Reasoning Engine
HunterX applies AI-assisted reasoning to security assessment. Its value is not raw AI belief — it is a disciplined reasoning pipeline over canonical observations that produces evidence-backed, explainable findings.
Reasoning over observations
Raw tool output is never a verdict. HunterX applies the canonical pipeline:
tool output → parser → normalizer → canonical observation → correlation →
hypothesis → verification → evidence → proof → PoC → replay → finding
The reasoning engine works over canonical observations — normalized, structured results from every tool in the orchestration layer — so reasoning is grounded in what was actually observed.
The reasoning workflow
DISCOVER → FINGERPRINT → REASON → HYPOTHESIZE → PROBE → VERIFY → PROVE →
POC → REPLAY → CORRELATE → REPORT
- Hypothesize — form security hypotheses from observed attack surface.
- Probe — run targeted, scope-aware tests through the toolchain.
- Verify — validate hypotheses with evidence and independent verification.
- Prove — engineer a minimal safe proof, replay it, confirm reproducibility.
- Correlate — connect observations, findings and evidence across tools and missions.
Evidence-gated confidence
Confidence is a versioned, weighted policy over named factors:
- detection evidence
- behavioral evidence
- independent verification
- impact evidence
- PoC reproducibility
- evidence quality
- scope certainty
- target stability
A high AI confidence score is never a substitute for evidence.
Known vs unknown behavior
For behavior that matches a known signature, HunterX applies the relevant proof contract and validates deterministically. For behavior that does not match a known signature, it follows a hypothesis-driven loop:
Unknown Behavior → Observation → Hypothesis → Experiment → Unexpected Result →
New Hypothesis → Minimal Proof Strategy → Replay → Evidence → Candidate Finding
Novel findings remain candidates until sufficient evidence exists. This is hypothesis-driven discovery and investigation — not a claim of guaranteed zero-day discovery.
Explainability
Every validation verdict and finding transition records its reason. Confidence calculations are weighted, auditable aggregates over named factors; reports trace every statement to observation, evidence, validation, proof, impact, tool result, target intelligence or explicit analyst reasoning.