What is scripting-ida-with-idapython?

An automation workflow for IDA Pro, a program used to inspect compiled software, using Python scripts. It can generate scripts for listing functions, decoding strings, renaming functions, and exporting results without opening the graphical interface.

Use it to create IDAPython scripts, process samples with IDA’s headless command, and export analysis data such as functions and strings.

It removes repetitive manual work when examining many files. Batch mode makes the same static analysis steps repeatable across samples.

scripting-ida-with-idapython — Skill by meltedinhex/analyst-ai-pack

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.

Any agent

npx skills add meltedinhex/analyst-ai-pack --skill scripting-ida-with-idapython

Clone the repo

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/meltedinhex/analyst-ai-pack

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 75 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.

When invoked 724 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.

Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.

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.

Model	Per session	Once invoked
Fable 5.1	$0.00075	$0.00724
Opus 5.5	$0.00030	$0.00290
Sonnet 5.5	$0.00015	$0.00145
Haiku 4.5	$0.00007	$0.00072

Measured 2mo ago against content hash 5fa2e2d10f37, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

scripting-ida-with-idapython 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 2mo ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 1 executable file (scripts/analyst.py), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

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.

skills/scripting-ida-with-idapython/SKILL.md · 93 lines

What it actually says

Scripting IDA Pro With IDAPython

When to Use

You use IDA Pro and want to automate repetitive analysis — enumerate functions, decode strings, apply signature-based renames, and export results — via IDAPython.
You need a headless idat batch invocation to process many samples.

Do not use IDA's debugger (-r) on untrusted samples on your host — these scripts drive static analysis. Work in an isolated environment.

Prerequisites

IDA Pro with IDAPython, and the samples to analyze.

Safety & Handling

IDA static analysis does not execute the sample; keep the input directory isolated.

Workflow

Step 1: Generate an analysis script

python scripts/analyst.py script --emit functions,strings --out ida_export.py

Emits an IDAPython script using the real API (idautils.Functions, idc.get_func_name, idautils.Strings) that writes results to JSON next to the IDB.

Step 2: Generate the headless batch command

python scripts/analyst.py batch --script ida_export.py --input sample.exe

Builds the idat -A -S"script" input invocation (auto-mode, run script, no UI) for batch runs.

Step 3: Run and collect

Execute the batch command per sample and aggregate the JSON exports.

Step 4: Iterate

Extend the generated script with signature renames (FLIRT) and decompiler (ida_hexrays) output as needed.

Validation

The generated script uses real IDAPython API calls.
The batch command uses -A (auto) and -S (script) correctly.
JSON output is produced per processed IDB.

Pitfalls

IDAPython API drift between IDA 7.x and 9.x — target your version.
Forgetting -A leaves IDA waiting for interactive input in batch.
Decompiler calls require a licensed Hex-Rays decompiler.

References

See references/api-reference.md for the generator.
IDAPython and idat batch references (linked in frontmatter).

Files

What ships with it

3 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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.

2mo ago First seen · 93 lines · 75 tokens per session scan A 5fa2e2d10f37

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scripting-ida-with-idapython is a skill published in the GitHub repository meltedinhex/analyst-ai-pack (24 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 75 tokens to every session and 724 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5.5. 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 2026-09-03.

Security agent-skills automation batch-analysis detection-engineering dfir ida-pro idapython malware-analysis mitre-attack reverse-engineering

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