# Cognitive DAST Automation

> Use this tool when you need to automate dynamic application security testing and gain cognitive vulnerability insights. It solves problems of manual security testing and limited risk analysis by orchestrating scans and providing actionable risk scores, remediation priorities, and business impact assessments. The tool takes web applications as input and outputs JSON or SARIF formatted results for integration with CI/CD pipelines and security dashboards.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/ravincheela-cognitive-dast-automation  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/ravincheela-cognitive-dast-automation

## Description

Automates dynamic application security testing by orchestrating OWASP ZAP scans with Google Gemini AI for cognitive vulnerability analysis. Integrates ZAP's web application scanning capabilities with Gemini's natural language processing to provide risk scoring, remediation prioritization, and business impact assessment beyond traditional security tool outputs. Supports both JSON and SARIF output formats for integration with CI/CD pipelines and security dashboards, making it useful for automated security testing workflows that require intelligent analysis and actionable insights from scan results.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.81
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** devops-ci
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/ravincheela-cognitive-dast-automation)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/ravincheela/cognitive-dast-automation>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "ravincheela-cognitive-dast-automation"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/ravincheela-cognitive-dast-automation` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/ravincheela-cognitive-dast-automation/pull`

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