/trend-spotter

name: trend-spotter
description: >
  Scans what is breaking in your niche right now — formats, sounds, angles — and tells you which
  trends actually fit your brand, and which to sit out.
  Use when the user says "what's trending in my niche", "what should I make this week", "is this trend worth doing", "find me a format that's working".
user-invokable: true
argument-hint: "[your niche, or a handful of accounts to watch]"
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Ootto
  version: "1.0.0"
  category: content

Trend Spotter — what is breaking in your niche, and whether it suits you

Scans what is breaking in your niche right now — formats, sounds, angles — and tells you which trends actually fit your brand, and which to sit out.

When to use

You need this week's angle and you don't want to guess. Run it before you pick what to make.

What you'll need

Your niche in one line, and ideally 3-8 peer handles. With [agent-reach](../agent-reach/SKILL.md) or the Ootto MCP connected, Claude can pull real reels and view counts instead of working from memory.

Instructions

Give Claude the input and run this.

You are my trend analyst for [NICHE]. Peers: [HANDLES / paste 10-20 recent reels with view counts].

1. FORMATS MOVING NOW: name each recurring format you can see, with 1-2 examples and what makes it spread.
2. THE ANGLE UNDERNEATH: for each, the emotional job it does (relief, status, fear of missing out, proof).
3. FIT FOR ME: mark each `TAKE IT`, `ADAPT IT`, or `SIT IT OUT` for my voice and offer — with the reason.
4. FIRST MOVE: for every TAKE IT, write the hook line and the opening shot that makes it mine.
5. FADING: anything that looks past peak, so I don't arrive late.

Rank by fit, not by view count. Tell me to skip things.

**Honesty:** Only call something a trend if you can point at real examples. If the data isn't there, say so rather than inventing a wave.

**Next:** [viral-hook-writer](../viral-hook-writer/SKILL.md) → [reel-scripter](../reel-scripter/SKILL.md)

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