AI Powered OSINT (Part 2): Build an Open Source Investigation Reporting Desk with Claude Projects
This week we build a permanent Claude workspace that turns your findings into finished open source investigation reports in your style.
Hello from the OJ team,
This week we continue our series on using GenAI for OSINT work. Each instalment takes one capability and builds something you can use the same day.
This time we turn to Projects inside Claude. A Project gives Claude a permanent workspace with instructions, its own reference files, and its own skills, so a task you repeat stays consistent no matter who on the team runs it. We explain what Projects are, show where to set one up, and build a working example. A reporting desk that records your facts, asks for your assessment, and writes the finished report in your voice, every time.
And of course, we share the latest tradecraft tips and industry news from last week.
Let’s get started.
In case you missed last week…
OSINT Tradecraft Tips & Industry News
Everything you need to know from the past seven days.
Epieos shares four tips to help optimise sock puppet accounts whilst reducing the risk of losing them | learn more
Telegram’s “t.me” shortlink domain was restored after a day-long global suspension caused by a registry blocking it to comply with U.S. sanctions against a specific channel, TechCrunch reports | read here
Dr. Manisha Ganguly shared a review by the Centre for Investigative Journalism praising the free, UNESCO-endorsed Story-Based Inquiry handbook, which she co-authored, as an essential tool for global investigative journalism. | read LinkedIn post | free download here
LinkedIn user David Papava shared an OSINT Risk Evaluation Matrix, a good practice for assessing operational, legal, privacy, reputational, organisational, and ethical risks before proceeding with OSINT tasks | explore here
Open Measures identified over 5 million Telegram posts advertising the sale of likely compromised or fraudulent accounts for major U.S. tech platforms in the past year | read the article
The first installment of a new analysis series argues that the current understanding of Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference is too Europe-centric and should be redefined to better reflect the realities of the Global South | read more
We recently discovered a 260-page edition of Defence Strategic Communications published this past June by the NATO StratCom COE. We wanted to share it with you, as it features insightful pieces on FIMI, strategic communications, and technological sovereignty | read here
How to Build an Open Source Investigation Reporting Desk with Claude Projects
An investigation is only as good as its reporting. It takes time to get it right, and doing it consistently, every time, across a team, takes a system. This week we show you how to build a permanent reporting desk using Claude Projects: a workspace that holds your style guide, your template, and your conventions, and turns rough notes into a finished draft in your team's voice. The full build, including the instructions, the files, and the skill that enforces the right sequence, is in this week's issue.
