Use the OSINT scanner responsibly
Prepare for a conversation with sourced context instead of disconnected search results.
Enable contact profiles and the required acknowledgement. Select permitted sources and a legitimate purpose.
Research & Facts performs contact intelligence using enabled local and external sources. It preserves provenance and separates your notes from looked-up material.
Set the research scope
Open Research scope and review enabled sources, accounts, purpose, and acknowledgement.
The app reports whether contact intelligence is ready.
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Research & Facts
OSINT & Facts
Find Research scope
Interactive HTML app view with sample data. Follow the outlined control, play the example, or explore at your own pace.
All steps, in writing
Set the research scope
Open Research scope and review enabled sources, accounts, purpose, and acknowledgement.
Expected: The app reports whether contact intelligence is ready.
Identify the person
Choose Research a person. Add known context such as the company to distinguish namesakes.
Expected: An existing CRM contact is matched or a deliberate new contact is identified.
Start the lookup
Choose Look Up after checking the target. Watch source progress and any incomplete marker.
Expected: Results arrive with provenance rather than becoming unquestioned personal notes.
Review the evidence
Inspect source links, identity match, credibility, and questions to resolve. Correct mismatches.
Expected: The profile is associated with the right person and reviewed evidence.
Control future updates
Review per-contact update choices and global source policy. Stop or disable unnecessary research.
Expected: The ongoing research scope matches your intent.
If something differs
- Partial profiles remain incomplete and cannot be treated as finished generated answers/actions.
- This website assistant explains the scanner; it will not investigate a person, find private addresses, or bypass someone’s access controls.
Open the screen references
Based on Modules/Assistant/App/Views/ContactIntelligenceWorkspaceView.swift and the app help catalog. Edition, device, and build affect available controls.