{"slug":"atheris-2","title":"atheris","summary":"Use when a user needs to run coverage-guided fuzzing with Atheris against Python code or a Python native extension. Not for remote, credential, publish, deploy, or irreversible changes.","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-30T19:49:52.395381Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/OutlineDriven/outline-driven-development","stars":54,"forks":10,"license":"Apache-2.0","updatedAt":"2026-09-28T03:16:21Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: atheris\ndescription: 'Use when a user needs to run coverage-guided fuzzing with Atheris against Python code or a Python native extension. Not for remote, credential, publish, deploy, or irreversible changes.'\ndisable-model-invocation: true</h2>\n<h1>Atheris</h1>\n<h2>Contract</h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Field</th>\n<th>Bound contract</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Trigger</td>\n<td>User needs coverage-guided fuzzing for Python code or a Python native extension using Atheris.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Authority</td>\n<td>Reversible local: writes only the Atheris harness file, a corpus directory, and when required for dependency management <code>pyproject.toml</code> and <code>uv.lock</code> in the harness directory; rollback is deleting the harness file and corpus directory and restoring <code>pyproject.toml</code> and <code>uv.lock</code> to their pre-run state. No remote mutation. No source under test is mutated.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Side effect</td>\n<td>Local writes: a <code>fuzz.py</code> (or named) harness, a <code>corpus/</code> directory of seed and crash artifacts, and a transient fuzzing process.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Done</td>\n<td>Atheris executes an instrumented target through a deterministic <code>TestOneInput</code> harness, reports coverage, and any saved crash artifact reproduces the same failure when replayed.</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<h2>Inputs</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Target: the Python function or module to fuzz, or the Python C extension to fuzz. Required.</li>\n<li>Target kind: pure Python, or native C extension. Required; it selects the instrumentation and build path.</li>\n<li>Expected exceptions: the exception types the target legitimately raises on bad input, so the harness catches them instead of crashing. Optional but recommended.</li>\n<li>Seed corpus: initial input files for <code>corpus/</code>. Optional; Atheris can start empty.</li>\n<li>Time/length budget: <code>-max_total_time</code> and <code>-max_len</code> values. Optional; defaults are libFuzzer defaults.</li>\n<li>Sanitizers: whether AddressSanitizer and/or UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer are enabled. Optional; ASan is the default for native extensions.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Procedure</h2>\n<ol>\n<li><p><strong>Determine target kind.</strong> If the target is pure Python, follow the pure-Python path. If it is a C extension compiled from source, follow the native-extension path. Do not guess; ask the user when the kind is ambiguous. Done when: the target kind is determined as pure Python or native C extension.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p><strong>Install Atheris.</strong> If the harness directory is not already a uv project (no <code>pyproject.toml</code> present), run <code>uv init --bare</code> once. Then <code>uv add atheris</code>. Verify with <code>python -c \"import atheris; print(atheris.__version__)\"</code>. Done when: Atheris is installed and importable.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p><strong>Write the harness</strong> (<code>fuzz.py</code> or a named file). The harness must be deterministic: no <code>random</code>, <code>time</code>, or other nondeterministic input inside <code>TestOneInput</code>.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Decorate the entry point with <code>@atheris.instrument_func</code>.</li>\n<li>Define <code>TestOneInput(data: bytes)</code>. Return early on inputs too short to be meaningful. Call the target. Catch only the expected exception types and <code>pass</code>; let every other exception propagate so the fuzzer records it as a crash.</li>\n<li>In <code>main()</code>, call <code>atheris.Setup(sys.argv, TestOneInput)</code> then <code>atheris.Fuzz()</code>.</li>\n<li>For structured input, use <code>atheris.FuzzedDataProvider(data)</code> to split one <code>bytes</code> input into typed values (<code>ConsumeUnicodeNoSurrogates</code>, <code>ConsumeBool</code>, <code>ConsumeIntInRange</code>, etc.). Draw in a fixed order; once the buffer runs dry each remaining method returns a zero-value of its type. Do not slice <code>data</code> by hand when the target takes several typed arguments, because every mutation shifts the byte offsets of everything after it. Done when: the harness is written with a deterministic <code>TestOneInput</code> and <code>main()</code>.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><p><strong>Instrument pure-Python targets.</strong> Wrap imports of the code under test in <code>with atheris.instrument_imports():</code> so coverage is collected. Do not import the target module after <code>atheris.Setup()</code>. Use <code>atheris.instrument_func</code> for a single function, <code>atheris.instrument_imports()</code> for selected modules, or <code>atheris.instrument_all()</code> only when system-wide instrumentation is intended. Done when: the target is instrumented with the appropriate Atheris mechanism.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p><strong>Build native C extensions with instrumentation.</strong> Before installing the extension from source, export:</p>\n<pre><code>CC=clang\nCXX=clang++\nCFLAGS=\"-fsanitize=address,fuzzer-no-link\"\nCXXFLAGS=\"-fsanitize=address,fuzzer-no-link\"\nLDSHARED=\"clang -shared\"\nLDSHAREDXX=\"clang++ -shared\"\n</code></pre>\n<p>For uv-managed projects, set <code>no-binary = [\"&lt;pkg&gt;\"]</code> under <code>[tool.uv]</code> in <code>pyproject.toml</code> and run <code>uv sync --reinstall-package &lt;pkg&gt;</code> so the package is built from source; a later <code>uv sync</code> can otherwise silently swap in an uninstrumented wheel. Add <code>undefined</code> to the sanitizer list (<code>-fsanitize=address,undefined,fuzzer-no-link</code>) when UBSan is requested. Done when: the native extension is built from source with sanitizer and fuzzer instrumentation flags.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p><strong>Configure the native-extension runtime.</strong> Set <code>LD_PRELOAD</code> to the Atheris sanitizer shared library:</p>\n<pre><code>export LD_PRELOAD=\"$(python -c 'import atheris, os; print(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(atheris.__file__), \"asan_with_fuzzer.so\"))')\"\n</code></pre>\n<p>Set <code>ASAN_OPTIONS=\"allocator_may_return_null=1,detect_leaks=0\"</code> to suppress allocation-failure and leak noise. Set <code>ASAN_SYMBOLIZER_PATH</code> to the <code>llvm-symbolizer</code> for the installed clang when stack traces are needed. Done when: <code>LD_PRELOAD</code> and <code>ASAN_OPTIONS</code> are set for the native-extension runtime.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p><strong>Create the corpus.</strong> <code>mkdir corpus</code> and add seed inputs as individual files. Run <code>uv run python fuzz.py corpus/</code> so libFuzzer loads and grows the corpus. Minimize a merged corpus with <code>uv run python fuzz.py -merge=1 new_corpus/ old_corpus/</code>. Done when: the corpus directory is created and seeded.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p><strong>Run the campaign.</strong> <code>uv run python fuzz.py corpus/</code> with optional <code>-max_total_time=&lt;seconds&gt;</code>, <code>-max_len=&lt;bytes&gt;</code>, and <code>-workers=N -jobs=N</code> for parallel exploration. Read the output: <code>NEW cov: X</code> means new coverage and corpus growth; <code>ERROR: libFuzzer</code> means a crash was detected and a crash artifact was written. Done when: the campaign runs and produces coverage output or crash artifacts.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p><strong>Reproduce failures.</strong> A crash artifact (named <code>crash-*</code> or <code>leak-*</code>) is written next to the harness. Replay it deterministically with <code>uv run python fuzz.py &lt;artifact&gt;</code> and confirm the same failure recurs. Done when: each saved artifact reproduces the same failure or is classified as nondeterministic.</p>\n</li>\n</ol>\n<h2>Failure and recovery</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>No coverage increase. Cause: poor seed corpus or target not instrumented. Recovery: add representative seeds; confirm <code>instrument_imports()</code> wraps the target imports and <code>@atheris.instrument_func</code> wraps the entry point. Do not declare success on a stall.</li>\n<li>Import errors / modules imported before instrumentation. Recovery: move the target imports inside the <code>atheris.instrument_imports()</code> context manager, before <code>atheris.Setup()</code>.</li>\n<li>Segfault with no ASan output. Cause: <code>LD_PRELOAD</code> not set for a native extension. Recovery: export <code>LD_PRELOAD</code> to <code>asan_with_fuzzer.so</code> and rerun.</li>\n<li>Build failures for a native extension. Cause: wrong compiler or missing flags. Recovery: verify <code>CC</code>, <code>CXX</code>, <code>CFLAGS</code>, <code>CXXFLAGS</code>, and the clang version; configure <code>no-binary = [\"&lt;pkg&gt;\"]</code> under <code>[tool.uv]</code> and run <code>uv sync --reinstall-package &lt;pkg&gt;</code>.</li>\n<li>Memory-allocation or leak noise. Recovery: set <code>ASAN_OPTIONS=allocator_may_return_null=1,detect_leaks=0</code>.</li>\n<li>Crash artifact does not reproduce. Cause: nondeterminism in the harness (randomness, time, unordered iteration over mutable state). Recovery: remove the nondeterminism so <code>TestOneInput</code> is a pure function of <code>data</code>, then rerun. A non-reproducing crash is not a confirmed defect.</li>\n<li>Partial-result rule. A campaign that finds no crash is a partial result (coverage gained, no defect proven), not proof of absence. Report coverage and corpus growth; do not claim the target is bug-free.</li>\n<li>Rollback. Delete the harness file and the <code>corpus/</code> directory. Restore <code>pyproject.toml</code> and <code>uv.lock</code> to their pre-run state, or if they were created by this skill, remove the added atheris entry and <code>no-binary</code> configuration. The source under test is never modified by this skill.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Output</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A deterministic, instrumented Atheris harness file.</li>\n<li>A <code>corpus/</code> directory of seed and discovered inputs, plus any <code>crash-*</code>/<code>leak-*</code> artifacts.</li>\n<li>A campaign report: coverage reached, corpus size, executions per second, and for each crash artifact a confirmed reproduction (same failure on replay) or a nondeterminism flag.</li>\n<li>Terminal classification per crash: <strong>confirmed defect</strong> (reproduces), <strong>nondeterministic</strong> (does not reproduce), or <strong>no crash found</strong> (partial result, not proof of absence).</li>\n</ul>\n","files":[{"path":"agents/openai.yaml","sizeBytes":219,"isText":true},{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":8562,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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