My party is lacking a scouting type character and I would like to give them the ability through an item. I was thinking something along the lines of Clairvoyance/Clairaudience in tech form, but didn't see anything like that in the technology guide. Any thoughts?
You could purchase a Clockwork Familiar, reflavored. I'm not sure if that works for you.
Scouting archetype is not necessary- in most cases sneaky PC risks twice to confirm that there are ( expected on common sense level )enemies. If you don't have in party versatile preppers like alchemist scouting is waste of session time.
