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analyse

Estimate cover capacity and detectability for a given technique.

Usage

shadowforge analyse --cover <FILE> --technique <TECHNIQUE> [--json]

Options

OptionRequiredDescription
--coverYesPath to the cover file
--techniqueYesSteganographic technique
--jsonNoOutput as JSON instead of a table

Examples

# Human-readable output
shadowforge analyse --cover photo.png --technique lsb

# JSON output (for scripting)
shadowforge analyse --cover photo.png --technique lsb --json

Output

The analysis reports:

  • Capacity: Maximum payload size in bytes
  • Technique: The steganographic method used
  • Chi-square score: Detectability metric (lower is less detectable)