Learn-skills.dev bellingcat-investigation-toolkit

Routes investigators to Bellingcat's Online Open Source Investigation Toolkit (tool catalog, GitBook, GitHub repo) for discovering and citing OSINT tools and workflows beyond chain-only work. Use when the user asks for Bellingcat toolkit, general OSINT tool discovery, open-source investigation resources, or methodology pointers to complement blockchain tracing—not for bypassing laws, harassment, or non-consensual deanonymization.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/NeverSight/learn-skills.dev

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/NeverSight/learn-skills.dev "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/data/skills-md/agentic-reserve/blockint-skills/bellingcat-investigation-toolkit" ~/.claude/skills/neversight-learn-skills-dev-bellingcat-investigation-toolkit && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: data/skills-md/agentic-reserve/blockint-skills/bellingcat-investigation-toolkit/SKILL.md

source content

Bellingcat investigation toolkit

What it is

Bellingcat’s Online Open Source Investigation Toolkit is the GitHub home of Online Investigation Toolkit 2.0: a curated, living collection of OSINT tools and references. Markdown for each tool is managed on GitBook and synced to the repository; automated workflows regenerate lists and pages. The public book is at bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit.

This skill does not mirror the full tool list—entries, URLs, and categories change. Prefer live GitBook or GitHub

src

/ generated pages when recommending a specific tool.

When to use this skill

Broaden OSINT beyond on-chain work: maps, imagery, social, archives, and other categories covered in the toolkit.
Answer “what tool exists for X?” by pointing to the catalog and primary tool documentation, not by inventing tool names.
Pair with crypto-investigation-compliance and on-chain-investigator-agent for ethical workflow; chain tracing remains in the other blockint-skills entries.

How agents should apply it

Cite the toolkit as a directory, not an endorsement of every listed tool’s current safety or terms of service.
Verify links and capabilities on the official page before prescribing steps (API keys, rate limits, jurisdiction).
Separate fact (a tool exists) from advice (whether a use case is lawful for the user).
For crypto-only tasks, load solana-tracing-specialist, address-clustering-attribution, and related skills first; use the Bellingcat toolkit when non-chain OSINT is in scope.

Ethical guardrails

Follow lawful, ethical open-source investigation practice: no harassment, stalking, non-consensual doxxing, or sanctions evasion. Align with crypto-investigation-compliance and the repository’s Code of Conduct on GitHub.
OSINT can harm people when misused; prefer accuracy, proportionality, and escalation to professionals where appropriate.

Official references

Resource	URL
GitHub repository	github.com/bellingcat/toolkit
GitBook (toolkit)	bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit

Goal: Give agents a stable pointer to Bellingcat’s investigation toolkit so users find up-to-date OSINT resources without embedding a stale tool list in this repo.