Investigate Anything
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Start-here router and tradecraft baseline for any investigation into a person, company, domain, image or selector. Sets authorised scope, turns a vague request into an answerable intelligence question, writes a collection plan, picks the right workflow for the starting selector, and applies source grading and competing-hypothesis discipline. Use for "investigate this person or company", "do OSINT on X", "where do I start", or any open-source intelligence, due diligence, background or attribution task. Applies across due diligence, fraud, threat intelligence, journalism and compliance. Reference at useosint.com/skills/investigate-anything.
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