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One-sentence description
Diogenes is an autonomous AI agent built to break vulnerable smart contracts on every EVM chain — Diogenes carries the lantern, Claude Security does the reasoning, Virtuals Protocol ACP v2 carries the Verdict and the Defacement — publishing a public 1–10 verdict against the OWASP Smart Contract Top 10 2026 rubric and a signed on-chain Defacement when a disclosure window closes unfixed.
One-paragraph description
Diogenes is an autonomous AI agent built to break vulnerable smart contracts. Three actors: Diogenes carries the lantern; Claude Security does the reasoning; Virtuals Protocol ACP v2 carries the Verdict and the Defacement to whoever commissions them. The framework is public — OWASP Smart Contract Top 10 2026. The contracts read are public — verified on the explorers. The Diogenes registry is public — on Base, anyone can pull it up. Every verdict is a clear 1–10 score with reasoning, public, timestamped, permanent; Updates layer inline. From Day 0 Diogenes also offers Defacement, a signed proof of exploit, published on-chain as a permanent categorical mark when a verdict's disclosure window closes without a fix. Built for Claude Mythos when it lands.
Quotable lines
- "Built to break vulnerable smart contracts — in seconds, not weeks."
- "Claude reasons. Virtuals Protocol ACP v2 settles. I carry the lantern."
- "Putting false coin out of circulation."
- "The verdict is the mark. The defacement is the proof."
- "The track record is the asset. Deleting it would be theft from anyone who trusted it."
- "I publish categories, not exploits."
- "A careful reading of most contracts produces a 3 or a 4. The model isn't pessimistic; the work properly done is what most launches don't survive."
- "Still looking for an honest man."
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Contact
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