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anthropics/defending-code-reference-harness

Skills for threat modeling, scanning, triage, patching, plus an autonomous scanning harness you can /customize

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Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Aug 20 – Oct 19, 2026

Stars +281 in 61 days

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Forks +45 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 0 in 61 days

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
DayStars gainedForks gainedMerged PRs
Thu, Aug 20, 2026+7+10
Fri, Aug 21, 2026+3+10
Sat, Aug 22, 2026+5+00
Sun, Aug 23, 2026+9+00
Mon, Aug 24, 2026+7+00
Tue, Aug 25, 2026+4+00
Wed, Aug 26, 2026+6+10
Thu, Aug 27, 2026+3+10
Fri, Aug 28, 2026+6+10
Sat, Aug 29, 2026+6+00
Sun, Aug 30, 2026+4+10
Mon, Aug 31, 2026+4+00
Tue, Sep 1, 2026+2+00
Wed, Sep 2, 2026+8+10
Thu, Sep 3, 2026+3+00
Fri, Sep 4, 2026+5+00
Sat, Sep 5, 2026+0+00
Sun, Sep 6, 2026+4+00
Mon, Sep 7, 2026+3+10
Tue, Sep 8, 2026+2+00
Wed, Sep 9, 2026+6+10
Thu, Sep 10, 2026+4+20
Fri, Sep 11, 2026+3+00
Sat, Sep 12, 2026+3+00
Sun, Sep 13, 2026+10+10
Mon, Sep 14, 2026+22+40
Tue, Sep 15, 2026+16+20
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+11+20
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+1+00
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+3+10
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+2+30
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+0+00
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+4+10
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+8+30
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+3+10
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+8+30
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+3+10
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+4+10
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+5+00
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+6+00
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+0+00
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+1+10
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+0+00
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+0+00
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+5+00
Sun, Oct 4, 2026+2+00
Mon, Oct 5, 2026+0+00
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+2+00
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+3+00
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+3+00
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+1+00
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+3+10
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+9+00
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+2+00
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+6+10
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+4+20
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+6+10
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+5+00
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+9+20
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+2+30
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+5+00
Total+281+450
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    • GitHub trending history

    Where the repository ranked on GitHub Trending, one dot for each day it was on a list

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    Aug 17, 2026Best #16

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    Where people are talking about anthropics/defending-code-reference-harness, and every badge it has earned
    1. Sep 201 post

      • AI Guardians of the Codebase: How Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Others Are Transforming Vulnerability Scanning and Automated Fixes

        Read full on Reddit

        r/AgentContext_dev

    2. 2 months earlier
    3. Aug 51 post

      • 这个一定要学习最近工程实践，看看好的harness是如何编排工作的

        Read full on X, posted by @xidianwlc

        @xidianwlc · x.com

    4. 1 month earlier
    5. Jun 291 post

      • It maps out the full AI security lifecycle: recon → find → verify → report → patch using Claude. Built directly on learnings from their early enterprise preview partners.

        Read full on X, posted by @Ridheshdabhi

        @Ridheshdabhi · x.com

    6. 14 days earlier
    7. Jun 151 post

      • Unlocking autonomous security with Claude's harness See link below 👇

        Read full on X, posted by @RepoGems

        @RepoGems · x.com

    8. Jun 121 post2 posts

      • • Interactive skills for threat modeling, scanning, triage, and patching • Autonomous pipeline for C/C++ memory vulnerabilities with Docker and ASAN • Customizable to your language, detector, or…

        Read full on X, posted by @the_osps

        @the_osps · x.com

      • anthropics/defending-code-reference-harness: Skills for threat modeling, scanning, triage, patching, plus an autonomous scanning harness you can /customize

        Read full on X, posted by @Dinosn

        @Dinosn · x.com

    9. Jun 82 posts

      • Open-source reference implementation developed by Anthropic for autonomous vulnerability discovery and remediation. Powered by their Claude AI models, it is designed to help security teams and…

        Read full on X, posted by @VaseGod

        @VaseGod · x.com

      • Two counterintuitive findings from Anthropic's testing: — More prescriptive prompts make discovery *worse* (checklists narrow model creativity) — CVE history is a cheat code. One team used past…

        Read full on X, posted by @SylonZero

        @SylonZero · x.com

    10. Jun 71 post

      • AI-Powered Application Security & Vulnerability Research Framework 🤖💀

        Read full on X, posted by @VivekIntel

        @VivekIntel · x.com

    11. Jun 61 post

      • Anthropic’s defending-code-reference-harness, oke a ready-made pipeline that does: - Threat modeling - Intelligent fuzzing (ASAN) - Auto-verification + patching Focused on C/C++ memory issues.…

        Read full on X, posted by @0x0SojalSec

        @0x0SojalSec · x.com

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