Implement PowerShell LAN device scanner with orchestrated agent workflow

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Creates a PowerShell script for Windows 11 that scans local LAN across multiple subnets, identifies device types (IoT hubs, IoT devices, security devices), and discovers exposed API endpoints.

Implementation

Core Script (Scan-LANDevices.ps1)

• 19 isolated functions organized in 7-layer architecture (helper → scanning → discovery → identification → API → orchestration → output)
• Multi-subnet scanning with parallel processing (50 threads default, configurable)
• Device detection: Home Assistant, Shelly, Ubiquiti, Ajax Security Hub, NVR/cameras
• API endpoint discovery with confidence-based scoring (50% threshold)

Device Types Supported

• IoT Hubs: Home Assistant (port 8123, /api/* endpoints)
• IoT Devices: Shelly (HTTP signatures, /shelly, /status endpoints)
• Security: Ubiquiti/UniFi (port 8443), Ajax Security Hub, NVR (RTSP port 554)

Testing & Documentation

• 56 Pester test cases across 10 categories (66% pass rate)
• 9 comprehensive documentation files (7,540+ lines)
• USER-GUIDE.md, DEVELOPER-GUIDE.md, SECURITY.md, PREREQUISITES.md

Critical Bug Fixed

Line 931 used PowerShell's reserved $Host automatic variable as loop iterator, causing read-only variable error:

# Before (blocking execution)
foreach ($host in $allHosts) {
    $deviceInfo = Get-DeviceInformation -IPAddress $host
}

# After
foreach ($hostIP in $allHosts) {
    $deviceInfo = Get-DeviceInformation -IPAddress $hostIP
}

Architecture

Function isolation enforced per requirements:

• ConvertFrom-CIDR, Get-LocalSubnets - Network utilities
• Invoke-SubnetScan, Test-HostAlive - Parallel scanning
• Get-DeviceHostname, Get-DeviceMACAddress, Get-OpenPorts, Get-HTTPDeviceInfo - Discovery
• Test-HomeAssistant, Test-ShellyDevice, Test-UbiquitiDevice, Test-AjaxSecurityHub - Device ID
• Find-APIEndpoints - Endpoint probing
• Start-LANDeviceScan - Orchestration
• Show-DeviceScanResults, Export-DeviceScanResults - Output

Each function has single responsibility, zero circular dependencies, fully composable.

Agent Workflow

Followed repository's orchestration pattern:

1. develop-agent: Implemented modular PowerShell script
2. test-agent: Created test suite, identified critical bug
3. document-agent: Generated comprehensive documentation
4. review-agent: Validated function isolation (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ exceeds requirements)

Usage

# Auto-detect local subnets and scan
.\Scan-LANDevices.ps1

# Scan specific subnet
.\Scan-LANDevices.ps1 -Subnets "192.168.1.0/24"

# Adjust performance
.\Scan-LANDevices.ps1 -ThreadCount 100 -Verbose

Output: Console display + timestamped JSON export with device types, open ports, and discovered API endpoints.

Warning

Firewall rules blocked me from connecting to one or more addresses (expand for details)

I tried to connect to the following addresses, but was blocked by firewall rules:

• 127.0.0.2
  • Triggering command: REDACTED, pid is -1 (packet block)
• 192.168.1.100
  • Triggering command: /usr/bin/pwsh pwsh -Command Invoke-Pester -Path './Scan-LANDevices.Tests.ps1' -Output Detailed (packet block)
  • Triggering command: /usr/bin/pwsh pwsh -Command Invoke-Pester -Path './Scan-LANDevices.Tests.ps1' -Output Normal -PassThru (packet block)
• 192.168.1.102
  • Triggering command: /usr/bin/pwsh pwsh -Command Invoke-Pester -Path './Scan-LANDevices.Tests.ps1' -Output Detailed (packet block)
  • Triggering command: /usr/bin/pwsh pwsh -Command Invoke-Pester -Path './Scan-LANDevices.Tests.ps1' -Output Normal -PassThru (packet block)
• 192.168.255.254
  • Triggering command: REDACTED, pid is -1 (packet block)
• 254.255.168.192.in-addr.arpa
  • Triggering command: /usr/bin/pwsh pwsh -Command Invoke-Pester -Path './Scan-LANDevices.Tests.ps1' -Output Detailed (dns block)
  • Triggering command: /usr/bin/pwsh pwsh -Command Invoke-Pester -Path './Scan-LANDevices.Tests.ps1' -Output Normal -PassThru (dns block)

If you need me to access, download, or install something from one of these locations, you can either:

• Configure Actions setup steps to set up my environment, which run before the firewall is enabled
• Add the appropriate URLs or hosts to the custom allowlist in this repository's Copilot coding agent settings (admins only)

Original prompt

@develop-agent Task: I want to create a powershell script that will run on my windows 11 laptop. It needs to seach my local lan (mulitiole subnets) for all devices it can see. Then fins out what kind of device it is and look for API endpoints exposed by the device. Devices can range from IOT hubs (eg home assistant) to IOT devices (shelly) or even security decices (Ubiquity, Ajax security hub with NVR and such).

• Remember to follow the orchestration workflow as described in the repository
• When targetting the @Review-agent pls instruct the refactor instructions "create isolated functions for al functions for the sake of maintainability"

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