I built a Claude Code coach for those moments when you’re stuck but don’t want to open a walkthrough
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So I built thm-claude-kit, a free/open-source Claude Code setup I originally made for myself.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.
