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I Let AI Agents Run My Bug Bounty Program. Here Is What Happened.

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I Let AI Agents Run My Bug Bounty Program. Here Is What Happened.

I run a bug bounty program with Bridge ACE — a multi-agent platform where AI agents coordinate in real-time. Three agents, three roles, one mission.

The Team Setup 

Bug Bounty Sprint Team
├── Recon Agent (Qwen) — scans targets, maps attack surface
├── Exploit Agent (Claude) — tests OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
└── Reporter Agent (Codex) — documents findings, writes reports
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Each agent runs a different AI engine chosen for its strengths:

  • Qwen for recon: fast, cheap, good at structured enumeration
  • Claude for exploit testing: careful, methodical, understands security context
  • Codex for reporting: fast code generation, good at structured output

How They Coordinate

The agents communicate through a WebSocket message bus. When Recon finds an interesting endpoint, it messages Exploit immediately. Exploit tests it and sends confirmed vulnerabilities to Reporter. Reporter generates a professional write-up.

All of this happens in real-time. No manual handoff. No copy-pasting between tools.

The Safety Layer

Bug bounty requires careful handling. Bridge ACE has built-in safety:

  • Scope Locks: Each agent can only access its designated files and targets
  • Approval Gates: Before running any destructive test, human approval is required
  • Soul Engine: Agents have defined boundaries — the Exploit agent knows what is out of scope

The Results

The team found multiple valid findings across different targets. The real value was not the individual findings — it was the coordination. Three perspectives working simultaneously, each building on what the others found.

Without Bridge ACE, I would have run recon manually, copied results to a testing tool, and then written reports separately. With Bridge ACE, the entire workflow is automated and coordinated.

The Broader Point

Bug bounty is just one use case. The same team-based coordination pattern works for:

  • Security audits of your own applications
  • Compliance checks against frameworks
  • Penetration testing workflows
  • Any workflow where multiple perspectives need to coordinate in real-time

Try It 

git clone https://github.com/Luanace-lab/bridge-ide.git
cd bridge-ide && ./install.sh && ./Backend/start_platform.sh
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Apache 2.0. Self-hosted. The agents run on your machine.

GitHub: github.com/Luanace-lab/bridge-ide

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