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Feature Request: Automated Cross-Scanning & Target Pivoting #478

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@kaifcodec

Description

Currently, user-scanner only supports scanning a single target type at a time (username or email). In many OSINT investigations, initial scans uncover hidden identifiers for a different target type (e.g., an email address buried in a bio, or a connected GitHub/PayPal/Patreon link returning a username).

Feature Request

We need an automated way to pivot between targets:

  1. Extraction Engine: Automatically parse the metadata dictionaries of found targets for valid emails, social media handles, and wallet URLs (PayPal, Venmo, Patreon).
  2. Interactive Selection: After a primary scan finishes, present the user with a prompt listing any extracted secondary targets and ask if they'd like to perform a cross-scan.
  3. Automated Flag: Introduce a --cross-auto flag that bypasses the prompt and automatically launches full cross-scans on all extracted identifiers.

Expected Behavior

  • Using --cross or --cross-auto should seamlessly chain an email scan after a username scan (or vice-versa).
  • Secondary outputs should be saved separately if the -o flag is passed, avoiding overwriting the primary report.

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