TrendRadar

Scan social media and communities to detect product trends rising or peaking, helping time purchases or avoid declining items.

Security Scan

The skill's code and instructions match its stated purpose: it asks the agent to browse public social platforms, extract trend signals, and forward items to BuyWise/CouponClaw; it does not request unrelated credentials or install arbitrary code.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description promise (scan social media for rising product trends) aligns with the files and SKILL.md: the scripts instruct the agent to open platform pages and extract trend signals. No unrelated env vars, binaries, or installs are requested.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md and scripts instruct the agent to use a browser tool and web_search to navigate many external pages (Xiaohongshu, Weibo, Reddit, Google Trends, Product Hunt, etc.) and extract interaction metrics. This stays within the declared purpose, but grants broad discretion to read public web content. Some platforms (e.g., Xiaohongshu, Douyin/抖音, parts of Weibo) may require login to access full data — the skill does not request credentials, so results may be limited. Also the skill instructs calling other skills (BuyWise, CouponClaw) for follow-on analysis, which is expected but means those downstream skills' access should be reviewed separately.

Install Mechanism

No install spec and no external downloads; package.json has no dependencies. Risk is low because the runtime behavior is instruction-driven rather than installing third-party binaries or archives.

Credentials

The skill requests no environment variables, credentials, or config paths, which is proportional to its browser-scraping approach. Note: because it scrapes external sites, it may rely on the agent's network/browser session and any site logins already present—those are not requested by the skill but could affect results.

Persistence & Privilege

always is false and the skill is user-invocable; it does not request permanent presence or modify other skills. Autonomous invocation is permitted by platform default but is not combined with other red flags here.

Assessment

This skill is coherent with its description: it tells the agent to browse public platform pages and extract trend signals, and it does not ask for secrets or install code. Before installing, consider: 1) the agent will open many external sites — if those sites require login or contain tracking, results may be limited or expose request metadata; 2) TrendRadar calls BuyWise and CouponClaw for follow-up actions — review those skills' permissions and credentials before chaining; 3) if you do not want autonomous web scraping, restrict the skill from autonomous invocation or remove cron jobs; and 4) monitor any automated outputs that trigger purchases or coupon actions to avoid unintended transactions.

Scan social media and communities to detect trending products before they peak — then act on them with BuyWise and CouponClaw.

TrendRadar monitors 小红书, 微博, Reddit, Google Trends, and Product Hunt in real time. It assigns a trend direction (↑↑ surging / ↑ rising / → stable / ↓ cooling) and a commercial signal to each item, so you know whether to buy now, wait, or skip.

What TrendRadar does differently

Most tools show you what's already popular. TrendRadar shows you what's about to peak — so you can get the best price before demand drives it up, or avoid buying into something already fading.

It is the upstream signal source for the entire ecosystem:

• Feed trending products into BuyWise for price and review analysis
• Feed trending stores into CouponClaw for coupon and cashback stacking
• Daily briefing surfaces the top 3 most commercially interesting trends each morning

Trigger phrases

• "什么在爆"
• "最近什么在火"
• "小红书在推什么"
• "Reddit trending"
• "今日爆款"
• "热销商品"
• "trending products"
• "what's hot right now"
• "what's going viral"
• "trending on TikTok"
• "trending on xiaohongshu"
• "hot items"

Scripts

Script	Command	Description
scan.js	node scripts/scan.js [keyword/category] [--region cn|us|global|all] [--lang zh|en]	Scan social platforms for trending products related to a keyword, or scan all categories if no keyword given
daily-hot.js	node scripts/daily-hot.js [--region cn|us|global|all] [--lang zh|en]	Generate full daily trending briefing across all categories (for cron push)

To schedule a daily push, add a cron job directly:

openclaw cron add --schedule "0 0 8 * * *" --cmd "node scripts/daily-hot.js --region all --lang zh" --channel telegram

Trend signals explained

Direction	Meaning	Commercial action
↑↑ Surging	>200% growth in 7 days	Buy before price rises
↑ Rising	50-200% growth in 7 days	Good timing — more competition = better deals
→ Stable	High volume, growth slowing	Safe choice, no urgency
↓ Cooling	Declining 3+ days	Wait for price drop

Ecosystem integration

TrendRadar (signal)
    ↓
BuyWise (analysis: price / reviews / buy timing)
    ↓
CouponClaw (action: coupons + cashback stacking)

TrendRadar is also called by:

• NewsToday — surfaces trending consumer products from the news feed
• GiftRadar (planned) — uses trending items to inform gift recommendations

Data sources

Platform	Region	What it tracks
小红书 (Xiaohongshu)	CN	Post volume, engagement velocity
微博热搜	CN	Search trend ranking
什么值得买	CN	Save/comment growth rate
抖音热榜	CN	Viral product videos
Reddit	US/Global	Upvotes, post frequency
Google Trends	Global	Search volume trajectory
Product Hunt	US/Global	New product launches

No API required

TrendRadar uses browser navigation to read live platform data directly. No API keys needed.