cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use ZIRAN in your research, please cite it as below."
title: "ZIRAN: AI Agent Security Testing"
type: software
authors:
  - name: "TaoQ AI"
    website: "https://www.taoq.ai"
  - family-names: "Lage Perdigao"
    given-names: "Leone"
    email: "leone@taoq.ai"
repository-code: "https://github.com/taoq-ai/ziran"
url: "https://taoq-ai.github.io/ziran/"
license: Apache-2.0
keywords:
  - ai-security
  - agent-testing
  - llm-security
  - red-teaming
  - prompt-injection
  - tool-chain-analysis
abstract: >-
  ZIRAN is an open-source security testing framework for AI agents.
  It discovers dangerous tool chain compositions via knowledge graph
  analysis, testing not just individual prompts but how tool combinations
  create attack paths in agents with tools, memory, and multi-step reasoning.
date-released: "2026-02-09"
version: "0.9.0"
