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Osint by sheshiyer — Agent Skill

Name: Osint
Author: Sheshiyer

File contents

OSINT Skill

Open Source Intelligence gathering for authorized investigations.

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`

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

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.

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

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

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/.

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.

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

---name: osintdescription: Open source intelligence gathering. USE WHEN OSINT, due diligence, background check, research person, company intel, investigate.---# OSINT SkillOpen Source Intelligence gathering for authorized investigations.---## 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` |---## 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`---## 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.---## 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 |---## 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 |---## 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/`.---## 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 violationsSee `EthicalFramework.md` for complete requirements.---**Version:** 2.0 (Canonical Structure)**Last Updated:** December 2024

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