Capabilities

Open the capability manager

Press Ctrl+P to browse capabilities from inside the TUI.

What capabilities add

Capabilities are the fastest way to make the TUI more useful because they can add:

• offensive security agents
• bundled skills
• tool access
• workflows for AI red teaming, pentesting, vuln research, and security testing

Built-in examples include dreadairt for AI red teaming and dreadweb for web application pentesting.

Installed vs available

The screen has two primary tabs:

• Available - capabilities you can install for the active runtime
• Installed - capabilities currently visible to the active runtime

The manager is runtime-aware:

• local runtime - machine-scoped installs under ~/.dreadnode/capabilities/
• sandbox runtime - project-scoped installs attached to the active runtime

Typical flow

1. open the manager with Ctrl+P or /capabilities
2. browse Available
3. press Enter for detail and install actions
4. switch to Installed to enable, disable, or update what the runtime already has
5. use Ctrl+A or /agent <name> to start working with one of the agents the capability provides

Useful controls

• Tab - switch tabs
• Enter - open detail or execute the highlighted action
• Space - toggle installed capabilities when available
• Esc - go back or close the screen