Overview
intelligence-collection-disciplines is an open-source productivity skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by deanpeters. Its author describes it as: “Run competitive research like an intelligence agency: eight collection disciplines (OSINT to MASINT), signal-to-inference chains, and fusion. Use when one-source research isn't enough.”. The project has 6.5k stars on GitHub and ships custom license terms, so review them before reuse. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills`.
What intelligence-collection-disciplines does
Stop doing competitive research like a term paper. The intelligence community solved this problem decades ago: they don't collect "data," they run **collection disciplines** — independent channels, each with its own sources, tradecraft, and blind spots — and then they *fuse* them. This skill gives product managers that playbook: eight disciplines, each telling you (1) what to collect, (2) where to collect it, (3) which signal → inference chains to run, and (4) which PM artifact it feeds (TAM/SAM/SOM, ICPs, personas, battle cards, roadmap bets, win/loss, positioning, pricing). One signal is an…
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for intelligence-collection-disciplines is organised into these sections:
- Purpose
- Input
- Key Concepts
- The Eight Disciplines
- Application
- 1. OSINT — The Journalist's Desk
- 2. FININT — The Forensic Accountant
- 3. GEOINT/DEMOINT — The Cartographer
- 4. TECHINT — The Patent Examiner
- 5. HUMINT — The Sports Scout
- 6. SIGINT — The Wiretap You're Allowed to Have
- 7. MASINT — The Satellite Photo
Installation
Add intelligence-collection-disciplines to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add deanpeters/Product-Manager-SkillsReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — ships a claude code plugin marketplace
License
deanpeters has not declared a standard open-source license for this repository (Other). Confirm the terms with the author before reusing it.
Strengths
- Ships in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, an established project with 6,527 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Things to check
- No license declared — confirm terms with the author before reuse
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does intelligence-collection-disciplines do?
- Run competitive research like an intelligence agency: eight collection disciplines (OSINT to MASINT), signal-to-inference chains, and fusion. Use when one-source research isn't enough.
- How do I install intelligence-collection-disciplines?
- Run /plugin marketplace add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills before installing.
- Is intelligence-collection-disciplines free to use?
- intelligence-collection-disciplines is publicly available on GitHub, but deanpeters has not declared a standard open-source license (Other). Confirm the terms with the author before reusing it.
- Which agents does intelligence-collection-disciplines work with?
- intelligence-collection-disciplines lists Claude Code — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does intelligence-collection-disciplines come from?
- intelligence-collection-disciplines ships inside deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 6,527 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.