What problem does it solve? Files carry hidden metadata — GPS coordinates, camera serial numbers, document authors, template paths, and editing history — that investigators and analysts routinely miss or misread. This Skill turns exiftool output into reliable findings by teaching which tags matter, where tools lie, and how to grade confidence in each claim. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Full metadata extraction: Run exiftool with the correct flags (-G1, -a, -u, -n) on JPEG, HEIC, RAW, MP4, DOCX, XLSX, and PDF files, plus bulk CSV triage across whole directories. - High-value field interpretation: Read GPS coordinates and camera bearing, device serial numbers for link analysis, timezone-anchored timestamps, editing chains, and embedded thumbnails that reveal pre-crop content. - Document forensics: Unzip Office containers to expose tracked-change authors, comment identities, template UNC paths, and embedded images with intact EXIF; parse PDFs for producer strings, incremental revisions, and failed redactions. - Use Case: Verify an insurance-claim PDF allegedly written on-site: discover it was produced by a word processor, find a DOCX whose template path leaks a third-party firm's server, and extract an embedded photo whose EXIF date contradicts the claimed inspection date. ## Quick Start Use the secrets-in-file-metadata skill to extract and interpret all metadata from the attached photo and tell me where and when it was taken and on what device.
