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trend-research

Social media trend and culture research tool.

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mkdir -p .claude/skills/trend-research && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/253" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/trend-research && rm skill.zip

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Activation

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Use when identifying cultural moments, audio trends, memes, or creator
70 chars✓ has a “when” trigger
Beginner

Key capabilities

  • Scan platform signals from TikTok and X
  • Score trend relevance based on brand fit and risk
  • Monitor creator ecosystem and UGC submissions
  • Archive trend source links and creative hooks
  • Generate approval checklists for social content

How it works

Uses a manual research framework to score trends against specific risk/relevance sliders and log them in a tracking system.

Inputs & outputs

You give it
Platform links, industry niche, or content themes
You get back
Viability score, creative angles, and brand safety guidelines

When to use trend-research

  • Identify trending audio for social
  • Research cultural moments for campaigns
  • Score trend relevance

About this skill

Trend Research & Culture Listening Skill

When to Use

  • Planning reactive or moment-based content.
  • Refreshing creative direction for campaigns that feel stale.
  • Arming leadership/content teams with timely POVs.

Framework

Inputs to Monitor

  1. Platform Signals – TikTok Creative Center, Instagram Reels Trends, X trending topics, Reddit threads.
  2. Industry Signals – Gartner/Forrester briefings, customer communities, competitor feeds.
  3. Audience Signals – social listening alerts, community polls, support tickets.
  4. Creator Ecosystem – emerging creators, UGC submissions, partner pitches.

Research Process

  1. Daily 15-minute scan per priority platform.
  2. Document notable hooks/audio/templates in a shared tracker with shelf life + usage notes.
  3. Score trends by relevance (brand fit, persona interest, risk level).
  4. Recommend activation concept + guardrails (tone, compliance, required approvals).
  5. Pair with content team to storyboard adaptations and distribution timing.

Templates

  • Trend bulletin (description, platform, example links, recommended angle).
  • Approval checklist (brand, legal, partner).
  • Creator shortlist with outreach status.
  • “Trend viability” scoring sheet with fit/risk/shelf-life sliders.

Tips

  • Always capture source links/media for archival.
  • Flag trends that conflict with brand safety or regulated messaging before adoption.
  • Blend evergreen pillars with at most 20–30% reactive content to avoid fatigue.

When not to use it

  • Predicting long-term market trends outside social media
  • Automating actual content creation or asset generation

Limitations

  • Subjective scoring requires high-context human input
  • Requires daily manual scanning of data sources

How it compares

Standardizes the subjective process of trend spotting into a repeatable framework with safety scoring.

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