REA makes more sense when you start with one feature.
What Reverse Engineer Anything actually does, where the AI agent fits, and a useful first question to ask.
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Small, useful investigations for curious beginners and experienced builders. Pick a question and make something less mysterious.
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Get REA connected before you investigate anything.
Check Node, preview setup, connect your chosen agent, and verify the workflow you actually need.
Read the guideFollow an export button all the way to a CSV file.
A small, reproducible Electron lab with actual REA findings, source files, and a clear boundary between static evidence and runtime proof.
Read the guideBetter REA prompts start with a smaller question.
Copyable prompts for locating a feature, tracing evidence, checking unknowns, and planning a reconstruction.
Read the guideA browser request can answer a surprisingly specific question.
Plan an investigation around one action, one request and one observable result, while keeping server internals unknown.
Read the guideThe interesting part of an Electron button is often the bridge.
Read renderer, preload and main-process relationships without assuming that matching names prove runtime behavior.
Read the guideDo you actually need Ghidra, Hopper, or IDA?
Choose an analysis route from your target instead of installing every tool before your first investigation.
Read the guideREA is installed. Why can’t my agent use it?
A practical map for runtime versions, missing tools, provider failures, timeouts and misleading health checks.
Read the guideA convincing explanation still needs something you can check.
Keep observations, interpretations and unknowns separate before you turn an investigation into code.
Read the guideOne tiny DX-Ball function is a better demo than “clone any game.”
Why a documented sound-pan reconstruction is useful: a bounded question, supporting instructions, and a comparison with the original.
Read the case studyCopying a Notion block is more than putting text on a clipboard.
An attributed look at a published Electron investigation and the bridge between plain text, HTML and structured blocks.
Read the case studyWhy does an authenticator code change every 30 seconds?
A documented Aegis APK investigation turns a familiar six-digit code into a question about time, keys and test vectors.
Read the case studyAn app investigation can become an environment an agent can practice in.
What REA’s AgentEnv workflow adds after observation: tools, tasks, state and checks for an agent environment.
Read the guideWhat are people actually making with REA?
A source-linked reading and watching list, with creator demonstrations separated from verified project evidence.
Read the guideUnderstanding a feature is different from recovering a whole product.
A clear boundary between visible behavior, local code, remote services, and the work a reconstruction still needs.
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