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Investigations with AI. The tools to run your own.

Using AI to accelerate investigations, disclose methodologies, and build open tools for journalists and researchers.

Coming August 2026

Indicator AI Lab · $10/month add-on

The methods behind real AI-assisted investigations.

AI Lab combines the Buried Signals tool suite with a monthly investigation debrief, a practical Case Note, and office hours every two weeks.

  • Member tool suite

    Access to Data Navigator, Scoutpost Pro, OSINT Navigator, Spotlight, and Mycroft, with higher usage limits.

  • Monthly Investigation Debrief

    See how AI was used in a real investigation, where it failed, and how the evidence was verified. Ask the journalists behind it questions live.

  • Monthly Case Note

    Take the method into your own work with key decisions, verification steps, and one reusable skill, template, workflow, or tool setup.

  • Office hours every two weeks

    Live group troubleshooting and practical Q&A across the tool suite.

  • Early access and roadmap input

    Use new features as they ship. Member feedback is prioritized as product input on the roadmap.

  • 50% off training bootcamps

    Hands-on cohorts for applying AI to real investigations.

Tools

The tools included in the add-on.

Member access and higher usage limits across the Buried Signals investigation stack.

  1. Data Navigator

    Ask public registries and data sources in plain language.

  2. Scoutpost Pro

    Monitor pages, beats, social profiles, councils, PDFs, and source lists.

  3. OSINT Navigator

    Find the right OSINT tools and route recommendations into agent workflows.

  4. Spotlight

    Run structured investigation and verification workflows with agent support.

  5. Mycroft

    Set up a personal AI assistant for journalism workflows.

  6. Early access

    Early access to new features as they ship. Member feedback is prioritized as product input on the roadmap.

Investigation Debriefs

One real case, live every month.

Thirty minutes: a short case setup, the AI failures and reporting decisions that mattered, then member questions. The reviewed Case Note follows by email with the workflow, verification steps, and one reusable asset.

  1. September 2026

    From municipal documents to reporting leads

    Lars Adrian Giske · iTromsø / DJINN

    A live investigation debrief on how personal agents were used, where they failed, and how the resulting leads were verified.