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Memory Dump Analysis with Volatility

Lets an agent examine RAM captures from compromised machines to find malware, injected code and stolen credentials.

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Repository
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills
Stars
35,430
Licence
Apache-2.0
Files
3 files

What it does

When installed, this skill teaches the agent a structured workflow for forensic analysis of a computer's memory (RAM) dump using the open-source Volatility 3 framework. The agent can walk through identifying the OS, listing and comparing processes to spot hidden or suspicious ones, detecting injected code and hollowed processes, reviewing network connections, extracting artifacts and credentials, scanning with YARA rules, and building a timeline for a report. It is a guide for an analyst or agent, not a standalone product, and it assumes Volatility and a memory dump are already available.

Great for

  • Incident responders investigating a compromised Windows, Linux or macOS machine
  • Malware analysts looking for fileless or memory-resident threats
  • Students learning memory forensics methodology

Skip it if

  • Disk image investigations, where tools such as Autopsy or Sleuth Kit are more appropriate, as the skill itself states
  • Analysts without authorisation to examine the captured system, since memory dumps can contain passwords, keys and personal data
  • Anyone expecting a turnkey tool: the skill needs Volatility, symbol tables and a dump file set up first

Try asking

  • “Analyze this memory.dmp from a compromised workstation and find any process injection”
  • “Check the RAM capture for established network connections to external IPs and map them to processes”
  • “Scan this memory dump with my YARA rules and summarise the hits”
  • “Build a timeline from this memory image and export the process list to CSV”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Memory Dump Analysis with VolatilityInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 3 original files, the Apache-2.0 licence and an attribution note.

    analyzing-memory-dumps-with-volatility.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip analyzing-memory-dumps-with-volatility.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip analyzing-memory-dumps-with-volatility.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Confirm the OS and symbol tables with the info plugins before running other analysis, since wrong symbols give misleading output
  • Work on a copy of the memory dump and keep the original unchanged for evidence integrity
  • Review the bundled agent.py before running it, since it executes vol3 commands via subprocess on the dump path you supply

What's inside

  • references/api-reference.md
  • scripts/agent.py
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills under the Apache-2.0 licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.