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# Variables and Exports

> Data flow and parameter management

Manage data flow between steps using parameters and exports.

## Parameters

### Defining Parameters

```yaml  theme={null}
params:
  - name: target
    required: true
    description: Target domain

  - name: threads
    default: "10"
    description: Thread count

  - name: wordlist
    default: "{{Data}}/wordlists/common.txt"
```

### Using Parameters

```yaml  theme={null}
steps:
  - name: scan
    type: bash
    command: subfinder -d {{target}} -t {{threads}} -w {{wordlist}}
```

### Passing Parameters

```bash  theme={null}
# Single parameter
osmedeus run -m scan -t example.com -p 'threads=20'

# Multiple parameters
osmedeus run -m scan -t example.com -p 'threads=20' -p 'wordlist=/path/list.txt'

# From file
osmedeus run -m scan -t example.com -P params.yaml
```

## Exports

Exports pass values from one step to the next.

### Basic Export

```yaml  theme={null}
steps:
  - name: count-lines
    type: bash
    command: wc -l {{Output}}/hosts.txt | cut -d' ' -f1
    exports:
      host_count: "{{stdout}}"

  - name: log-count
    type: function
    function: log_info("Found {{host_count}} hosts")
```

### Export Sources

| Source                   | Description             |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------- |
| `{{stdout}}`             | Command standard output |
| `{{stderr}}`             | Command standard error  |
| `{{exit_code}}`          | Command exit code       |
| `{{http_status_code}}`   | HTTP response status    |
| `{{http_response_body}}` | HTTP response body      |
| `{{llm_response}}`       | LLM chat response       |

### HTTP Exports

```yaml  theme={null}
- name: api-call
  type: http
  url: "https://api.example.com/data"
  method: GET
  exports:
    response_data: "{{http_response_body}}"
    status: "{{http_status_code}}"

- name: process
  type: function
  function: log_info("Status: {{status}}, Data: {{response_data}}")
```

### Agent Exports

```yaml  theme={null}
- name: analyze
  type: agent
  query: "Analyze {{Target}} for vulnerabilities"
  max_iterations: 10
  agent_tools:
    - preset: bash
    - preset: read_file
  exports:
    findings: "{{agent_content}}"
    token_usage: "{{agent_total_tokens}}"
```

| Source                        | Description                                      |
| ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| `{{agent_content}}`           | Final agent response text                        |
| `{{agent_history}}`           | Full conversation history (JSON)                 |
| `{{agent_iterations}}`        | Number of iterations used                        |
| `{{agent_total_tokens}}`      | Total tokens consumed                            |
| `{{agent_prompt_tokens}}`     | Prompt tokens consumed                           |
| `{{agent_completion_tokens}}` | Completion tokens consumed                       |
| `{{agent_tool_results}}`      | All tool call results (JSON)                     |
| `{{agent_plan}}`              | Planning stage output (if `plan_prompt` was set) |
| `{{agent_goal_results}}`      | Per-goal results (for multi-goal `queries`)      |

### Function Exports

```yaml  theme={null}
- name: read-file
  type: function
  function: readFile("{{Output}}/data.txt")
  exports:
    file_content: "{{result}}"

- name: use-content
  type: bash
  command: echo "Content: {{file_content}}"
```

## Variable Scope

### Step-Level Scope

Exports are available to all subsequent steps:

```yaml  theme={null}
steps:
  - name: step1
    type: bash
    command: echo "value1"
    exports:
      var1: "{{stdout}}"

  - name: step2
    type: bash
    command: echo "value2"
    exports:
      var2: "{{stdout}}"

  - name: step3
    type: bash
    command: echo "{{var1}} and {{var2}}"  # Both available
```

### Foreach Variable Scope

Loop variables use `[[]]` syntax and are only available inside the loop:

```yaml  theme={null}
- name: process-hosts
  type: foreach
  input: "{{Output}}/hosts.txt"
  variable: host
  step:
    name: scan
    type: bash
    command: nmap [[host]] -o {{Output}}/nmap-[[host]].txt
    # [[host]] = current iteration value
    # {{Output}} = regular template variable
```

## Resolution Order

Variables are resolved in this order:

1. **Exports** from previous steps
2. **Parameters** from user input
3. **Built-in variables** (Target, Output, etc.)
4. **Environment variables**

## Built-in Variables

Osmedeus provides a comprehensive set of built-in variables that are automatically available in all workflows. These variables are recognized by the linter and do not need to be defined.

### Path Variables

| Variable                   | Description                          |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| `{{BaseFolder}}`           | Osmedeus installation directory      |
| `{{Binaries}}`             | Path to tool binaries                |
| `{{Data}}`                 | Path to data files                   |
| `{{ExternalData}}`         | Path to external data files          |
| `{{ExternalConfigs}}`      | Path to external configuration files |
| `{{ExternalAgentConfigs}}` | Path to agent configuration files    |
| `{{ExternalAgents}}`       | Path to agent scripts                |
| `{{ExternalScripts}}`      | Path to external scripts             |
| `{{Workflows}}`            | Path to workflows directory          |
| `{{MarkdownTemplates}}`    | Path to markdown templates           |
| `{{ExternalMarkdowns}}`    | Path to external markdown files      |
| `{{SnapshotsFolder}}`      | Path to snapshots storage            |
| `{{Workspaces}}`           | Path to workspaces directory         |

### Target Variables

| Variable          | Description                                 |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| `{{Target}}`      | Current scan target                         |
| `{{target}}`      | Current scan target (lowercase alias)       |
| `{{TargetFile}}`  | Path to target file (for multi-target runs) |
| `{{TargetSpace}}` | Sanitized target (filesystem safe)          |

### Output Variables

| Variable        | Description                                  |
| --------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| `{{Output}}`    | Workspace output directory                   |
| `{{output}}`    | Workspace output directory (lowercase alias) |
| `{{Workspace}}` | Workspace directory                          |
| `{{workspace}}` | Workspace directory (lowercase alias)        |

### Thread Variables

| Variable          | Description                    |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------ |
| `{{threads}}`     | Thread count (based on tactic) |
| `{{Threads}}`     | Thread count (uppercase alias) |
| `{{baseThreads}}` | Base thread count              |

### Metadata Variables

| Variable           | Description                                         |
| ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------- |
| `{{Version}}`      | Osmedeus version                                    |
| `{{TaskDate}}`     | Task date                                           |
| `{{TaskID}}`       | Unique task identifier                              |
| `{{TimeStamp}}`    | Unix timestamp                                      |
| `{{CurrentTime}}`  | Current time                                        |
| `{{Today}}`        | Current date (YYYY-MM-DD)                           |
| `{{RandomString}}` | Random 6-character string                           |
| `{{ModuleName}}`   | Current module name                                 |
| `{{FlowName}}`     | Parent flow name (empty if running module directly) |
| `{{RunUUID}}`      | Unique run identifier (UUID)                        |
| `{{DBRunID}}`      | Database run ID                                     |

### State File Variables

| Variable                  | Description                    |
| ------------------------- | ------------------------------ |
| `{{StateExecutionLog}}`   | Path to execution log          |
| `{{StateConsoleLog}}`     | Path to console log            |
| `{{StateCompletedFile}}`  | Path to completion marker file |
| `{{StateFile}}`           | Path to state file             |
| `{{StateWorkflowFile}}`   | Path to workflow state file    |
| `{{StateWorkflowFolder}}` | Path to workflow state folder  |

### Heuristic Variables

These variables are populated by automatic target analysis:

| Variable                  | Description                         |
| ------------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| `{{TargetType}}`          | Detected target type                |
| `{{TargetRootDomain}}`    | Root domain extracted from target   |
| `{{TargetTLD}}`           | Top-level domain                    |
| `{{TargetSLD}}`           | Second-level domain                 |
| `{{Org}}`                 | Organization (if detected)          |
| `{{TargetBaseURL}}`       | Base URL of target                  |
| `{{TargetRootURL}}`       | Root URL of target                  |
| `{{TargetHostname}}`      | Hostname from target URL            |
| `{{TargetHost}}`          | Host from target                    |
| `{{TargetPort}}`          | Port from target URL                |
| `{{TargetPath}}`          | Path from target URL                |
| `{{TargetFileExt}}`       | File extension from target URL      |
| `{{TargetScheme}}`        | URL scheme (http/https)             |
| `{{TargetIsWildcard}}`    | Whether target is a wildcard        |
| `{{TargetResolvedIP}}`    | Resolved IP address                 |
| `{{TargetStatusCode}}`    | HTTP status code from target        |
| `{{TargetContentLength}}` | Content length from target response |
| `{{HeuristicsCheck}}`     | Result of heuristics analysis       |

### Platform Variables

Automatically detected environment information:

| Variable                    | Description                                          |
| --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| `{{PlatformOS}}`            | Operating system (`linux`, `darwin`, `windows`)      |
| `{{PlatformArch}}`          | CPU architecture (`amd64`, `arm64`)                  |
| `{{PlatformInDocker}}`      | `"true"` if running inside a Docker container        |
| `{{PlatformInKubernetes}}`  | `"true"` if running inside a Kubernetes pod          |
| `{{PlatformCloudProvider}}` | Cloud provider name (`aws`, `gcp`, `azure`, `local`) |

```yaml  theme={null}
steps:
  - name: platform-check
    type: bash
    pre_condition: '{{PlatformOS}} == "linux"'
    command: linux-specific-tool {{Target}}
```

### Event Variables

Available when a workflow is triggered by an event:

| Variable             | Description                      |
| -------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| `{{EventEnvelope}}`  | Full event envelope (JSON)       |
| `{{EventTopic}}`     | Event topic (e.g., `assets.new`) |
| `{{EventSource}}`    | Source of the event              |
| `{{EventDataType}}`  | Type of event data               |
| `{{EventTimestamp}}` | Event timestamp                  |

### Chunk Variables

Used for parallel processing of large inputs:

| Variable          | Description                   |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------- |
| `{{ChunkIndex}}`  | Current chunk index           |
| `{{ChunkSize}}`   | Size of each chunk            |
| `{{TotalChunks}}` | Total number of chunks        |
| `{{ChunkStart}}`  | Start offset of current chunk |
| `{{ChunkEnd}}`    | End offset of current chunk   |

```yaml  theme={null}
params:
  - name: threads
    default: "10"

steps:
  - name: first
    type: bash
    command: echo "20"
    exports:
      threads: "{{stdout}}"   # Export named 'threads'

  - name: second
    type: bash
    command: run -t {{threads}}  # Uses export (20), not param (10)
```

## Nested Variables

Variables can contain other variables:

```yaml  theme={null}
params:
  - name: scan_type
    default: "basic"
  - name: output_path
    default: "{{Output}}/{{scan_type}}"

steps:
  - name: scan
    type: bash
    command: scan -o {{output_path}}/results.txt
    # Resolves to: {{Output}}/basic/results.txt
```

## Generator Functions

Generate dynamic values for parameters using the `generator` field:

```yaml  theme={null}
params:
  - name: scan_id
    generator: "uuid()"

  - name: timestamp
    generator: "currentTimestamp()"

  - name: user
    generator: "getEnvVar('USER', 'unknown')"

  - name: run_date
    generator: "currentDate()"
```

The `generator` field is evaluated at workflow load time to produce the parameter value.

### Available Generators

| Generator                      | Description                              | Example                        |
| ------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ |
| `uuid()`                       | UUID v4                                  | `a1b2c3d4-...`                 |
| `currentDate(format?)`         | Current date (default: YYYY-MM-DD)       | `2026-02-17`                   |
| `currentTimestamp()`           | Unix timestamp                           | `1739808000`                   |
| `getEnvVar(key, default?)`     | Environment variable                     | `getEnvVar('USER', 'unknown')` |
| `concat(str1, str2, ...)`      | Concatenate strings                      | `concat('scan-', 'target')`    |
| `randomInt(min?, max?)`        | Random integer (default: 0-100)          | `randomInt(1, 1000)`           |
| `randomString(length?)`        | Random alphanumeric string (default: 16) | `randomString(8)`              |
| `execCmd(command)`             | Execute shell command                    | `execCmd('whoami')`            |
| `toLower(str)`                 | Convert to lowercase                     | `toLower('ABC')`               |
| `toUpper(str)`                 | Convert to uppercase                     | `toUpper('abc')`               |
| `trim(str)`                    | Trim whitespace                          | `trim(' hello ')`              |
| `replace(str, old, new)`       | Replace occurrences                      | `replace('a-b', '-', '_')`     |
| `split(str, delim, index?)`    | Split and get element                    | `split('a,b,c', ',', 1)`       |
| `join(delim, str1, str2, ...)` | Join strings with delimiter              | `join('-', 'a', 'b')`          |

## Flow Variable Propagation

### Flow to Module

```yaml  theme={null}
# Flow
kind: flow
params:
  - name: target
  - name: threads
    default: "50"

modules:
  - name: scan
    path: modules/scan.yaml
    params:
      threads: "{{threads}}"   # Pass flow param to module
```

### Module Exports in Flow

Module exports are not automatically available to other modules. Use shared output files:

```yaml  theme={null}
# Module A writes
command: subfinder -d {{target}} -o {{Output}}/subs.txt

# Module B reads (depends_on: [A])
command: httpx -l {{Output}}/subs.txt
```

## Common Patterns

### Chained Processing

```yaml  theme={null}
steps:
  - name: enumerate
    type: bash
    command: subfinder -d {{target}} -silent
    exports:
      raw_subs: "{{stdout}}"

  - name: filter
    type: function
    function: |
      split("{{raw_subs}}", "\n")
        .filter(s => s.endsWith(".{{target}}"))
        .join("\n")
    exports:
      filtered_subs: "{{result}}"

  - name: save
    type: bash
    command: echo "{{filtered_subs}}" > {{Output}}/subs.txt
```

### Conditional on Export

```yaml  theme={null}
steps:
  - name: count
    type: bash
    command: wc -l < {{Output}}/hosts.txt
    exports:
      count: "{{stdout}}"

  - name: scan-if-hosts
    type: bash
    pre_condition: '{{count}} > 0'
    command: nuclei -l {{Output}}/hosts.txt
```

### Environment Variables

```yaml  theme={null}
params:
  - name: api_key
    default: "{{getEnvVar('API_KEY', '')}}"

steps:
  - name: api-call
    type: http
    url: "https://api.example.com/scan"
    headers:
      Authorization: "Bearer {{api_key}}"
```

## Best Practices

1. **Use descriptive export names**
   ```yaml  theme={null}
   exports:
     subdomain_count: "{{stdout}}"  # Good
     x: "{{stdout}}"                # Bad
   ```

2. **Document parameter meanings**
   ```yaml  theme={null}
   params:
     - name: severity
       default: "high,critical"
       description: Nuclei severity filter
   ```

3. **Provide sensible defaults**
   ```yaml  theme={null}
   params:
     - name: threads
       default: "10"   # Works without explicit parameter
   ```

4. **Use files for large data**
   ```yaml  theme={null}
   # Good: write to file
   command: subfinder -d {{target}} -o {{Output}}/subs.txt

   # Avoid: large stdout exports
   exports:
     all_subs: "{{stdout}}"  # Could be huge
   ```

## Next Steps

* [Control Flow](control-flow) - Using exports in conditions
* [Templates](../concepts/templates) - Template syntax
* [Functions Reference](../functions/reference) - Available functions


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