intelligence-collection-disciplines

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…

Installation

Add intelligence-collection-disciplines to your agent with:

/plugin marketplace add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills

Always review a skill's source before installing it. This command comes from the skill's public repository; the linked repo is the source of truth for exact setup steps.

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

When to use it

Reach for intelligence-collection-disciplines when you want productivity help from your agent without writing the same instructions every session. Load the skill and the agent picks it up automatically for relevant tasks.

Strengths

• Ships in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, an established project with 6,527 GitHub stars
• Actively maintained (recent commits)

Things to check

• No license declared — confirm terms with the author before reuse

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.

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.