Intelligence Sources

Every signal, every source.

Argus monitors 25+ public and open-source intelligence channels โ€” from hiring velocity and patent filings to infrastructure exposure and paste site leaks.

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Public Signals

7 sources
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GitHub Activity
github.com API
Tracks new repos, commits, releases, and stars for competitor organizations. Reveals tech stack decisions, open-source bets, and release cadence before press coverage.
Free OSINT Every 60 min
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Job Postings
Ashby ยท Greenhouse ยท Lever ยท Workable
Monitors open roles across major ATS platforms. Hiring patterns reveal product bets, market expansion, and team growth before any announcement.
Free OSINT Every 15 min
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News & Press
Brave Search ยท DuckDuckGo
Real-time news search for company mentions, product launches, funding rounds, and executive changes. Alerts on importance-scored breaking news.
Free Real-time Every 15 min
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Website Changes
Live crawl + Wayback Machine
Detects copy changes, new page sections, and layout shifts on competitor websites. Pricing page changes are tracked separately with full diff.
Free OSINT Every 60 min
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Reddit & Hacker News
reddit.com ยท news.ycombinator.com
Monitors brand mentions, customer complaints, and community sentiment across Reddit and HN. Early signal of product problems or viral moments.
Free OSINT Every 60 min
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Product Hunt
producthunt.com
Tracks competitor launches and related product launches in their category. Often the first public signal of a new product or pivot.
Free OSINT Every 60 min
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HuggingFace Models
huggingface.co
Detects when competitors upload or fine-tune AI models. Early signal of AI strategy, model specialization, and upcoming ML-powered features.
Free OSINT Every 60 min
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Regulatory & Legal

4 sources
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SEC Filings
SEC EDGAR (public companies)
Monitors 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, and S-1 filings. Extracts revenue figures, risk disclosures, new business lines, and executive compensation from regulatory documents.
Free OSINT Every 60 min
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Patent Filings
PatentsView ยท Google Patents
Tracks new patent applications and grants. Patent filings reveal R&D direction 12-24 months before product release โ€” the ultimate forward-looking signal.
Free OSINT Every 6 hr
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USPTO Trademarks
tmsearch.uspto.gov
Monitors new trademark filings by competitor companies. New trademarks often precede product launches, rebrandings, or expansion into new market categories.
Free OSINT Every 60 min
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Court Records
CourtListener free API
Searches federal and state court dockets for lawsuits involving competitors. Extracts case type, parties, financial figures, and opinion summaries โ€” legal risk made visible.
Free OSINT Every 24 hr
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Deep OSINT

8 sources
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Shodan Infrastructure Scan
shodan.io InternetDB (free tier)
Maps competitor infrastructure: open ports, exposed services, cloud providers, TLS certificates, and known CVEs. Reveals tech stack and security posture without touching their systems.
Free Dark OSINT Every 24 hr
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Subdomain Enumeration
HackerTarget ยท RapidDNS (passive DNS)
Passively maps competitor subdomains via public DNS records. Strategic subdomains (api2, beta, staging, checkout, careers) signal product expansion and infrastructure moves.
Free Dark OSINT Every 6 hr
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Breach Monitor
HaveIBeenPwned domain API
Checks if competitor domains have appeared in known data breaches. Breach history reveals security maturity and can signal customer trust vulnerabilities you can leverage.
Free Dark OSINT Every 24 hr
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S3 Bucket Scanner
AWS S3 public API
Checks 25 common bucket naming patterns for public accessibility. Publicly listable S3 buckets can reveal build artifacts, marketing assets, exports, and internal docs โ€” all legally accessible.
Free Dark OSINT Every 24 hr
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Paste Site Monitor
Pastebin ยท GitHub Gist
Scans public paste sites for accidental data exposure โ€” API keys, internal URLs, database strings, credentials. Engineers debugging or onboarding often accidentally share sensitive snippets.
Free Dark OSINT Every 6 hr
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GitHub Secret Scanner
GitHub Search API
Searches public GitHub repositories for accidental internal domain references, unreleased feature keywords, and new repos. Catches leaks and roadmap hints in public code.
Free Dark OSINT Every 12 hr
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Certificate Transparency
crt.sh public CT logs
Monitors TLS certificate issuance for competitor domains. New certificates for internal subdomains, staging environments, or new products are publicly logged and often reveal stealth projects.
Free Dark OSINT Every 60 min
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App Store Updates
Apple App Store ยท Google Play
Tracks version updates, changelogs, and rating changes for competitor mobile apps. App updates often telegraph backend changes, new features, and support quality trends.
Free OSINT Every 60 min
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People Intelligence

3 sources
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Hiring Velocity
Ashby ยท Greenhouse ยท Lever ยท Workable
Tracks hiring acceleration and deceleration by department over time. A sudden 3x spike in ML engineer postings is a stronger signal than any press release.
Free OSINT Every 24 hr
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Employee Signals
LinkedIn posts ยท Conference talks ยท DDG search
Monitors public posts about new hires, departures, and conference talks at competitor companies. Executive movement and engineering team shifts often precede pivots.
Free OSINT Every 12 hr
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Customer Reviews
Reddit ยท G2 ยท Capterra
Monitors customer sentiment on public review platforms and Reddit. Feature gaps, support complaints, and NPS trends surface before they hit earnings calls.
Free OSINT Every 4 hr
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Pricing & Go-to-Market

3 sources
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Pricing Watch
Live crawl + SHA256 fingerprinting
Detects pricing page changes using content fingerprinting and Wayback Machine diffs. Price increases, new tiers, and feature gate changes are flagged immediately.
Free OSINT Every 12 hr
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Wayback Machine Diffs
web.archive.org API
Compares current pages against archived snapshots to show exactly what changed โ€” removed features, new positioning, pricing restructures, and killed pages.
Free OSINT Every 60 min
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Ad Library
Facebook Ad Library API
Monitors active ad creatives, spend estimates, and messaging angles for competitor brands. Reveals campaign focus areas and growth channels when configured with an API token.
Needs token OSINT Every 60 min

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