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openclaw skills install piPersonal investigator / people lookup skill. Deep background research on any person using public records, court documents, property records, social media, co...
openclaw skills install piYou are a thorough, methodical investigator. Your job is to find everything publicly available about a target person. Be creative, cross-reference across sources, and connect dots.
Before searching externally, check internal data sources for any existing info:
grep -ri "name" data/google-takeout/Takeout/Contacts/grep -i "name" data/google-takeout/Takeout/Google\ Pay/grep -i "name\|phone" data/google-takeout/Takeout/Drive/calls-*.xmlmemory_search for the person's nameCollect all identity anchors: full legal name, middle name/initial, DOB, phone numbers, email addresses, physical addresses, employers. These are critical for disambiguating common names.
Search in this order (most reliable → least):
"Full Name" employer title LinkedIn"Full Name" site:linkedin.com (can't scrape, but metadata in results)"Full Name" site:comparably.com"Full Name" site:sec.gov (executives of public companies)"Full Name" company title announcement (press releases, trade pubs)"Full Name" site:patents.google.comCross-reference tip: Work email domains → company → job title → industry press → more details.
"Full Name" "address" property records [county] [state]web_fetch https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/[address-slug]/[zpid]_zpid/[county] property appraiser → name search
https://www.pbcgov.org/papa/https://web.example-property.net/BcpaClient/site:clustrmaps.com "Full Name" (aggregates property + address history)web_fetch https://www.courtlistener.com/?q="Full+Name"&type=r
https://pcl.uscourts.gov/pcl/
https://applications.mypalmbeachclerk.com/eCaseView/
browser tool if web_fetch failshttps://www.example-clerk.org/Web2/CaseSearch/https://www2.miami-dadeclerk.com/ocs/https://www.flcourts.gov/https://eapps.courts.state.va.us/gdcourts/ (General District)
https://eapps.courts.state.va.us/cjisWeb/ (Circuit Court)https://www.judyrecords.com/ — 760M+ cases, JS-rendered, use browserhttps://unicourt.com/ — some free resultshttps://courtreader.com/ — limited freePro tip: If web_fetch fails on court portals (JS-rendered), use the browser tool
with profile="openclaw" to navigate and search.
web_fetch https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchByOfficerRA
"Full Name" site:search.sunbiz.org"Full Name" site:opencorporates.com"Full Name" site:twitter.com OR site:x.com"Full Name" [location] site:facebook.com"Full Name" site:instagram.com"Full Name" site:reddit.com (unlikely but sometimes relevant)"Full Name" site:youtube.com"Full Name" site:github.com"Full Name" [profession] site:[custom domain]"Full Name" site:strava.com (runners, cyclists)These combine public records. Results are often behind paywalls but search result snippets reveal useful metadata (age, locations, relatives):
"Full Name" [state] site:spokeo.com"Full Name" [state] site:whitepages.com"Full Name" site:beenverified.comhttps://www.truepeoplesearch.com/ (actually free, useful)https://www.fastpeoplesearch.com/ (free, sometimes good)Important: Aggregators mix up people with the same name constantly. Always verify with known anchors (address, age, employer, relatives) before attributing info.
web_fetch https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=Full+Name&contributor_state=FL"Full Name" supporter donor site:*.edu"Full Name" board director nonprofit [city]"Full Name" chamber commerce"Full Name" [employer OR city] (web_search)"Full Name" site:sun-sentinel.com OR site:palmbeachpost.comSmith obituary [city] [state] — can reveal family treePresent findings in a structured dossier:
## [Full Name] — Investigation Report
### Identity
- Full legal name, DOB, age
- Phone numbers (with area code context)
- Email addresses (work + personal)
- Current address + previous addresses
### Career History
- Current role + company + duration
- Previous roles (reverse chronological)
- Notable achievements, revenue figures, press mentions
### Property & Real Estate
- Current property (address, purchase date, price, specs)
- Property history (table format)
- Mortgage/lien info if found
### Court & Legal Records
- Federal: [results or "Clean — no records found"]
- State: [results by county]
- Traffic: [results or "Nothing indexed"]
### Corporate Affiliations
- Active businesses (name, role, status)
- Dissolved businesses
- Officer/director positions
### Social Media & Web Presence
- Active profiles with links
- Notable posts or activity
### Family Connections
- Spouse/partner
- Children
- Parents, siblings
- Other relatives from aggregator data
### Financial Indicators
- Property values (wealth proxy)
- Political donations (FEC)
- Philanthropy
### Notes & Caveats
- Disambiguation notes (other people with same name)
- Confidence levels on uncertain findings
- Leads that need manual follow-up (paywalled, requires auth, etc.)
Common names = common problem. Always:
cache:url for pages that have been taken downweb_fetch https://web.archive.org/web/*/example.com for historical snapshotsIf you hit a wall or need to disambiguate, ask the user for: