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Entry point for Bellingcat's OSINT toolkit. Maps entity types (ships, planes, people, emails, phones, photos, videos, domains, companies, social media, wildlife, munitions) to investigation categories and tools. Use when investigating any entity and need to find the right open source investigation tools, even if the user doesn't mention "OSINT" or "Bellingcat."

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name	bellingcat-osint
description	Entry point for Bellingcat's OSINT toolkit. Maps entity types (ships, planes, people, emails, phones, photos, videos, domains, companies, social media, wildlife, munitions) to investigation categories and tools. Use when investigating any entity and need to find the right open source investigation tools, even if the user doesn't mention "OSINT" or "Bellingcat."
compatibility	Requires internet access to fetch tool detail pages from bellingcat.gitbook.io

Bellingcat OSINT Toolkit — Navigator

Entity Type → Investigation Category

If investigating...	Category skill	Key tools
Ship / vessel / IMO / MMSI	`bellingcat-transport`	MarineTraffic, VesselFinder, Equasis, ShipFinder
Aircraft / flight / tail number	`bellingcat-transport`	FlightAware, Flightradar24, ADS-B Exchange, OpenSky
Person (name, email, phone, username)	`bellingcat-people`	Sherlock, Blackbird, Maigret, Have I Been Pwned
Photo / image	`bellingcat-image-video`	Google Lens, TinEye, InVID, PimEyes
Video	`bellingcat-image-video`	InVID, Azure AI Video Indexer
Domain / website / IP	`bellingcat-websites`	Wayback Machine, Shodan, urlscan.io, ICANN Lookup
Company / business / finance	`bellingcat-companies-finance`	OpenCorporates, EDGAR, ICIJ Offshore Leaks
Social media account	`bellingcat-social-media`	Platform-specific tools (see category skill)
Geographic location	`bellingcat-geolocation`	SunCalc, GeoHints, ShadowMap, Spot
Satellite imagery	`bellingcat-maps-satellites`	Copernicus Browser, NASA Worldview, Planet Labs
Map / street view	`bellingcat-maps-satellites`	Google Maps, Yandex Maps, Mapillary, KartaView
Conflict / weapons / munitions	`bellingcat-conflict`	ACLED, LiveUAMap, OSMP, Bulletpicker
Wildlife / environment / deforestation	`bellingcat-environment-wildlife`	Global Forest Watch, CITES, Wildlife Trade Portal
Archiving / preserving web content	`bellingcat-archiving`	Wayback Machine, Archive.today, Auto Archiver
Data analysis / visualization	`bellingcat-data-analysis`	4CAT, Datawrapper, Gephi, Datasette

How to Use

Identify the entity type from the user's request
Load the matching category skill listed above
The category skill lists tools with brief descriptions
For detailed usage instructions, fetch the tool's guide: https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/<tool-slug>.md

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name	bellingcat-osint
description	Entry point for Bellingcat's OSINT toolkit. Maps entity types (ships, planes, people, emails, phones, photos, videos, domains, companies, social media, wildlife, munitions) to investigation categories and tools. Use when investigating any entity and need to find the right open source investigation tools, even if the user doesn't mention "OSINT" or "Bellingcat."
compatibility	Requires internet access to fetch tool detail pages from bellingcat.gitbook.io

Bellingcat OSINT Toolkit — Navigator

Entity Type → Investigation Category

If investigating...	Category skill	Key tools
Ship / vessel / IMO / MMSI	`bellingcat-transport`	MarineTraffic, VesselFinder, Equasis, ShipFinder
Aircraft / flight / tail number	`bellingcat-transport`	FlightAware, Flightradar24, ADS-B Exchange, OpenSky
Person (name, email, phone, username)	`bellingcat-people`	Sherlock, Blackbird, Maigret, Have I Been Pwned
Photo / image	`bellingcat-image-video`	Google Lens, TinEye, InVID, PimEyes
Video	`bellingcat-image-video`	InVID, Azure AI Video Indexer
Domain / website / IP	`bellingcat-websites`	Wayback Machine, Shodan, urlscan.io, ICANN Lookup
Company / business / finance	`bellingcat-companies-finance`	OpenCorporates, EDGAR, ICIJ Offshore Leaks
Social media account	`bellingcat-social-media`	Platform-specific tools (see category skill)
Geographic location	`bellingcat-geolocation`	SunCalc, GeoHints, ShadowMap, Spot
Satellite imagery	`bellingcat-maps-satellites`	Copernicus Browser, NASA Worldview, Planet Labs
Map / street view	`bellingcat-maps-satellites`	Google Maps, Yandex Maps, Mapillary, KartaView
Conflict / weapons / munitions	`bellingcat-conflict`	ACLED, LiveUAMap, OSMP, Bulletpicker
Wildlife / environment / deforestation	`bellingcat-environment-wildlife`	Global Forest Watch, CITES, Wildlife Trade Portal
Archiving / preserving web content	`bellingcat-archiving`	Wayback Machine, Archive.today, Auto Archiver
Data analysis / visualization	`bellingcat-data-analysis`	4CAT, Datawrapper, Gephi, Datasette

How to Use

Identify the entity type from the user's request
Load the matching category skill listed above
The category skill lists tools with brief descriptions
For detailed usage instructions, fetch the tool's guide: https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/<tool-slug>.md