investigation_skill

Overview

This skill performs ethical people-finding using parallel research agents to scour public records, social media, reverse lookups, and other open-source data. It magnifies human research speed by launching 15 specialized agents (45 concurrent search threads) to collect, correlate, and verify identity signals. The skill enforces strict public-data-only rules and provides confidence scoring for results.

How this skill works

On activation the skill launches 15 parallel research agents across multiple techniques: people-search aggregators, social media deep search, technical username enumeration, and public-record queries. Each agent runs multiple sub-searches, aggregates findings, cross-references identifiers (name, DOB, location, associates), and applies timeline and photo verification to produce confidence levels. The workflow always issues a pre-action notification and follows legal and ethical boundaries—no pretexting, no bypassing authentication, and no access to private databases.

When to use it

• Find, locate, or reconnect with a person (old friends, classmates, former coworkers).
• Reverse lookups for phone numbers, emails, usernames, or images.
• Cross-platform social media searches and username correlation.
• Public-record investigations: property, court, business, voter, professional licenses.
• Verify identity when you need multi-source confirmation before contact.

Best practices

• Provide as many unique identifiers as possible (full name variants, location, employer, school, approximate age).
• Start with broad searches then narrow using timeline and associate matching to avoid false positives.
• Require 3+ independent matching identifiers for HIGH confidence before acting.
• Respect privacy: stop if the intent appears malicious or the subject has opted out.
• Use the skill’s confidence scoring to decide whether to proceed or gather more evidence.

Example use cases

• Locate a college roommate from 2005 using name, city, and alumni networks.
• Reverse phone lookup to identify a caller and cross-check carrier and location.
• Aggregate and verify a public social-media footprint for a professional contact.
• Search property and business filings to confirm a subject’s current city and employer.
• Perform username enumeration across platforms to find linked accounts and aliases.