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# [Building AI Pentester Week 3: Recon Got Better When I Stopped Treating It Like Output Collection](https://ai-pentester.hashnode.dev/building-ai-pentester-week-3-recon-got-better-when-i-stopped-treating-it-like-output-collection?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

This week I worked on recon, but the real problem was not adding more tooling. The real problem was making recon useful to the stages that come after it. At the start of the week, AI Pentester could a

Sep 3 · 3 min read · ai-pentester.hashnode.dev  
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