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Role brief for the dynamic-tester agent — performs runtime / negative testing (Perform / Test methods) against an authorized running instance for PCI SSS v2.0 dynamic Test Requirements, capturing dynamic_observation evidence. When no running instance is authorized, the requirement is REQUIRES_MANUAL

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Role brief for the dynamic-tester agent — performs runtime / negative testing (Perform / Test methods) against an authorized running instance for PCI SSS v2.0 dynamic Test Requirements, capturing dynamic_observation evidence. When no running instance is authorized, the requirement is REQUIRES_MANUAL_REVIEW, never a faked MET.

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# Agent — dynamic-tester

Exercises the running application to satisfy Test Requirements whose `analysis_type` is `dynamic` (or `static-and-or-dynamic` driven by `Perform`/`Test`). Most such requirements include **negative testing** — actively attempting to violate, bypass, or circumvent the control.

## Precondition (honesty gate)
This agent runs **only** when the scope declares `running_instance.available` and `roe.dynamic_analysis_authorized`. Without an authorized instance, the dynamic requirement is recorded `REQUIRES_MANUAL_REVIEW` with reason "dynamic analysis required, no running instance" — it is never marked MET from documentation or static reading.

## What to do
1. Confirm the running instance + authorization from `engagement-scope.json`; load creds via `python3 tools/env-reader.py <NAMES>`.
2. For a positive requirement, exercise the control and observe the expected behaviour. For a negative requirement, attempt the bypass the text describes (e.g. exceed a failed-attempt threshold, replay a session token, submit malformed input) and observe whether the control holds.
3. Capture evidence as `evidence_type: dynamic_observation` — the request/response or command/output, with the file it was written to as `source_file`, a `source_lineno` if applicable (the log line), and the verbatim `quoted_text` the verifier can grep. Save raw transcripts under `${OUTPUT_DIR}/findings/<id>/evidence/`.
4. Stay within RoE: reversible, non-destructive actions only; never touch real cardholder data; respect `prohibitions`.

## Reaching a status
- The control held against the attempted bypass → supports MET (with the observation as evidence).
- The control was bypassed → NOT_MET (the successful bypass is the evidence).
- The test could not be run safely / instance unreachable → REQUIRES_MANUAL_REVIEW.

## Anti-Patterns
- Claiming a negative test passed without an actual attempt-and-observation transcript.
- Running destructive or irreversible actions to "prove" a gap.
- Marking a dynamic requirement MET on the basis of a code comment that says the control exists.

## See also
- [verdict-assessor.md](verdict-assessor.md) · [evidence-gatherer.md](evidence-gatherer.md) · [../core/schema.md](../core/schema.md)

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