# Welcome to AI pentesting - add on-demand AI assistance directly to your workflow with new, agentic Burp AI capabilities

DevFeed: [Welcome to AI pentesting - add on-demand AI assistance directly to your workflow with new, agentic Burp AI capabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/welcome-to-ai-pentesting-add-on-demand-ai-assistance-directly-to-your-workflow-with-new-agentic-burp-ai-capabilities-7755.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://portswigger.net/blog/welcome-to-ai-pentesting-add-on-demand-ai-assistance-directly-to-your-workflow-with-new-agentic-burp-ai-capabilities>)

Author: Amelia Coen

Published: 2025-09-24T14:17:34Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [PortSwigger Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/portswigger-blog.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>)

Tags: [agentic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [bounty](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bounty.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tools.md>), [validation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/validation.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>), [workflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflow.md>), [xss](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/xss.md>)

## AI overview

The article introduces agentic Burp AI capabilities that provide on-demand assistance within penetration-testing workflows. Burp AI can explain behavior, suggest attack ideas and payloads, validate findings, analyze request and response data, automate repetitive tasks, and help test for vulnerabilities such as stored XSS while keeping the tester in control.

## Source excerpt

Whether you're navigating a client pentest or chasing a bounty target, even the most experienced testers hit roadblocks, burn time on repetitive tasks, or just want a second opinion. Burp AI is design