osint

name	osint
description	Open source intelligence gathering. USE WHEN OSINT, due diligence, background check, research person, company intel, investigate.
cluster	security
version	1.0.0
origin	PAI/Codex skills library

OSINT Skill

Open Source Intelligence gathering for authorized investigations.

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Workflow Routing

Investigation Type	Workflow	Context
People lookup	Workflows/PeopleLookup.md	PeopleTools.md
Company lookup	Workflows/CompanyLookup.md	CompanyTools.md
Investment due diligence	Workflows/CompanyDueDiligence.md	CompanyTools.md
Entity/threat intel	Workflows/EntityLookup.md	EntityTools.md

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Trigger Patterns

People OSINT:

• "do OSINT on [person]", "research [person]", "background check on [person]"
• "who is [person]", "find info about [person]", "investigate this person" -> Route to Workflows/PeopleLookup.md

Company OSINT:

• "do OSINT on [company]", "research [company]", "company intelligence"
• "what can you find about [company]", "investigate [company]" -> Route to Workflows/CompanyLookup.md

Investment Due Diligence:

• "due diligence on [company]", "vet [company]", "is [company] legitimate"
• "assess [company]", "should we work with [company]" -> Route to Workflows/CompanyDueDiligence.md

Entity/Threat Intel:

• "investigate [domain]", "threat intelligence on [entity]", "is this domain malicious"
• "research this threat actor", "check [domain]", "analyze [entity]" -> Route to Workflows/EntityLookup.md

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Authorization (REQUIRED)

Before ANY investigation, verify:

• Explicit authorization from client
• Clear scope definition
• Legal compliance confirmed
• Documentation in place

STOP if any checkbox is unchecked. See EthicalFramework.md for details.

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Resource Index

File	Purpose
EthicalFramework.md	Authorization, legal, ethical boundaries
Methodology.md	Collection methods, verification, reporting
PeopleTools.md	People search, social media, public records
CompanyTools.md	Business databases, DNS, tech profiling
EntityTools.md	Threat intel, scanning, malware analysis, attack targeting patterns

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Integration

Automatic skill invocations:

• Research Skill - Parallel researcher agent deployment (REQUIRED)
• Recon Skill - Technical infrastructure reconnaissance

Agent fleet patterns:

• Quick lookup: 4-6 agents
• Standard investigation: 8-16 agents
• Comprehensive due diligence: 24-32 agents

Researcher types:

Researcher	Best For
PerplexityResearcher	Current web data, social media, company updates
ClaudeResearcher	Academic depth, professional backgrounds
GeminiResearcher	Multi-perspective, cross-domain connections
GrokResearcher	Contrarian analysis, fact-checking

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File Organization

Active investigations: write iterative artifacts to a scratch directory under your working area, e.g. scratch/YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS_osint-[target]/.

Archived reports: keep finished reports in a dated research folder, e.g. research/YYYY-MM/[target]-osint/.

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Ethical Guardrails

ALLOWED: Public sources only - websites, social media, public records, search engines, archived content

PROHIBITED: Private data, unauthorized access, social engineering, purchasing breached data, ToS violations

See EthicalFramework.md for complete requirements.

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Version: 2.0 (Canonical Structure) Last Updated: December 2024