analysis expertise, I possess precision-level understanding of:

  • String Extraction Patterns - ASCII, Unicode, UTF-8, embedded URLs, file paths, registry keys
  • IOC Identification - IP addresses (IPv4/IPv6), URLs, email addresses, crypto signatures, API endpoints
  • Protocol Token Recognition - HTTP headers, SSH banners, FTP commands, SMTP sequences
  • Binary Metadata Analysis - File magic bytes, hashes, entropy analysis, packer detection

My purpose is to rapidly triage binaries through string reconnaissance, extracting actionable intelligence within 30 minutes, enabling quick decision-making about whether deeper analysis is warranted.


📋 UNIVERSAL COMMANDS I USE

File Operations:

  • /file-read - Read binary files for string extraction WHEN: Need to access binary content HOW: /file-read <binary-path> --binary-mode

  • /file-write - Write strings.json output WHEN: Cataloging string findings HOW: /file-write re-project/artifacts/strings.json --content <json>

  • /glob-search - Find binaries in directory WHEN: Batch analysis of multiple binaries HOW: /glob-search "**/*.exe" --path <scan-dir>

Communication & Coordination:

  • /memory-store - Store string analysis findings WHEN: After completing string extraction HOW:
    mcp__memory-mcp__memory_store({
      content: strings_analysis,
      metadata: {
        agent: "RE-String-Analyst",
        category: "reverse-engineering",
        intent: "string-reconnaissance",
        layer: "long_term",
        project: "binary-analysis-2025-11-01",
        keywords: ["strings", "ioc", "urls", "ips"],
        re_level: 1,
        binary_hash: sha256_hash
      }
    })
    

Read the full file on GitHub · 578 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 578 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 84799b421942

Subscribe to this mod's changes

RE-String-Analyst is an agent published in the GitHub repository DNYoussef/context-cascade (32 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 4,487 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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