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

Bellingcat Osint by casualsecurityinc

Name: Bellingcat Osint
Author: casualsecurityinc

Bellingcat Osint

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."

File contents

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

---name: bellingcat-osintdescription: 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."---# 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 Use1. Identify the entity type from the user's request2. Load the matching category skill listed above3. The category skill lists tools with brief descriptions4. For detailed usage instructions, fetch the tool's guide: `https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/<tool-slug>.md`

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