ps-banshee 1.4.1

PS Banshee is a command line tool used to access Recorded Future Intelligence. PS Banshee is designed to get you working quickly with Recorded Future.

PS Banshee

PS Banshee is a command-line interface (CLI) tool designed to provide quick and efficient access to Recorded Future Intelligence. Built for security professionals, PS Banshee helps streamline investigations and automate common security operations tasks.

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Key Features

• E-mail (EML) enrichment
• IOC lookup and search
• Packet capture (pcap) enrichment
• Recorded Future Alert search, lookup, update and export
• Recorded Future Detection Rules (YARA, Snort, Sigma) search and download
• Recorded Future Entity search and lookup
• Recorded Future List & Watch List management
• Recorded Future Playbook Alert search, lookup, update and export
• Recorded Future Risk List download, and creation

Installation

PS Banshee is available on PyPI and can be installed using pip or pipx.

Note: PS Banshee requires Python 3.10 or later (up to 3.13).

Recommended: pipx (isolated environment)

To install globally, run:

pipx install ps-banshee

Note: If you don't have pipx installed, see the installation guide.

Alternative: pip (current environment)

To install in the current environment, run:

pip install ps-banshee

Dependencies

pipx will automatically resolve all Python dependencies.
If you want to use the pcap command, you will also need:

• tshark 3.0.0 or later

Command Auto Completion

After installing PS Banshee, you can enable command auto completion:

banshee --install-completion

Restart your shell to complete the installation. You can now use TAB to auto-complete commands.

Usage

To see the list of available commands, run:

banshee -h

Authorization

PS Banshee reads your Recorded Future API key from the RF_TOKEN environment variable (recommended) or from the -k / --api-key flag on each command.

Option 1: Set RF_TOKEN (recommended)

macOS / Linux

Current shell only:

export RF_TOKEN=<your_api_key>

Persist for future shells (zsh — adjust to ~/.bashrc for bash). Open a new shell after running this (or run source ~/.zshrc to apply in the current shell):

echo 'export RF_TOKEN=<your_api_key>' >> ~/.zshrc

Windows (PowerShell)

Current session only:

$env:RF_TOKEN = '<your_api_key>'

Persist for future sessions (open a new PowerShell after running this):

setx RF_TOKEN <your_api_key>

Windows (Command Prompt)

Current session only:

set RF_TOKEN=<your_api_key>

Persist for future sessions (open a new Command Prompt after running this):

setx RF_TOKEN <your_api_key>

Option 2: Pass with -k per command

banshee -k <your_api_key> <command> <sub-command> <arguments>

This works on any platform, but is more verbose and the key may land in shell history.

Proxies

If you are behind a proxy, set the HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY environment variables.

To disable SSL verification, use the -s flag:

banshee -s ca rules

Command Help

All commands support the --help (-h) option:

banshee -h
banshee ca --help
banshee ioc lookup --help
banshee list bulk-add -h

Support

Submit a support request for help alternatively reach out to [e-mail].

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PS Banshee is developed and maintained by the Recorded Future Professional Services Cyber Security Engineers 🚀