Library
Everything AB//LABS publishes in the open, on one page: a guide to using AI in intelligence work, a verified list of maritime and supply chain OSINT tools, a cited reading list, and the tools and platform we build. Each card opens the resource; the repository link is where to propose changes.
Guides and lists
AI-Enhanced OSINT
A practical guide to using AI in intelligence work on illicit trade, with the OPSEC rules that apply to every tool we list.
Website · Repository · Latest release · Cite (DOI)
Maritime and Supply Chain OSINT Tools
The tools and data sources we use to track ships, cargo and trade, each verified, with who runs it and what it costs.
Website · Repository · tools.json · Propose a tool
Recommended Reading
Books, reports and papers for people working on illicit trade, with full citations and downloads for Zotero and BibTeX.
Website · Repository · BibTeX · CSL JSON
Tools and platforms
MARA
Our maritime security intelligence platform, with round-the-clock incident monitoring, alerts, reports and country and port indices.
Website · Repository · Roadmap and feedback · Waterline newsletter
equasis-cli
Look up vessels, inspections, ownership history and company fleets in Equasis from the command line, in batches.
cue-kit
Turn a video into extracted frames and a timestamped transcript that a language model can read, with a Claude Code skill.
Who we are
AB//LABS provides intelligence and support across maritime, defence and logistics: vessel tracking and port assessments, operational intelligence before and during deployments, threat and risk analysis, and advisory work on building analytical capability. The tools and lists on this page come out of that work.
AB//LABS began as Atlas|Bear Labs, the technical side of Atlas|Bear, and is now a company of its own. The two still work together, and our repositories keep the atlas-bear name on GitHub for now. Atlas|Bear’s Academy runs the professional development programmes our people teach on, and much of what is on this page is used each year at the Summer School on Illicit Trade.
Atlas|Bear provides intelligence advisory and operational support to organisations deploying people, technology and capital in difficult markets, with the fieldwork, logistics and professional services that need specialist knowledge. Every Atlas|Bear engagement supports independent fieldwork, impact investment and critical projects in vulnerable communities worldwide, simply by operating within its network.
The Atlas|Bear Academy runs training and professional development for people who want to do this work well, online and in person; our people teach on it. The Mombasa Method is its flagship on-demand programme. For custom training, write to courier@atlasbear.co.
Contributing
Every resource has an issue form for proposals and corrections, written criteria for what goes in, and a changelog. We sweep the guide and the lists twice a year, in spring and autumn, and release each sweep. Pull requests are welcome; the repositories explain the format. Please keep to our community guidelines.
Contact
support@ab-labs.io for anything about these resources. Waterline is our newsletter.