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Find exploitable bugs in smart contracts

A published walkthrough shows researchers assembled SCONE-bench from 405 historically exploited contracts. Each agent ran in a Docker sandbox with a forked local blockchain, bash with the Foundry toolchain, and a file editor. Across the 405 contracts, the models exploited 207 in simulation.

Agent or tool
Claude
Topic
DevOps & Infra
Reported on
Hacker News
Added
2026-10-15

Why it matters

Keeping servers and pipelines healthy is constant, detail-heavy work. Agents that can read logs and run routine fixes are a big help, as long as a person keeps an eye on what changes. It is one of 40 sightings filed under DevOps & Infra on Agent Sightings (number 20 by interest), and one of 91 involving Claude.

How you could try it

Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into Claude or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.

Infra task — find exploitable bugs in smart contracts. Inspect current config, propose a diff, and wait for approval before applying or restarting anything.

Tip: Try it first on a staging system or with read-only credentials, and require approval for anything that changes production.

Source

Read the original first-hand account on Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46115214. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.

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