# pattern-of-life-from-socials

Turns public posts into a model of where someone is, when, and with whom. Four layers: account metadata, network, content, posting times.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1700 installs · ★ 54
- Author: UseOSINT
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/UseOSINT/Skills/tree/HEAD/skills/pattern-of-life-from-socials/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-08-03
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/pattern-of-life-from-socials

## What it does

The skill runs as a sequence of steps. You start by writing six things into the case file: the subject, the objective, what is in and out of bounds, whether you only observe or also interact, the jurisdiction, and the stop condition. The objective has to be a question that can be answered — "pattern of life" is not one. Then you pick a viewing identity and archive the profile before analysing anything, because accounts get locked or scrubbed mid-investigation.

Four layers follow. Metadata covers what the subject never chose: the numeric ID, creation date, handle history, linked contact fields. Network covers early followers, mutual-follow clusters, and who tags the subject rather than whom the subject tags. Content covers reflections in windows and glasses, laptop screens in frame, boarding passes, plates. Temporal behaviour means pulling every timestamp into a table and plotting hour-of-day against day-of-week.

The skill leans on its neighbours: `investigate-without-getting-made`, `read-deleted-pages`, `graph-the-network`, `secrets-in-file-metadata`, `geolocate-from-pixels`, `is-this-photo-real`. `ETHICS.md` in the repo is meant to be read before you open a single profile. The frontmatter sets `disable-model-invocation: true`, so it will not fire on a passing mention — you have to call it. Browsing a subject from a personal or employer account is ruled out: recommendation systems surface accounts that look at each other.

## Requirements
- Works with: LinkedIn

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add UseOSINT/Skills --skill pattern-of-life-from-socials -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/pattern-of-life-from-socials/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/pattern-of-life-from-socials/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add UseOSINT/Skills --skill pattern-of-life-from-socials -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/pattern-of-life-from-socials/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add UseOSINT/Skills --skill pattern-of-life-from-socials -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/pattern-of-life-from-socials/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install UseOSINT/Skills pattern-of-life-from-socials
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/pattern-of-life-from-socials/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add UseOSINT/Skills --skill pattern-of-life-from-socials -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/UseOSINT/Skills --path skills/pattern-of-life-from-socials
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/pattern-of-life-from-socials/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add UseOSINT/Skills --skill pattern-of-life-from-socials -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/UseOSINT/Skills/tree/HEAD/skills/pattern-of-life-from-socials/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check whether a vendor's regional lead actually lives in that region
- archive a profile before it disappears
- map someone's inner circle from mutual follows
- infer a timezone from the gap between posts
- audit what your own feed gives away

## Example prompts
- Profile @username across all four layers: metadata, network, content, posting times
- Pull every post timestamp from this account into a table and show me the sleep window
- Archive the profile and every post I might cite before you start analysing

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: pattern-of-life-from-socials
description: >-
  Deep-dive a subject's social media presence — profile metadata, follower and mutual network,
  content analysis, and posting-time pattern of life across Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter,
  TikTok, LinkedIn, Reddit, Telegram and Discord. Use when profiling a social account, mapping
  someone's associates, inferring a subject's timezone or routine from their posts, or
  archiving a profile before it is deleted. Applies to threat assessment and executive
  protection, insider-threat investigation, pre-litigation research, and personal exposure
  audits — with explicit limits on profiling uninvolved third parties. Reference at
  useosint.com/skills/pattern-of-life-from-socials.
disable-model-invocation: true
---

# Pattern of Life from Socials

Pattern-of-life analysis turns scattered public posts into a model of where
someone is, when, and with whom. It is the most abusable technique in this
repo: the same method produces a due-diligence report and a stalking dossier.
The difference is authorization and scope, not tradecraft. The beginner error
is collecting posts instead of analysing them — screenshots of a feed are not
intelligence. Work four layers: account metadata, network, content, temporal
behaviour. The first and last are the two everyone skips, and the two the
subject can't curate.

## Step 1 — Authorized scope

Read [../../ETHICS.md](../../ETHICS.md), then write down before opening a
single profile:

- **Subject** — the account(s) and the real-world entity you believe is behind
  them.
- **Objective** — the question that ends the investigation. "Pattern of life"
  is not one. "Does this vendor's EU lead actually live in the EU" is.
- **In / out of bounds** — explicitly. Minors, uninvolved family, home address,
  health, religion, sexuality and immigration status are out unless the
  objective requires them and you can defend that.
- **Posture** — observation only, or authorized interaction. Following, liking,
```
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