who-is-this

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Lets your agent research a person's public background and deliver a short credibility check.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Add ahel to your AI once: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex. Then ask it to use this.

Then ask your AI: use the who-is-this skill

About this skill

Research a person''s public track record and give a short credibility assessment. Use only when the user explicitly invokes /who-is-this.

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by davidondrej/skills in skills/research-and-web/who-is-this/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Read the deepapi skill first. All search and scraping goes through DeepAPI. Never use built-in search, fetch, or a browser.

Seed

Accept a name, handle, URL, or profile screenshot. If missing, ask once; never guess a person.

Verify matching bio, company, location, and photo before deeper research. If identity is ambiguous, stop and ask.

Research

Find their X, LinkedIn, and GitHub first (dedicated endpoints, not site: search). Then run these in parallel:

  1. GitHub activity. POST /v1/scrape/github/profile with includeRepos: true, plus recent PRs (POST /v1/scrape/github/search, type: "pulls", query: "author:<username>", sort: "updated").
  2. Last 10 LinkedIn posts. POST /v1/scrape/linkedin/posts, maxItems: 10. Also scrape the LinkedIn profile if you have the slug.
  3. Deep research. POST /v1/research/deep on who they are, what they have actually done, and whether the public story holds.
  4. 50 newest X posts. POST /v1/scrape/twitter/search with the handle, sort: "latest", maxItems: 50. Also pull POST /v1/scrape/twitter/user.

Follow DeepAPI polling. If a platform is missing or private, say so. Do not invent a profile.

What to extract

Keep only the 3 facts that best explain who the person is; omit the rest.

  • Real track record beats bio. Jobs, products, exits, code, talks.
  • Self-reported numbers stay labeled "their claim". Verified numbers say "verified".
  • Include posting topics only if they change the verdict.
  • Choose the archetype their track record supports: builder, marketer, operator, researcher, grifter, investor, recruiter, hobbyist, etc.

Ignore congrats, logo spam, paid "king of X" press, and follower-count flexing.

Output

Maximum 100 words after the header. Use short, plain-English sentences. No tables, sub-bullets, tweet dumps, or research narration.

**Full name** — [@handle](https://x.com/handle) · [LinkedIn](url) · [GitHub](url) · [Site](url)

**Who:** One sentence. Where they are and what they do now.

**Track record:** Max 3 bullets. Only what explains who they are. Dates. Label claims vs verified.

**Verdict:** One line. The archetype, whether the story holds, and why.

Fictional example:

**Jane Doe** — [@janedoe](https://x.com/janedoe) · [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/janedoe) · [GitHub](https://github.com/janedoe)

**Who:** Berlin solo founder of Acme, an open-source Postgres proxy.

**Track record:**
- 2024–now: Acme founder. 2.1K stars (verified); no revenue (her claim).
- 2019–2024: Backend engineer at Zalando and N26.
- Claims "50K users"; unverified.

**Verdict:** Solo builder with real code; user numbers remain unverified.

Omit a missing profile link instead of faking it.

Follow-ups: 1–3 sentences. Re-scrape only if the first pass missed that platform.

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