# Osint Methodology (agent skill)

> Osint Methodology is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from elementalsouls/Claude-OSINT. Comprehensive OSINT methodology for external red-team operations and authorized attack-surface assessments. It works with Claude Code and has 2,785 GitHub stars across a repository of 3 listed skills. Install it by copying the skill folder into your agent's skills directory.

Comprehensive OSINT methodology for external red-team operations and authorized attack-surface assessments. Covers the 6-stage recon pipeline (seed → asset expansion → enrichment → exposure analysis → convergence → operator-armed active validation) with connector-resilience and stage-vs-gating discipline, asset-graph discipline, severity rubric, confidence upgrade workflows, time budgeting, identity-fabric mapping, breach×identity correlation with per-person identity dossiers, detectability…

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/elementalsouls/Claude-OSINT |
| Skill path | skills/osint-methodology/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | osint-methodology |
| GitHub stars | 2,785 |
| Installs on skills.sh | not listed |
| License | MIT |
| Skills in repo | 3 |
| Plugin marketplace | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Code |
| Category | Security |
| Last commit | Aug 30, 2026 |

## When it triggers

- Use when planning or executing reconnaissance against authorized targets, mapping an organization's external attack surface, investigating a person/entity, or producing client deliverables.

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/elementalsouls/Claude-OSINT.git
cp -r Claude-OSINT/skills/osint-methodology ~/.claude/skills/osint-methodology   # personal, or .claude/skills in a project
```

In the Claude apps, zip the skill folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

### ChatGPT / Codex

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/elementalsouls/Claude-OSINT.git
cp -r Claude-OSINT/skills/osint-methodology .agents/skills/osint-methodology   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects
```

### Cursor

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/elementalsouls/Claude-OSINT.git
cp -r Claude-OSINT/skills/osint-methodology .cursor/skills/osint-methodology   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects
```

Sources (checked 2026-10-07): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills, https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills, https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills

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