---
title: "Build super timelines from mixed forensic artifacts with Plaso"
description: "Ingest disk, log, and system artifacts into a sortable forensic timeline before analysis, scoping, or case review."
verification: "listed"
source: "https://github.com/log2timeline/plaso"
author: "log2timeline"
publisher_type: "organization"
category:
  - "Runbooks & Diagnostics"
framework:
  - "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "log2timeline/plaso"
  github_stars: 2052
---

# Build super timelines from mixed forensic artifacts with Plaso

Ingest disk, log, and system artifacts into a sortable forensic timeline before analysis, scoping, or case review.

## Prerequisites

Plaso tooling such as log2timeline and psort, Python environment, artifact set or disk image to parse

## Installation

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

Install command or upstream instructions:

```
Install Plaso from the upstream project or supported packages, feed it the target artifact source or image, then generate and review the resulting timeline with the standard Plaso tools.
```

## Documentation

- https://plaso.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/build-super-timelines-from-mixed-forensic-artifacts-with-plaso/)