# osintverse-community/sherlock

Finds accounts by username across 400+ social networks and websites

## Install and run

```sh
ot install osintverse-community/sherlock
ot run osintverse-community/sherlock u:github
```

The first `ot run` installs the tool after asking once. New to `ot`? See https://otinstaller.com/docs/getting-started.

From an AI agent, through ot's MCP server (`ot mcp`):

```
run_tool {"tool":"osintverse-community/sherlock","inputs":{"username":"github"}}
```

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `username` | username | yes |  |  |
| `site` | string | no |  | Only check this site, such as GitHub |

## Outputs

Finds: account, url.

## What a run does

- Does not contact the target.
- Collects personal data.
- Does not need an account.
- Connects to the internet.

An agent needs the person's consent before running this tool, because it collects personal data. See https://otinstaller.com/docs/agents#consent.

## Trust

- Latest version: 0.16.2
- Signed: no
- Verified publisher: yes
- Health: healthy
- Installs in the last 30 days: 0
- License: MIT
- Runtime: Python wheel (pipx), pinned by hash
- Repository: https://github.com/osintverse-community/sherlock
- Packaged by the community from a third-party tool

## Links

- Web page: https://otinstaller.com/osintverse-community/sherlock
- JSON: https://api.otinstaller.com/v1/tools/osintverse-community/sherlock
- README: https://github.com/osintverse-community/sherlock#readme
- Homepage: https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock
- Security details: https://otinstaller.com/osintverse-community/sherlock/security