Trend Discovery

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Lets your agent research trending topics, hashtags, sounds, and creators across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit.

Then ask your AI: use the Trend Discovery skill

Details

Instructions available. Your AI can read the instructions. Execution depends on the setup they require.

Add it as a step in a pipeline you build on Ahel, or connect Ahel to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex and ask your AI to use it.

About this skill

Use when the user wants to discover trending social topics, hashtags, sounds, posts, reels, shorts, creators, or formats in a niche. Searches public trend and discovery endpoints, ranks evidence, and turns trends into practical content angles.

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by scrapecreators/social-media-research-skills in skills/trend-discovery/SKILL.md and read by Ahel’s review.

Overview

Find trends worth acting on. This skill is for social media trend research across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Pinterest, and other public sources. The output should separate real evidence from vague "this is trending" claims.

When to Use

Use this skill when the user asks to:

  • find trends in a niche or category
  • discover trending TikTok sounds, hashtags, creators, or videos
  • find trending Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts ideas
  • build a weekly trend brief
  • decide what content formats or angles to jump on

Useful Sources

SignalEndpoint examples
TikTok trending feed/v1/tiktok/get-trending-feed
TikTok popular hashtags/songs/videos/creators/v1/tiktok/hashtags/popular, /v1/tiktok/songs/popular, /v1/tiktok/videos/popular, /v1/tiktok/creators/popular
TikTok search/v1/tiktok/search/top, /v1/tiktok/search/keyword, /v1/tiktok/search/hashtag
Instagram trends/search/v1/instagram/reels/trending, /v2/instagram/reels/search, /v1/instagram/search/hashtag
YouTube/v1/youtube/shorts/trending, /v1/youtube/search, /v1/youtube/search/hashtag
Reddit/v1/reddit/search, /v1/reddit/subreddit, /v1/reddit/subreddit/search
Pinterest/v1/pinterest/search

Workflow

  1. Define niche, country/region, platform, and time sensitivity.
  2. Pull trend/discovery/search results from 2-4 relevant sources.
  3. Normalize evidence: post URL, creator, metric, date, topic, sound/hashtag if present.
  4. Cluster into trends by topic, format, hook, sound, meme, or audience problem.
  5. Rank trends by evidence strength and relevance, not raw views alone.
  6. Translate each trend into content ideas the user can actually make.

Output Format

# Trend Discovery Brief: {niche}

## Trends Worth Acting On
| Trend | Platforms | Evidence | Why it matters | Content angle |
|---|---|---|---|---|

## Sounds / Hashtags / Formats
- ...

## Example Posts to Study
- [title/hook](url) — why it matters

## Content Ideas
1. ...
2. ...

## Caveats
- Public data only.
- Trend evidence is directional unless repeated across sources.

Common Pitfalls

  • Do not call something a trend from one post unless the user only asked for examples.
  • Do not ignore region. TikTok trends can be highly country-specific.
  • Do not recommend jumping on trends that do not fit the user's brand or audience.

Signals

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Key
trend-discovery-scrapecreators
Source
github.com/scrapecreators/social-media-research-skills