username-osint

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Enumerate a username or handle across hundreds of platforms and pivot from matched accounts to real-identity, contact, and content selectors.

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Added on2026-08-02

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add useosint/osint-skills username-osint

Track a handle across the internet. A reused username is one of the strongest cross-platform links in OSINT. Input: one or more usernames.

Read ../../ETHICS.md. Note the objective. Done when noted.

Check the handle across platforms. Tools:

bash

sherlock <username>                 # hundreds of sites
maigret <username> --html           # richer, extracts profile data

Also try WhatsMyName (web) and manual checks on high-value platforms. Treat hits as candidates, not confirmations — many sites false-positive.

Done when every candidate account is listed with its URL and live/dead status.

People reuse patterns. Pivot to variants and re-run Step 2: add/remove separators (

john.doe

,

john_doe

,

johndoe

), numbers, and common suffixes; try the local-part of any known email as a handle, and vice versa. Done when plausible variants are checked.

For each candidate, confirm it's the same person via corroboration: matching profile photo (run

reverse-image-search

), bio text, linked accounts, writing style, join date, or a cross-link the user posted themselves. From confirmed profiles, pivot to new selectors:

Done when each account is graded confirmed/probable/rejected with its corroborating evidence.

Run

osint-report

. Give a table of platform, URL, confidence, and evidence, and call out the real-identity and contact selectors the handles revealed.