359  nuclei - configuration reference

360 nuclei — configuration reference

Configuration surfaces for nuclei (safety class: safe; category: c-02-vulnerability-analysis) — detected from the upstream documentation at generation time (3 config-surface markers). The invocation reference stays on the main tool page.

360.1 Configuration files

Path	Context
/path/to/your-template.yaml	follows. sh nuclei -u https://example.com -t /path/to/your-template.yaml ### Connect Nuclei to ProjectDiscovery

360.2 Environment variables

Variable	Upstream context
NUCLEI_SIGNATURE_PRIVATE_KEY	signs the templates with the private key defined in NUCLEI_SIGNATURE_PRIVATE_KEY env variable -code
MARKDOWN_EXPORT_SORT_MODE	th sorted Markdown outputs (with environment variables): $ MARKDOWN_EXPORT_SORT_MODE=template nuclei -target example.com -markdow

Names extracted heuristically from upstream docs — verify each against the tool’s own docs before use.

360.3 Sample configuration (upstream)

nuclei -u https://example.com -t /path/to/your-template.yaml

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ref: pin - verified 2026-10-14