Reverse Trace
Identify the source of an image or video frame — TV show episode, movie scene, geographic location, or original publication. This skill should be used when the user asks to identify where an image is from, trace a screenshot back to its source, geolocate a photo, find what show or movie a frame is from, or do a reverse image search. Chains Google Vision, Picarta geolocation, and Gemini in parallel with graceful degradation. Triggers on: reverse image search, identify source, what show is this, where was this taken, trace image, identify video, what movie, which episode, geolocate photo, image source.
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From the source SKILL.md
Identify the source of images and videos by running multiple reverse search APIs in parallel and synthesizing results into a confidence-ranked report. Each engine contributes a different signal — web entity matching, AI geolocation, multimodal LLM identification — and the orchestrator merges them because no single API reliably covers all identification scenarios.
What this skill does
Reverse Trace is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/reverse-trace/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.
Who uses this skill
The Reverse Trace Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 156,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).
How to install
Free
Manual install (2 steps)
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/reverse-trace
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/reverse-trace/SKILL.md \
-o ~/.claude/skills/reverse-trace/SKILL.md
Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/reverse-trace/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.
Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/reverse-trace/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\reverse-trace\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.
Telegram
📱 Install from your phone or desktop Telegram
Open @claudskills_bot on Telegram, tap Open Desktop App, and the desktop app installs this skill for you. Or share the bot link with a colleague — they get the same one-tap install. Learn more →
Pro
One-click install via the desktop app
The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.
Pro
For the full experience including quality scoring and one-click install features for each skill — upgrade to Pro.
Frequently asked questions
How do I install the Reverse Trace Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy
SKILL.md from the source repository to
~/.claude/skills/reverse-trace/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at
claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Reverse Trace skill do?
Identify the source of an image or video frame — TV show episode, movie scene, geographic location, or original publication. This skill should be used when the user asks to identify where an image is from, trace a screenshot back to its source, geolocate a photo, find what show or movie a frame is from, or do a reverse image search. Chains Google Vision, Picarta geolocation, and Gemini in parallel with graceful degradation. Triggers on: reverse image search, identify source, what show is this, where was this taken, trace image, identify video, what movie, which episode, geolocate photo, image source.
Is this skill free to install?
Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.
When should I use the Reverse Trace skill?
Use Reverse Trace when your Claude Code task falls under the General category — specifically in the general misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Reverse Trace" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at
/category/general/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Reverse Trace skill fit in?
A Claude Code skill is a
SKILL.md file that lives under
~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Reverse Trace is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at
/learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.
Attribution & license
Cite this skill
If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:
APA
tdimino. (2026). Reverse Trace [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/reverse-trace/
BibTeX
@misc{reverse-trace-2026,
author = {tdimino},
title = {Reverse Trace [Claude Code skill]},
year = {2026},
publisher = {ClaudSkills},
url = {https://claudskills.com/skills/reverse-trace/}
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Security scan
Grade A · scanned 2026-07-21 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.
No risk patterns were found in any of the ten OWASP-aligned categories. How grading works ›
- ✓ Prompt injection
- ✓ Data exfiltration
- ✓ Supply chain
- ✓ Reverse shell
- ✓ Credentials
- ✓ Execution
- ✓ Filesystem
- ✓ Persistence
- ✓ Obfuscation
- ✓ Network
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