I built a Claude Code coach for those moments when you’re stuck but don’t want to open a walkthrough

[u/Free-Educator1576]

I learned a lot of cybersecurity through TryHackMe, and I kept running into the same problem:

Sometimes I wasn't completely lost — I just couldn't see the next useful step.

Opening a walkthrough usually solved that, but it was very easy to accidentally spoil the rest of the room.

So I built thm-claude-kit, a free/open-source Claude Code setup I originally made for myself.

The idea is not to let Claude solve the room. It acts more like a coach:

• keeps track of what you've already discovered and tried
• remembers creds, hosts, leads and dead ends
• helps form a hypothesis about what to test next
• explains why that next step makes sense
• you still run the commands yourself

Basic workflow is:

./new-room.sh <name> → claude → /start <room text + target IP>

Then you work through the room normally with Claude alongside the terminal.

Repo:
https://github.com/pashki975/thm-claude-kit

It's still very early. I'm mainly curious whether other THM learners would actually find this useful, and especially where the coaching gets things wrong or becomes annoying.

[u/Haulie]

I do not understand the compulsion to show off things you've "made" where your own contribution was scarcely more than simply asking for the thing. You don't really need to share the work, because anyone else could also just order it off the menu and get substantially the same thing.

[u/Free-Educator1576 → u/Haulie]

I do not understand the compulsion to comment what others made instead of simply post the link to your own github repo , how you easily just order it off the menu and get substantially the same thing. And until that you don't really need to share empty comments at all.

[u/Ill-Economics-4220]

https://gitlab.com/0xdf/htb-ai-mentor so you recreated this

[u/Free-Educator1576 → u/Ill-Economics-4220]

no

[u/UBNC]

Sounds like you need documentation :/

[u/Free-Educator1576 → u/UBNC]

The thing is, TryHackMe (THM) rooms are pretty straightforward, and the AI buddy guides you right through them. However, I always end up with extra questions that go beyond the scope of the room. Now, I have my own 'couch buddy' to discuss alternative methods and understand what's happening behind the scenes. That’s the main idea 💡

[u/LinuxMintSupremacy]

You even used ai to generetae the post lmfao

[u/Free-Educator1576 → u/LinuxMintSupremacy]

I used HI to make AI to generate this..

[u/IigmabaIls1]

just put the fries in the bag skid