How do I install the Bellingcat Archiving skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add casualsecurityinc/bellingcat-archiving in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Bellingcat Archiving safe to use?

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Which AI agents work with Bellingcat Archiving?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Bellingcat Archiving free to use?

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Who published Bellingcat Archiving?

casualsecurityinc (@casualsecurityinc) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Bellingcat Archiving by casualsecurityinc

Name: Bellingcat Archiving
Author: casualsecurityinc

Bellingcat Archiving

Archive and preserve web content, social media posts, videos, and pages. Capture snapshots, monitor changes, and retrieve historical versions. Use when the user needs to save, archive, or retrieve web content, even if they don't mention "archiving" or "OSINT."

File contents

Bellingcat Archiving Tools

Tools for archiving web content, social media posts, and monitoring page changes over time.

Choosing Tools

Use archive services to preserve or retrieve a specific page; use monitoring tools when you need to detect later changes.
Prefer more than one archive for material that may disappear, and retain the original URL and capture time with the archive link.

Tools

Tool	Best for	Cost	Description	Guide
Archive.today	Archive any webpage, including Facebook and search for archived pages.	Free	Archive any webpage, including Facebook and search for archived pages.	Details
Auto Archiver	Bellingcat's tool to automatically archive social media posts, videos, and images.	Free	Bellingcat's tool to automatically archive social media posts, videos, and images. Free and Open-Source.	Details
Bellingcat TikTok Hashtag Analysis	Archive content and metadata from TikTok posts that contain one or more specified hashtags	Free	Archive content and metadata from TikTok posts that contain one or more specified hashtags
Distill.io	A website change monitoring tool that allows users to track changes on web pages.	Partially Free	Distill.io is a website change monitoring tool that allows users to track changes on web pages.	Details
Hunchly	An archiving tool that tracks online activities and preserves essential information about…	Paid	An archiving tool that tracks online activities and preserves essential information about the web pages researchers v...	Details
Wayback Machine	The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine lets users view and archive web pages, aiding in…	Free	The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine lets users view and archive web pages, aiding in historical research and digit...	Details
Lumen	A research project collecting and publishing legal takedown notices for online content…	Free	A research project collecting and publishing legal takedown notices for online content transparency	Details
Web Archives	A browser extension to view archived and cached versions of a website on multiple…	Partially Free	A browser extension to view archived and cached versions of a website on multiple archiving sites.	Details

Investigation Tips

Use the Wayback Machine for historical snapshots of any web page
Archive.today works well for archiving social media pages including Facebook
Bellingcat's Auto Archiver automatically archives social media posts, videos, and images
Distill.io monitors pages for changes and sends alerts
Hunchly tracks all pages visited during an investigation with automatic archiving
For long-term preservation, archive to multiple services simultaneously

---name: bellingcat-archivingdescription: Archive and preserve web content, social media posts, videos, and pages. Capture snapshots, monitor changes, and retrieve historical versions. Use when the user needs to save, archive, or retrieve web content, even if they don't mention "archiving" or "OSINT."---# Bellingcat Archiving ToolsTools for archiving web content, social media posts, and monitoring page changes over time.## Choosing Tools- Use archive services to preserve or retrieve a specific page; use monitoring tools when you need to detect later changes.- Prefer more than one archive for material that may disappear, and retain the original URL and capture time with the archive link.## Tools| Tool | Best for | Cost | Description | Guide ||------|----------|------|-------------|-------|| [Archive.today](https://archive.today) | Archive any webpage, including Facebook and search for archived pages. | Free | Archive any webpage, including Facebook and search for archived pages. | [Details](https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/archive.today) || [Auto Archiver](https://github.com/bellingcat/auto-archiver) | Bellingcat's tool to automatically archive social media posts, videos, and images. | Free | Bellingcat's tool to automatically archive social media posts, videos, and images. Free and Open-Source. | [Details](https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/auto-archiver) || [Bellingcat TikTok Hashtag Analysis](https://github.com/bellingcat/tiktok-hashtag-analysis) | Archive content and metadata from TikTok posts that contain one or more specified hashtags | Free | Archive content and metadata from TikTok posts that contain one or more specified hashtags | || [Distill.io](https://distill.io/) | A website change monitoring tool that allows users to track changes on web pages. | Partially Free | Distill.io is a website change monitoring tool that allows users to track changes on web pages. | [Details](https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/distill) || [Hunchly](https://www.hunch.ly/) | An archiving tool that tracks online activities and preserves essential information about… | Paid | An archiving tool that tracks online activities and preserves essential information about the web pages researchers v... | [Details](https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/hunchly) || [Wayback Machine](https://web.archive.org/) | The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine lets users view and archive web pages, aiding in… | Free | The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine lets users view and archive web pages, aiding in historical research and digit... | [Details](https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/internet-archive) || [Lumen](https://lumendatabase.org/) | A research project collecting and publishing legal takedown notices for online content… | Free | A research project collecting and publishing legal takedown notices for online content transparency | [Details](https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/lumen) || [Web Archives](https://github.com/dessant/web-archives) | A browser extension to view archived and cached versions of a website on multiple… | Partially Free | A browser extension to view archived and cached versions of a website on multiple archiving sites. | [Details](https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/web-archives) |## Investigation Tips- Use the Wayback Machine for historical snapshots of any web page- Archive.today works well for archiving social media pages including Facebook- Bellingcat's Auto Archiver automatically archives social media posts, videos, and images- Distill.io monitors pages for changes and sends alerts- Hunchly tracks all pages visited during an investigation with automatic archiving- For long-term preservation, archive to multiple services simultaneously

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