picocom-claude-skill

This skill enables Claude to interact with IoT device UART consoles through picocom and a custom Python serial helper script for reliable communication. It supports device enumeration, vulnerability discovery, bootloader manipulation, privilege escalation, firmware extraction, and persistence establishment on embedded systems. The skill provides guidance on connection setup, console state detection, interactive command execution, and common IoT exploitation scenarios including direct root shell access, login bypass, U-Boot bootloader manipulation, and shell escape techniques. All serial activity is logged for real-time monitoring and analysis during penetration testing operations.

Install picocom and python3-serial dependencies, then symlink the skill to ~/.claude/skills/picocom. Grant serial port permissions with 'sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER'. Ask Claude to help with IoT device testing, specifying the serial device path (e.g., /dev/ttyUSB0). Monitor all serial activity in real-time by running 'tail -f /tmp/serial_session.log' in another terminal.