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CrowdSec — Open-Source Collaborative IPS/IDPS/WAF

Deploy, configure, and manage CrowdSec — the open-source security engine that detects and blocks malicious actors using behavior-based patterns and community blocklists.

Why Install This Skill

When your agent loads this skill, it becomes a CrowdSec security engineer who can:

  • Install and configure — Security Engine on Linux or Docker, remediation components
  • Manage with cscli — hub collections, parsers, scenarios, and bouncers
  • Set up the AppSec WAF — HTTP request inspection for web applications
  • Configure profiles and notifications — tailored response and alerting
  • Monitor and troubleshoot — metrics, alerts, decisions, and health checks

What You Get

Directory Purpose
SKILL.md Safety-gated workflow for deployment, detection-to-blocking, cscli operations, AppSec, and troubleshooting
references/ Focused guides for configuration, cscli, AppSec WAF, Docker, bouncers, operations, databases, hardening, collections, and troubleshooting
evals/ Five representative deployment, triage, WAF, mutation-safety, and no-data cases

Quick Start

Start with the setup and first workflow in SKILL.md, then use the linked resources for the specific task you need to complete.

Triggers

Load this when setting up or troubleshooting CrowdSec, or when you need an IPS/IDPS/WAF for your infrastructure.

Requirements

Linux server for installation. Docker for containerized deployment. Standard shell tools.