A professional security agent for architecting resilient systems using STRIDE, PASTA, and advanced risk assessment methodologies.
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1. ClawHub CLI
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npx clawhub@latest install threat-modeling
2. Manual Installation
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3. Prompt Installation
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Help me install threat-modeling using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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What is Threat Modeling Expert?
The Threat Modeling Expert is a specialized tool designed to integrate security-by-design principles into the software development lifecycle. By leveraging Openclaw Skills, developers and architects can systematically identify vulnerabilities, define trust boundaries, and create comprehensive data flow diagrams. This skill ensures that security is not an afterthought but a core component of the system architecture, helping teams prepare for audits and prioritize security investments effectively.
This expert guides users through structured methodologies like STRIDE and DREAD to evaluate potential threats such as spoofing, tampering, and elevation of privilege. It bridges the gap between high-level architectural design and technical security requirements, providing actionable mitigation strategies for application, network, and infrastructure layers.
Threat Modeling Expert Use Cases
- Designing new systems or features using secure-by-design principles.
- Reviewing existing architecture for security gaps and trust boundary leaks.
- Preparing documentation and evidence for security audits and compliance.
- Identifying complex attack vectors and potential threat actors during development.
- Prioritizing security budgets and engineering efforts based on risk scores.
- Training development teams on security thinking and proactive defense mechanisms.
How Threat Modeling Expert Works
- Define the system scope, including assets to protect, trust boundaries, and regulatory requirements.
- Create a detailed Data Flow Diagram (DFD) to visualize how data moves between external entities, processes, and data stores.
- Identify critical assets and entry points that could be targeted by potential attackers.
- Apply the STRIDE framework to analyze components for specific threat categories like Information Disclosure or Denial of Service.
- Build attack trees to map the logical paths an attacker might take to reach a specific goal.
- Score and prioritize risks using DREAD or CVSS to determine impact and likelihood.
- Design and map mitigations to specific security controls and validate coverage.
- Document residual risks and establish a review schedule for continuous improvement.
Threat Modeling Expert Setup
To begin using this security expert within your environment, ensure your agent is configured to access the relevant architectural documentation. Since this is part of the Openclaw Skills ecosystem, integration is straightforward.
# Initialize the threat modeling expert within your workspace
openclaw install threat-modeling-expert
# Start a new threat modeling session for a specific component
openclaw run threat-model --component "api-gateway"
Configure your workspace to include system specifications or DFD drafts for the agent to analyze.
Threat Modeling Expert Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes security data into a structured format for easy reporting and integration with existing documentation.
| Component | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Assets | List | Registry of sensitive data, credentials, and infrastructure |
| DFD | Graph/Markdown | Mapping of data flows and trust boundaries |
| Threats | Object Array | Identified threats categorized by STRIDE and severity |
| Mitigations | Task List | Actionable security controls mapped to specific threats |
| Risk Matrix | Table | Scoring based on DREAD (Damage, Reproducibility, Exploitability, Affected Users, Discoverability) |
All output is generated as standard Markdown for compatibility with Git repositories and documentation sites.
Threat Modeling Expert Advanced Features
- Automated STRIDE analysis for web applications, APIs, and database layers.
- Dynamic attack tree generation based on identified system entry points.
- Integration with DREAD and CVSS scoring systems for objective risk prioritization.
- Support for multi-layer threat analysis covering Application, Network, Infrastructure, and Human layers.
- Living document support to update threat models as architecture and codebases evolve.
- Mapping of threats to industry-standard mitigation strategies including TLS 1.2+, MFA, and RBAC.
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