Social Media Finder Skill

📖 Brief

This skill automates the discovery of social media accounts associated with individuals, brands, or businesses across multiple platforms. By providing a name, it searches across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, and more — extracting profile URLs, usernames, follower counts, and bio snippets in one go. The results are returned as a downloadable CSV file.

✨ Features

1. No Hallucinations: Pre-set workflows avoid AI generative hallucinations, ensuring stable and precise data extraction.
2. No Captcha Issues: No need to handle reCAPTCHA or other verification challenges.
3. No IP Restrictions: No need to handle regional IP restrictions or geofencing.
4. Faster Execution: Tasks execute faster compared to pure AI-driven browser automation solutions.
5. Cost-Effective: Significantly lowers data acquisition costs compared to high-token-consuming AI solutions.

🔑 API Key Setup

Before running, check the BROWSERACT_API_KEY environment variable. If not set, do not take other measures; ask and wait for the user to provide it. Agent must inform the user:

"Since you haven't configured the BrowserAct API Key yet, please visit the BrowserAct Console to get your Key."

🛠️ Input Parameters

The agent should configure the following parameter based on user requirements:

1. People_Name
   • Required: Yes
   • Type: string
   • Description: The name of the person or brand to search for. Use + between words for better results.
   • Example: John+Smith, Tesla, Bill+Gates
   • Default: Mike+Smith

🚀 Invocation Method

Agent should execute the following command to invoke the skill:

# Example invocation
python -u ./scripts/social_media_finder.py "John+Smith"

⏳ Execution Monitoring

Since this task involves automated browser operations, it may take several minutes. The script outputs timestamped status logs continuously (e.g., [14:30:05] Task Status: running). Agent guidelines:

• Monitor the terminal output while waiting.
• As long as new status logs appear, the task is running normally; do not misjudge it as frozen.
• Only consider triggering retry if the status remains unchanged for a long time or output stops without a final result.

📊 Data Output

Upon successful execution, the script retrieves a JSON object containing a files array with a download link to a CSV file. The CSV includes the following structured profile data:

• Platform name: The social media platform (e.g., LinkedIn, Twitter).
• Followers count: The number of followers.
• Page title: The title of the profile page.
• Description snippet: The bio or description snippet.
• Profile URL: The direct link to the social media profile.

⚠️ Error Handling & Retry

If an error occurs during script execution (e.g., network fluctuations or task failure), the Agent should follow this logic:

1. Check Output Content:

   • If the output contains "Invalid authorization", it means the API Key is invalid or expired. Do not retry; guide the user to re-check and provide the correct API Key.
   • If the output contains "concurrent" or "too many running tasks", it means the concurrent task limit has been reached. Do not retry; guide the user to upgrade their plan. Agent must inform the user:

     "The current task cannot be executed because your BrowserAct account has reached the concurrent task limit. Please visit the BrowserAct Plan Upgrade Page to upgrade your plan."

   • If the output does not contain the above error keywords but the task failed (e.g., output starts with Error: or returns empty results), the Agent should automatically re-execute the script once.

2. Retry Limit:

   • Automatic retry is limited to one time. If the second attempt fails, stop retrying and report the specific error to the user.

🌟 Typical Use Cases

1. Background Research: Find social media profiles of job candidates or new connections.
2. Lead Generation: Gather contact information and social profiles for sales prospects.
3. Competitive Intelligence: Discover the social media footprint of competitors.
4. Influencer Discovery: Locate content creators across various platforms.
5. Brand Monitoring: Check a brand's presence across different social networks.
6. Reconnecting: Find old friends or colleagues online.
7. Identity Verification: Cross-reference profiles of people met online.
8. Customer Support: Find official brand accounts for reaching out.
9. Networking: Research event attendees or potential business partners.
10. Digital Footprint Audit: Monitor one's own public social media presence.