Senior-level skill, junior-level autonomy: Claude reproduces a firmware analysis

What was done

Bishop Fox gave Claude Code an encrypted appliance image and had it repeat research a senior engineer had done by hand; it succeeded with two nudges.

Where the human stepped in

Claude stalled twice and didn't recognise it was stuck; a researcher redirected it each time. Bishop Fox sums it up as trusting the skill but not yet the judgement.

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Firmware and hardwareResearch

Target: SonicWall NSv firmware image

Senior-level skill, junior-level autonomy: Claude reproduces a firmware analysis

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What was done

Bishop Fox gave Claude Code an encrypted appliance image and had it repeat research a senior engineer had done by hand; it succeeded with two nudges.

Where the human stepped in

Claude stalled twice and didn't recognise it was stuck; a researcher redirected it each time. Bishop Fox sums it up as trusting the skill but not yet the judgement.