BlacksmithAI Launches Multi-Agent Penetration Testing Framework

BlacksmithAI is an open-source penetration testing framework that uses a hierarchical orchestrator and specialized AI agents to automate reconnaissance, scanning, exploitation, and post-exploitation workflows, the author told Help Net Security. It runs in a shared containerized Kali-like environment, supports multiple LLM backends including OpenRouter and vLLM, requires Docker, Python 3.12 and Node.js, and is available free on GitHub for automated assessments, continuous monitoring, and research.