# PentAGI

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## Table of Contents

- [Overview](#overview)
- [Features](#features)
- [Architecture](#architecture)
  - [Agent Supervision](#advanced-agent-supervision)
- [Quick Start](#quick-start)
- [How to Use PentAGI After Login](#how-to-use-pentagi-after-login)
- [API Access](#api-access)
  - [LLM Provider Configuration](#custom-llm-provider-configuration)
    - [Ollama](#ollama-provider-configuration)
    - [OpenAI](#openai-provider-configuration)
    - [Anthropic](#anthropic-provider-configuration)
    - [Google AI (Gemini)](#google-ai-gemini-provider-configuration)
    - [AWS Bedrock](#aws-bedrock-provider-configuration)
    - [DeepSeek](#deepseek-provider-configuration)
    - [GLM](#glm-provider-configuration)
    - [Kimi](#kimi-provider-configuration)
    - [Qwen](#qwen-provider-configuration)
- [Advanced Setup](#advanced-setup)
  - [Langfuse Integration](#langfuse-integration)
  - [Monitoring and Observability](#monitoring-and-observability)
  - [Knowledge Graph (Graphiti)](#knowledge-graph-integration-graphiti)
  - [OAuth Integration](#github-and-google-oauth-integration)
  - [Docker Image Configuration](#docker-image-configuration)
- [Development](#development)
- [Testing LLM Agents](#testing-llm-agents)
- [Embedding Configuration and Testing](#embedding-configuration-and-testing)
- [Function Testing with ftester](#function-testing-with-ftester)
- [Building](#building)
- [Credits](#credits)
- [License](#license)

## Overview

PentAGI is an innovative tool for automated security testing that leverages cutting-edge artificial intelligence technologies. The project is designed for information security professionals, researchers, and enthusiasts who need a powerful and flexible solution for conducting penetration tests.

You can watch the video **PentAGI overview**:
[![PentAGI Overview Video](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0828dc3e-15f1-4a1d-858e-9696a146e478)](https://youtu.be/R70x5Ddzs1o)

## Features

- Secure & Isolated. All operations are performed in a sandboxed Docker environment with complete isolation.
- Fully Autonomous. AI-powered agent that automatically determines and executes penetration testing steps with optional execution monitoring and intelligent task planning for enhanced reliability.
- Professional Pentesting Tools. Built-in suite of 20+ professional security tools including nmap, metasploit, sqlmap, and more.
- Smart Memory System. Long-term storage of research results and successful approaches for future use.
- Knowledge Graph Integration. Graphiti-powered knowledge graph using Neo4j for semantic relationship tracking and advanced context understanding.
- Web Intelligence. Built-in browser via [scraper](https://hub.docker.com/r/vxcontrol/scraper) for gathering latest information from web sources.
- External Search Systems. Integration with advanced search APIs including [Tavily](https://tavily.com), [Firecrawl](https://www.firecrawl.dev), [Traversaal](https://traversaal.ai), [Perplexity](https://www.perplexity.ai), [DuckDuckGo](https://duckduckgo.com/), [Google Custom Search](https://programmablesearchengine.google.com/), [Sploitus Search](https://sploitus.com) and [Searxng](https://searxng.org) for comprehensive information gathering.
- Team of Specialists. Delegation system with specialized AI agents for research, development, and infrastructure tasks, enhanced with optional execution monitoring and intelligent task planning for optimal performance with smaller models.
- Comprehensive Monitoring. Detailed logging and integration with Grafana/Prometheus for real-time system observation.
- Detailed Reporting. Generation of thorough vulnerability reports with exploitation guides.
- Smart Container Management. Automatic Docker image selection based on specific task requirements.
- Modern Interface. Clean and intuitive web UI for system management and monitoring.
- Comprehensive APIs. Full-featured REST and GraphQL APIs with Bearer token authentication for automation and integration.
- Persistent Storage. All commands and outputs are stored in PostgreSQL with [pgvector](https://hub.docker.com/r/vxcontrol/pgvector) extension.
- Scalable Architecture. Microservices-based design supporting horizontal scaling.
- Self-Hosted Solution. Complete control over your deployment and data.
- Flexible Authentication. Support for 10+ LLM providers ([OpenAI](https://platform.openai.com/), [Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/), [Google AI/Gemini](https://ai.google.dev/), [AWS Bedrock](https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/), [Ollama](https://ollama.com/), [DeepSeek](https://www.deepseek.com/en/), [GLM](https://z.ai/), [Kimi](https://platform.moonshot.ai/), [Qwen](https://www.alibabacloud.com/en/), Custom) plus aggregators ([OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai/), [DeepInfra](https://deepinfra.com/)). For production local deployments, see our [vLLM + Qwen3.5-27B-FP8 guide](examples/guides/vllm-qwen35-27b-fp8.md).
- API Token Authentication. Secure Bearer token system for programmatic access to REST and GraphQL APIs.
- Quick Deployment. Easy setup through [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/) with comprehensive environment configuration.

### Current Capability Boundaries

- PentAGI today is an autonomous and assistant-guided penetration testing platform, not a CALDERA-style Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) or adversary emulation product with predefined campaigns or attack plans.
- BAS-like agent-authored attack scripts should be treated as conceptual or future work, not as a feature that is implemented today.
- The current flow report UI supports web view, copy to clipboard, Markdown download, and PDF download. JSON flow-report export is not documented as a supported output format today.
- Provider flexibility is available today through built-in providers and custom/OpenAI-compatible endpoints. See [Custom LLM Provider Configuration](#custom-llm-provider-configuration) and the [vLLM + Qwen3.5-27B-FP8 guide](examples/guides/vllm-qwen35-27b-fp8.md).

## Architecture

### System Context

```mermaid
flowchart TB
    classDef person fill:#08427B,stroke:#073B6F,color:#fff
    classDef system fill:#1168BD,stroke:#0B4884,color:#fff
    classDef external fill:#666666,stroke:#0B4884,color:#fff

    pentester["👤 Security Engineer
    (User of the system)"]

    pentagi["✨ PentAGI
    (Autonomous penetration testing system)"]

    target["🎯 target-system
    (System under test)"]
    llm["🧠 llm-provider
    (OpenAI/Anthropic/Ollama/Bedrock/Gemini/Custom)"]
    search["🔍 search-systems
    (Google/DuckDuckGo/Tavily/Traversaal/Perplexity/Sploitus/Searxng)"]
    langfuse["📊 langfuse-ui
    (LLM Observability Dashboard)"]
    grafana["📈 grafana
    (System Monitoring Dashboard)"]

    pentester --> |Uses HTTPS| pentagi
    pentester --> |Monitors AI HTTPS| langfuse
    pentester --> |Monitors System HTTPS| grafana
    pentagi --> |Tests Various protocols| target
    pentagi --> |Queries HTTPS| llm
    pentagi --> |Searches HTTPS| search
    pentagi --> |Reports HTTPS| langfuse
    pentagi --> |Reports HTTPS| grafana

    class pentester person
    class pentagi system
    class target,llm,search,langfuse,grafana external

    linkStyle default stroke:#ffffff,color:#ffffff
```

<details>
<summary><b>Container Architecture</b> (click to expand)</summary>

```mermaid
graph TB
    subgraph Core Services
        UI[Frontend UI<br/>React + TypeScript]
        API[Backend API<br/>Go + GraphQL]
        DB[(Vector Store<br/>PostgreSQL + pgvector)]
        MQ[Task Queue<br/>Async Processing]
        Agent[AI Agents<br/>Multi-Agent System]
    end

    subgraph Knowledge Graph
        Graphiti[Graphiti<br/>Knowledge Graph API]
        Neo4j[(Neo4j<br/>Graph Database)]
    end

    subgraph Monitoring
        Grafana[Grafana<br/>Dashboards]
        VictoriaMetrics[VictoriaMetrics<br/>Time-series DB]
        Jaeger[Jaeger<br/>Distributed Tracing]
        Loki[Loki<br/>Log Aggregation]
        OTEL[OpenTelemetry<br/>Data Collection]
    end

    subgraph Analytics
        Langfuse[Langfuse<br/>LLM Analytics]
        ClickHouse[ClickHouse<br/>Analytics DB]
        Redis[Redis<br/>Cache + Rate Limiter]
        MinIO[MinIO<br/>S3 Storage]
    end

    subgraph Security Tools
        Scraper[Web Scraper<br/>Isolated Browser]
        PenTest[Security Tools<br/>20+ Pro Tools<br/>Sandboxed Execution]
    end

    UI --> |HTTP/WS| API
    API --> |SQL| DB
    API --> |Events| MQ
    MQ --> |Tasks| Agent
    Agent --> |Commands| PenTest
    Agent --> |Queries| DB
    Agent --> |Knowledge| Graphiti
    Graphiti --> |Graph| Neo4j

    API --> |Telemetry| OTEL
    OTEL --> |Metrics| VictoriaMetrics
    OTEL --> |Traces| Jaeger
    OTEL --> |Logs| Loki

    Grafana --> |Query| VictoriaMetrics
    Grafana --> |Query| Jaeger
    Grafana --> |Query| Loki

    API --> |Analytics| Langfuse
    Langfuse --> |Store| ClickHouse
    Langfuse --> |Cache| Redis
    Langfuse --> |Files| MinIO

    classDef core fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px,color:#000
    classDef knowledge fill:#ffa,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px,color:#000
    classDef monitoring fill:#bbf,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px,color:#000
    classDef analytics fill:#bfb,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px,color:#000
    classDef tools fill:#fbb,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px,color:#000

    class UI,API,DB,MQ,Agent core
    class Graphiti,Neo4j knowledge
    class Grafana,VictoriaMetrics,Jaeger,Loki,OTEL monitoring
    class Langfuse,ClickHouse,Redis,MinIO analytics
    class Scraper,PenTest tools
```

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>Entity Relationship</b> (click to expand)</summary>

```mermaid
erDiagram
    Flow ||--o{ Task : contains
    Task ||--o{ SubTask : contains
    SubTask ||--o{ Action : contains
    Action ||--o{ Artifact : produces
    Action ||--o{ Memory : stores

    Flow {
        string id PK
        string name "Flow name"
        string description "Flow description"
        string status "active/completed/failed"
        json parameters "Flow parameters"
        timestamp created_at
        timestamp updated_at
    }

    Task {
        string id PK
        string flow_id FK
        string name "Task name"
        string description "Task description"
        string status "pending/running/done/failed"
        json result "Task results"
        timestamp created_at
        timestamp updated_at
    }

    SubTask {
        string id PK
        string task_id FK
        string name "Subtask name"
        string description "Subtask description"
        string status "queued/running/completed/failed"
        string agent_type "researcher/developer/executor"
        json context "Agent context"
        timestamp created_at
        timestamp updated_at
    }

    Action {
        string id PK
        string subtask_id FK
        string type "command/search/analyze/etc"
        string status "success/failure"
        json parameters "Action parameters"
        json result "Action results"
        timestamp created_at
    }

    Artifact {
        string id PK
        string action_id FK
        string type "file/report/log"
        string path "Storage path"
        json metadata "Additional info"
        timestamp created_at
    }

    Memory {
        string id PK
        string action_id FK
        string type "observation/conclusion"
        vector embedding "Vector representation"
        text content "Memory content"
        timestamp created_at
    }
```

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>Agent Interaction</b> (click to expand)</summary>

```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
    participant O as Orchestrator
    participant R as Researcher
    participant D as Developer
    participant E as Executor
    participant VS as Vector Store
    participant KB as Knowledge Base

    Note over O,KB: Flow Initialization
    O->>VS: Query similar tasks
    VS-->>O: Return experiences
    O->>KB: Load relevant knowledge
    KB-->>O: Return context

    Note over O,R: Research Phase
    O->>R: Analyze target
    R->>VS: Search similar cases
    VS-->>R: Return patterns
    R->>KB: Query vulnerabilities
    KB-->>R: Return known issues
    R->>VS: Store findings
    R-->>O: Research results

    Note over O,D: Planning Phase
    O->>D: Plan attack
    D->>VS: Query exploits
    VS-->>D: Return techniques
    D->>KB: Load tools info
    KB-->>D: Return capabilities
    D-->>O: Attack plan

    Note over O,E: Execution Phase
    O->>E: Execute plan
    E->>KB: Load tool guides
    KB-->>E: Return procedures
    E->>VS: Store results
    E-->>O: Execution status
```

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>Memory System</b> (click to expand)</summary>

```mermaid
graph TB
    subgraph "Long-term Memory"
        VS[(Vector Store<br/>Embeddings DB)]
        KB[Knowledge Base<br/>Domain Expertise]
        Tools[Tools Knowledge<br/>Usage Patterns]
    end

    subgraph "Working Memory"
        Context[Current Context<br/>Task State]
        Goals[Active Goals<br/>Objectives]
        State[System State<br/>Resources]
    end

    subgraph "Episodic Memory"
        Actions[Past Actions<br/>Commands History]
        Results[Action Results<br/>Outcomes]
        Patterns[Success Patterns<br/>Best Practices]
    end

    Context --> |Query| VS
    VS --> |Retrieve| Context

    Goals --> |Consult| KB
    KB --> |Guide| Goals

    State --> |Record| Actions
    Actions --> |Learn| Patterns
    Patterns --> |Store| VS

    Tools --> |Inform| State
    Results --> |Update| Tools

    VS --> |Enhance| KB
    KB --> |Index| VS

    classDef ltm fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px,color:#000
    classDef wm fill:#bbf,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px,color:#000
    classDef em fill:#bfb,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px,color:#000

    class VS,KB,Tools ltm
    class Context,Goals,State wm
    class Actions,Results,Patterns em
```

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>Chain Summarization</b> (click to expand)</summary>

The chain summarization system manages conversation context growth by selectively summarizing older messages. This is critical for preventing token limits from being exceeded while maintaining conversation coherence.

```mermaid
flowchart TD
    A[Input Chain] --> B{Needs Summarization?}
    B -->|No| C[Return Original Chain]
    B -->|Yes| D[Convert to ChainAST]
    D --> E[Apply Section Summarization]
    E --> F[Process Oversized Pairs]
    F --> G[Manage Last Section Size]
    G --> H[Apply QA Summarization]
    H --> I[Rebuild Chain with Summaries]
    I --> J{Is New Chain Smaller?}
    J -->|Yes| K[Return Optimized Chain]
    J -->|No| C

    classDef process fill:#bbf,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px,color:#000
    classDef decision fill:#bfb,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px,color:#000
    classDef output fill:#fbb,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px,color:#000

    class A,D,E,F,G,H,I process
    class B,J decision
    class C,K output
```

The algorithm operates on a structured representation of conversation chains (ChainAST) that preserves message types including tool calls and their responses. All summarization operations maintain critical conversation flow while reducing context size.

### Global Summarizer Configuration Options

| Parameter             | Environment Variable             | Default | Description                                                |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| Preserve Last         | `SUMMARIZER_PRESERVE_LAST`       | `true`  | Whether to keep all messages in the last section intact    |
| Use QA Pairs          | `SUMMARIZER_USE_QA`              | `true`  | Whether to use QA pair summarization strategy              |
| Summarize Human in QA | `SUMMARIZER_SUM_MSG_HUMAN_IN_QA` | `false` | Whether to summarize human messages in QA pairs            |
| Last Section Size     | `SUMMARIZER_LAST_SEC_BYTES`      | `51200` | Maximum byte size for last section (50KB)                  |
| Max Body Pair Size    | `SUMMARIZER_MAX_BP_BYTES`        | `16384` | Maximum byte size for a single body pair (16KB)            |
| Max QA Sections       | `SUMMARIZER_MAX_QA_SECTIONS`     | `10`    | Maximum QA pair sections to preserve                       |
| Max QA Size           | `SUMMARIZER_MAX_QA_BYTES`        | `65536` | Maximum byte size for QA pair sections (64KB)              |
| Keep QA Sections      | `SUMMARIZER_KEEP_QA_SECTIONS`    | `1`     | Number of recent QA sections to keep without summarization |

### Assistant Summarizer Configuration Options

Assistant instances can use customized summarization settings to fine-tune context management behavior:

| Parameter          | Environment Variable                    | Default | Description                                                          |
| ------------------ | --------------------------------------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Preserve Last      | `ASSISTANT_SUMMARIZER_PRESERVE_LAST`    | `true`  | Whether to preserve all messages in the assistant's last section     |
| Last Section Size  | `ASSISTANT_SUMMARIZER_LAST_SEC_BYTES`   | `76800` | Maximum byte size for assistant's last section (75KB)                |
| Max Body Pair Size | `ASSISTANT_SUMMARIZER_MAX_BP_BYTES`     | `16384` | Maximum byte size for a single body pair in assistant context (16KB) |
| Max QA Sections    | `ASSISTANT_SUMMARIZER_MAX_QA_SECTIONS`  | `7`     | Maximum QA sections to preserve in assistant context                 |
| Max QA Size        | `ASSISTANT_SUMMARIZER_MAX_QA_BYTES`     | `76800` | Maximum byte size for assistant's QA sections (75KB)                 |
| Keep QA Sections   | `ASSISTANT_SUMMARIZER_KEEP_QA_SECTIONS` | `3`     | Number of recent QA sections to preserve without summarization       |

The assistant summarizer configuration provides more memory for context retention compared to the global settings, preserving more recent conversation history while still ensuring efficient token usage.

### Summarizer Environment Configuration

```bash
# Default values for global summarizer logic
SUMMARIZER_PRESERVE_LAST=true
SUMMARIZER_USE_QA=true
SUMMARIZER_SUM_MSG_HUMAN_IN_QA=false
SUMMARIZER_LAST_SEC_BYTES=51200
SUMMARIZER_MAX_BP_BYTES=16384
SUMMARIZER_MAX_QA_SECTIONS=10
SUMMARIZER_MAX_QA_BYTES=65536
SUMMARIZER_KEEP_QA_SECTIONS=1

# Default values for assistant summarizer logic
ASSISTANT_SUMMARIZER_PRESERVE_LAST=true
ASSISTANT_SUMMARIZER_LAST_SEC_BYTES=76800
ASSISTANT_SUMMARIZER_MAX_BP_BYTES=16384
ASSISTANT_SUMMARIZER_MAX_QA_SECTIONS=7
ASSISTANT_SUMMARIZER_MAX_QA_BYTES=76800
ASSISTANT_SUMMARIZER_KEEP_QA_SECTIONS=3
```

</details>

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<details>
<summary><b>Advanced Agent Supervision</b> (click to expand)</summary>

PentAGI includes sophisticated multi-layered agent supervision mechanisms to ensure efficient task execution, prevent infinite loops, and provide intelligent recovery from stuck states:

### Execution Monitoring (Beta)
- **Automatic Mentor Intervention**: Adviser agent (mentor) is automatically invoked when execution patterns indicate potential issues
- **Pattern Detection**: Monitors identical tool calls (threshold: 5, configurable) and total tool calls (threshold: 10, configurable)
- **Progress Analysis**: Evaluates whether agent advances toward subtask objective, detects loops and inefficiencies
- **Alternative Strategies**: Recommends different approaches when current strategy fails
- **Information Retrieval Guidance**: Suggests searching for established solutions instead of reinventing
- **Enhanced Response Format**: Tool responses include both `<original_result>` and `<mentor_analysis>` sections
- **Configurable**: Enable via `EXECUTION_MONITOR_ENABLED` (default: false), customize thresholds with `EXECUTION_MONITOR_SAME_TOOL_LIMIT` and `EXECUTION_MONITOR_TOTAL_TOOL_LIMIT`

**Best for**: Smaller models (< 32B parameters), complex attack scenarios requiring continuous guidance, preventing agents from getting stuck on single approach

**Performance Impact**: 2-3x increase in execution time and token usage, but delivers **2x improvement in result quality** based on testing with Qwen3.5-27B-FP8

### Intelligent Task Planning (Beta)
- **Automated Decomposition**: Planner (adviser in planning mode) generates 3-7 specific, actionable steps before specialist agents begin work
- **Context-Aware Plans**: Analyzes full execution context via enricher agent to create informed plans
- **Structured Assignment**: Original request wrapped in `<task_assignment>` structure with execution plan and instructions
- **Scope Management**: Prevents scope creep by keeping agents focused on current subtask only
- **Enriched Instructions**: Plans highlight critical actions, potential pitfalls, and verification points
- **Configurable**: Enable via `AGENT_PLANNING_STEP_ENABLED` (default: false)

**Best for**: Models < 32B parameters, complex penetration testing workflows, improving success rates on sophisticated tasks

**Enhanced Adviser Configuration**: Works exceptionally well when adviser agent uses stronger model or enhanced settings. Example: using same base model with maximum reasoning mode for adviser (see [`vllm-qwen3.5-27b-fp8.provider.yml`](examples/configs/vllm-qwen3.5-27b-fp8.provider.yml)) enables comprehensive task analysis and strategic planning from identical model architecture.

**Performance Impact**: Adds planning overhead but significantly improves completion rates and reduces redundant work

### Tool Call Limits (Always Active)
- **Hard Limits**: Prevent runaway executions regardless of supervision mode status
- **Differentiated by Agent Type**:
  - General agents (Assistant, Primary Agent, Pentester, Coder, Installer): `MAX_GENERAL_AGENT_TOOL_CALLS` (default: 100)
  - Limited agents (Searcher, Enricher, Memorist, Generator, Reporter, Adviser, Reflector, Planner): `MAX_LIMITED_AGENT_TOOL_CALLS` (default: 20)
- **Graceful Termination**: Reflector guides agents to proper completion when approaching limits
- **Resource Protection**: Ensures system stability and prevents resource exhaustion

### Reflector Integration (Always Active)
- **Automatic Correction**: Invoked when LLM fails to generate tool calls after 3 attempts
- **Strategic Guidance**: Analyzes failures and guides agents toward proper tool usage or barrier tools (`done`, `ask`)
- **Recovery Mechanism**: Provides contextual guidance based on specific failure patterns
- **Limit Enforcement**: Coordinates graceful termination when tool call limits are reached

### Recommendations for Open Source Models

**Must-Have for Models < 32B Parameters**:
Testing with Qwen3.5-27B-FP8 demonstrates that enabling both Execution Monitoring and Task Planning is **essential** for smaller open source models:
- **Quality Improvement**: 2x better results compared to baseline execution without supervision
- **Loop Prevention**: Significantly reduces infinite loops and redundant work
- **Attack Diversity**: Encourages exploration of multiple attack vectors instead of fixating on single approach
- **Air-Gapped Deployments**: Enables production-grade autonomous pentesting in closed network environments with local LLM inference

**Trade-offs**:
- Token consumption: 2-3x increase due to mentor/planner invocations
- Execution time: 2-3x longer due to analysis and planning steps
- Result quality: 2x improvement in completeness, accuracy, and attack coverage
- Model requirements: Works best when adviser uses enhanced configuration (higher reasoning parameters, stronger model variant, or different model)

**Configuration Strategy**:
For optimal performance with smaller models, configure adviser agent with enhanced settings:
- Use same model with maximum reasoning mode (example: [`vllm-qwen3.5-27b-fp8.provider.yml`](examples/configs/vllm-qwen3.5-27b-fp8.provider.yml))
- Or use stronger model for adviser while keeping base model for other agents
- Adjust monitoring thresholds based on task complexity and model capabilities



</details>

The architecture of PentAGI is designed to be modular, scalable, and secure. Here are the key components:

1. **Core Services**
   - Frontend UI: React-based web interface with TypeScript for type safety
   - Backend API: Go-based REST and GraphQL APIs with Bearer token authentication for programmatic access
   - Vector Store: PostgreSQL with pgvector for semantic search and memory storage
   - Task Queue: Async task processing system for reliable operation
   - AI Agent: Multi-agent system with specialized roles for efficient testing

2. **Knowledge Graph**
   - Graphiti: Knowledge graph API for semantic relationship tracking and contextual understanding
   - Neo4j: Graph database for storing and querying relationships between entities, actions, and outcomes
   - Automatic capturing of agent responses and tool executions for building comprehensive knowledge base

3. **Monitoring Stack**
   - OpenTelemetry: Unified observability data collection and correlation
   - Grafana: Real-time visualization and alerting dashboards
   - VictoriaMetrics: High-performance time-series metrics storage
   - Jaeger: End-to-end distributed tracing for debugging
   - Loki: Scalable log aggregation and analysis

4. **Analytics Platform**
   - Langfuse: Advanced LLM observability and performance analytics
   - ClickHouse: Column-oriented analytics data warehouse
   - Redis: High-speed caching and rate limiting
   - MinIO: S3-compatible object storage for artifacts

5. **Security Tools**
   - Web Scraper: Isolated browser environment for safe web interaction
   - Pentesting Tools: Comprehensive suite of 20+ professional security tools
   - Sandboxed Execution: All operations run in isolated containers

6. **Memory Systems**
   - Long-term Memory: Persistent storage of knowledge and experiences
   - Working Memory: Active context and goals for current operations
   - Episodic Memory: Historical actions and success patterns
   - Knowledge Base: Structured domain expertise and tool capabilities
   - Context Management: Intelligently manages growing LLM context windows using chain summarization

The system uses Docker containers for isolation and easy deployment, with separate networks for core services, monitoring, and analytics to ensure proper security boundaries. Each component is designed to scale horizontally and can be configured for high availability in production environments.

## Quick Start

For a step-by-step walkthrough that connects installation, configuration, LLM
and embedding provider testing, and your first login, see the
[Installing and Configuring PentAGI](examples/guides/installation_configuration.md)
guide. The sections below remain the detailed reference for each step.

### System Requirements

- Docker and Docker Compose (or Podman - see [Podman configuration](#running-pentagi-with-podman))
- Minimum 2 vCPU
- Minimum 4GB RAM
- 20GB free disk space
- Internet access for downloading images and updates

### Using Installer (Recommended)

PentAGI provides an interactive installer with a terminal-based UI for streamlined configuration and deployment. The installer guides you through system checks, LLM provider setup, search engine configuration, and security hardening.

**Supported Platforms:**
- **Linux**: amd64 [download](https://pentagi.com/downloads/linux/amd64/installer-latest.zip) | arm64 [download](https://pentagi.com/downloads/linux/arm64/installer-latest.zip)
- **Windows**: amd64 [download](https://pentagi.com/downloads/windows/amd64/installer-latest.zip)
- **macOS**: amd64 (Intel) [download](https://pentagi.com/downloads/darwin/amd64/installer-latest.zip) | arm64 (M-series) [download](https://pentagi.com/downloads/darwin/arm64/installer-latest.zip)

> **macOS security warning:** If macOS flags a downloaded installer, use only the official PentAGI links above, choose the archive that matches your CPU architecture, verify the source before continuing, and follow the [installer troubleshooting guide](backend/docs/installer/installer-troubleshooting.md#macos-reports-the-installer-as-malware) before allowing the app to run.

**Quick Installation (Linux amd64):**

```bash
# Create installation directory
mkdir -p pentagi && cd pentagi

# Download installer
wget -O installer.zip https://pentagi.com/downloads/linux/amd64/installer-latest.zip

# Extract
unzip installer.zip

# Run interactive installer
./installer
```

**Prerequisites & Permissions:**

The installer requires appropriate privileges to interact with the Docker API for proper operation. By default, it uses the Docker socket (`/var/run/docker.sock`) which requires either:

- **Option 1 (Recommended for production):** Run the installer as root:
  ```bash
  sudo ./installer
  ```

- **Option 2 (Development environments):** Grant your user access to the Docker socket by adding them to the `docker` group:
  ```bash
  # Add your user to the docker group
  sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
  
  # Log out and log back in, or activate the group immediately
  newgrp docker
  
  # Verify Docker access (should run without sudo)
  docker ps
  ```

  ⚠️ **Security Note:** Adding a user to the `docker` group grants root-equivalent privileges. Only do this for trusted users in controlled environments. For production deployments, consider using rootless Docker mode or running the installer with sudo.

The installer will:
1. **System Checks**: Verify Docker, network connectivity, and system requirements
2. **Environment Setup**: Create and configure `.env` file with optimal defaults
3. **Provider Configuration**: Set up LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Bedrock, Ollama, Custom)
4. **Search Engines**: Configure DuckDuckGo, Google, Tavily, Firecrawl, Traversaal, Perplexity, Sploitus, Searxng
5. **Security Hardening**: Generate secure credentials and configure SSL certificates
6. **Deployment**: Start PentAGI with docker-compose

### Current Web Settings Coverage

The PentAGI web console already manages several settings areas after the server is up and running:

- **Settings -> Providers**: Create, edit, delete, and test user-defined provider profiles for supported provider types. These profiles control per-agent model selection, runtime parameters, reasoning options, and pricing metadata.
- **Settings -> Prompts**: Manage system, human, and tool prompt templates.
- **Settings -> PentAGI API**: Create and manage PentAGI Bearer tokens for REST and GraphQL access.
- **Other UI-managed preferences**: Favorite flows are stored as user preferences, and theme selection is handled from the main sidebar/profile controls rather than the Settings pages.

### Still Server-Managed

The following configuration areas still need to be set on the server through environment variables, compose files, or mounted config files:

- **LLM credentials and connection details**: API keys, endpoints, auth modes, and provider-specific connection settings for OpenAI, Anthropic, Bedrock, Ollama, custom providers, and similar backends; config-path settings apply only where supported, such as `OLLAMA_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH` and `LLM_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH`.
- **Search provider credentials and options**: Settings such as `DUCKDUCKGO_*`, `GOOGLE_*`, `TAVILY_API_KEY`, `FIRECRAWL_API_KEY`, `FIRECRAWL_API_URL`, `TRAVERSAAL_API_KEY`, `PERPLEXITY_*`, `SEARXNG_*`, and `SPLOITUS_ENABLED`.
- **Third-party integrations**: Langfuse, Graphiti, and similar external services remain server-side configuration.
- **MCP server management**: MCP settings pages are not currently exposed as a live web-console feature.

**For Production & Enhanced Security:**

For production deployments or security-sensitive environments, we **strongly recommend** using a distributed two-node architecture where worker operations are isolated on a separate server. This prevents untrusted code execution and network access issues on your main system.

**See detailed guide**: [Worker Node Setup](examples/guides/worker_node.md)

The two-node setup provides:
- **Isolated Execution**: Worker containers run on dedicated hardware
- **Network Isolation**: Separate network boundaries for penetration testing
- **Security Boundaries**: Docker-in-Docker with TLS authentication
- **OOB Attack Support**: Dedicated port ranges for out-of-band techniques

### Manual Installation

1. Create a working directory or clone the repository:

```bash
mkdir pentagi && cd pentagi
```

2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env` or download it:

```bash
curl -o .env https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vxcontrol/pentagi/master/.env.example
```

3. Touch examples files (`example.custom.provider.yml`, `example.ollama.provider.yml`) or download it:

```bash
curl -o example.custom.provider.yml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vxcontrol/pentagi/master/examples/configs/custom-openai.provider.yml
curl -o example.ollama.provider.yml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vxcontrol/pentagi/master/examples/configs/ollama-llama318b.provider.yml
```

4. Fill in the required API keys in `.env` file.

```bash
# Required: At least one of these LLM providers
OPEN_AI_KEY=your_openai_key
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_key
GEMINI_API_KEY=your_gemini_key

# Optional: AWS Bedrock provider (enterprise-grade models)
BEDROCK_REGION=us-east-1
# Choose one authentication method:
BEDROCK_DEFAULT_AUTH=true                        # Option 1: Use AWS SDK default credential chain (recommended for EC2/ECS)
# BEDROCK_BEARER_TOKEN=your_bearer_token         # Option 2: Bearer token authentication
# BEDROCK_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your_aws_access_key      # Option 3: Static credentials
# BEDROCK_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=your_aws_secret_key

# Optional: Ollama provider (local or cloud)
# OLLAMA_SERVER_URL=http://ollama-server:11434   # Local server
# OLLAMA_SERVER_URL=https://ollama.com           # Cloud service
# OLLAMA_SERVER_API_KEY=your_ollama_cloud_key    # Required for cloud, empty for local

# Optional: Chinese AI providers
# DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=your_deepseek_key             # DeepSeek (strong reasoning)
# GLM_API_KEY=your_glm_key                       # GLM (Zhipu AI)
# KIMI_API_KEY=your_kimi_key                     # Kimi (Moonshot AI, ultra-long context)
# QWEN_API_KEY=your_qwen_key                     # Qwen (Alibaba Cloud, multimodal)

# Optional: Local LLM provider (zero-cost inference)
OLLAMA_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:11434
OLLAMA_SERVER_MODEL=your_model_name

# Optional: Additional search capabilities
DUCKDUCKGO_ENABLED=true
DUCKDUCKGO_REGION=us-en
DUCKDUCKGO_SAFESEARCH=
DUCKDUCKGO_TIME_RANGE=
SPLOITUS_ENABLED=true
GOOGLE_API_KEY=your_google_key
GOOGLE_CX_KEY=your_google_cx
TAVILY_API_KEY=your_tavily_key
FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=your_firecrawl_key
TRAVERSAAL_API_KEY=your_traversaal_key
PERPLEXITY_API_KEY=your_perplexity_key
PERPLEXITY_MODEL=sonar-pro
PERPLEXITY_CONTEXT_SIZE=medium

# Searxng meta search engine (aggregates results from multiple sources)
SEARXNG_URL=http://your-searxng-instance:8080
SEARXNG_CATEGORIES=general
SEARXNG_LANGUAGE=
SEARXNG_SAFESEARCH=0
SEARXNG_TIME_RANGE=
SEARXNG_TIMEOUT=

## Graphiti knowledge graph settings
GRAPHITI_ENABLED=true
GRAPHITI_TIMEOUT=30
GRAPHITI_URL=http://graphiti:8000
GRAPHITI_MODEL_NAME=gpt-5-mini

# Neo4j settings (used by Graphiti stack)
NEO4J_USER=neo4j
NEO4J_DATABASE=neo4j
NEO4J_PASSWORD=devpassword
NEO4J_URI=bolt://neo4j:7687

# Assistant configuration
ASSISTANT_USE_AGENTS=false         # Default value for agent usage when creating new assistants
```

5. Change all security related environment variables in `.env` file to improve security.

<details>
    <summary>Security related environment variables</summary>

### Main Security Settings
- `COOKIE_SIGNING_SALT` - Salt for cookie signing, change to random value
- `PUBLIC_URL` - Public URL of your server (eg. `https://pentagi.example.com`)
- `SERVER_SSL_CRT` and `SERVER_SSL_KEY` - Custom paths to your existing SSL certificate and key for HTTPS (these paths should be used in the docker-compose.yml file to mount as volumes)

### Scraper Access
- `SCRAPER_PUBLIC_URL` - Public URL for scraper if you want to use different scraper server for public URLs
- `SCRAPER_PRIVATE_URL` - Private URL for scraper (local scraper server in docker-compose.yml file to access it to local URLs)

### Access Credentials
- `PENTAGI_POSTGRES_USER` and `PENTAGI_POSTGRES_PASSWORD` - PostgreSQL credentials
- `NEO4J_USER` and `NEO4J_PASSWORD` - Neo4j credentials (for Graphiti knowledge graph)

</details>

6. Remove all inline comments from `.env` file if you want to use it in VSCode or other IDEs as a envFile option:

```bash
perl -i -pe 's/\s+#.*$//' .env
```

7. Run the PentAGI stack:

```bash
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vxcontrol/pentagi/master/docker-compose.yml
docker compose up -d
```

Visit [localhost:8443](https://localhost:8443) to access PentAGI Web UI (default is `admin@pentagi.com` / `admin`)

#### Web UI Accounts

PentAGI does not expose public self-service sign-up from the login page. A fresh installation creates the default local administrator account:

- **Email**: `admin@pentagi.com`
- **Password**: `admin`

On first login, change the default password before using the instance for real work. If the administrator password is lost later, use the installer maintenance menu to reset the default `admin@pentagi.com` account password.

For multi-user setups, an authenticated administrator can manage local users through the Users REST API (`/api/v1/users/`). The OpenAPI UI is available at `https://localhost:8443/api/v1/swagger/index.html` after the instance is running.

> [!NOTE]
> If you caught an error about `pentagi-network` or `observability-network` or `langfuse-network` you need to run `docker-compose.yml` firstly to create these networks and after that run `docker-compose-langfuse.yml`, `docker-compose-graphiti.yml`, and `docker-compose-observability.yml` to use Langfuse, Graphiti, and Observability services.
>
> You have to set at least one Language Model provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, AWS Bedrock, or Ollama) to use PentAGI. AWS Bedrock provides enterprise-grade access to multiple foundation models from leading AI companies, while Ollama provides zero-cost local inference if you have sufficient computational resources. Additional API keys for search engines are optional but recommended for better results.
>
> **For fully local deployment with advanced models**: See our comprehensive guide on [Running PentAGI with vLLM and Qwen3.5-27B-FP8](examples/guides/vllm-qwen35-27b-fp8.md) for a production-grade local LLM setup. This configuration achieves ~13,000 TPS for prompt processing and ~650 TPS for completion on 4× RTX 5090 GPUs, supporting 12+ concurrent flows with complete independence from cloud providers.
>
> `LLM_SERVER_*` environment variables are experimental feature and will be changed in the future. Right now you can use them to specify custom LLM server URL and one model for all agent types.
>
> `PROXY_URL` is a global proxy URL for all LLM providers and external search systems. You can use it for isolation from external networks.
>
> The `docker-compose.yml` file runs the PentAGI service as root user because it needs access to docker.sock for container management. If you're using TCP/IP network connection to Docker instead of socket file, you can remove root privileges and use the default `pentagi` user for better security.

### Accessing PentAGI from External Networks

By default, PentAGI binds to `127.0.0.1` (localhost only) for security. To access PentAGI from other machines on your network, you need to configure external access.

#### Configuration Steps

1. **Update `.env` file** with your server's IP address:

```bash
# Network binding - allow external connections
PENTAGI_LISTEN_IP=0.0.0.0
PENTAGI_LISTEN_PORT=8443

# Public URL - use your actual server IP or hostname
# Replace 192.168.1.100 with your server's IP address
PUBLIC_URL=https://192.168.1.100:8443

# CORS origins - list all URLs that will access PentAGI
# Include localhost for local access AND your server IP for external access
CORS_ORIGINS=https://localhost:8443,https://192.168.1.100:8443
```

> [!IMPORTANT]
> - Replace `192.168.1.100` with your actual server's IP address
> - Do NOT use `0.0.0.0` in `PUBLIC_URL` or `CORS_ORIGINS` - use the actual IP address
> - Include both localhost and your server IP in `CORS_ORIGINS` for flexibility

2. **Recreate containers** to apply the changes:

```bash
docker compose down
docker compose up -d --force-recreate
```

3. **Verify port binding:**

```bash
docker ps | grep pentagi
```

You should see `0.0.0.0:8443->8443/tcp` or `:::8443->8443/tcp`.

If you see `127.0.0.1:8443->8443/tcp`, the environment variable wasn't picked up. In this case, directly edit `docker-compose.yml` line 31:

```yaml
ports:
  - "0.0.0.0:8443:8443"
```

Then recreate containers again.

4. **Configure firewall** to allow incoming connections on port 8443:

```bash
# Ubuntu/Debian with UFW
sudo ufw allow 8443/tcp
sudo ufw reload

# CentOS/RHEL with firewalld
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8443/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload
```

5. **Access PentAGI:**

- **Local access:** `https://localhost:8443`
- **Network access:** `https://your-server-ip:8443`

> [!NOTE]
> You'll need to accept the self-signed SSL certificate warning in your browser when accessing via IP address.

---

### Running PentAGI with Podman

PentAGI fully supports Podman as a Docker alternative. However, when using **Podman in rootless mode**, the scraper service requires special configuration because rootless containers cannot bind privileged ports (ports below 1024).

#### Podman Rootless Configuration

The default scraper configuration uses port 443 (HTTPS), which is a privileged port. For Podman rootless, reconfigure the scraper to use a non-privileged port:

**1. Edit `docker-compose.yml`** - modify the `scraper` service (around line 199):

```yaml
scraper:
  image: vxcontrol/scraper:latest
  restart: unless-stopped
  container_name: scraper
  hostname: scraper
  expose:
    - 3000/tcp  # Changed from 443 to 3000
  ports:
    - "${SCRAPER_LISTEN_IP:-127.0.0.1}:${SCRAPER_LISTEN_PORT:-9443}:3000"  # Map to port 3000
  environment:
    - MAX_CONCURRENT_SESSIONS=${LOCAL_SCRAPER_MAX_CONCURRENT_SESSIONS:-10}
    - USERNAME=${LOCAL_SCRAPER_USERNAME:-someuser}
    - PASSWORD=${LOCAL_SCRAPER_PASSWORD:-somepass}
  logging:
    options:
      max-size: 50m
      max-file: "7"
  volumes:
    - scraper-ssl:/usr/src/app/ssl
  networks:
    - pentagi-network
  shm_size: 2g
```

**2. Update `.env` file** - change the scraper URL to use HTTP and port 3000:

```bash
# Scraper configuration for Podman rootless
SCRAPER_PRIVATE_URL=http://someuser:somepass@scraper:3000/
LOCAL_SCRAPER_USERNAME=someuser
LOCAL_SCRAPER_PASSWORD=somepass
```

> [!IMPORTANT]
> Key changes for Podman:
> - Use **HTTP** instead of HTTPS for `SCRAPER_PRIVATE_URL`
> - Use port **3000** instead of 443
> - Change internal `expose` to `3000/tcp`
> - Update port mapping to target `3000` instead of `443`

**3. Recreate containers:**

```bash
podman-compose down
podman-compose up -d --force-recreate
```

**4. Test scraper connectivity:**

```bash
# Test from within the pentagi container
podman exec -it pentagi wget -O- "http://someuser:somepass@scraper:3000/html?url=http://example.com"
```

If you see HTML output, the scraper is working correctly.

#### Podman Rootful Mode

If you're running Podman in rootful mode (with sudo), you can use the default configuration without modifications. The scraper will work on port 443 as intended.

#### Docker Compatibility

All Podman configurations remain fully compatible with Docker. The non-privileged port approach works identically on both container runtimes.

### Assistant Configuration

PentAGI allows you to configure default behavior for assistants:

| Variable               | Default | Description                                                             |
| ---------------------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `ASSISTANT_USE_AGENTS` | `false` | Controls the default value for agent usage when creating new assistants |

The `ASSISTANT_USE_AGENTS` setting affects the initial state of the "Use Agents" toggle when creating a new assistant in the UI:
- `false` (default): New assistants are created with agent delegation disabled by default
- `true`: New assistants are created with agent delegation enabled by default

Note that users can always override this setting by toggling the "Use Agents" button in the UI when creating or editing an assistant. This environment variable only controls the initial default state.

## How to Use PentAGI After Login

Once the stack is running and you can sign in to the web UI, the fastest way to start is through the Flows workflow.

### 1. Create your first flow

1. Open **Flows** in the sidebar.
2. Click **New Flow**.
3. Choose the mode that fits your goal:
   - **Automation**: fully autonomous execution for a testing goal you want PentAGI to carry out end-to-end
   - **Assistant**: interactive back-and-forth help when you want to steer the investigation step by step. In this mode you can also enable the **Use Agents** toggle to let PentAGI delegate subtasks to specialized sub-agents for more complex investigations.
4. Select the LLM provider you want to use for this flow.
5. Describe the target and the objective in natural language in the message box.

Good first prompts usually include:

- the target system or URL
- the type of assessment you want
- any scope limitations or rules of engagement
- the result you expect, such as a vulnerability report or validation of a hypothesis

Example:

```text
Assess https://target.example for common web application vulnerabilities. Focus on authentication, file handling, and injection issues. Stay within the provided target only and summarize confirmed findings with reproduction steps.
```

Only test systems you own or are explicitly authorized to assess. See [EULA.md](EULA.md) for the acceptable use requirements.

### 2. Use templates for repeatable workflows

The new flow form includes a template picker, which can prefill the message box with a saved flow template. This is useful when you run similar assessments repeatedly.

- Use an existing template if you already have one saved in **Templates**
- Start from the example prompt in [`examples/prompts/base_web_pentest.md`](examples/prompts/base_web_pentest.md) if you need a practical baseline for web testing
- Adjust the target, scope, and constraints before starting the flow

Templates are starting points. You do not need special syntax to use PentAGI: plain natural-language instructions work well as long as the target and goal are clear.

### 3. Monitor execution and review output

After submitting the flow, PentAGI opens the flow page automatically.

- Use the main flow view to follow messages, agent activity, and task progress
- Inspect tool activity and terminal output as the flow runs
- Review generated tasks and subtasks to understand what PentAGI is doing

Once the flow has enough results, use the **Report** menu on the flow page to:

- open the report in a web view
- copy the generated report to the clipboard
- download the report as Markdown
- download the report as PDF

### 4. Use the Assistant view to steer an active flow

Each flow also includes an **Assistant** view for interactive guidance. This is useful when the autonomous run uncovers something that needs human direction instead of a hard restart.

- Open the **Assistant** view for the same flow when you want to inspect the current state before changing anything.
- Use the assistant to check flow status, stop the current task, submit follow-up instructions, or patch the remaining planned subtasks before the next step runs.
- Treat this as an explicit control path for the current flow, not as an invisible background queue. If you want to change direction, say so clearly and keep the new instruction tied to the current engagement scope.
- This works best for clarifying scope, redirecting priorities after intermediate findings, or answering an automation checkpoint without losing the rest of the flow context.

### 5. Manage flow-scoped files

Each flow has its own **Files** tab in the flow page. Files are scoped to the parent flow: they live in `{dataDir}/flow-{id}-data/` on the host and never leak into other flows.

The tab exposes three sources of files:

- **Uploads** (`uploads/`): files you provide from the web UI. Use the **Upload files** action, or drag and drop directly onto the Files tab. While the agent container is running, uploaded files are also pushed into it at `/work/uploads/` so the agent can read them with normal shell tools.
- **Resources** (`resources/`): files attached from your saved user resources library via **Attach resources from library**. Attached resources are copied into the flow and pushed into the running container at `/work/resources/`.
- **Container** (`container/`): snapshots pulled from the running agent container via **Pull file or directory from container**. These are read-only on the flow side and are never sent back to the container.

Per-file actions in the Files tab include **Download**, **Copy path**, **Save as resource** (promote a flow file into your reusable resources library), and **Delete**. The Pull action is disabled when the container is not running, with the tooltip "Container is not running".

Uploaded files and attached resources are listed automatically in the agent's system prompts via the `{{.UserFiles}}` template variable, which renders a compact `<task_files>` XML block (with nested `<uploads>` and `<resources>` sections), so the assistant and automation agents can reference them by path without you pasting the contents into chat. Container snapshots are visible in the UI only and are not auto-injected back into the prompt.

Current limits and limitations to be aware of:

- Maximum upload file size is 300 MB; per upload request up to 1000 files and 2 GB total. File names are capped at 255 bytes (roughly 255 ASCII characters; non-ASCII names use multiple bytes per character).
- Uploads and resources are mirrored into the running container at the fixed paths `/work/uploads/` and `/work/resources/`; files written to other container paths are not auto-mirrored back into the flow file model. Container snapshots can originate from any container path you pull (for example `/etc/...`) and are cached on the flow side under `container/`; they are not pushed back into the container.
- Container snapshots are point-in-time pulls. Editing a snapshot in the UI does not write back into the running container.
- Deleting a flow today removes the flow record and its long-term memory entries, but does not yet archive or remove the flow's `flow-{id}-data/` directory on disk. Operators are still expected to clean up the data directory manually if they want to reclaim the space.

For early testing, start with a narrow target and a single clear objective. This makes the output easier to review and helps you refine your prompts before running larger assessments.

## API Access

PentAGI provides comprehensive programmatic access through both REST and GraphQL APIs, allowing you to integrate penetration testing workflows into your automation pipelines, CI/CD processes, and custom applications.

### Generating API Tokens

API tokens are managed through the PentAGI web interface:

1. Navigate to **Settings** → **API Tokens** in the web UI
2. Click **Create Token** to generate a new API token
3. Configure token properties:
   - **Name** (optional): A descriptive name for the token
   - **Expiration Date**: When the token will expire (minimum 1 minute, maximum 3 years)
4. Click **Create** and **copy the token immediately** - it will only be shown once for security reasons
5. Use the token as a Bearer token in your API requests

Each token is associated with your user account and inherits your role's permissions.

### Using API Tokens

Include the API token in the `Authorization` header of your HTTP requests:

```bash
# GraphQL API example
curl -X POST https://your-pentagi-instance:8443/api/v1/graphql \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "{ flows { id title status } }"}'

# REST API example
curl https://your-pentagi-instance:8443/api/v1/flows \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
```

### API Exploration and Testing

PentAGI provides interactive documentation for exploring and testing API endpoints:

#### GraphQL Playground

Access the GraphQL Playground at `https://your-pentagi-instance:8443/api/v1/graphql/playground`

1. Click the **HTTP Headers** tab at the bottom
2. Add your authorization header:
   ```json
   {
     "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
   }
   ```
3. Explore the schema, run queries, and test mutations interactively

#### Swagger UI

Access the REST API documentation at `https://your-pentagi-instance:8443/api/v1/swagger/index.html`

1. Click the **Authorize** button
2. Enter your token in the format: `Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN`
3. Click **Authorize** to apply
4. Test endpoints directly from the Swagger UI

### Generating API Clients

You can generate type-safe API clients for your preferred programming language using the schema files included with PentAGI:

#### GraphQL Clients

The GraphQL schema is available at:
- **Web UI**: Navigate to Settings to download `schema.graphqls`
- **Direct file**: `backend/pkg/graph/schema.graphqls` in the repository

Generate clients using tools like:
- **GraphQL Code Generator** (JavaScript/TypeScript): [https://the-guild.dev/graphql/codegen](https://the-guild.dev/graphql/codegen)
- **genqlient** (Go): [https://github.com/Khan/genqlient](https://github.com/Khan/genqlient)
- **Apollo iOS** (Swift): [https://www.apollographql.com/docs/ios](https://www.apollographql.com/docs/ios)

#### REST API Clients

The OpenAPI specification is available at:
- **Swagger JSON**: `https://your-pentagi-instance:8443/api/v1/swagger/doc.json`
- **Swagger YAML**: Available in `backend/pkg/server/docs/swagger.yaml`

Generate clients using:
- **OpenAPI Generator**: [https://openapi-generator.tech](https://openapi-generator.tech)
  ```bash
  openapi-generator-cli generate \
    -i https://your-pentagi-instance:8443/api/v1/swagger/doc.json \
    -g python \
    -o ./pentagi-client
  ```

- **Swagger Codegen**: [https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen)
  ```bash
  swagger-codegen generate \
    -i https://your-pentagi-instance:8443/api/v1/swagger/doc.json \
    -l typescript-axios \
    -o ./pentagi-client
  ```

- **swagger-typescript-api** (TypeScript): [https://github.com/acacode/swagger-typescript-api](https://github.com/acacode/swagger-typescript-api)
  ```bash
  npx swagger-typescript-api \
    -p https://your-pentagi-instance:8443/api/v1/swagger/doc.json \
    -o ./src/api \
    -n pentagi-api.ts
  ```

### API Usage Examples

<details>
<summary><b>Creating a New Flow (GraphQL)</b></summary>

```graphql
mutation CreateFlow {
  createFlow(
    modelProvider: "openai"
    input: "Test the security of https://example.com"
  ) {
    id
    title
    status
    createdAt
  }
}
```

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>Listing Flows (REST API)</b></summary>

```bash
curl https://your-pentagi-instance:8443/api/v1/flows \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  | jq '.flows[] | {id, title, status}'
```

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>Python Client Example</b></summary>

```python
import requests

class PentAGIClient:
    def __init__(self, base_url, api_token):
        self.base_url = base_url
        self.headers = {
            "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_token}",
            "Content-Type": "application/json"
        }
    
    def create_flow(self, provider, target):
        query = """
        mutation CreateFlow($provider: String!, $input: String!) {
          createFlow(modelProvider: $provider, input: $input) {
            id
            title
            status
          }
        }
        """
        response = requests.post(
            f"{self.base_url}/api/v1/graphql",
            json={
                "query": query,
                "variables": {
                    "provider": provider,
                    "input": target
                }
            },
            headers=self.headers
        )
        return response.json()
    
    def get_flows(self):
        response = requests.get(
            f"{self.base_url}/api/v1/flows",
            headers=self.headers
        )
        return response.json()

# Usage
client = PentAGIClient(
    "https://your-pentagi-instance:8443",
    "your_api_token_here"
)

# Create a new flow
flow = client.create_flow("openai", "Scan https://example.com for vulnerabilities")
print(f"Created flow: {flow}")

# List all flows
flows = client.get_flows()
print(f"Total flows: {len(flows['flows'])}")
```

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>TypeScript Client Example</b></summary>

```typescript
import axios, { AxiosInstance } from 'axios';

interface Flow {
  id: string;
  title: string;
  status: string;
  createdAt: string;
}

class PentAGIClient {
  private client: AxiosInstance;

  constructor(baseURL: string, apiToken: string) {
    this.client = axios.create({
      baseURL: `${baseURL}/api/v1`,
      headers: {
        'Authorization': `Bearer ${apiToken}`,
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      },
    });
  }

  async createFlow(provider: string, input: string): Promise<Flow> {
    const query = `
      mutation CreateFlow($provider: String!, $input: String!) {
        createFlow(modelProvider: $provider, input: $input) {
          id
          title
          status
          createdAt
        }
      }
    `;

    const response = await this.client.post('/graphql', {
      query,
      variables: { provider, input },
    });

    return response.data.data.createFlow;
  }

  async getFlows(): Promise<Flow[]> {
    const response = await this.client.get('/flows');
    return response.data.flows;
  }

  async getFlow(flowId: string): Promise<Flow> {
    const response = await this.client.get(`/flows/${flowId}`);
    return response.data;
  }
}

// Usage
const client = new PentAGIClient(
  'https://your-pentagi-instance:8443',
  'your_api_token_here'
);

// Create a new flow
const flow = await client.createFlow(
  'openai',
  'Perform penetration test on https://example.com'
);
console.log('Created flow:', flow);

// List all flows
const flows = await client.getFlows();
console.log(`Total flows: ${flows.length}`);
```

</details>

### Security Best Practices

When working with API tokens:

- **Never commit tokens to version control** - use environment variables or secrets management
- **Rotate tokens regularly** - set appropriate expiration dates and create new tokens periodically
- **Use separate tokens for different applications** - makes it easier to revoke access if needed
- **Monitor token usage** - review API token activity in the Settings page
- **Revoke unused tokens** - disable or delete tokens that are no longer needed
- **Use HTTPS only** - never send API tokens over unencrypted connections

### Token Management

- **View tokens**: See all your active tokens in Settings → API Tokens
- **Edit tokens**: Update token names or revoke tokens
- **Delete tokens**: Permanently remove tokens (this action cannot be undone)
- **Token ID**: Each token has a unique ID that can be copied for reference

The token list shows:
- Token name (if provided)
- Token ID (unique identifier)
- Status (active/revoked/expired)
- Creation date
- Expiration date

### Custom LLM Provider Configuration

When using custom LLM providers with the `LLM_SERVER_*` variables, you can fine-tune the reasoning format used in requests.

> [!TIP]
> For production-grade local deployments, consider using **vLLM** with **Qwen3.5-27B-FP8** for optimal performance. See our [comprehensive deployment guide](examples/guides/vllm-qwen35-27b-fp8.md) which includes hardware requirements, configuration templates ([thinking mode](examples/configs/vllm-qwen3.5-27b-fp8.provider.yml) and [non-thinking mode](examples/configs/vllm-qwen3.5-27b-fp8-no-think.provider.yml)), and performance benchmarks showing 13K TPS prompt processing on 4× RTX 5090 GPUs.

| Variable                        | Default | Description                                                                             |
| ------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `LLM_SERVER_URL`                |         | Base URL for the custom LLM API endpoint                                                |
| `LLM_SERVER_KEY`                |         | API key for the custom LLM provider                                                     |
| `LLM_SERVER_MODEL`              |         | Default model to use (can be overridden in provider config)                             |
| `LLM_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH`        |         | Path to the YAML configuration file for agent-specific models                           |
| `LLM_SERVER_PROVIDER`           |         | Provider name prefix for model names (e.g., `openrouter`, `deepseek` for LiteLLM proxy) |
| `LLM_SERVER_LEGACY_REASONING`   | `false` | Controls reasoning format in API requests                                               |
| `LLM_SERVER_PRESERVE_REASONING` | `false` | Preserve reasoning content in multi-turn conversations (required by some providers)     |

The `LLM_SERVER_PROVIDER` setting is particularly useful when using **LiteLLM proxy**, which adds a provider prefix to model names. For example, when connecting to Moonshot API through LiteLLM, models like `kimi-2.5` become `moonshot/kimi-2.5`. By setting `LLM_SERVER_PROVIDER=moonshot`, you can use the same provider configuration file for both direct API access and LiteLLM proxy access without modifications.

The `LLM_SERVER_LEGACY_REASONING` setting affects how reasoning parameters are sent to the LLM:
- `false` (default): Uses modern format where reasoning is sent as a structured object with `max_tokens` parameter
- `true`: Uses legacy format with string-based `reasoning_effort` parameter

This setting is important when working with different LLM providers as they may expect different reasoning formats in their API requests. If you encounter reasoning-related errors with custom providers, try changing this setting.

The `LLM_SERVER_PRESERVE_REASONING` setting controls whether reasoning content is preserved in multi-turn conversations:
- `false` (default): Reasoning content is not preserved in conversation history
- `true`: Reasoning content is preserved and sent in subsequent API calls

This setting is required by some LLM providers (e.g., Moonshot) that return errors like "thinking is enabled but reasoning_content is missing in assistant tool call message" when reasoning content is not included in multi-turn conversations. Enable this setting if your provider requires reasoning content to be preserved.

#### Troubleshooting: tool-call (function-call) parser errors

PentAGI drives its agents with tool calls (also called function calls), so any custom OpenAI-compatible backend configured through `LLM_SERVER_*` must return valid tool-call JSON in the format the OpenAI Chat Completions API defines. When the backend emits malformed, truncated, or non-conforming tool-call arguments, the agent chain cannot continue.

Self-hosted engines such as llama.cpp, SGLang, and vLLM usually require a specific tool-call parser and a matching chat template to produce correct tool-call output. If the parser is missing or mismatched for the model you are serving, tool-call arguments can come back corrupted. Compatibility therefore depends on the backend's tool-call/function-call behavior and configuration, not on PentAGI alone; not every llama.cpp or SGLang setup produces valid tool calls out of the box.

Typical symptoms:

- Backend or proxy errors such as `Failed to parse tool call arguments as JSON` (often surfaced through a LiteLLM proxy as an HTTP 500), or other unexpected 5xx/4xx responses from the LLM endpoint.
- A flow that runs for a few steps and then stops responding to new input in the UI.
- Repeated or looping tool calls that never converge.
- A flow that fails right at the start with `failed to select primary docker image via llm call`, because the first action in a flow is an LLM tool call to choose the container image; a backend that cannot return a valid tool call fails at this step too.

How to investigate:

1. Check both sides of the connection: the PentAGI logs (`docker compose logs -f pentagi`) and the inference backend or proxy logs (llama.cpp, SGLang, vLLM, or LiteLLM). The backend log usually shows the same parse error when it produced the malformed tool call.
2. Validate the provider before running a full flow with the `ctester` utility, which exercises tool-calling agent types directly. See [Testing LLM Agents](https://github.com/vxcontrol/pentagi#testing-llm-agents).
3. Confirm the backend's tool-call parser and chat template are the ones recommended for the model you are serving, and that the model itself supports tool calling.
4. Update PentAGI to the latest build. Recent versions sanitize malformed function-call arguments returned by the model so a single bad response no longer stalls the whole flow; older builds forwarded the corrupted arguments and could get stuck.

### Ollama Provider Configuration

PentAGI supports Ollama for both local LLM inference (zero-cost, enhanced privacy) and Ollama Cloud (managed service with free tier).

#### Configuration Variables

| Variable                            | Default     | Description                               |
| ----------------------------------- | ----------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| `OLLAMA_SERVER_URL`                 |             | URL of your Ollama server or Ollama Cloud |
| `OLLAMA_SERVER_API_KEY`             |             | API key for Ollama Cloud authentication   |
| `OLLAMA_SERVER_MODEL`               |             | Default model for inference               |
| `OLLAMA_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH`         |             | Path to custom agent configuration file   |
| `OLLAMA_SERVER_PULL_MODELS_TIMEOUT` | `600`       | Timeout for model downloads (seconds)     |
| `OLLAMA_SERVER_PULL_MODELS_ENABLED` | `false`     | Auto-download models on startup           |
| `OLLAMA_SERVER_LOAD_MODELS_ENABLED` | `false`     | Query server for available models         |

#### Ollama Cloud Configuration

Ollama Cloud provides managed inference with a generous free tier and scalable paid plans.

**Free Tier Setup (Single Model)**

```bash
# Free tier allows one model at a time
OLLAMA_SERVER_URL=https://ollama.com
OLLAMA_SERVER_API_KEY=your_ollama_cloud_api_key
OLLAMA_SERVER_MODEL=gpt-oss:120b  # Example: OpenAI OSS 120B model
```

**Paid Tier Setup (Multi-Model with Pre-built Configuration)**

For paid tiers supporting multiple concurrent models, use the pre-built Ollama Cloud configuration:

```bash
# Using pre-built Ollama Cloud configuration (included in Docker image)
OLLAMA_SERVER_URL=https://ollama.com
OLLAMA_SERVER_API_KEY=your_ollama_cloud_api_key
OLLAMA_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/pentagi/conf/ollama-cloud.provider.yml
```

The pre-built `ollama-cloud.provider.yml` configuration includes optimized model assignments for all agent types:
- **Simple/Assistant**: `nemotron-3-super:cloud` - Fast general-purpose model
- **Primary Agent**: `qwen3-coder-next:cloud` - Advanced reasoning with high effort mode
- **Coder/Pentester**: `qwen3-coder-next:cloud` - Specialized coding models
- **Searcher**: `qwen3.5:397b-cloud` - Large context for information gathering
- **Refiner/Refactor**: `glm-5:cloud` - High-quality text refinement
- **Adviser/Enricher**: `minimax-m2.7:cloud` - Efficient advisory tasks
- **Installer**: `devstral-2:123b-cloud` - Installation and setup tasks

**Custom Configuration (Advanced)**

To create your own agent configuration, mount a custom file from your host filesystem:

```bash
# Using custom provider configuration
OLLAMA_SERVER_URL=https://ollama.com
OLLAMA_SERVER_API_KEY=your_ollama_cloud_api_key
OLLAMA_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/pentagi/conf/ollama.provider.yml

# Mount custom configuration from host filesystem (in .env or docker-compose override)
PENTAGI_OLLAMA_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH=/path/on/host/my-ollama-config.yml
```

The `PENTAGI_OLLAMA_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH` environment variable maps your host configuration file to `/opt/pentagi/conf/ollama.provider.yml` inside the container.

**Example custom configuration** (`my-ollama-config.yml`):

```yaml
primary_agent:
  model: "qwen3-coder-next:cloud"
  temperature: 1.0
  top_p: 0.9
  max_tokens: 32768
  reasoning:
    effort: high

coder:
  model: "qwen3-coder:32b"
  temperature: 1.0
  max_tokens: 20480
```

#### Local Ollama Configuration

For self-hosted Ollama instances:

```bash
# Basic local Ollama setup
OLLAMA_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:11434
OLLAMA_SERVER_MODEL=llama3.1:8b-instruct-q8_0

# Production setup with auto-pull and model discovery
OLLAMA_SERVER_URL=http://ollama-server:11434
OLLAMA_SERVER_PULL_MODELS_ENABLED=true
OLLAMA_SERVER_PULL_MODELS_TIMEOUT=900
OLLAMA_SERVER_LOAD_MODELS_ENABLED=true

# Using pre-built configurations from Docker image
OLLAMA_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/pentagi/conf/ollama-llama318b.provider.yml
# or
OLLAMA_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/pentagi/conf/ollama-qwen332b-fp16-tc.provider.yml
# or
OLLAMA_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/pentagi/conf/ollama-qwq32b-fp16-tc.provider.yml
```

**Performance Considerations:**

- **Model Discovery** (`OLLAMA_SERVER_LOAD_MODELS_ENABLED=true`): Adds 1-2s startup latency querying Ollama API
- **Auto-pull** (`OLLAMA_SERVER_PULL_MODELS_ENABLED=true`): First startup may take several minutes downloading models
- **Pull timeout** (`OLLAMA_SERVER_PULL_MODELS_TIMEOUT=900`): 15 minutes in seconds
- **Static Config**: Disable both flags and specify models in config file for fastest startup

#### Creating Custom Ollama Models with Extended Context

PentAGI requires models with larger context windows than the default Ollama configurations. You need to create custom models with increased `num_ctx` parameter through Modelfiles. While typical agent workflows consume around 64K tokens, PentAGI uses 110K context size for safety margin and handling complex penetration testing scenarios.

**Important**: The `num_ctx` parameter can only be set during model creation via Modelfile - it cannot be changed after model creation or overridden at runtime.

##### Example: Qwen3 32B FP16 with Extended Context

Create a Modelfile named `Modelfile_qwen3_32b_fp16_tc`:

```dockerfile
FROM qwen3:32b-fp16
PARAMETER num_ctx 110000
PARAMETER temperature 0.3
PARAMETER top_p 0.8
PARAMETER min_p 0.0
PARAMETER top_k 20
PARAMETER repeat_penalty 1.1
```

Build the custom model:

```bash
ollama create qwen3:32b-fp16-tc -f Modelfile_qwen3_32b_fp16_tc
```

##### Example: QwQ 32B FP16 with Extended Context

Create a Modelfile named `Modelfile_qwq_32b_fp16_tc`:

```dockerfile
FROM qwq:32b-fp16
PARAMETER num_ctx 110000
PARAMETER temperature 0.2
PARAMETER top_p 0.7
PARAMETER min_p 0.0
PARAMETER top_k 40
PARAMETER repeat_penalty 1.2
```

Build the custom model:

```bash
ollama create qwq:32b-fp16-tc -f Modelfile_qwq_32b_fp16_tc
```

> **Note**: The QwQ 32B FP16 model requires approximately **71.3 GB VRAM** for inference. Ensure your system has sufficient GPU memory before attempting to use this model.

These custom models are referenced in the pre-built provider configuration files (`ollama-qwen332b-fp16-tc.provider.yml` and `ollama-qwq32b-fp16-tc.provider.yml`) that are included in the Docker image at `/opt/pentagi/conf/`.

### OpenAI Provider Configuration

PentAGI integrates with OpenAI's comprehensive model lineup, featuring advanced reasoning capabilities with extended chain-of-thought, agentic models with enhanced tool integration, and specialized code models for security engineering.

#### Configuration Variables

| Variable             | Default                     | Description                 |
| -------------------- | --------------------------- | --------------------------- |
| `OPEN_AI_KEY`        |                             | API key for OpenAI services |
| `OPEN_AI_SERVER_URL` | `https://api.openai.com/v1` | OpenAI API endpoint         |

#### Configuration Examples

```bash
# Basic OpenAI setup
OPEN_AI_KEY=your_openai_api_key
OPEN_AI_SERVER_URL=https://api.openai.com/v1

# Using with proxy for enhanced security
OPEN_AI_KEY=your_openai_api_key
PROXY_URL=http://your-proxy:8080
```

#### Supported Models

PentAGI supports 31 OpenAI models with tool calling, streaming, reasoning modes, and prompt caching. Models marked with `*` are used in default configuration.

**GPT-5.2 Series - Latest Flagship Agentic (December 2025)**

| Model ID              | Thinking | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                        |
| --------------------- | -------- | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| `gpt-5.2`*            | ✅        | $1.75/$14.00/$0.18         | Latest flagship with enhanced reasoning and tool integration, autonomous security research |
| `gpt-5.2-pro`         | ✅        | $21.00/$168.00/$0.00       | Premium version with superior agentic coding, mission-critical security research, zero-day discovery |
| `gpt-5.2-codex`       | ✅        | $1.75/$14.00/$0.18         | Most advanced code-specialized, context compaction, strong cybersecurity capabilities |

**GPT-5/5.1 Series - Advanced Agentic Models**

| Model ID              | Thinking | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                        |
| --------------------- | -------- | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| `gpt-5`               | ✅        | $1.25/$10.00/$0.13         | Premier agentic with advanced reasoning, autonomous security research, exploit chain development |
| `gpt-5.1`             | ✅        | $1.25/$10.00/$0.13         | Enhanced agentic with adaptive reasoning, balanced penetration testing with strong tool coordination |
| `gpt-5-pro`           | ✅        | $15.00/$120.00/$0.00       | Premium version with major reasoning improvements, reduced hallucinations, critical security operations |
| `gpt-5-mini`          | ✅        | $0.25/$2.00/$0.03          | Efficient balancing speed and intelligence, automated vulnerability analysis, exploit generation |
| `gpt-5-nano`          | ✅        | $0.05/$0.40/$0.01          | Fastest for high-throughput scanning, reconnaissance, bulk vulnerability detection |

**GPT-5/5.1 Codex Series - Code-Specialized**

| Model ID              | Thinking | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                        |
| --------------------- | -------- | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| `gpt-5.1-codex-max`   | ✅        | $1.25/$10.00/$0.13         | Enhanced reasoning for sophisticated coding, proven CVE findings, systematic exploit development |
| `gpt-5.1-codex`       | ✅        | $1.25/$10.00/$0.13         | Standard code-optimized with strong reasoning, exploit generation, vulnerability analysis |
| `gpt-5-codex`         | ✅        | $1.25/$10.00/$0.13         | Foundational code-specialized, vulnerability scanning, basic exploit generation |
| `gpt-5.1-codex-mini`  | ✅        | $0.25/$2.00/$0.03          | Compact high-performance, 4x higher capacity, rapid vulnerability detection |
| `codex-mini-latest`   | ✅        | $1.50/$6.00/$0.38          | Latest compact code model, automated code review, basic vulnerability analysis |

**GPT-4.1 Series - Enhanced Intelligence**

| Model ID              | Thinking | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                        |
| --------------------- | -------- | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| `gpt-4.1`             | ❌        | $2.00/$8.00/$0.50          | Enhanced flagship with superior function calling, complex threat analysis, sophisticated exploit development |
| `gpt-4.1-mini`*       | ❌        | $0.40/$1.60/$0.10          | Balanced performance with improved efficiency, routine security assessments, automated code analysis |
| `gpt-4.1-nano`        | ❌        | $0.10/$0.40/$0.03          | Ultra-fast lightweight, bulk security scanning, rapid reconnaissance, continuous monitoring |

**GPT-4o Series - Multimodal Flagship**

| Model ID              | Thinking | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                        |
| --------------------- | -------- | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| `gpt-4o`              | ❌        | $2.50/$10.00/$1.25         | Multimodal flagship with vision, image analysis, web UI assessment, multi-tool orchestration |
| `gpt-4o-mini`         | ❌        | $0.15/$0.60/$0.08          | Compact multimodal with strong function calling, high-frequency scanning, cost-effective bulk operations |

**o-Series - Advanced Reasoning Models**

| Model ID              | Thinking | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                        |
| --------------------- | -------- | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| `o4-mini`*            | ✅        | $1.10/$4.40/$0.28          | Next-gen reasoning with enhanced speed, methodical security assessments, systematic exploit development |
| `o3`*                 | ✅        | $2.00/$8.00/$0.50          | Advanced reasoning powerhouse, multi-stage attack chains, deep vulnerability analysis |
| `o3-mini`             | ✅        | $1.10/$4.40/$0.55          | Compact reasoning with extended thinking, step-by-step attack planning, logical vulnerability chaining |
| `o1`                  | ✅        | $15.00/$60.00/$7.50        | Premier reasoning with maximum depth, advanced penetration testing, novel exploit research |
| `o3-pro`              | ✅        | $20.00/$80.00/$0.00        | Most advanced reasoning, 80% cheaper than o1-pro, zero-day research, critical security investigations |
| `o1-pro`              | ✅        | $150.00/$600.00/$0.00      | Previous-gen premium reasoning, exhaustive security analysis, mission-critical challenges |

**Prices**: Per 1M tokens. Reasoning models include thinking tokens in output pricing.

> [!WARNING]
> **GPT-5* Models - Trusted Access Required**
>
> All GPT-5 series models (`gpt-5`, `gpt-5.1`, `gpt-5.2`, `gpt-5-pro`, `gpt-5.2-pro`, and all Codex variants) work **unstably with PentAGI** and may trigger OpenAI's cybersecurity safety mechanisms without verified access.
>
> **To use GPT-5* models reliably:**
> 1. **Individual users**: Verify your identity at [chatgpt.com/cyber](https://chatgpt.com/cyber)
> 2. **Enterprise teams**: Request trusted access through your OpenAI representative
> 3. **Security researchers**: Apply for the [Cybersecurity Grant Program](https://openai.com/form/cybersecurity-grant-program/) (includes $10M in API credits)
>
> **Recommended alternatives without verification:**
> - Use `o-series` models (o3, o4-mini, o1) for reasoning tasks
> - Use `gpt-4.1` series for general intelligence and function calling
> - All o-series and gpt-4.x models work reliably without special access

**Reasoning Effort Levels**:
- **High**: Maximum reasoning depth (refiner - o3 with high effort)
- **Medium**: Balanced reasoning (primary_agent, assistant, reflector - o4-mini/o3 with medium effort)
- **Low**: Efficient targeted reasoning (coder, installer, pentester - o3/o4-mini with low effort; adviser - gpt-5.2 with low effort)

**Key Features**:
- **Extended Reasoning**: o-series models with chain-of-thought for complex security analysis
- **Agentic Intelligence**: GPT-5/5.1/5.2 series with enhanced tool integration and autonomous capabilities
- **Prompt Caching**: Cost reduction on repeated context (10-50% of input price)
- **Code Specialization**: Dedicated Codex models for vulnerability discovery and exploit development
- **Multimodal Support**: GPT-4o series for vision-based security assessments
- **Tool Calling**: Robust function calling across all models for pentesting tool orchestration
- **Streaming**: Real-time response streaming for interactive workflows
- **Proven Track Record**: Industry-leading models with CVE discoveries and real-world security applications

### Anthropic Provider Configuration

PentAGI integrates with Anthropic's Claude models, featuring advanced extended thinking capabilities, exceptional safety mechanisms, and sophisticated understanding of complex security contexts with prompt caching.

#### Configuration Variables

| Variable               | Default                        | Description                    |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------ |
| `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`    |                                | API key for Anthropic services |
| `ANTHROPIC_SERVER_URL` | `https://api.anthropic.com/v1` | Anthropic API endpoint         |

#### Configuration Examples

```bash
# Basic Anthropic setup
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_api_key
ANTHROPIC_SERVER_URL=https://api.anthropic.com/v1

# Using with proxy for secure environments
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_api_key
PROXY_URL=http://your-proxy:8080
```

> [!NOTE]
> **Google Vertex AI for Claude models**
>
> PentAGI does not currently expose a dedicated Google Vertex AI configuration path for Anthropic Claude in `.env`. There is no separate Vertex AI API key field at this time, and the existing Anthropic variables (`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`, `ANTHROPIC_SERVER_URL`) target the direct Anthropic API. Supported routes for Claude are:
>
> - **Direct Anthropic API**: `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` and `ANTHROPIC_SERVER_URL` (see above).
> - **AWS Bedrock**: `BEDROCK_*` variables (see [AWS Bedrock Provider Configuration](#aws-bedrock-provider-configuration)).
>
> If you need to use Vertex AI today, the safest supported workaround is to expose Vertex AI through an OpenAI-compatible proxy or gateway that translates Vertex AI calls into the Chat Completions format while preserving the chat and tool-call behavior PentAGI relies on, then point the Custom LLM provider at that gateway via `LLM_SERVER_URL`, `LLM_SERVER_KEY`, and `LLM_SERVER_MODEL`. This path is only as reliable as the gateway you choose.

#### Supported Models

PentAGI supports 10 Claude models with tool calling, streaming, extended thinking, adaptive thinking, and prompt caching. Models marked with `*` are used in default configuration.

**Claude 4 Series - Latest Models (2025-2026)**

| Model ID                 | Thinking | Release Date | Price (Input/Output/Cache R/W) | Use Case                                        |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ------------ | ------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------- |
| `claude-opus-4-6`*       | ✅        | May 2025     | $5.00/$25.00/$0.50/$6.25       | Most intelligent model for autonomous agents and coding. Extended + adaptive thinking for complex exploit development, multi-stage attack simulation |
| `claude-sonnet-4-6`*     | ✅        | Aug 2025     | $3.00/$15.00/$0.30/$3.75       | Best speed/intelligence balance with adaptive thinking. Multi-phase security assessments, intelligent vulnerability analysis, real-time threat hunting |
| `claude-haiku-4-5`*      | ✅        | Oct 2025     | $1.00/$5.00/$0.10/$1.25        | Fastest model with near-frontier intelligence. High-frequency scanning, real-time monitoring, bulk automated testing |

**Legacy Models - Still Supported**

| Model ID                 | Thinking | Release Date | Price (Input/Output/Cache R/W) | Use Case                                        |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ------------ | ------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------- |
| `claude-sonnet-4-5`      | ✅        | Sep 2025     | $3.00/$15.00/$0.30/$3.75       | State-of-the-art reasoning (superseded by 4-6). Sophisticated penetration testing, advanced threat analysis |
| `claude-opus-4-5`        | ✅        | Nov 2025     | $5.00/$25.00/$0.50/$6.25       | Ultimate reasoning (superseded by opus-4-6). Critical security research, zero-day discovery, red team operations |
| `claude-opus-4-1`        | ✅        | Aug 2025     | $15.00/$75.00/$1.50/$18.75     | Advanced reasoning (superseded). Complex penetration testing, sophisticated threat modeling |
| `claude-sonnet-4-0`      | ✅        | May 2025     | $3.00/$15.00/$0.30/$3.75       | High-performance reasoning (superseded). Complex threat modeling, multi-tool coordination |
| `claude-opus-4-0`        | ✅        | May 2025     | $15.00/$75.00/$1.50/$18.75     | First generation Opus (superseded). Multi-step exploit development, autonomous pentesting workflows |

**Deprecated Models - Migrate to Current Models**

| Model ID                     | Thinking | Release Date | Price (Input/Output/Cache R/W) | Notes                                        |
| ---------------------------- | -------- | ------------ | ------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------- |
| `claude-3-haiku-20240307`    | ❌        | Mar 2024     | $0.25/$1.25/$0.03/$0.30        | Will be retired April 19, 2026. Migrate to claude-haiku-4-5 |

**Prices**: Per 1M tokens. Cache pricing includes both Read and Write costs.

**Extended Thinking Configuration**:
- **Max Tokens 4096**: Generator (claude-opus-4-6) for maximum reasoning depth on complex exploit development
- **Max Tokens 2048**: Coder (claude-sonnet-4-6) for balanced code analysis and vulnerability research  
- **Max Tokens 1024**: Primary agent, assistant, refiner, adviser, reflector, searcher, installer, pentester for focused reasoning on specific tasks
- **Extended Thinking**: All Claude 4.5+ and 4.6 models support configurable extended thinking for deep reasoning tasks

**Key Features**:
- **Extended Thinking**: All Claude 4.5+ and 4.6 models with configurable chain-of-thought reasoning depths for complex security analysis
- **Adaptive Thinking**: Claude 4.6 series (Opus/Sonnet) dynamically adjusts reasoning depth based on task complexity for optimal performance
- **Prompt Caching**: Significant cost reduction with separate read/write pricing (10% read, 125% write of input)
- **Extended Context Window**: 200K tokens standard, up to 1M tokens (beta) for Claude Opus/Sonnet 4.6 for comprehensive codebase analysis
- **Tool Calling**: Robust function calling with exceptional accuracy for security tool orchestration
- **Streaming**: Real-time response streaming for interactive penetration testing workflows
- **Safety-First Design**: Built-in safety mechanisms ensuring responsible security testing practices
- **Multimodal Support**: Vision capabilities in latest models for screenshot analysis and UI security assessment
- **Constitutional AI**: Advanced safety training providing reliable and ethical security guidance

### Google AI (Gemini) Provider Configuration

PentAGI integrates with Google's Gemini models through the Google AI API, offering state-of-the-art multimodal reasoning capabilities with extended thinking and context caching.

#### Configuration Variables

| Variable            | Default                                     | Description                    |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ |
| `GEMINI_API_KEY`    |                                             | API key for Google AI services |
| `GEMINI_SERVER_URL` | `https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com` | Google AI API endpoint         |

#### Configuration Examples

```bash
# Basic Gemini setup
GEMINI_API_KEY=your_gemini_api_key
GEMINI_SERVER_URL=https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com

# Using with proxy
GEMINI_API_KEY=your_gemini_api_key
PROXY_URL=http://your-proxy:8080
```

#### Supported Models

PentAGI supports 9 Gemini models with tool calling, streaming, thinking modes, and context caching. Models marked with `*` are used in default configuration.

**Gemini 3.5 Series - Latest Stable Flash (May 2026)**

| Model ID                              | Thinking | Context | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                        |
| ------------------------------------- | -------- | ------- | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| `gemini-3.5-flash`*                   | ✅        | 1M      | $1.50/$9.00/$0.15          | Most intelligent Flash model with sustained frontier performance on agentic and coding tasks, superior search and grounding |

**Gemini 3.1 Series - Stable Flash-Lite + Pro Preview (Feb-May 2026)**

| Model ID                              | Thinking | Context | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                        |
| ------------------------------------- | -------- | ------- | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| `gemini-3.1-pro-preview`*             | ✅        | 1M      | $2.00/$12.00/$0.20         | Latest flagship with refined thinking, improved token efficiency, optimized for software engineering and agentic workflows |
| `gemini-3.1-pro-preview-customtools`  | ✅        | 1M      | $2.00/$12.00/$0.20         | Custom tools endpoint optimized for bash and custom tools (view_file, search_code) prioritization |
| `gemini-3.1-flash-lite`*              | ✅        | 1M      | $0.25/$1.50/$0.025         | Most cost-efficient stable multimodal model, frontier-class performance for high-volume agentic tasks and low-latency applications |

**Gemini 2.5 Series - Advanced Thinking Models (active until October 16, 2026)**

| Model ID                                 | Thinking | Context | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                        |
| ---------------------------------------- | -------- | ------- | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| `gemini-2.5-pro`                         | ✅        | 1M      | $1.25/$10.00/$0.125        | State-of-the-art for complex coding and reasoning, sophisticated threat modeling |
| `gemini-2.5-flash`                       | ✅        | 1M      | $0.30/$2.50/$0.03          | First hybrid reasoning model with thinking budgets, best price-performance for large-scale assessments |
| `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`                  | ✅        | 1M      | $0.10/$0.40/$0.01          | Smallest and most cost-effective for at-scale usage, high-throughput scanning |

**Gemma 4 Open-Source Models (Apache 2.0, Free Tier)**

| Model ID                              | Thinking | Context | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                        |
| ------------------------------------- | -------- | ------- | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| `gemma-4-31b-it`                      | ✅        | 256K    | Free/Free/Free             | Largest open-source Gemma 4 dense model (~31B params), multimodal text+image, 140+ languages, on-premises security operations |
| `gemma-4-26b-a4b-it`                  | ✅        | 256K    | Free/Free/Free             | MoE architecture (~26B total / ~3.8B active params), highly efficient inference on consumer GPUs for on-premises high-throughput scanning |

**Prices**: Per 1M tokens (Standard Paid tier). Context window is input token limit.

> [!NOTE]
> **Gemini 2.5 Series Shutdown**
>
> `gemini-2.5-pro`, `gemini-2.5-flash`, and `gemini-2.5-flash-lite` will be **shut down on October 16, 2026**. Recommended migrations:
>
> - `gemini-2.5-pro` → `gemini-3.1-pro-preview` (same $2.00 input pricing tier)
> - `gemini-2.5-flash` → `gemini-3.5-flash` (improved frontier capabilities)
> - `gemini-2.5-flash-lite` → `gemini-3.1-flash-lite` (same $0.25 input pricing)

**Default Model Assignments (config.yml)**:
- **`gemini-3.1-pro-preview`** - `primary_agent`, `assistant`, `generator`, `refiner`, `adviser`, `coder`, `pentester`
- **`gemini-3.5-flash`** - `reflector`, `searcher`, `enricher`, `installer`
- **`gemini-3.1-flash-lite`** - `simple`, `simple_json`

**Key Features**:
- **Extended Thinking**: Step-by-step reasoning for complex security analysis (all Gemini 3.x, 2.5 series, and Gemma 4 with toggleable thinking)
- **Context Caching**: Significant cost reduction on repeated context (10% of input price for most models)
- **Ultra-Long Context**: 1M tokens for Gemini chat models, 256K tokens for Gemma 4 open-source models
- **Multimodal Support**: Text, image, video, audio, and PDF processing for comprehensive assessments
- **Tool Calling**: Seamless integration with 20+ pentesting tools via function calling
- **Streaming**: Real-time response streaming for interactive security workflows
- **Code Execution**: Built-in code execution for offensive tool testing and exploit validation
- **Search Grounding**: Google Search integration for threat intelligence and CVE research
- **File Search**: Document retrieval and RAG capabilities for knowledge-based assessments
- **Batch API**: 50% cost reduction for non-real-time batch processing
- **Custom Tools Endpoint**: Dedicated `gemini-3.1-pro-preview-customtools` route for tool-heavy agentic workflows that prefer registered tools over bash

**Reasoning Effort Levels**:
- **High**: Maximum thinking depth for complex multi-step analysis (generator)
- **Medium**: Balanced reasoning for general agentic tasks (primary_agent, assistant, refiner, adviser)
- **Low**: Efficient thinking for focused tasks (coder, installer, pentester)

### AWS Bedrock Provider Configuration

PentAGI integrates with Amazon Bedrock, offering access to 20+ foundation models from leading AI companies including Anthropic, Amazon, Cohere, DeepSeek, OpenAI, Qwen, Mistral, and Moonshot.

#### Configuration Variables

| Variable                    | Default     | Description                                                                                         |
| --------------------------- | ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `BEDROCK_REGION`            | `us-east-1` | AWS region for Bedrock service                                                                      |
| `BEDROCK_DEFAULT_AUTH`      | `false`     | Use AWS SDK default credential chain (environment, EC2 role, ~/.aws/credentials) - highest priority |
| `BEDROCK_BEARER_TOKEN`      |             | Bearer token authentication - priority over static credentials                                      |
| `BEDROCK_ACCESS_KEY_ID`     |             | AWS access key ID for static credentials                                                            |
| `BEDROCK_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` |             | AWS secret access key for static credentials                                                        |
| `BEDROCK_SESSION_TOKEN`     |             | AWS session token for temporary credentials (optional, used with static credentials)                |
| `BEDROCK_SERVER_URL`        |             | Custom Bedrock endpoint (VPC endpoints, local testing)                                              |
| `BEDROCK_CONFIG_PATH`       |             | Path to a custom YAML provider config file (overrides the built-in default config for model/pricing definitions) |

**Authentication Priority**: `BEDROCK_DEFAULT_AUTH` → `BEDROCK_BEARER_TOKEN` → `BEDROCK_ACCESS_KEY_ID`+`BEDROCK_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`

#### Configuration Examples

```bash
# Recommended: Default AWS SDK authentication (EC2/ECS/Lambda roles)
BEDROCK_REGION=us-east-1
BEDROCK_DEFAULT_AUTH=true

# Bearer token authentication (AWS STS, custom auth)
BEDROCK_REGION=us-east-1
BEDROCK_BEARER_TOKEN=your_bearer_token

# Static credentials (development, testing)
BEDROCK_REGION=us-east-1
BEDROCK_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your_aws_access_key
BEDROCK_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=your_aws_secret_key

# With proxy and custom endpoint
BEDROCK_REGION=us-east-1
BEDROCK_DEFAULT_AUTH=true
BEDROCK_SERVER_URL=https://bedrock-runtime.us-east-1.vpce-xxx.amazonaws.com
PROXY_URL=http://your-proxy:8080
```

#### Supported Models

PentAGI supports 21 AWS Bedrock models with tool calling, streaming, and multimodal capabilities. Models marked with `*` are used in default configuration.

| Model ID                                         | Provider        | Thinking | Multimodal | Price (Input/Output) | Use Case                                |
| ------------------------------------------------ | --------------- | -------- | ---------- | -------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| `us.amazon.nova-2-lite-v1:0`                     | Amazon Nova     | ❌        | ✅          | $0.33/$2.75          | Adaptive reasoning, efficient thinking  |
| `us.amazon.nova-premier-v1:0`                    | Amazon Nova     | ❌        | ✅          | $2.50/$12.50         | Complex reasoning, advanced analysis    |
| `us.amazon.nova-pro-v1:0`                        | Amazon Nova     | ❌        | ✅          | $0.80/$3.20          | Balanced accuracy, speed, cost          |
| `us.amazon.nova-lite-v1:0`                       | Amazon Nova     | ❌        | ✅          | $0.06/$0.24          | Fast processing, high-volume operations |
| `us.amazon.nova-micro-v1:0`                      | Amazon Nova     | ❌        | ❌          | $0.035/$0.14         | Ultra-low latency, real-time monitoring |
| `us.anthropic.claude-opus-4-6-v1`*               | Anthropic       | ✅        | ✅          | $5.00/$25.00         | World-class coding, enterprise agents   |
| `us.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-6`                 | Anthropic       | ✅        | ✅          | $3.00/$15.00         | Frontier intelligence, enterprise scale |
| `us.anthropic.claude-opus-4-5-20251101-v1:0`     | Anthropic       | ✅        | ✅          | $5.00/$25.00         | Multi-day software development          |
| `us.anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0`*   | Anthropic       | ✅        | ✅          | $1.00/$5.00          | Near-frontier performance, high speed   |
| `us.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929-v1:0`*  | Anthropic       | ✅        | ✅          | $3.00/$15.00         | Real-world agents, coding excellence    |
| `us.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0`     | Anthropic       | ✅        | ✅          | $3.00/$15.00         | Balanced performance, production-ready  |
| `us.anthropic.claude-3-5-haiku-20241022-v1:0`    | Anthropic       | ❌        | ❌          | $0.80/$4.00          | Fastest model, cost-effective scanning  |
| `cohere.command-r-plus-v1:0`                     | Cohere          | ❌        | ❌          | $3.00/$15.00         | Large-scale operations, superior RAG    |
| `deepseek.v3.2`                                  | DeepSeek        | ❌        | ❌          | $0.58/$1.68          | Long-context reasoning, efficiency      |
| `openai.gpt-oss-120b-1:0`*                       | OpenAI (OSS)    | ✅        | ❌          | $0.15/$0.60          | Strong reasoning, scientific analysis   |
| `openai.gpt-oss-20b-1:0`                         | OpenAI (OSS)    | ✅        | ❌          | $0.07/$0.30          | Efficient coding, software development  |
| `qwen.qwen3-next-80b-a3b`                        | Qwen            | ❌        | ❌          | $0.15/$1.20          | Ultra-long context, flagship reasoning  |
| `qwen.qwen3-32b-v1:0`                            | Qwen            | ❌        | ❌          | $0.15/$0.60          | Balanced reasoning, research use cases  |
| `qwen.qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-v1:0`                  | Qwen            | ❌        | ❌          | $0.15/$0.60          | Vibe coding, natural-language first     |
| `qwen.qwen3-coder-next`                          | Qwen            | ❌        | ❌          | $0.45/$1.80          | Tool use, function calling optimized    |
| `mistral.mistral-large-3-675b-instruct`          | Mistral         | ❌        | ✅          | $4.00/$12.00         | Advanced multimodal, long-context       |
| `moonshotai.kimi-k2.5`                           | Moonshot        | ❌        | ✅          | $0.60/$3.00          | Vision, language, code in one model     |

**Prices**: Per 1M tokens. Models with thinking/reasoning support additional compute costs during reasoning phase.

#### Tested but Incompatible Models

Some AWS Bedrock models were tested but are **not supported** due to technical limitations:

| Model Family              | Reason for Incompatibility                                                                |
| ------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **GLM (Z.AI)**            | Tool calling format incompatible with Converse API (expects string instead of JSON)       |
| **AI21 Jamba**            | Severe rate limits (1-2 req/min) prevent reliable testing and production use              |
| **Meta Llama 3.3/3.1**    | Unstable tool call result processing, causes unexpected failures in multi-turn workflows  |
| **Mistral Magistral**     | Tool calling not supported by the model                                                   |
| **Moonshot K2-Thinking**  | Unstable streaming behavior with tool calls, unreliable in production                     |
| **Qwen3-VL**              | Unstable streaming with tool calling, multimodal + tools combination fails intermittently |

> [!IMPORTANT]
> **Rate Limits & Quota Management**
>
> Default AWS Bedrock quotas for Claude models are **extremely restrictive** (2-20 requests/minute for new accounts). For production penetration testing:
>
> 1. **Request quota increases** through AWS Service Quotas console for models you plan to use
> 2. **Use Amazon Nova models** - higher default quotas and excellent performance
> 3. **Enable provisioned throughput** for consistent high-volume testing
> 4. **Monitor usage** - AWS throttles aggressively at quota limits
>
> Without quota increases, expect frequent delays and workflow interruptions.

> [!WARNING]
> **Converse API Requirements**
>
> PentAGI uses Amazon Bedrock **Converse API** for unified model access. All supported models require:
>
> - ✅ Converse/ConverseStream API support
> - ✅ Tool use (function calling) for penetration testing workflows
> - ✅ Streaming tool use for real-time feedback
>
> Verify model capabilities at: [AWS Bedrock Model Features](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/conversation-inference-supported-models-features.html)

**Key Features**:
- **Automatic Prompt Caching**: 40-70% cost reduction on repeated context (Claude 4.x models)
- **Extended Thinking**: Step-by-step reasoning for complex security analysis (Claude, DeepSeek R1, OpenAI GPT)
- **Multimodal Analysis**: Process screenshots, diagrams, video for comprehensive testing (Nova, Claude, Mistral, Kimi)
- **Tool Calling**: Seamless integration with 20+ pentesting tools via function calling
- **Streaming**: Real-time response streaming for interactive security assessment workflows

### DeepSeek Provider Configuration

PentAGI integrates with DeepSeek, providing access to advanced AI models with strong reasoning, coding capabilities, and context caching at competitive prices.

#### Configuration Variables

| Variable              | Default Value              | Description                                         |
| --------------------- | -------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY`    |                            | DeepSeek API key for authentication                 |
| `DEEPSEEK_SERVER_URL` | `https://api.deepseek.com` | DeepSeek API endpoint URL                           |
| `DEEPSEEK_PROVIDER`   |                            | Provider prefix for LiteLLM integration (optional)  |

#### Configuration Examples

```bash
# Direct API usage
DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=your_deepseek_api_key
DEEPSEEK_SERVER_URL=https://api.deepseek.com

# With LiteLLM proxy
DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=your_litellm_key
DEEPSEEK_SERVER_URL=http://litellm-proxy:4000
DEEPSEEK_PROVIDER=deepseek  # Adds prefix to model names (deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash) for LiteLLM
```

#### Supported Models

PentAGI supports 2 DeepSeek V4 models with tool calling, streaming, hybrid thinking/non-thinking modes, and context caching. Both models support thinking mode by default and can be switched to non-thinking mode via `extra_body`. Models marked with `*` are used in default configuration.

| Model ID              | Thinking | Max Output | Context | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                             |
| --------------------- | -------- | ---------- | ------- | -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| `deepseek-v4-flash`*  | ✅ hybrid | 384K       | 1M      | $0.14/$0.28/$0.0028        | Utility agents, general dialogue, fast tool calling  |
| `deepseek-v4-pro`*    | ✅ hybrid | 384K       | 1M      | $1.74/$3.48/$0.0145        | Advanced reasoning, complex logic, security analysis |

**Prices**: Per 1M tokens. Cache pricing applies to prompt tokens served from cache (input cache hit, reduced to 1/10 of launch price since 2026-04-26). Both models support hybrid thinking — `thinking` mode is enabled by default; pass `extra_body.thinking.type: disabled` to switch to non-thinking mode for faster/cheaper responses.

> **Pricing Note (deepseek-v4-pro)**: The 75% promotional discount on `deepseek-v4-pro` officially ended on 2026-05-31 15:59 UTC. The prices above reflect the standard post-promotional pricing. If you have legacy configurations using the discounted prices ($0.435/$0.87/$0.003625), update them to the current rates for accurate cost tracking.

> The legacy model names `deepseek-chat` and `deepseek-reasoner` are scheduled
> for deprecation by DeepSeek on 2026-07-24. Existing user configurations
> referencing the legacy names continue to work until then; the defaults above
> use the current V4 names. `deepseek-chat` maps to `deepseek-v4-flash`
> non-thinking mode; `deepseek-reasoner` maps to `deepseek-v4-flash` thinking mode.

**Default Agent Configuration**:

Strategy: prefer `deepseek-v4-flash` (12x cheaper input, 12x cheaper output) as the workhorse for utility/lightweight agents; reserve `deepseek-v4-pro` for complex multi-step reasoning. The `installer` agent runs on Flash with thinking enabled because environment setup tasks (shell commands, config edits) rarely require pro-level reasoning. Run A/B tests on your own workloads before promoting more agents to Pro.

| Agent Role                                  | Default Model        | Thinking | Reasoning Effort | Max Output | Temperature | Top P |
| ------------------------------------------- | -------------------- | -------- | ---------------- | ---------- | ----------- | ----- |
| Generator / Refiner                         | `deepseek-v4-pro`    | Enabled  | High             | 32768      | (auto)      | (auto) |
| Coder                                       | `deepseek-v4-pro`    | Enabled  | High             | 20480      | (auto)      | (auto) |
| Primary Agent / Assistant / Pentester       | `deepseek-v4-pro`    | Enabled  | High             | 16384      | (auto)      | (auto) |
| Adviser (mentor/planner)                    | `deepseek-v4-pro`    | Enabled  | High             | 8192       | (auto)      | (auto) |
| Installer                                   | `deepseek-v4-flash`  | Enabled  | High             | 12288      | (auto)      | (auto) |
| Reflector / Searcher / Enricher             | `deepseek-v4-flash`  | Disabled | —                | 4096       | 0.5         | 0.9   |
| Simple / Simple JSON                        | `deepseek-v4-flash`  | Disabled | —                | 2048       | 0.3         | 0.9   |

> **Note**: When thinking mode is enabled, DeepSeek silently ignores `temperature`, `top_p`, `presence_penalty`, and `frequency_penalty`. The langchaingo client automatically nullifies `temperature`/`top_p` when `reasoning_effort` is set, so they appear as "(auto)" in the table above. All thinking-enabled agents also explicitly pass `extra_body.thinking.type: enabled` as defensive coding against future provider default changes.

**Key Features**:
- **Hybrid Thinking Modes**: Switch between thinking (deep reasoning) and non-thinking (fast) modes via `extra_body.thinking.type`
- **Automatic Prompt Caching**: Significant cost reduction on repeated context via cache-hit pricing (1/10 of launch price)
- **Extended Thinking**: Reinforcement learning CoT for complex security analysis (both V4 models)
- **Strong Coding**: Optimized for code generation and exploit development
- **Long Context**: 1M token context window with up to 384K output tokens
- **Tool Calling**: Seamless integration with 20+ pentesting tools via function calling
- **Streaming**: Real-time response streaming for interactive workflows
- **Multilingual**: Strong Chinese and English support
- **Additional Features**: JSON Output, Chat Prefix Completion (beta), FIM/Fill-in-the-Middle Completion (non-thinking mode only)

**Concurrency Limits**: `deepseek-v4-flash`: 2500 concurrent requests; `deepseek-v4-pro`: 500 concurrent requests.

**LiteLLM Integration**: Set `DEEPSEEK_PROVIDER=deepseek` to enable model name prefixing when using default PentAGI configurations with LiteLLM proxy. Leave empty for direct API usage.

### GLM Provider Configuration

PentAGI integrates with GLM from Zhipu AI (Z.AI), providing advanced language models with MoE architecture, strong reasoning, and agentic capabilities developed by Tsinghua University.

#### Configuration Variables

| Variable          | Default Value                   | Description                                                |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| `GLM_API_KEY`     |                                 | GLM API key for authentication                             |
| `GLM_SERVER_URL`  | `https://api.z.ai/api/paas/v4`  | GLM API endpoint URL (international)                       |
| `GLM_PROVIDER`    |                                 | Provider prefix for LiteLLM integration (optional)         |

#### Configuration Examples

```bash
# Direct API usage (international endpoint)
GLM_API_KEY=your_glm_api_key
GLM_SERVER_URL=https://api.z.ai/api/paas/v4

# Alternative endpoints
GLM_SERVER_URL=https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/paas/v4  # China
GLM_SERVER_URL=https://api.z.ai/api/coding/paas/v4   # Coding-specific

# With LiteLLM proxy
GLM_API_KEY=your_litellm_key
GLM_SERVER_URL=http://litellm-proxy:4000
GLM_PROVIDER=zai  # Adds prefix to model names (zai/glm-4) for LiteLLM
```

#### Supported Models

PentAGI supports 13 GLM models with tool calling, streaming, hybrid thinking modes, and prompt caching. Models marked with `*` are used in default configuration. Thinking is controlled via `extra_body.thinking.type` ("enabled"/"disabled"); unlike Kimi, GLM is permissive about temperature in either mode.

**GLM-5.x Series - Latest Generation (200K context, 128K max output)**

| Model ID         | Thinking | Context | Max Output | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                                            |
| ---------------- | -------- | ------- | ---------- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `glm-5.1`*       | ✅ Hybrid | 200K    | 128K       | $1.40/$4.40/$0.26          | Newest flagship: 8h sustained autonomous execution, Claude Opus 4.6-aligned (generator/refiner/adviser/coder/pentester default) |
| `glm-5`          | ✅ Hybrid | 200K    | 128K       | $1.00/$3.20/$0.20          | Foundation for Agentic Engineering, MoE 744B/40B active, Claude Opus 4.5-level coding |
| `glm-5-turbo`*   | ✅ Hybrid | 200K    | 128K       | $1.20/$4.00/$0.24          | OpenClaw-native: optimized for tool invocation, persistent tasks, long-chain execution (primary_agent/assistant default) |

**GLM-4.7 Series - Premium with Interleaved Thinking**

| Model ID          | Thinking | Context | Max Output | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                            |
| ----------------- | -------- | ------- | ---------- | -------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| `glm-4.7`         | ✅ Hybrid | 200K    | 128K       | $0.60/$2.20/$0.11          | Enhanced programming, stable multi-step reasoning   |
| `glm-4.7-flashx`  | ✅ Hybrid | 200K    | 128K       | $0.07/$0.40/$0.01          | Ultra-cheap with priority GPU, but lower RPM limits (avoid for high-frequency use) |
| `glm-4.7-flash`   | ✅ Hybrid | 200K    | 128K       | Free/Free/Free             | Free ~30B SOTA model, 1 concurrent request          |

**GLM-4.6 Series - Balanced with Auto-Thinking**

| Model ID  | Thinking | Context | Max Output | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                          |
| --------- | -------- | ------- | ---------- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| `glm-4.6` | ✅ Auto   | 200K    | 128K       | $0.60/$2.20/$0.11          | Balanced, streaming tool calls, token-efficient   |

**GLM-4.5 Series - Unified Reasoning/Coding/Agents**

| Model ID         | Thinking | Context | Max Output | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                          |
| ---------------- | -------- | ------- | ---------- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| `glm-4.5`        | ✅ Auto   | 128K    | 96K        | $0.60/$2.20/$0.11          | Unified, MoE 355B/32B active                      |
| `glm-4.5-x`      | ✅ Auto   | 128K    | 96K        | $2.20/$8.90/$0.45          | Ultra-fast premium, lowest latency                |
| `glm-4.5-air`*   | ✅ Auto   | 128K    | 96K        | $0.20/$1.10/$0.03          | Cost-effective MoE 106B/12B (simple/simple_json/reflector/searcher/enricher/installer default) |
| `glm-4.5-airx`   | ✅ Auto   | 128K    | 96K        | $1.10/$4.50/$0.22          | Accelerated Air with priority GPU                 |
| `glm-4.5-flash`  | ✅ Auto   | 128K    | 96K        | Free/Free/Free             | Free with reasoning/coding/agents support         |

**GLM-4 Legacy - Dense Architecture**

| Model ID              | Thinking | Context | Max Output | Price (Input/Output) | Use Case                                      |
| --------------------- | -------- | ------- | ---------- | -------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| `glm-4-32b-0414-128k` | ❌        | 128K    | 16K        | $0.10/$0.10          | Ultra-budget dense 32B, parsing without reasoning |

**Prices**: Per 1M tokens. Cache pricing is for prompt cache hit; cache storage is currently free per Z.AI promotion. GLM-4-32B has no cache support.

**Default Agent Configuration**:

Strategy: `glm-5.1` (newest flagship, $1.40 input) for critical reasoning, `glm-5-turbo` (OpenClaw-native, agent-optimized) for orchestration, `glm-4.5-air` (cheap MoE with hybrid thinking and reliable RPM) for all utility/installer agents. `glm-4.7-flashx` is avoided as default due to lower RPM limits causing frequent 429 errors at high frequency.

| Agent Role                          | Default Model | Thinking | Temperature | Top P | Max Output |
| ----------------------------------- | ------------- | -------- | ----------- | ----- | ---------- |
| Generator / Refiner                 | `glm-5.1`     | Enabled  | 1.0         | 0.95  | 32768      |
| Coder                               | `glm-5.1`     | Enabled  | 1.0         | 0.95  | 20480      |
| Adviser / Pentester                 | `glm-5.1`     | Enabled  | 1.0         | 0.95  | 16384      |
| Primary Agent / Assistant           | `glm-5-turbo` | Enabled  | 1.0         | 0.95  | 16384      |
| Installer                           | `glm-4.5-air` | Enabled  | 1.0         | 0.95  | 16384      |
| Simple / Reflector                  | `glm-4.5-air` | Disabled | 0.6         | 0.9   | 8192       |
| Searcher / Enricher / Simple JSON   | `glm-4.5-air` | Disabled | 0.6         | 0.9   | 4096       |

> **Note on temperature**: GLM accepts both `1.0` and `0.6` in either thinking/non-thinking mode (per Z.AI docs). langchaingo's `IsReasoningModel` matches `glm-4.5*`/`glm-4.6*`/`glm-4.7*` prefixes and force-overrides temperature to 1.0 in `createChatRequest` — this is harmless for GLM (unlike Kimi) but means temperature values for those models in YAML are advisory. `glm-5`/`glm-5.1`/`glm-5-turbo` are not matched, so explicit values pass through unchanged.

**Thinking Modes**:
- **Hybrid** (GLM-5.x, GLM-4.7): Explicit toggle via `extra_body.thinking.type`
- **Auto** (GLM-4.6, GLM-4.5 series): Model automatically determines when reasoning is needed
- **Preserved Thinking** (Z.AI Coding capability): all thinking-enabled agents in PentAGI also pass `extra_body.thinking.clear_thinking: false` so that `reasoning_content` from previous assistant turns is retained across the conversation. This is required on the standard API endpoint (`/api/paas/v4`) — on the Coding Plan endpoint it would be enabled by default. Improves reasoning continuity and cache hit rates in multi-turn tool call chains.
- All thinking-enabled agents also pass `extra_body.tool_choice: auto` defensively

**Key Features**:
- **Long-Horizon Tasks**: GLM-5.1 supports 8-hour sustained autonomous execution, ideal for complex multi-stage agentic workflows
- **OpenClaw-Native Orchestration**: GLM-5-Turbo is specifically optimized for tool invocation, instruction following, and long-chain execution
- **Prompt Caching**: Significant cost reduction on repeated context (cached input pricing shown)
- **Ultra-Long Context**: 200K tokens for GLM-5.x/4.7/4.6 series
- **MoE Architecture**: Efficient 744B/40B active (GLM-5/5.1), 355B/32B (GLM-4.5), 106B/12B (GLM-4.5-Air)
- **Tool Calling**: Seamless integration with 20+ pentesting tools via function calling
- **Streaming**: Real-time streaming with streaming tool calls support (GLM-4.6+)
- **Multilingual**: Exceptional Chinese and English NLP capabilities
- **Free Options**: GLM-4.7-Flash and GLM-4.5-Flash for prototyping and experimentation

**LiteLLM Integration**: Set `GLM_PROVIDER=zai` to enable model name prefixing when using default PentAGI configurations with LiteLLM proxy. Leave empty for direct API usage.

### Kimi Provider Configuration

PentAGI integrates with Kimi from Moonshot AI, providing ultra-long context models with multimodal capabilities perfect for analyzing extensive codebases and documentation.

#### Configuration Variables

| Variable           | Default Value                | Description                                         |
| ------------------ | -----------------------------| --------------------------------------------------- |
| `KIMI_API_KEY`     |                              | Kimi API key for authentication                     |
| `KIMI_SERVER_URL`  | `https://api.moonshot.ai/v1` | Kimi API endpoint URL (international)               |
| `KIMI_PROVIDER`    |                              | Provider prefix for LiteLLM integration (optional)  |

#### Configuration Examples

```bash
# Direct API usage (international endpoint)
KIMI_API_KEY=your_kimi_api_key
KIMI_SERVER_URL=https://api.moonshot.ai/v1

# Alternative endpoint
KIMI_SERVER_URL=https://api.moonshot.cn/v1  # China

# With LiteLLM proxy
KIMI_API_KEY=your_litellm_key
KIMI_SERVER_URL=http://litellm-proxy:4000
KIMI_PROVIDER=moonshot  # Adds prefix to model names (moonshot/kimi-k2.5) for LiteLLM
```

#### Supported Models

PentAGI supports 8 Kimi/Moonshot models with tool calling, streaming, hybrid thinking modes, and multimodal capabilities (text/image/video for K2.x). All `kimi-k2-*` legacy models (turbo-preview, 0905-preview, 0711-preview, thinking, thinking-turbo) were deprecated by Moonshot on 2026-05-25 and are NOT included. Models marked with `*` are used in default configuration.

**Kimi K2.x Series - Multimodal Flagship**

| Model ID         | Thinking | Multimodal | Context | Price (Input Miss / Output / Cache Hit) | Use Case                                                |
| ---------------- | -------- | ---------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| `kimi-k2.6`*     | ✅ hybrid | ✅          | 256K    | $0.95 / $4.00 / $0.16                   | Latest flagship: native multimodal, stronger code, improved instruction compliance (generator/refiner/adviser/coder/pentester default) |
| `kimi-k2.5`*     | ✅ hybrid | ✅          | 256K    | $0.60 / $3.00 / $0.10                   | Previous-gen: 36% cheaper input, same architecture (primary/assistant/installer/utility default) |

**Moonshot V1 Series - Generation Models (Flexible Parameters)**

| Model ID            | Thinking | Multimodal | Context | Price (Input / Output) | Use Case                                       |
| ------------------- | -------- | ---------- | ------- | ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| `moonshot-v1-8k`    | ❌        | ❌          | 8K      | $0.20 / $2.00          | Short text generation, ultra-cheap             |
| `moonshot-v1-32k`   | ❌        | ❌          | 32K     | $1.00 / $3.00          | Long text generation                           |
| `moonshot-v1-128k`  | ❌        | ❌          | 128K    | $2.00 / $5.00          | Very long context                              |

**Moonshot V1 Vision Series - Image Understanding**

| Model ID                          | Thinking | Multimodal | Context | Price (Input / Output) | Use Case                                |
| --------------------------------- | -------- | ---------- | ------- | ---------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| `moonshot-v1-8k-vision-preview`   | ❌        | ✅          | 8K      | $0.20 / $2.00          | Vision + short context                  |
| `moonshot-v1-32k-vision-preview`  | ❌        | ✅          | 32K     | $1.00 / $3.00          | Vision + medium context                 |
| `moonshot-v1-128k-vision-preview` | ❌        | ✅          | 128K    | $2.00 / $5.00          | Vision + long context                   |

**Prices**: Per 1M tokens. Cache pricing applies to prompt tokens served from automatic context cache (only Kimi K2.x models support cache).

> **CRITICAL — Kimi K2.6/K2.5 parameter constraints**: API returns `invalid_request_error` for any deviation:
> - `temperature`: MUST be `1.0` in thinking mode, MUST be `0.6` in non-thinking mode
> - `top_p`: MUST be `0.95`
> - `n`: MUST be `1`
> - `presence_penalty` and `frequency_penalty`: MUST be `0` (not modifiable)
>
> Moonshot V1 models use standard OpenAI-compatible parameters with no such constraints.

**Default Agent Configuration**:

Strategy: prefer `kimi-k2.5` as cost-effective workhorse (36% cheaper input vs `kimi-k2.6`); reserve `kimi-k2.6` for critical reasoning. All `kimi-k2.x` agents are configured with the API-required fixed parameters (temp/top_p/n) and explicit `extra_body.thinking.type`. For thinking-enabled agents, `extra_body.thinking.keep: "all"` is set to preserve historical `reasoning_content` in multi-turn tool call chains (without it Moonshot returns "thinking is enabled but reasoning_content is missing").

| Agent Role                                   | Default Model | Thinking | Temperature | Top P | Max Output |
| -------------------------------------------- | ------------- | -------- | ----------- | ----- | ---------- |
| Generator / Refiner                          | `kimi-k2.6`   | Enabled (keep=all) | 1.0 | 0.95 | 32768 |
| Coder                                        | `kimi-k2.6`   | Enabled (keep=all) | 1.0 | 0.95 | 20480 |
| Pentester                                    | `kimi-k2.6`   | Enabled (keep=all) | 1.0 | 0.95 | 16384 |
| Adviser (mentor/planner)                     | `kimi-k2.6`   | Enabled (keep=all) | 1.0 | 0.95 | 8192  |
| Primary Agent / Assistant                    | `kimi-k2.5`   | Enabled (keep=all) | 1.0 | 0.95 | 16384 |
| Installer                                    | `kimi-k2.5`   | Enabled (keep=all) | 1.0 | 0.95 | 12288 |
| Reflector / Searcher / Enricher              | `kimi-k2.5`   | Disabled           | 0.6 | 0.95 | 4096  |
| Simple / Simple JSON                         | `kimi-k2.5`   | Disabled           | 0.6 | 0.95 | 2048  |

**Key Features**:
- **Ultra-Long Context**: Up to 256K tokens (K2.x) for comprehensive codebase/documentation analysis
- **Native Multimodal**: K2.6/K2.5 support text + image + video input out of the box
- **Hybrid Thinking**: K2.6/K2.5 toggle between thinking and non-thinking via `extra_body.thinking.type`
- **Preserved Thinking** (K2.6): `thinking.keep: "all"` preserves historical `reasoning_content` across turns — required for multi-turn tool call chains
- **Automatic Context Caching**: K2.x models cache repeated prefixes (~17% of miss price for K2.6, ~17% for K2.5)
- **Tool Calling**: Full function-calling support for K2.x and Moonshot V1
- **Self-Correction**: K2.6 features improved instruction compliance and self-correction
- **Multilingual**: Strong Chinese, English, and multi-language support

**Multi-turn with thinking + tool calls**: PentAGI's universal reasoning preservation pattern (`TextPartWithReasoning` + `WithPreserveReasoningContent`) automatically ensures `reasoning_content` is sent back in the required TextContent → ToolCall order, satisfying Moonshot's "thinking is enabled but reasoning_content is missing in assistant tool call message" requirement.

**LiteLLM Integration**: Set `KIMI_PROVIDER=moonshot` to enable model name prefixing when using default PentAGI configurations with LiteLLM proxy. Leave empty for direct API usage.

### Qwen Provider Configuration

PentAGI integrates with Qwen from Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (DashScope), providing powerful multilingual models with reasoning capabilities and context caching support.

#### Configuration Variables

| Variable           | Default Value                                          | Description                                         |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------- |
| `QWEN_API_KEY`     |                                                        | Qwen API key for authentication                     |
| `QWEN_SERVER_URL`  | `https://dashscope-us.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1` | Qwen API endpoint URL (international)               |
| `QWEN_PROVIDER`    |                                                        | Provider prefix for LiteLLM integration (optional)  |

#### Configuration Examples

```bash
# Direct API usage (Global/US endpoint)
QWEN_API_KEY=your_qwen_api_key
QWEN_SERVER_URL=https://dashscope-us.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1

# Alternative endpoints
QWEN_SERVER_URL=https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1  # International (Singapore)
QWEN_SERVER_URL=https://dashscope.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1       # Chinese Mainland (Beijing)

# With LiteLLM proxy
QWEN_API_KEY=your_litellm_key
QWEN_SERVER_URL=http://litellm-proxy:4000
QWEN_PROVIDER=dashscope  # Adds prefix to model names (dashscope/qwen-plus) for LiteLLM
```

#### Supported Models

PentAGI supports 33 Qwen models curated for agent workflows: text reasoning, code generation, and vision-language (browser screenshots). All models are non-snapshot main aliases with tool calling, streaming, thinking modes, and context caching. Models marked with `*` are used in default configuration.

**Flagship Models (Top-tier Reasoning)**

| Model ID                     | Thinking | Intl | Global/US | China | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                                |
| ---------------------------- | -------- | ---- | --------- | ----- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| `qwen3.7-max`*               | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $2.50/$7.50/$0.50          | Next-gen flagship for agent-centric era (generator/refiner/adviser default) |
| `qwen3.6-max-preview`        | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $1.30/$7.80/$0.13          | Preview Max with enhanced vibe coding & front-end skills |
| `qwen3-max`                  | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $1.20/$6.00/$0.24          | Previous-gen flagship with agent programming upgrades   |
| `qwen-plus`                  | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.40/$4.00/$0.08          | Qwen3-backbone Plus with switchable thinking modes      |

**Balanced Plus Models (Mid-tier)**

| Model ID                     | Thinking | Intl | Global/US | China | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                                |
| ---------------------------- | -------- | ---- | --------- | ----- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| `qwen3.6-plus`*              | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.50/$3.00/$0.05          | Native VL Plus with agentic coding (primary/assistant/pentester default) |
| `qwen3.5-plus`               | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.40/$2.40/$0.04          | Previous-gen native VL with strong multimodal capabilities |

**Fast Flash Models (Cost-optimized)**

| Model ID                     | Thinking | Intl | Global/US | China | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                                |
| ---------------------------- | -------- | ---- | --------- | ----- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| `qwen3.6-flash`              | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.25/$1.50/$0.025         | Latest Flash with significant agentic-coding boost      |
| `qwen3.5-flash`*             | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.10/$0.40/$0.01          | Ultra-fast lightweight (simple/reflector/searcher/enricher default) |
| `qwen-flash`                 | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.05/$0.40/$0.01          | Qwen3-series Flash with 1M context, tiered pricing      |

**Code-Specialized Models**

| Model ID                     | Thinking | Intl | Global/US | China | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                                |
| ---------------------------- | -------- | ---- | --------- | ----- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| `qwen3-coder-plus`*          | ❌        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $1.00/$5.00/$0.20          | Strong coding agent with autonomous programming (coder default) |
| `qwen3-coder-flash`*         | ❌        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.30/$1.50/$0.06          | Fast code-gen with multi-turn tool stability (installer default) |
| `qwen3-coder-next`           | ❌        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.30/$1.50/—              | Open-source code generation, SOTA at same scale         |

**Vision-Language Models (Browser & Screenshot Analysis)**

| Model ID                     | Thinking | Intl | Global/US | China | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                                |
| ---------------------------- | -------- | ---- | --------- | ----- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| `qwen3-vl-plus`              | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.20/$1.60/$0.04          | VL with visual agent capabilities, ultra-long video understanding |
| `qwen3-vl-flash`             | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.05/$0.40/$0.01          | Small VL with 2D/3D localization for browser triage     |
| `qvq-max`                    | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $1.20/$4.80/—              | Visual reasoning with chain-of-thought                  |

**Open-Source Qwen3.6 Series**

| Model ID                     | Thinking | Intl | Global/US | China | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                                |
| ---------------------------- | -------- | ---- | --------- | ----- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| `qwen3.6-27b`                | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.60/$3.60/—              | Native VL on hybrid architecture, on-premises ready     |
| `qwen3.6-35b-a3b`            | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.25/$1.49/—              | Efficient 35B MoE (~3B active) for continuous monitoring |

**Open-Source Qwen3.5 Series**

| Model ID                     | Thinking | Intl | Global/US | China | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                                |
| ---------------------------- | -------- | ---- | --------- | ----- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| `qwen3.5-397b-a17b`          | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.60/$3.60/—              | Largest 397B params (~17B active), exceptional reasoning |
| `qwen3.5-122b-a10b`          | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.40/$3.20/—              | Large 122B params (~10B active), strong balance         |
| `qwen3.5-35b-a3b`            | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.25/$2.00/—              | Efficient 35B MoE (~3B active), cost-effective          |
| `qwen3.5-27b`                | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.30/$2.40/—              | Medium 27B with hybrid linear attention + sparse MoE    |

**Open-Source Qwen3 Coder Series**

| Model ID                              | Thinking | Intl | Global/US | China | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                                |
| ------------------------------------- | -------- | ---- | --------- | ----- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| `qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct`      | ❌        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $1.50/$7.50/—              | Largest open coder MoE (480B/~35B active)               |
| `qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct`        | ❌        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.45/$2.25/—              | Efficient 30B MoE (~3B active), repository-scale        |

**Open-Source Qwen3 Dense & MoE Series**

| Model ID                              | Thinking | Intl | Global/US | China | Price (Input/Output/Cache) | Use Case                                                |
| ------------------------------------- | -------- | ---- | --------- | ----- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| `qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking`         | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.15/$1.20/—              | Next-gen 80B MoE (~3B active) thinking-only             |
| `qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct`         | ❌        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.15/$1.20/—              | Next-gen 80B MoE instruction-following                  |
| `qwen3-235b-a22b`                     | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.70/$8.40/—              | Dual-mode 235B MoE (~22B active)                        |
| `qwen3-32b`                           | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.16/$0.64/—              | Versatile 32B dense dual-mode                           |
| `qwen3-30b-a3b`                       | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.20/$2.40/—              | Efficient 30B MoE (~3B active)                          |
| `qwen3-14b`                           | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.35/$4.20/—              | Medium 14B dense performance-cost balance               |
| `qwen3-8b`                            | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.18/$2.10/—              | Compact 8B dense efficiency                             |
| `qwen3-4b`                            | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.11/$1.26/—              | Lightweight 4B dense for simple tasks                   |
| `qwen3-1.7b`                          | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.11/$1.26/—              | Ultra-compact 1.7B basic checks                         |
| `qwen3-0.6b`                          | ✅        | ✅    | ✅         | ✅     | $0.11/$1.26/—              | Smallest 0.6B for edge monitoring                       |

**Prices**: Per 1M tokens. Cache pricing reflects implicit cache hit (when available); MoE/dense open-source models do not expose cache pricing. Tiered models (Max/Plus) show lowest-tier pricing (typically ≤32k or ≤256k input); larger contexts incur higher rates per Alibaba Cloud pricing.

**Region Availability**:
- **Intl** (International): Singapore region (`dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com`)
- **Global/US**: US Virginia region (`dashscope-us.aliyuncs.com`)
- **China**: Chinese Mainland Beijing region (`dashscope.aliyuncs.com`)

**Default Agent Configuration**:
| Agent Role                                       | Default Model        | Tier      |
| ------------------------------------------------ | -------------------- | --------- |
| Generator / Refiner / Adviser (planning, mentor) | `qwen3.7-max`        | Flagship  |
| Primary / Assistant / Pentester                  | `qwen3.6-plus`       | Balanced  |
| Coder (exploit development)                      | `qwen3-coder-plus`   | Code+     |
| Installer (env setup)                            | `qwen3-coder-flash`  | Code Fast |
| Simple / Reflector / Searcher / Enricher         | `qwen3.5-flash`      | Fast      |

**Key Features**:
- **Agent-Centric Design**: Qwen3.7-Max is purpose-built for long-horizon autonomous execution and tool invocation
- **Automatic Context Caching**: 30-50% cost reduction on repeated context with implicit cache
- **Extended Thinking**: Chain-of-thought reasoning for complex security analysis (Qwen3.7/3.6/3.5/3-Max, QVQ-Max)
- **Code Specialization**: Qwen3-Coder series with multi-turn tool interaction and repository-level understanding
- **Vision-Language**: Qwen3-VL series for browser screenshot triage, 2D/3D localization, OCR-level analysis
- **Tool Calling**: Seamless integration with 20+ pentesting tools via function calling
- **Streaming**: Real-time response streaming for interactive workflows
- **Multilingual**: Strong Chinese, English, and multi-language support
- **Open-Source Variants**: Dense and MoE models from 0.6B to 480B for on-premises/air-gapped deployments

**LiteLLM Integration**: Set `QWEN_PROVIDER=dashscope` to enable model name prefixing when using default PentAGI configurations with LiteLLM proxy. Leave empty for direct API usage.

#### Alternative Integrations

DashScope is fully OpenAI-compatible, so Qwen can also power two other PentAGI subsystems through the standard OpenAI client.

**As embedding provider** (`text-embedding-v4`, see [Alibaba Cloud Model Studio pricing](https://modelstudio.console.alibabacloud.com/ap-southeast-1?tab=doc#/doc/?type=model&url=prices)):

```bash
EMBEDDING_PROVIDER=openai
EMBEDDING_URL=https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1  # International (Singapore)
# EMBEDDING_URL=https://dashscope.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1     # Chinese Mainland
EMBEDDING_KEY=sk-*******
EMBEDDING_MODEL=text-embedding-v4
EMBEDDING_BATCH_SIZE=         # optional, default applies
EMBEDDING_STRIP_NEW_LINES=    # optional, default applies
```

> Note: the Global/US DashScope endpoint (`dashscope-us.aliyuncs.com`) does **not** expose embedding APIs — use the International or China endpoints for `text-embedding-v4`.

**As OpenAI-typed custom LLM provider**: instead of the dedicated `QWEN_*` variables, you can wire any Qwen chat model through PentAGI's custom OpenAI-compatible provider by pointing `OPENAI_SERVER_URL` (or a custom provider entry) to the DashScope `/compatible-mode/v1` endpoint and selecting the desired Qwen model name. Useful when you already manage all model traffic through a single OpenAI-shaped client (e.g. shared with LiteLLM/OneAPI proxies).

## Advanced Setup

### Langfuse Integration

Langfuse provides advanced capabilities for monitoring and analyzing AI agent operations.

1. Configure Langfuse environment variables in existing `.env` file.

<details>
    <summary>Langfuse valuable environment variables</summary>

### Database Credentials
- `LANGFUSE_POSTGRES_USER` and `LANGFUSE_POSTGRES_PASSWORD` - Langfuse PostgreSQL credentials
- `LANGFUSE_CLICKHOUSE_USER` and `LANGFUSE_CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD` - ClickHouse credentials
- `LANGFUSE_REDIS_AUTH` - Redis password

### Encryption and Security Keys
- `LANGFUSE_SALT` - Salt for hashing in Langfuse Web UI
- `LANGFUSE_ENCRYPTION_KEY` - Encryption key (32 bytes in hex)
- `LANGFUSE_NEXTAUTH_SECRET` - Secret key for NextAuth

### Admin Credentials
- `LANGFUSE_INIT_USER_EMAIL` - Admin email
- `LANGFUSE_INIT_USER_PASSWORD` - Admin password
- `LANGFUSE_INIT_USER_NAME` - Admin username

### API Keys and Tokens
- `LANGFUSE_INIT_PROJECT_PUBLIC_KEY` - Project public key (used from PentAGI side too)
- `LANGFUSE_INIT_PROJECT_SECRET_KEY` - Project secret key (used from PentAGI side too)

### S3 Storage
- `LANGFUSE_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID` - S3 access key ID
- `LANGFUSE_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` - S3 secret access key

</details>

2. Enable integration with Langfuse for PentAGI service in `.env` file.

```bash
LANGFUSE_BASE_URL=http://langfuse-web:3000
LANGFUSE_PROJECT_ID= # default: value from ${LANGFUSE_INIT_PROJECT_ID}
LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY= # default: value from ${LANGFUSE_INIT_PROJECT_PUBLIC_KEY}
LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY= # default: value from ${LANGFUSE_INIT_PROJECT_SECRET_KEY}
```

3. Run the Langfuse stack:

```bash
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vxcontrol/pentagi/master/docker-compose-langfuse.yml
docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose-langfuse.yml up -d
```

Visit [localhost:4000](http://localhost:4000) to access Langfuse Web UI with credentials from `.env` file:

- `LANGFUSE_INIT_USER_EMAIL` - Admin email
- `LANGFUSE_INIT_USER_PASSWORD` - Admin password

### Monitoring and Observability

For detailed system operation tracking, integration with monitoring tools is available.

1. Enable integration with OpenTelemetry and all observability services for PentAGI in `.env` file.

```bash
OTEL_HOST=otelcol:8148
```

2. Run the observability stack:

```bash
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vxcontrol/pentagi/master/docker-compose-observability.yml
docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose-observability.yml up -d
```

Visit [localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) to access Grafana Web UI.

> [!NOTE]
> If you want to use Observability stack with Langfuse, you need to enable integration in `.env` file to set `LANGFUSE_OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT` to `http://otelcol:4318`.
>
> To run all available stacks together (Langfuse, Graphiti, and Observability):
>
> ```bash
> docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose-langfuse.yml -f docker-compose-graphiti.yml -f docker-compose-observability.yml up -d
> ```
>
> You can also register aliases for these commands in your shell to run it faster:
>
> ```bash
> alias pentagi="docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose-langfuse.yml -f docker-compose-graphiti.yml -f docker-compose-observability.yml"
> alias pentagi-up="docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose-langfuse.yml -f docker-compose-graphiti.yml -f docker-compose-observability.yml up -d"
> alias pentagi-down="docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose-langfuse.yml -f docker-compose-graphiti.yml -f docker-compose-observability.yml down"
> ```

### Knowledge Graph Integration (Graphiti)

> [!IMPORTANT]
> The Graphiti integration is currently a **beta** feature and has notable provider limitations. See [Current Limitations](#current-limitations) below before enabling it in production.

PentAGI integrates with [Graphiti](https://github.com/vxcontrol/pentagi-graphiti), a temporal knowledge graph system powered by Neo4j, to provide advanced semantic understanding and relationship tracking for AI agent operations. The vxcontrol fork provides custom entity and edge types that are specific to pentesting purposes.

#### What is Graphiti?

Graphiti automatically extracts and stores structured knowledge from agent interactions, building a graph of entities, relationships, and temporal context. This enables:

- **Semantic Memory**: Store and recall relationships between tools, targets, vulnerabilities, and techniques
- **Contextual Understanding**: Track how different pentesting actions relate to each other over time
- **Knowledge Reuse**: Learn from past penetration tests and apply insights to new assessments
- **Advanced Querying**: Search for complex patterns like "What tools were effective against similar targets?"

#### Enabling Graphiti

The Graphiti knowledge graph is **optional** and disabled by default. To enable it:

1. Configure Graphiti environment variables in `.env` file:

```bash
## Graphiti knowledge graph settings
GRAPHITI_ENABLED=true
GRAPHITI_TIMEOUT=30
GRAPHITI_URL=http://graphiti:8000
GRAPHITI_MODEL_NAME=gpt-5-mini

# Neo4j settings (used by Graphiti stack)
NEO4J_USER=neo4j
NEO4J_DATABASE=neo4j
NEO4J_PASSWORD=devpassword
NEO4J_URI=bolt://neo4j:7687

# OpenAI API key (required by Graphiti for entity extraction)
OPEN_AI_KEY=your_openai_api_key
```

2. Run the Graphiti stack along with the main PentAGI services:

```bash
# Download the Graphiti compose file if needed
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vxcontrol/pentagi/master/docker-compose-graphiti.yml

# Start PentAGI with Graphiti
docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose-graphiti.yml up -d
```

3. Verify Graphiti is running:

```bash
# Check service health
docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose-graphiti.yml ps graphiti neo4j

# View Graphiti logs
docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose-graphiti.yml logs -f graphiti

# Access Neo4j Browser (optional)
# Visit http://localhost:7474 and login with NEO4J_USER/NEO4J_PASSWORD

# Access Graphiti API (optional, for debugging)
# Visit http://localhost:8000/docs for Swagger API documentation
```

> [!NOTE]
> The Graphiti service is defined in `docker-compose-graphiti.yml` as a separate stack. You must run both compose files together to enable the knowledge graph functionality. The pre-built Docker image `vxcontrol/graphiti:latest` is used by default.

#### What Gets Stored

When enabled, PentAGI automatically captures:

- **Agent Responses**: All agent reasoning, analysis, and decisions
- **Tool Executions**: Commands executed, tools used, and their results
- **Context Information**: Flow, task, and subtask hierarchy

#### Current Limitations

The Graphiti integration is currently a beta feature. Operators should plan around the following constraints before enabling it in production:

- **OpenAI-compatible LLM only.** The bundled `vxcontrol/graphiti` image authenticates against a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint configured through PentAGI's `.env` variables `OPEN_AI_KEY` and `OPEN_AI_SERVER_URL` (default `https://api.openai.com/v1`). `docker-compose-graphiti.yml` maps these into the container as `OPENAI_API_KEY` and `OPENAI_BASE_URL`, so operators do not set the container variables directly. Provider credentials configured elsewhere in PentAGI for Anthropic, Google AI (Gemini), AWS Bedrock, DeepSeek, GLM, Kimi, or Qwen are **not** used by Graphiti for entity extraction. If your deployment cannot reach an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, leave `GRAPHITI_ENABLED=false`.
- **Single fixed model per deployment.** Graphiti uses one model name (`GRAPHITI_MODEL_NAME`, default `gpt-5-mini`) for all extractions. The model cannot be selected per agent or per flow.
- **Independent billing.** Even when a flow runs against a non-OpenAI provider, Graphiti still incurs cost on the configured OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
- **No in-app graph explorer yet.** Browsing the captured graph relies on the Neo4j Browser at `http://localhost:7474` and the Graphiti Swagger UI at `http://localhost:8000/docs`. There is no PentAGI UI surface for the graph today.

When `GRAPHITI_ENABLED=false`, PentAGI continues to operate with its primary memory and vector store; only the additional knowledge graph features are skipped.

### GitHub and Google OAuth Integration

OAuth integration with GitHub and Google allows users to authenticate using their existing accounts on these platforms. This provides several benefits:

- Simplified login process without need to create separate credentials
- Enhanced security through trusted identity providers
- Access to user profile information from GitHub/Google accounts
- Seamless integration with existing development workflows

PentAGI uses `PUBLIC_URL` as the public origin/base URL for OAuth redirects. In the default deployment, both GitHub and Google callbacks are handled by:

```text
${PUBLIC_URL}/api/v1/auth/login-callback
```

For GitHub OAuth:

1. Create a new OAuth App in your GitHub account.
2. Set **Homepage URL** to your `PUBLIC_URL`.
3. Set **Authorization callback URL** to `${PUBLIC_URL}/api/v1/auth/login-callback`.
4. Add the client credentials to your `.env` file:

```bash
PUBLIC_URL=https://pentagi.example.com
OAUTH_GITHUB_CLIENT_ID=your_github_client_id
OAUTH_GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET=your_github_client_secret
```

For Google OAuth:

1. Create OAuth credentials in your Google Cloud project.
2. Use the same callback endpoint: `${PUBLIC_URL}/api/v1/auth/login-callback`.
3. Add the client credentials to your `.env` file:

```bash
PUBLIC_URL=https://pentagi.example.com
OAUTH_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=your_google_client_id
OAUTH_GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=your_google_client_secret
```

Make sure `PUBLIC_URL` matches the externally accessible HTTPS address of your PentAGI instance and does not include the callback path itself. If the URL configured in the OAuth provider does not exactly match the callback generated by PentAGI, the provider will reject the login attempt with a redirect URI mismatch error.

### Docker Image Configuration

PentAGI allows you to configure Docker image selection for executing various tasks. The system automatically chooses the most appropriate image based on the task type, but you can constrain this selection by specifying your preferred images:

| Variable                           | Default                | Description                                                 |
| ---------------------------------- | ---------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| `PENTAGI_IMAGE`                    | `vxcontrol/pentagi:latest` | Docker image used for the main PentAGI application service |
| `DOCKER_DEFAULT_IMAGE`             | `debian:latest`        | Default Docker image for general tasks and ambiguous cases  |
| `DOCKER_DEFAULT_IMAGE_FOR_PENTEST` | `vxcontrol/kali-linux` | Default Docker image for security/penetration testing tasks |

`PENTAGI_IMAGE` changes the image used by the main `pentagi` service in `docker-compose.yml`. The `DOCKER_DEFAULT_IMAGE` and `DOCKER_DEFAULT_IMAGE_FOR_PENTEST` variables only affect automatic worker image selection for task execution inside PentAGI. They do not rewrite the rest of the Compose stack, so services such as `pgvector`, `scraper`, and the optional `graphiti` stack still use the image references defined in the compose files.

When `DOCKER_DEFAULT_IMAGE` and `DOCKER_DEFAULT_IMAGE_FOR_PENTEST` are set, AI agents will be limited to the image choices you specify. This is particularly useful for:

- **Security Enforcement**: Restricting usage to only verified and trusted images
- **Environment Standardization**: Using corporate or customized images across all operations
- **Performance Optimization**: Utilizing pre-built images with necessary tools already installed

Configuration examples:

```bash
# Using a custom PentAGI application image
PENTAGI_IMAGE=registry.example.com/security/pentagi:latest

# Using a custom image for general tasks
DOCKER_DEFAULT_IMAGE=mycompany/custom-debian:latest

# Using a specialized image for penetration testing
DOCKER_DEFAULT_IMAGE_FOR_PENTEST=mycompany/pentest-tools:v2.0
```

> [!NOTE]
> If a user explicitly specifies a particular Docker image in their task, the system will try to use that exact image, ignoring these settings. These variables only affect the system's automatic image selection process.

For an advanced OpenVAS/GVM experiment that uses a custom pentest image, see [OpenVAS via a Custom Pentest Image](examples/guides/openvas-custom-image.md).

#### Restricted Networks, Docker Mirrors, and Proxies

If your environment cannot reach Docker Hub (`docker.io`) directly, changing PentAGI environment variables is usually not enough to fix image download failures. PentAGI still relies on Docker's own registry access for Compose-managed services, and the installer network checks also validate Docker Hub reachability.

For restricted networks:

1. Confirm that the host can resolve and reach `docker.io`.
2. If your environment requires an outbound proxy for PentAGI or installer HTTP traffic, set the `PROXY_URL` environment variable. To route Docker image pulls through a proxy, configure the Docker daemon or Docker Desktop proxy separately — Docker does not use PentAGI's `PROXY_URL` for registry access.
3. If Docker Hub is blocked or heavily rate-limited, configure an organization-approved registry mirror or registry proxy before running the installer or `docker compose up`.
4. Restart Docker after changing the daemon configuration, then rerun the installer checks or Compose startup.

Example Docker daemon mirror configuration:

```json
{
  "registry-mirrors": ["https://mirror.example.com"]
}
```

On Linux, this is typically configured in `/etc/docker/daemon.json`. On Docker Desktop, use the equivalent Docker Engine or proxy settings. A Docker Hub mirror covers Docker Hub-hosted images such as `vxcontrol/*`, but the main Compose stack already includes `quay.io/prometheuscommunity/postgres-exporter`, and the optional observability stack includes `gcr.io/cadvisor/cadvisor`. Those registries still need direct access or individually approved proxy/mirror paths.

See the official Docker documentation for [registry mirrors](https://docs.docker.com/docker-hub/image-library/mirror/) and [daemon proxy configuration](https://docs.docker.com/engine/daemon/proxy/).

#### Troubleshooting: "failed to select primary docker image via llm call"

A flow that fails immediately with `failed to select primary docker image via llm call` usually indicates a problem with the configured LLM backend, not with Docker or the image registry. Older PentAGI versions reported the same failure as `failed to get primary docker image`, which led users to debug Docker even though the registry was healthy.

When a flow starts, PentAGI makes its first LLM call to choose the primary Docker image for the task. This image-selection call runs through the `simple` agent type, so a failure here points at the model assigned to that agent type rather than at Docker. A message such as `API returned unexpected status code: 502` or `404` in this context is returned by the LLM backend, not by Docker Hub.

This is distinct from the registry reachability problems described above: if Docker pulls succeed and the Compose stack starts, but flow creation still fails at image selection, investigate the LLM backend rather than Docker.

To diagnose:

1. Check PentAGI logs first: `docker logs pentagi`.
2. Check the logs of your configured LLM backend (the server behind your provider or `LLM_SERVER_URL`).
3. Verify that the base URL, API key, and model name in [Custom LLM Provider Configuration](#custom-llm-provider-configuration) are correct and reachable from the container. If you assign different models per agent type, check the model used by the `simple` agent type, since image selection runs through it.
4. For custom, OpenAI-compatible, vLLM, or SGLang backends, confirm that the model supports tool calling (function calling) and that the matching tool-call parser is enabled. A missing or mismatched tool-call parser is a known cause of this failure.

## Development

### Development Requirements

- golang
- nodejs
- docker
- postgres
- commitlint

### Environment Setup

#### Backend Setup

Run once `cd backend && go mod download` to install needed packages.

For generating swagger files have to run

```bash
swag init -g ../../pkg/server/router.go -o pkg/server/docs/ --parseDependency --parseInternal --parseDepth 2 -d cmd/pentagi
```

before installing `swag` package via

```bash
go install github.com/swaggo/swag/cmd/swag@v1.8.7
```

For generating graphql resolver files have to run

```bash
go run github.com/99designs/gqlgen --config ./gqlgen/gqlgen.yml
```

after that you can see the generated files in `pkg/graph` folder.

For generating ORM methods (database package) from sqlc configuration

```bash
docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/src -w /src --network pentagi-network -e DATABASE_URL="{URL}" sqlc/sqlc:1.27.0 generate -f sqlc/sqlc.yml
```

For generating Langfuse SDK from OpenAPI specification

```bash
fern generate --local
```

and to install fern-cli

```bash
pnpm add -g fern-api
```

#### Testing

For running tests `cd backend && go test -v ./...`

#### Frontend Setup

Run once `cd frontend && pnpm install` to install needed packages.

For generating graphql files have to run `pnpm run graphql:generate` which using `graphql-codegen.ts` file.

Be sure that you have `graphql-codegen` installed globally:

```bash
pnpm add -g graphql-codegen
```

After that you can run:
* `pnpm run prettier` to check if your code is formatted correctly
* `pnpm run prettier:fix` to fix it
* `pnpm run lint` to check if your code is linted correctly
* `pnpm run lint:fix` to fix it

For generating SSL certificates you need to run `pnpm run ssl:generate` which using `generate-ssl.ts` file or it will be generated automatically when you run `pnpm run dev`.

#### Backend Configuration

Edit the configuration for `backend` in `.vscode/launch.json` file:
- `DATABASE_URL` - PostgreSQL database URL (eg. `postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/pentagidb?sslmode=disable`)
- `DOCKER_HOST` - Docker SDK API (eg. for macOS `DOCKER_HOST=unix:///Users/<my-user>/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/docker.raw.sock`) [more info](https://stackoverflow.com/a/62757128/5922857)

Optional:
- `SERVER_PORT` - Port to run the server (default: `8443`)
- `SERVER_USE_SSL` - Enable SSL for the server (default: `false`)

##### PostgreSQL / pgvector connection pool sizing

PentAGI opens two independent connection pools to the same Postgres instance:

| Pool | Env var | Default | Used by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shared `sql.DB` | `DATABASE_MAX_OPEN_CONNS` | `25` | All sqlc queries and GORM handlers share a single `*sql.DB` |
| Shared `pgxpool` | `DATABASE_VECTOR_MAX_CONNS` | `10` | All pgvector stores (agent memory + knowledge API) share a single pool |

Additional tuning knob:
- `DATABASE_MAX_IDLE_CONNS` — maximum idle connections kept open in the `sql.DB` pool between requests (default: `5`).

**Budget for the stock `vxcontrol/pgvector` image** (`max_connections = 100`, `superuser_reserved_connections = 3`):

```
Available for client connections  = 97
  pentagi sql.DB  (DATABASE_MAX_OPEN_CONNS)   = 25
  pentagi pgxpool (DATABASE_VECTOR_MAX_CONNS) = 10
  pgexporter                                  =  3
  autovacuum workers                          =  3
  ─────────────────────────────────────────
  Total consumed                              = 41
  Free buffer                                 = 56  (≈ 58 %)
```

The defaults are sized for **10 parallel flows** with concurrent API requests. If you run more flows or deploy multiple PentAGI instances against the same Postgres, raise `max_connections` via the `command` override in `docker-compose.yml` and increase the pool sizes proportionally:

```yaml
pgvector:
  image: vxcontrol/pgvector:latest
  command: postgres -c max_connections=200
```

To inspect the live connection budget on a running deployment:

```bash
# Postgres limits
docker exec pgvector sh -c 'psql -U "$POSTGRES_USER" -d "$POSTGRES_DB" -c \
  "SELECT name, setting FROM pg_settings
   WHERE name IN ('"'"'max_connections'"'"', '"'"'superuser_reserved_connections'"'"');"'

# Current usage vs. available
docker exec pgvector sh -c 'psql -U "$POSTGRES_USER" -d "$POSTGRES_DB" -c \
  "SELECT max_conn, used, max_conn - used AS available
   FROM (SELECT current_setting('"'"'max_connections'"'"')::int AS max_conn,
                count(*) AS used FROM pg_stat_activity) t;"'

# Breakdown by client
docker exec pgvector sh -c 'psql -U "$POSTGRES_USER" -d "$POSTGRES_DB" -c \
  "SELECT application_name, client_addr, state, count(*)
   FROM pg_stat_activity
   WHERE pid <> pg_backend_pid()
   GROUP BY 1, 2, 3 ORDER BY count DESC;"'
```

#### Frontend Configuration

Edit the configuration for `frontend` in `.vscode/launch.json` file:
- `VITE_API_URL` - Backend API URL. *Omit* the URL scheme (e.g., `localhost:8080` *NOT* `http://localhost:8080`)
- `VITE_USE_HTTPS` - Enable SSL for the server (default: `false`)
- `VITE_PORT` - Port to run the server (default: `8000`)
- `VITE_HOST` - Host to run the server (default: `0.0.0.0`)

### Running the Application

#### Backend

Run the command(s) in `backend` folder:
- Use `.env` file to set environment variables like a `source .env`
- Run `go run cmd/pentagi/main.go` to start the server

> [!NOTE]
> The first run can take a while as dependencies and docker images need to be downloaded to setup the backend environment.

#### Frontend

Run the command(s) in `frontend` folder:
- Run `pnpm install` to install the dependencies
- Run `pnpm run dev` to run the web app
- Run `pnpm run build` to build the web app

Open your browser and visit the web app URL.

## Testing LLM Agents

PentAGI includes a powerful utility called `ctester` for testing and validating LLM agent capabilities. This tool helps ensure your LLM provider configurations work correctly with different agent types, allowing you to optimize model selection for each specific agent role.

The utility features parallel testing of multiple agents, detailed reporting, and flexible configuration options.

### Key Features

- **Parallel Testing**: Tests multiple agents simultaneously for faster results
- **Comprehensive Test Suite**: Evaluates basic completion, JSON responses, function calling, and penetration testing knowledge
- **Detailed Reporting**: Generates markdown reports with success rates and performance metrics
- **Flexible Configuration**: Test specific agents or test groups as needed
- **Specialized Test Groups**: Includes domain-specific tests for cybersecurity and penetration testing scenarios

### Usage Scenarios

#### For Developers (with local Go environment)

If you've cloned the repository and have Go installed:

```bash
# Default configuration with .env file
cd backend
go run cmd/ctester/*.go -verbose

# Custom provider configuration
go run cmd/ctester/*.go -config ../examples/configs/openrouter.provider.yml -verbose

# Generate a report file
go run cmd/ctester/*.go -config ../examples/configs/deepinfra.provider.yml -report ../test-report.md

# Test specific agent types only
go run cmd/ctester/*.go -agents simple,simple_json,primary_agent -verbose

# Test specific test groups only
go run cmd/ctester/*.go -groups basic,advanced -verbose
```

#### For Users (using Docker image)

If you prefer to use the pre-built Docker image without setting up a development environment:

```bash
# Using Docker to test with default environment
docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/.env:/opt/pentagi/.env vxcontrol/pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -verbose

# Test with your custom provider configuration
docker run --rm \
  -v $(pwd)/.env:/opt/pentagi/.env \
  -v $(pwd)/my-config.yml:/opt/pentagi/config.yml \
  vxcontrol/pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -config /opt/pentagi/config.yml -agents simple,primary_agent,coder -verbose

# Generate a detailed report
docker run --rm \
  -v $(pwd)/.env:/opt/pentagi/.env \
  -v $(pwd):/opt/pentagi/output \
  vxcontrol/pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -report /opt/pentagi/output/report.md
```

#### Using Pre-configured Providers

The Docker image comes with built-in support for major providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Ollama) and pre-configured provider files for additional services (OpenRouter, OrcaRouter, DeepInfra, DeepSeek, Moonshot, Novita):

```bash
# Test with OpenRouter configuration
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -config /opt/pentagi/conf/openrouter.provider.yml

# Test with OrcaRouter configuration
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -config /opt/pentagi/conf/orcarouter.provider.yml

# Test with DeepInfra configuration
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -config /opt/pentagi/conf/deepinfra.provider.yml

# Test with DeepSeek configuration
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -provider deepseek

# Test with GLM configuration
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -provider glm

# Test with Kimi configuration
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -provider kimi

# Test with Qwen configuration
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -provider qwen

# Test with DeepSeek configuration file for custom provider
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -config /opt/pentagi/conf/deepseek.provider.yml

# Test with Moonshot configuration file for custom provider
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -config /opt/pentagi/conf/moonshot.provider.yml

# Test with Novita configuration
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -config /opt/pentagi/conf/novita.provider.yml

# Test with OpenAI configuration
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -type openai

# Test with Anthropic configuration
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -type anthropic

# Test with Gemini configuration
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -type gemini

# Test with AWS Bedrock configuration
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -type bedrock

# Test with Custom OpenAI configuration
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -config /opt/pentagi/conf/custom-openai.provider.yml

# Test with Ollama configuration (local inference)
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -config /opt/pentagi/conf/ollama-llama318b.provider.yml

# Test with Ollama Qwen3 32B configuration (requires custom model creation)
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -config /opt/pentagi/conf/ollama-qwen332b-fp16-tc.provider.yml

# Test with Ollama QwQ 32B configuration (requires custom model creation and 71.3GB VRAM)
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -config /opt/pentagi/conf/ollama-qwq32b-fp16-tc.provider.yml
```

To use these configurations, your `.env` file only needs to contain:

```
LLM_SERVER_URL=https://openrouter.ai/api/v1      # or https://api.orcarouter.ai/v1 or https://api.deepinfra.com/v1/openai or https://api.openai.com/v1 or https://api.novita.ai/openai
LLM_SERVER_KEY=your_api_key
LLM_SERVER_MODEL=                                # Leave empty, as models are specified in the config
LLM_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/pentagi/conf/openrouter.provider.yml  # or orcarouter.provider.yml or deepinfra.provider.ymll or custom-openai.provider.yml or novita.provider.yml
LLM_SERVER_PROVIDER=                             # Provider name for LiteLLM proxy (e.g., openrouter, orcarouter, deepseek, moonshot, novita)
LLM_SERVER_LEGACY_REASONING=false                # Controls reasoning format, for OpenAI must be true (default: false)
LLM_SERVER_PRESERVE_REASONING=false              # Preserve reasoning content in multi-turn conversations (required by Moonshot, default: false)

# For OpenAI (official API)
OPEN_AI_KEY=your_openai_api_key                  # Your OpenAI API key
OPEN_AI_SERVER_URL=https://api.openai.com/v1     # OpenAI API endpoint

# For Anthropic (Claude models)
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_api_key         # Your Anthropic API key
ANTHROPIC_SERVER_URL=https://api.anthropic.com/v1  # Anthropic API endpoint

# For Gemini (Google AI)
GEMINI_API_KEY=your_gemini_api_key               # Your Google AI API key
GEMINI_SERVER_URL=https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com  # Google AI API endpoint

# For AWS Bedrock (enterprise foundation models)
BEDROCK_REGION=us-east-1                         # AWS region for Bedrock service
# Authentication (choose one method, priority: DefaultAuth > BearerToken > AccessKey):
BEDROCK_DEFAULT_AUTH=false                       # Use AWS SDK credential chain (env vars, EC2 role, ~/.aws/credentials)
BEDROCK_BEARER_TOKEN=                            # Bearer token authentication (takes priority over static credentials)
BEDROCK_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your_aws_access_key        # AWS access key ID (static credentials)
BEDROCK_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=your_aws_secret_key    # AWS secret access key (static credentials)
BEDROCK_SESSION_TOKEN=                           # AWS session token (optional, for temporary credentials with static auth)
BEDROCK_SERVER_URL=                              # Optional custom Bedrock endpoint (VPC endpoints, local testing)
BEDROCK_CONFIG_PATH=                             # Optional path to a custom YAML provider config (overrides built-in model/pricing definitions)

# For Ollama (local server or cloud)
OLLAMA_SERVER_URL=                               # Local: http://ollama-server:11434, Cloud: https://ollama.com
OLLAMA_SERVER_API_KEY=                           # Required for Ollama Cloud (https://ollama.com/settings/keys), leave empty for local
OLLAMA_SERVER_MODEL=
OLLAMA_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH=
OLLAMA_SERVER_PULL_MODELS_TIMEOUT=
OLLAMA_SERVER_PULL_MODELS_ENABLED=
OLLAMA_SERVER_LOAD_MODELS_ENABLED=

# For DeepSeek (Chinese AI with strong reasoning)
DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=                                # DeepSeek API key
DEEPSEEK_SERVER_URL=https://api.deepseek.com     # DeepSeek API endpoint
DEEPSEEK_PROVIDER=                               # Optional: LiteLLM prefix (e.g., 'deepseek')

# For GLM (Zhipu AI)
GLM_API_KEY=                                     # GLM API key
GLM_SERVER_URL=https://api.z.ai/api/paas/v4      # GLM API endpoint (international)
GLM_PROVIDER=                                    # Optional: LiteLLM prefix (e.g., 'zai')

# For Kimi (Moonshot AI)
KIMI_API_KEY=                                    # Kimi API key
KIMI_SERVER_URL=https://api.moonshot.ai/v1       # Kimi API endpoint (international)
KIMI_PROVIDER=                                   # Optional: LiteLLM prefix (e.g., 'moonshot')

# For Qwen (Alibaba Cloud DashScope)
QWEN_API_KEY=                                    # Qwen API key
QWEN_SERVER_URL=https://dashscope-us.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1  # Qwen API endpoint (US)
QWEN_PROVIDER=                                   # Optional: LiteLLM prefix (e.g., 'dashscope')

# For Ollama (local inference) use variables above
OLLAMA_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:11434
OLLAMA_SERVER_MODEL=llama3.1:8b-instruct-q8_0
OLLAMA_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/pentagi/conf/ollama-llama318b.provider.yml
OLLAMA_SERVER_PULL_MODELS_ENABLED=false
OLLAMA_SERVER_LOAD_MODELS_ENABLED=false
```

#### Using OpenAI with Unverified Organizations

For OpenAI accounts with unverified organizations that don't have access to the latest reasoning models (o1, o3, o4-mini), you need to use a custom configuration.

To use OpenAI with unverified organization accounts, configure your `.env` file as follows:

```bash
LLM_SERVER_URL=https://api.openai.com/v1
LLM_SERVER_KEY=your_openai_api_key
LLM_SERVER_MODEL=                                # Leave empty, models are specified in config
LLM_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/pentagi/conf/custom-openai.provider.yml
LLM_SERVER_LEGACY_REASONING=true                 # Required for OpenAI reasoning format
```

This configuration uses the pre-built `custom-openai.provider.yml` file that maps all agent types to models available for unverified organizations, using `o3-mini` instead of models like `o1`, `o3`, and `o4-mini`.

You can test this configuration using:

```bash
# Test with custom OpenAI configuration for unverified accounts
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -config /opt/pentagi/conf/custom-openai.provider.yml
```

> [!NOTE]
> The `LLM_SERVER_LEGACY_REASONING=true` setting is crucial for OpenAI compatibility as it ensures reasoning parameters are sent in the format expected by OpenAI's API.

#### Using LiteLLM Proxy

When using LiteLLM proxy to access various LLM providers, model names are prefixed with the provider name (e.g., `moonshot/kimi-2.5` instead of `kimi-2.5`). To use the same provider configuration files with both direct API access and LiteLLM proxy, set the `LLM_SERVER_PROVIDER` variable:

```bash
# Direct access to Moonshot API
LLM_SERVER_URL=https://api.moonshot.ai/v1
LLM_SERVER_KEY=your_moonshot_api_key
LLM_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/pentagi/conf/moonshot.provider.yml
LLM_SERVER_PROVIDER=                             # Empty for direct access

# Access via LiteLLM proxy
LLM_SERVER_URL=http://litellm-proxy:4000
LLM_SERVER_KEY=your_litellm_api_key
LLM_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/pentagi/conf/moonshot.provider.yml
LLM_SERVER_PROVIDER=moonshot                     # Provider prefix for LiteLLM
```

With `LLM_SERVER_PROVIDER=moonshot`, the system automatically prefixes all model names from the configuration file with `moonshot/`, making them compatible with LiteLLM's model naming convention.

**LiteLLM Provider Name Mapping:**

When using LiteLLM proxy, set the corresponding `*_PROVIDER` variable to enable model prefixing:

- `deepseek` - for DeepSeek models (`DEEPSEEK_PROVIDER=deepseek` → `deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash`)
- `zai` - for GLM models (`GLM_PROVIDER=zai` → `zai/glm-4`)
- `moonshot` - for Kimi models (`KIMI_PROVIDER=moonshot` → `moonshot/kimi-k2.5`)
- `dashscope` - for Qwen models (`QWEN_PROVIDER=dashscope` → `dashscope/qwen-plus`)
- `openai`, `anthropic`, `gemini` - for major cloud providers
- `openrouter` - for OpenRouter aggregator
- `orcarouter` - for OrcaRouter aggregator
- `deepinfra` - for DeepInfra hosting
- `novita` - for Novita AI
- Any other provider name configured in your LiteLLM instance

**Example with LiteLLM:**
```bash
# Use DeepSeek models via LiteLLM proxy with model prefixing
DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=your_litellm_proxy_key
DEEPSEEK_SERVER_URL=http://litellm-proxy:4000
DEEPSEEK_PROVIDER=deepseek  # Models become deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash, deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro for LiteLLM

# Direct DeepSeek API usage (no prefix needed)
DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=your_deepseek_api_key
DEEPSEEK_SERVER_URL=https://api.deepseek.com
# Leave DEEPSEEK_PROVIDER empty
```

This approach allows you to:
- Use the same configuration files for both direct and proxied access
- Switch between providers without modifying configuration files
- Easily test different routing strategies with LiteLLM

#### Running Tests in a Production Environment

If you already have a running PentAGI container and want to test the current configuration:

```bash
# Run ctester in an existing container using current environment variables
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -verbose

# Test specific agent types with deterministic ordering
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -agents simple,primary_agent,pentester -groups basic,knowledge -verbose

# Generate a report file inside the container
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ctester -report /opt/pentagi/data/agent-test-report.md

# Access the report from the host
docker cp pentagi:/opt/pentagi/data/agent-test-report.md ./
```

### Command-line Options

The utility accepts several options:

- `-env <path>` - Path to environment file (default: `.env`)
- `-type <provider>` - Provider type: `custom`, `openai`, `anthropic`, `ollama`, `bedrock`, `gemini` (default: `custom`)
- `-config <path>` - Path to custom provider config (default: from `LLM_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH` env variable)
- `-tests <path>` - Path to custom tests YAML file (optional)
- `-report <path>` - Path to write the report file (optional)
- `-agents <list>` - Comma-separated list of agent types to test (default: `all`)
- `-groups <list>` - Comma-separated list of test groups to run (default: `all`)
- `-verbose` - Enable verbose output with detailed test results for each agent

### Available Agent Types

Agents are tested in the following deterministic order:

1. **simple** - Basic completion tasks
2. **simple_json** - JSON-structured responses
3. **primary_agent** - Main reasoning agent
4. **assistant** - Interactive assistant mode
5. **generator** - Content generation
6. **refiner** - Content refinement and improvement
7. **adviser** - Expert advice and consultation
8. **reflector** - Self-reflection and analysis
9. **searcher** - Information gathering and search
10. **enricher** - Data enrichment and expansion
11. **coder** - Code generation and analysis
12. **installer** - Installation and setup tasks
13. **pentester** - Penetration testing and security assessment

### Available Test Groups

- **basic** - Fundamental completion and prompt response tests
- **advanced** - Complex reasoning and function calling tests
- **json** - JSON format validation and structure tests (specifically designed for `simple_json` agent)
- **knowledge** - Domain-specific cybersecurity and penetration testing knowledge tests

> **Note**: The `json` test group is specifically designed for the `simple_json` agent type, while all other agents are tested with `basic`, `advanced`, and `knowledge` groups. This specialization ensures optimal testing coverage for each agent's intended purpose.

### Example Provider Configuration

Provider configuration defines which models to use for different agent types:

```yaml
simple:
  model: "provider/model-name"
  temperature: 0.7
  top_p: 0.95
  n: 1
  max_tokens: 4000

simple_json:
  model: "provider/model-name"
  temperature: 0.7
  top_p: 1.0
  n: 1
  max_tokens: 4000
  json: true

# ... other agent types ...
```

### Optimization Workflow

1. **Create a baseline**: Run tests with default configuration to establish benchmark performance
2. **Analyze agent-specific performance**: Review the deterministic agent ordering to identify underperforming agents
3. **Test specialized configurations**: Experiment with different models for each agent type using provider-specific configs
4. **Focus on domain knowledge**: Pay special attention to knowledge group tests for cybersecurity expertise
5. **Validate function calling**: Ensure tool-based tests pass consistently for critical agent types
6. **Compare results**: Look for the best success rate and performance across all test groups
7. **Deploy optimal configuration**: Use in production with your optimized setup

This tool helps ensure your AI agents are using the most effective models for their specific tasks, improving reliability while optimizing costs.

## Embedding Configuration and Testing

PentAGI uses vector embeddings for semantic search, knowledge storage, and memory management. The system supports multiple embedding providers that can be configured according to your needs and preferences.

### Supported Embedding Providers

PentAGI supports the following embedding providers:

- **OpenAI** (default): Uses OpenAI's text embedding models
- **Ollama**: Local embedding model through Ollama
- **Mistral**: Mistral AI's embedding models
- **Jina**: Jina AI's embedding service
- **HuggingFace**: Models from HuggingFace
- **GoogleAI**: Google's embedding models
- **VoyageAI**: VoyageAI's embedding models

> **OpenAI-compatible third parties**: any provider exposing OpenAI's `/embeddings` API can be plugged in via `EMBEDDING_PROVIDER=openai` with a custom `EMBEDDING_URL`. For example, **Qwen DashScope** offers `text-embedding-v4` through the `/compatible-mode/v1` endpoint (International and Chinese Mainland regions only — the US region does not expose embeddings). See the [Qwen Alternative Integrations](#alternative-integrations) subsection for the full configuration snippet.

<details>
<summary><b>Embedding Provider Configuration</b> (click to expand)</summary>

### Environment Variables

To configure the embedding provider, set the following environment variables in your `.env` file:

```bash
# Primary embedding configuration
EMBEDDING_PROVIDER=openai       # Provider type (openai, ollama, mistral, jina, huggingface, googleai, voyageai)
EMBEDDING_MODEL=text-embedding-3-small  # Model name to use
EMBEDDING_URL=                  # Optional custom API endpoint
EMBEDDING_KEY=                  # API key for the provider (if required)
EMBEDDING_BATCH_SIZE=100        # Number of documents to process in a batch
EMBEDDING_STRIP_NEW_LINES=true  # Whether to remove new lines from text before embedding
EMBEDDING_MAX_TEXT_BYTES=8192   # Max bytes of text sent to embedding model per document (byte proxy for token limit)

# Advanced settings
PROXY_URL=                      # Optional proxy for all API calls
HTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT=600         # Timeout in seconds for external API calls (default: 600, 0 = no timeout)
TERMINAL_TOOL_TIMEOUT=1200      # Default timeout in seconds for terminal tool commands when timeout=0 or negative (range: 1–10800; values <= 0 or above 10800 are clamped to 10800 = 3 hours)

# SSL/TLS Certificate Configuration (for external communication with LLM backends and tool servers)
EXTERNAL_SSL_CA_PATH=           # Path to custom CA certificate file (PEM format) inside the container
                                # Must point to /opt/pentagi/ssl/ directory (e.g., /opt/pentagi/ssl/ca-bundle.pem)
EXTERNAL_SSL_INSECURE=false     # Skip certificate verification (use only for testing)
```

<details>
<summary><b>How to Add Custom CA Certificates</b> (click to expand)</summary>

If you see this error: `tls: failed to verify certificate: x509: certificate signed by unknown authority`

**Step 1:** Get your CA certificate bundle in PEM format (can contain multiple certificates)

**Step 2:** Place the file in the SSL directory on your host machine:
```bash
# Default location (if PENTAGI_SSL_DIR is not set)
cp ca-bundle.pem ./pentagi-ssl/

# Or custom location (if using PENTAGI_SSL_DIR in docker-compose.yml)
cp ca-bundle.pem /path/to/your/ssl/dir/
```

**Step 3:** Set the path in `.env` file (path must be inside the container):
```bash
# The volume pentagi-ssl is mounted to /opt/pentagi/ssl inside the container
EXTERNAL_SSL_CA_PATH=/opt/pentagi/ssl/ca-bundle.pem
EXTERNAL_SSL_INSECURE=false
```

**Step 4:** Restart PentAGI:
```bash
docker compose restart pentagi
```

**Notes:**
- The `pentagi-ssl` volume is mounted to `/opt/pentagi/ssl` inside the container
- You can change host directory using `PENTAGI_SSL_DIR` variable in docker-compose.yml
- File supports multiple certificates and intermediate CAs in one PEM file
- Use `EXTERNAL_SSL_INSECURE=true` only for testing (not recommended for production)

</details>

### Provider-Specific Limitations

Each provider has specific limitations and supported features:

- **OpenAI**: Supports all configuration options
- **Ollama**: Does not support `EMBEDDING_KEY` as it uses local models
- **Mistral**: Does not support `EMBEDDING_MODEL` or custom HTTP client
- **Jina**: Does not support custom HTTP client
- **HuggingFace**: Requires `EMBEDDING_KEY` and supports all other options
- **GoogleAI**: Does not support `EMBEDDING_URL`, requires `EMBEDDING_KEY`
- **VoyageAI**: Supports all configuration options

If `EMBEDDING_URL` and `EMBEDDING_KEY` are not specified, the system will attempt to use the corresponding LLM provider settings (e.g., `OPEN_AI_KEY` when `EMBEDDING_PROVIDER=openai`).

### Why Consistent Embedding Providers Matter

It's crucial to use the same embedding provider consistently because:

1. **Vector Compatibility**: Different providers produce vectors with different dimensions and mathematical properties
2. **Semantic Consistency**: Changing providers can break semantic similarity between previously embedded documents
3. **Memory Corruption**: Mixed embeddings can lead to poor search results and broken knowledge base functionality

If you change your embedding provider, you should flush and reindex your entire knowledge base (see `etester` utility below).

</details>

### Embedding Tester Utility (etester)

PentAGI includes a specialized `etester` utility for testing, managing, and debugging embedding functionality. This tool is essential for diagnosing and resolving issues related to vector embeddings and knowledge storage.

<details>
<summary><b>Etester Commands</b> (click to expand)</summary>

```bash
# Test embedding provider and database connection
cd backend
go run cmd/etester/main.go test -verbose

# Show statistics about the embedding database
go run cmd/etester/main.go info

# Delete all documents from the embedding database (use with caution!)
go run cmd/etester/main.go flush

# Recalculate embeddings for all documents (after changing provider)
go run cmd/etester/main.go reindex

# Search for documents in the embedding database
go run cmd/etester/main.go search -query "How to install PostgreSQL" -limit 5
```

### Using Docker

If you're running PentAGI in Docker, you can use etester from within the container:

```bash
# Test embedding provider
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/etester test

# Show detailed database information
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/etester info -verbose
```

### Advanced Search Options

The `search` command supports various filters to narrow down results:

```bash
# Filter by document type
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/etester search -query "Security vulnerability" -doc_type guide -threshold 0.8

# Filter by flow ID
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/etester search -query "Code examples" -doc_type code -flow_id 42

# All available search options
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/etester search -help
```

Available search parameters:
- `-query STRING`: Search query text (required)
- `-doc_type STRING`: Filter by document type (answer, memory, guide, code)
- `-flow_id NUMBER`: Filter by flow ID (positive number)
- `-answer_type STRING`: Filter by answer type (guide, vulnerability, code, tool, other)
- `-guide_type STRING`: Filter by guide type (install, configure, use, pentest, development, other)
- `-limit NUMBER`: Maximum number of results (default: 3)
- `-threshold NUMBER`: Similarity threshold (0.0-1.0, default: 0.7)

### Memory Lifecycle Across Flows

PentAGI stores several kinds of vector documents, and they serve different purposes:

- `memory` captures flow-specific execution history such as tool results and agent observations
- `guide`, `answer`, and `code` are intended for reusable knowledge that can help future runs

If you want to inspect what happened in one engagement, search the vector store with the related `flow_id`. If you want knowledge to survive beyond a single run, store the durable result explicitly as a `guide`, `answer`, or `code` document instead of relying on execution memory alone.

For example, if a target has recurring setup notes, authentication quirks, or target-specific testing methodology, instruct the agent to save that information as a `guide` and search for it at the beginning of the next engagement. This is the safest current workflow when you want a new flow to start with reusable context.

Flow deletion removes the flow from normal queries through PentAGI's soft-delete mechanism, so reusable knowledge should be treated as a separate concern from per-flow execution history. If you enable the optional Graphiti knowledge graph described earlier in this README, treat its current search context as scoped to the active flow or engagement unless you explicitly build a separate cross-flow reuse workflow.

### Common Troubleshooting Scenarios

1. **After changing embedding provider**: Always run `flush` or `reindex` to ensure consistency
2. **Poor search results**: Try adjusting the similarity threshold or check if embeddings are correctly generated
3. **Database connection issues**: Verify PostgreSQL is running with pgvector extension installed
4. **Missing API keys**: Check environment variables for your chosen embedding provider

</details>

### Troubleshooting: Flow Stalls or Hangs Without Progress

If a flow starts but then appears to wait indefinitely with no subtasks progressing, a common cause is an embedding provider that is misconfigured or unreachable. PentAGI uses the embedding provider to store and search vector memory while a flow runs, so embedding calls that fail or hang can leave a flow waiting instead of advancing.

**1. Check the container logs first.** Embedding errors surface in the PentAGI logs:

```bash
docker logs pentagi
```

Look for embedding-related failures such as authentication errors (401/403), wrong-model or not-found errors (404), connection timeouts, or TLS certificate errors. These point at the embedding provider configuration rather than at the flow itself.

**2. Validate the provider with etester.** The [Embedding Tester Utility (etester)](#embedding-tester-utility-etester) checks both the embedding provider and the database connection without starting a flow:

```bash
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/etester test -verbose
```

A failing `test` confirms the problem is in the embedding configuration rather than in the flow.

**3. Verify the configuration.** Check the following in your `.env` file against the [Supported Embedding Providers](#supported-embedding-providers) list and each provider's documented limitations:

- `EMBEDDING_PROVIDER` is one of the supported providers (default `openai`).
- `EMBEDDING_MODEL` is a valid model name for that provider.
- `EMBEDDING_URL` and `EMBEDDING_KEY` are correct for the provider. If both are left empty, PentAGI falls back to the matching LLM provider settings (for example `OPEN_AI_KEY` and `OPEN_AI_SERVER_URL` when `EMBEDDING_PROVIDER=openai`), so a missing or wrong key there can break embeddings too.
- The endpoint is reachable from inside the container. If outbound calls go through a proxy, confirm `PROXY_URL` is set; if calls hang rather than fail quickly, `HTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT` controls how long PentAGI waits on the provider before giving up.

> **Changing provider?** If you switch embedding providers after data has already been indexed, run `flush` or `reindex` with etester so old and new vectors are not mixed. See [Why Consistent Embedding Providers Matter](#why-consistent-embedding-providers-matter) above.

## Function Testing with ftester

PentAGI includes a versatile utility called `ftester` for debugging, testing, and developing specific functions and AI agent behaviors. While `ctester` focuses on testing LLM model capabilities, `ftester` allows you to directly invoke individual system functions and AI agent components with precise control over execution context.

### Key Features

- **Direct Function Access**: Test individual functions without running the entire system
- **Mock Mode**: Test functions without a live PentAGI deployment using built-in mocks
- **Interactive Input**: Fill function arguments interactively for exploratory testing
- **Detailed Output**: Color-coded terminal output with formatted responses and errors
- **Context-Aware Testing**: Debug AI agents within the context of specific flows, tasks, and subtasks
- **Observability Integration**: All function calls are logged to Langfuse and Observability stack

### Usage Modes

#### Command Line Arguments

Run ftester with specific function and arguments directly from the command line:

```bash
# Basic usage with mock mode
cd backend
go run cmd/ftester/main.go [function_name] -[arg1] [value1] -[arg2] [value2]

# Example: Test terminal command in mock mode
go run cmd/ftester/main.go terminal -command "ls -la" -message "List files"

# Using a real flow context
go run cmd/ftester/main.go -flow 123 terminal -command "whoami" -message "Check user"

# Testing AI agent in specific task/subtask context
go run cmd/ftester/main.go -flow 123 -task 456 -subtask 789 pentester -message "Find vulnerabilities"
```

#### Interactive Mode

Run ftester without arguments for a guided interactive experience:

```bash
# Start interactive mode
go run cmd/ftester/main.go [function_name]

# For example, to interactively fill browser tool arguments
go run cmd/ftester/main.go browser
```

<details>
<summary><b>Available Functions</b> (click to expand)</summary>

### Environment Functions
- **terminal**: Execute commands in a container and return the output
- **file**: Perform file operations (read, write, list) in a container

### Search Functions
- **browser**: Access websites and capture screenshots
- **google**: Search the web using Google Custom Search
- **duckduckgo**: Search the web using DuckDuckGo
- **tavily**: Search using Tavily AI search engine
- **firecrawl**: Search using Firecrawl with main-content markdown scraping
- **traversaal**: Search using Traversaal AI search engine
- **perplexity**: Search using Perplexity AI
- **sploitus**: Search for security exploits, vulnerabilities (CVEs), and pentesting tools
- **searxng**: Search using Searxng meta search engine (aggregates results from multiple engines)

### Vector Database Functions
- **search_in_memory**: Search for information in vector database
- **search_guide**: Find guidance documents in vector database
- **search_answer**: Find answers to questions in vector database
- **search_code**: Find code examples in vector database

### AI Agent Functions
- **advice**: Get expert advice from an AI agent
- **coder**: Request code generation or modification
- **maintenance**: Run system maintenance tasks
- **memorist**: Store and organize information in vector database
- **pentester**: Perform security tests and vulnerability analysis
- **search**: Complex search across multiple sources

### Utility Functions
- **describe**: Show information about flows, tasks, and subtasks

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>Debugging Flow Context</b> (click to expand)</summary>

The `describe` function provides detailed information about tasks and subtasks within a flow. This is particularly useful for diagnosing issues when PentAGI encounters problems or gets stuck.

```bash
# List all flows in the system
go run cmd/ftester/main.go describe

# Show all tasks and subtasks for a specific flow
go run cmd/ftester/main.go -flow 123 describe

# Show detailed information for a specific task
go run cmd/ftester/main.go -flow 123 -task 456 describe

# Show detailed information for a specific subtask
go run cmd/ftester/main.go -flow 123 -task 456 -subtask 789 describe

# Show verbose output with full descriptions and results
go run cmd/ftester/main.go -flow 123 describe -verbose
```

This function allows you to identify the exact point where a flow might be stuck and resume processing by directly invoking the appropriate agent function.

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>Function Help and Discovery</b> (click to expand)</summary>

Each function has a help mode that shows available parameters:

```bash
# Get help for a specific function
go run cmd/ftester/main.go [function_name] -help

# Examples:
go run cmd/ftester/main.go terminal -help
go run cmd/ftester/main.go browser -help
go run cmd/ftester/main.go describe -help
```

You can also run ftester without arguments to see a list of all available functions:

```bash
go run cmd/ftester/main.go
```

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>Output Format</b> (click to expand)</summary>

The `ftester` utility uses color-coded output to make interpretation easier:

- **Blue headers**: Section titles and key names
- **Cyan [INFO]**: General information messages
- **Green [SUCCESS]**: Successful operations
- **Red [ERROR]**: Error messages
- **Yellow [WARNING]**: Warning messages
- **Yellow [MOCK]**: Indicates mock mode operation
- **Magenta values**: Function arguments and results

JSON and Markdown responses are automatically formatted for readability.

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>Advanced Usage Scenarios</b> (click to expand)</summary>

### Debugging Stuck AI Flows

When PentAGI gets stuck in a flow:

1. Pause the flow through the UI
2. Use `describe` to identify the current task and subtask
3. Directly invoke the agent function with the same task/subtask IDs
4. Examine the detailed output to identify the issue
5. Resume the flow or manually intervene as needed

### Testing Environment Variables

Verify that API keys and external services are configured correctly:

```bash
# Test Google search API configuration
go run cmd/ftester/main.go google -query "pentesting tools"

# Test browser access to external websites
go run cmd/ftester/main.go browser -url "https://example.com"
```

### Developing New AI Agent Behaviors

When developing new prompt templates or agent behaviors:

1. Create a test flow in the UI
2. Use ftester to directly invoke the agent with different prompts
3. Observe responses and adjust prompts accordingly
4. Check Langfuse for detailed traces of all function calls

### Verifying Docker Container Setup

Ensure containers are properly configured:

```bash
go run cmd/ftester/main.go -flow 123 terminal -command "env | grep -i proxy" -message "Check proxy settings"
```

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>Docker Container Usage</b> (click to expand)</summary>

If you have PentAGI running in Docker, you can use ftester from within the container:

```bash
# Run ftester inside the running PentAGI container
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ftester [arguments]

# Examples:
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ftester -flow 123 describe
docker exec -it pentagi /opt/pentagi/bin/ftester -flow 123 terminal -command "ps aux" -message "List processes"
```

This is particularly useful for production deployments where you don't have a local development environment.

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>Integration with Observability Tools</b> (click to expand)</summary>

All function calls made through ftester are logged to:

1. **Langfuse**: Captures the entire AI agent interaction chain, including prompts, responses, and function calls
2. **OpenTelemetry**: Records metrics, traces, and logs for system performance analysis
3. **Terminal Output**: Provides immediate feedback on function execution

To access detailed logs:

- Check Langfuse UI for AI agent traces (typically at `http://localhost:4000`)
- Use Grafana dashboards for system metrics (typically at `http://localhost:3000`)
- Examine terminal output for immediate function results and errors

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### Command-line Options

The main utility accepts several options:

- `-env <path>` - Path to environment file (optional, default: `.env`)
- `-provider <type>` - Provider type to use (default: `custom`, options: `openai`, `anthropic`, `ollama`, `bedrock`, `gemini`, `custom`)
- `-flow <id>` - Flow ID for testing (0 means using mocks, default: `0`)
- `-task <id>` - Task ID for agent context (optional)
- `-subtask <id>` - Subtask ID for agent context (optional)

Function-specific arguments are passed after the function name using `-name value` format.

### Pentesting Prompt Methodology

When refining prompts for offensive security work, give the agent a clear methodology instead of a flat list of payloads:

1. Start with explicit scope, authorization, and success criteria
2. Map the application first: roles, routes, parameters, uploads, integrations, and trust boundaries
3. Prioritize attack surfaces systematically instead of testing everything at once
4. Validate findings with reproducible evidence before escalating to deeper exploitation
5. Finish with report-ready notes that capture impact, prerequisites, and next steps

For PentAGI-specific prompt guidance, see [`backend/docs/prompt_engineering_pentagi.md`](backend/docs/prompt_engineering_pentagi.md). For a practical starting point, reuse and adapt [`examples/prompts/base_web_pentest.md`](examples/prompts/base_web_pentest.md) to match the target application, technology stack, and engagement scope.

## Building

### Building Docker Image

The Docker build process automatically embeds version information from git tags. To properly version your build, use the provided scripts:

#### Linux/macOS

```bash
# Load version variables
source ./scripts/version.sh

# Standard build
docker build \
  --build-arg PACKAGE_VER=$PACKAGE_VER \
  --build-arg PACKAGE_REV=$PACKAGE_REV \
  -t pentagi:$PACKAGE_VER .

# Multi-platform build
docker buildx build \
  --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 \
  --build-arg PACKAGE_VER=$PACKAGE_VER \
  --build-arg PACKAGE_REV=$PACKAGE_REV \
  -t pentagi:$PACKAGE_VER .

# Build and push
docker buildx build \
  --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 \
  --build-arg PACKAGE_VER=$PACKAGE_VER \
  --build-arg PACKAGE_REV=$PACKAGE_REV \
  -t myregistry/pentagi:$PACKAGE_VER \
  --push .
```

#### Windows (PowerShell)

```powershell
# Load version variables
. .\scripts\version.ps1

# Standard build
docker build `
  --build-arg PACKAGE_VER=$env:PACKAGE_VER `
  --build-arg PACKAGE_REV=$env:PACKAGE_REV `
  -t pentagi:$env:PACKAGE_VER .

# Multi-platform build
docker buildx build `
  --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 `
  --build-arg PACKAGE_VER=$env:PACKAGE_VER `
  --build-arg PACKAGE_REV=$env:PACKAGE_REV `
  -t pentagi:$env:PACKAGE_VER .
```

#### Quick build without version

For development builds without version tracking:

```bash
docker build -t pentagi:dev .
```

> [!NOTE]
> - The build scripts automatically determine version from git tags
> - Release builds (on tag commit) have no revision suffix
> - Development builds (after tag) include commit hash as revision (e.g., `1.1.0-bc6e800`)
> - To use the built image locally, update the image name in `docker-compose.yml` or use the `build` option

## Credits

This project is made possible thanks to the following research and developments:
- [Emerging Architectures for LLM Applications](https://lilianweng.github.io/posts/2023-06-23-agent)
- [A Survey of Autonomous LLM Agents](https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.08299)
- [Codel](https://github.com/semanser/codel) by Andriy Semenets - initial architectural inspiration for agent-based automation

## License

**PentAGI** is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE).

Copyright (c) 2025 PentAGI Development Team

### Third-Party Dependencies

All third-party dependencies use MIT-compatible licenses. See [licenses/](licenses/) directory for detailed license reports.

### VXControl Cloud Services

⚠️ **Note:** While the VXControl Cloud SDK code is MIT licensed, accessing **VXControl Cloud Services** (threat intelligence, AI support, premium features) requires a separate License Key and compliance with [Terms of Service](https://github.com/vxcontrol/cloud#license-and-terms).

The SDK code itself is free to use - service access requires registration.

For questions contact: **info@pentagi.com** or **info@vxcontrol.com**
