osint-methodology

osint-methodology is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from Miosa-osa/OSA. It costs 139 tokens per session (4,144 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A structured method for open-source intelligence (OSINT), which means collecting and analysing information from publicly available sources. It covers defining a target, choosing sources, correlating data, rebuilding timelines, and reporting findings.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for source collection, data correlation, timeline reconstruction, cryptocurrency and layer-two tracing, image or video location and time analysis, and threat-actor investigations.
Why use it?
It provides a repeatable way to organise scattered public information and explain how conclusions were reached.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it for source collection, data correlation, timeline reconstruction, cryptocurrency and layer-two tracing, image or video location and time analysis, and threat-actor investigations.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/miosa-osa/osa/osint-methodology
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add Miosa-osa/OSA --skill osint-methodology
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Miosa-osa/OSA

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 139 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 4,144 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00139 $0.04144
Opus 5.5 $0.00056 $0.01658
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00028 $0.00829
Haiku 4.5 $0.00014 $0.00414

Measured 1mo ago against content hash e4aa68253127, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

osint-methodology scanned grade A with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

- Certificates/passive DNS: [crt.sh](https://crt.sh/) `[LOCAL via curl]`,
priv/skills/osint-methodology/SKILL.md · 288 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 288 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

OSINT Methodology

When this skill is active:

  1. Apply the methodology below as the operational checklist
  2. Follow steps in order unless the operator specifies otherwise
  3. For each technique, weigh applicability to the current target/context
  4. Track which checklist items are complete
  5. Suggest next steps from what each tool returns

CLI tools marked [LOCAL] (verified), [INSTALL] (one-command install), [UPSTREAM-REF] (reference only — API keys/commercial/interactive).

OpSec — sock puppets first

  • Fake account that cannot be linked to you; build posting history before investigating
  • Separate browser profiles/containers per case and persona (Firefox Multi-Account Containers); never log into personal accounts from an investigation profile
  • Disposable VoIP/SMS numbers (Burner, Silent Link) for platform verification
  • Audit every browser extension before install — supply-chain attacks on investigator extensions are documented since 2024
  • Hardware-backed passkeys for critical accounts; recovery codes offline
  • Minimal chain-of-custody: timestamp every action, hash key artifacts, record tool versions per case
  • References: Effective Sock Puppets, Ultimate Guide to Sockpuppets, Fake Name Generator, This Person Does Not Exist

Cryptocurrency Investigation

Transaction analysis

  • Track flows between wallets; cluster related addresses; watch whale transfers
  • Explorers/analytics: Cielo (multi-chain wallet tracking), TRM (relationship graphs), Arkham (entity labels + alerts), MetaSleuth (retail visualization), Range/Socketscan/ Pulsy (bridge explorers), Chainalysis Horizon 2.0 [UPSTREAM-REF: paid], Elliptic Lens [UPSTREAM-REF: paid]

Read the full file on GitHub · 288 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 1mo ago First seen · 288 lines · 139 tokens per session scan A e4aa68253127

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osint-methodology is a skill published in the GitHub repository Miosa-osa/OSA (78 stars, last pushed 11d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 139 tokens to every session and 4,144 once invoked, about $0.0006 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-14.