intelwatch

Zero friction. Full context. Competitive intelligence, M&A due diligence, and OSINT directly from your terminal.

Intelwatch bridges the gap between hacker OSINT and B2B Sales/M&A data. It executes complex financial data aggregation, technology stack detection, and AI-powered due diligence in seconds. No dashboards, no bloated UI. Just pure data.

Installation

npm install -g intelwatch
intelwatch setup

# or run directly without installing:
npx intelwatch profile kpmg.fr --ai

Requirements: Node.js >=18

🚀 The Flagship Feature: Due Diligence

Generate a comprehensive M&A/PE due diligence report in seconds. Intelwatch uses Smart Routing to fetch the best data based on the company's location (Pappers for France, Apollo/Clearbit/OpenCorporates for International).

# Generate a deep profile with AI Due Diligence
intelwatch profile doctolib.fr --ai

# Export directly to a premium PDF report (Pro feature)
intelwatch profile kpmg.fr --ai --export pdf

# Export data to Excel or CSV
intelwatch profile "Acme Corp" --export xls

What it extracts:

• Financials: Revenue, net result, consolidated data, and growth analysis.
• Group Structure: Shareholders, PE sponsors, and subsidiaries tree.
• Governance & M&A: Board members, BODACC legal publications, and historical M&A timeline.
• OSINT & Reputation: Recent press mentions, Reddit/Hacker News discussions, and sentiment scoring.
• Tech Stack: Detection of 50+ technologies (CMS, Frameworks, Analytics, CDNs).
• AI Analysis: Executive summary, Strengths & Weaknesses, Competitor identification, and Risk flags.

🛠️ Core Commands

1. Market & Competitor Discovery

Discover actual competitors for any website using web search and AI scoring.

intelwatch discover https://mycompany.com --export csv

2. Track Competitors & Keywords

Set up local trackers to monitor competitor websites, technology changes, and Google SERP rankings over time.

intelwatch track competitor https://acme.com --name "Acme Corp"
intelwatch track keyword "audit SEO" --engine google
intelwatch track brand "Recognity"

3. Check & Digest

Run your trackers and see what changed since the last snapshot.

intelwatch check
intelwatch digest
intelwatch diff acme-com --days 7

4. AI Briefs & Sales Pitches

Generate AI-powered competitive briefs and sales pitches against your tracked competitors.

intelwatch ai-summary
intelwatch pitch acme-com

💎 Pro License ($49/mo)

Intelwatch operates on a freemium model. The Free Tier allows standard OSINT, basic company profiles, and CSV exports.

The Pro Tier unlocks:

• 📄 Premium PDF & Excel (XLS) exports
• 🤖 AI Due Diligence Reports (Health score, Risks, M&A timelines)
• 🌍 International Routing (Apollo & Clearbit integrations)
• 🕵️ Deep OSINT (Reddit & Hacker News tracking)

Activate your license:

intelwatch auth YOUR_LICENSE_KEY

(Get your key at recognity.fr/tools/intelwatch)

⚙️ Configuration & API Keys

Intelwatch brings your own keys (BYOK) for maximum privacy and limit-less scaling. Set these in your environment variables (~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc):

# Required for AI Features (Choose one)
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="sk-ant-..."
export OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-proj-..."

# Required for Web Search & Discovery
export BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY="BSAeG..."

# Required for deep French corporate data
export PAPPERS_API_KEY="86c0dcc..."

# Required for deep International corporate data (Pro)
export APOLLO_API_KEY="..."

(You can also use a .env file in your working directory).

🔒 Privacy & Architecture

• Local-first: All tracker data, snapshots, and configurations are stored locally in ~/.intelwatch/.
• No intermediary servers: The CLI talks directly to the data providers (Pappers, Apollo, Brave, Anthropic/OpenAI). We do not see your API keys or your searches.
• Smart Routing: registry.js automatically detects French companies (via SIREN/SIRET or country code) and routes them to Pappers, while international companies gracefully fallback to Apollo and OpenCorporates.

License

MIT