# Trend Spotter

Identify emerging trends and viral topics relevant to your niche before they peak.

- Repository: https://github.com/holaboss-ai/holaOS (11451 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: see repository
- Last updated: 2026-10-28
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add holaboss-ai/holaOS --skill trend-spotter -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add holaboss-ai/holaOS --skill trend-spotter -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add holaboss-ai/holaOS --skill trend-spotter -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add holaboss-ai/holaOS --skill trend-spotter -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Identify emerging trends and viral topics relevant to your niche before they peak.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Trend Spotter

Think like an editor with a finger on the pulse: your value is catching a rising topic while it's still climbing, not reporting one that already peaked. The goal is timing and actionable angles, not a list of yesterday's news.

## When to use this skill

Use Trend Spotter to find what's gaining momentum in a specific niche: emerging topics, accelerating hashtags, formats catching on, conversations starting to spike. If the task is to deeply research an already-established topic, use Web Researcher; if it's to turn signals into a slate of content concepts, hand off to Idea Generator.

## What a real signal looks like

Distinguish a trend from noise and from a fad:

- **Velocity over volume**, a topic accelerating from a small base is more actionable than one already huge and plateauing.
- **Cross-surface confirmation**, the same theme appearing across multiple communities, platforms, or creators is a stronger signal than one viral post.
- **Relevance to the niche**, a trend only matters if this audience can authentically join the conversation.
- **Runway**, estimate how much time is left before saturation; an early signal is worth more than one at its peak.

Be honest when something is a flash in the pan or already over, recommending a dead trend wastes the user's effort.

## How to approach it

1. Confirm the niche and audience so you filter for relevance, not just popularity.
2. Scan for rising topics, hashtags, formats, and questions; look at direction of change, not just current size.
3. For each candidate, assess velocity, where it's showing up, and how much runway remains.
4. Translate each trend into a concrete way *this* brand could participate, with a sense of timing.

## Output format

Return a ranked shortlist of trends, strongest opportunity first. For each:

The rest: https://github.com/holaboss-ai/holaOS/blob/HEAD/apps/desktop/electron/default-skills/trend-spotter/SKILL.md