TraceTree: Using Codex to fix a malware-detection verdict bug

Short summary

TraceTree is a malware-scanning tool combining radare2 disassembly, YARA rules, and an ML pipeline to flag risky files with a dashboard verdict. The author used Codex with GPT-5.6 during OpenAI Build Week to fix a bug where dangerous scans showed as caution instead of danger. The key lesson: narrow, scoped prompts to AI agents yield verifiable results while broad scans waste credits.

• •TraceTree combines radare2, YARA, and ML to scan files for malicious behavior
• •Codex with GPT-5.6 helped trace a verdict bug across orchestrator, server, and frontend
• •Key lesson: scoped prompts to AI agents produce verifiable results; broad scans waste credits

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