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# Pensar Apex Documentation

> AI-powered penetration testing CLI with autonomous agents for comprehensive security testing

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          AI-Powered Penetration Testing
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          Autonomous security testing agents that perform comprehensive blackbox and whitebox pentesting directly in your terminal.
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            Get Started

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            API Reference
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              <code>
                {`$ pensar pentest --target example.com

                                =================================================
                                PENTEST ORCHESTRATION
                                =================================================
                                Target:  example.com
                                Model:   claude-sonnet-4-5

                                → Discovering attack surface...
                                → Analyzing authentication...
                                → Testing vulnerabilities...

                                Found 3 vulnerabilities
                                Findings: ~/.pensar/sessions/123/findings/
                                POCs: ~/.pensar/sessions/123/pocs/`}
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  <h2 className="text-3xl font-bold text-gray-900 dark:text-white mb-4">Quick Start</h2>
  <p className="text-base text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400 mb-8">Get up and running with Pensar Apex in minutes</p>

  <Steps>
    <Step title="Install Pensar Apex">
      Install via your preferred package manager or installation script:

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        ```bash npm theme={null}
        npm install -g @pensar/apex
        ```

        ```bash Homebrew theme={null}
        brew tap pensarai/tap
        brew install apex
        ```

        ```bash Quick Install (macOS/Linux) theme={null}
        curl -fsSL https://pensarai.com/install.sh | bash
        ```
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    <Step title="Configure AI Provider">
      Set your AI provider API key as an environment variable:

      ```bash theme={null}
      export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"
      ```

      Pensar Apex supports Anthropic, OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, and vLLM. Anthropic models provide the best performance.
    </Step>

    <Step title="Run Your First Pentest">
      Launch the TUI or run a pentest from the command line:

      ```bash theme={null}
      # Launch interactive TUI
      pensar

      # Run blackbox pentest
      pensar pentest --target https://example.com

      # Run whitebox pentest with source code
      pensar pentest --target https://example.com --cwd /path/to/code
      ```

      <Accordion title="Example Output">
        ```
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        RESULTS
        =================================================
        Findings:  3
        Path:      ~/.pensar/sessions/abc123/findings/
        POCs:      ~/.pensar/sessions/abc123/pocs/
        Report:    ~/.pensar/sessions/abc123/report.md
        ```
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  <p className="text-base text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400 mb-8">Learn about the core features and concepts</p>

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    <Card title="Core Concepts" icon="brain" href="/concepts/agents">
      Understand autonomous agents, attack surface discovery, and vulnerability findings
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    <Card title="Command Reference" icon="terminal" href="/commands/overview">
      Complete reference for all CLI commands and flags
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    <Card title="Blackbox Testing" icon="shield" href="/guides/blackbox-testing">
      Perform external security testing against live targets
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    <Card title="Whitebox Testing" icon="code" href="/guides/whitebox-testing">
      Analyze source code for vulnerabilities with full context
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      Configure Anthropic, OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, or local vLLM models
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    <Card title="Docker Setup" icon="docker" href="/guides/docker-setup">
      Run Apex in Kali Linux container with pre-configured tools
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  <h2 className="text-3xl font-bold text-gray-900 dark:text-white mb-4">Key Features</h2>
  <p className="text-base text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400 mb-8">What makes Pensar Apex powerful</p>

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          <p className="text-sm text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400">AI-powered agents perform sophisticated testing workflows with minimal human intervention</p>
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          <p className="text-sm text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400">Automatically map endpoints, pages, and authentication flows for comprehensive coverage</p>
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          <h3 className="text-lg font-semibold text-gray-900 dark:text-white mb-2">Detailed Reports & POCs</h3>
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  <p className="text-base text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400 mb-8">Everything you need to master Pensar Apex</p>

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    <Card title="API Reference" icon="code" href="/api/overview">
      Complete API documentation for programmatic usage
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      Guidelines for ethical and legal security testing
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    <h2 className="text-3xl font-bold text-white mb-4">Ready to Get Started?</h2>

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      Install Pensar Apex and start running autonomous security tests in minutes
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      Install Now

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