Football Player DNA — AI Similarity Search

Football player DNA similarity search — find style-matched alternatives at lower market values using AI vector search across 56,000+ players

Security Scan

The skill's requests, instructions, and required credential (RT_API_KEY) are consistent with a simple remote DNA similarity search against the Rising Transfers API; nothing in the package asks for unrelated access or local data.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description, declared endpoint(s), and required credential (RT_API_KEY) align: the skill calls a remote Rising Transfers API to perform vector similarity searches, which legitimately requires a network call and an API key.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md instructions are narrowly scoped: extract a player name/team from the user request and POST it to api.risingtransfers.com. The instructions do not direct the agent to read local files, other env vars, or other services. Note: privacy claims (e.g., API key never logged, only player name sent) are statements by the provider and cannot be independently verified from this manifest.

Install Mechanism

This is an instruction-only skill with no install spec and no code files—lowest-risk delivery mechanism (nothing is downloaded or written to disk by the skill itself).

Credentials

Only a single credential (RT_API_KEY) is required and is appropriate for calling the stated external API. No unrelated secrets, config paths, or extra environment variables are requested.

Persistence & Privilege

The skill is not always-enabled and does not request special persistent platform privileges. It does allow normal autonomous invocation (platform default), which is appropriate for a user-invocable search skill.

Assessment

This skill is coherent and limited to calling the Rising Transfers API, but before installing: (1) only supply an RT_API_KEY you control and rotate it if necessary; (2) review Rising Transfers' privacy policy and billing/credit rules (API calls consume your credits); (3) be aware that autonomous invocation will make API calls and consume credits — disable auto-discovery if you want manual control; (4) avoid sending any sensitive or personally identifying data in queries; and (5) if you need stronger assurance, verify the Rising Transfers domain and contact info, and inspect the provider's API docs or GitHub repo before use.

Find statistically similar football players at lower market values. Powered by the Rising Transfers Intelligence API using pgvector cosine similarity across 56,000+ player profiles — covering Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, MLS, and more.

This is the only football AI skill that uses DNA vector search: each player is encoded as a multi-dimensional fingerprint of playing style, physical attributes, and tactical role. The result: genuine statistical twins, not surface-level comparisons.

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External Endpoints

Endpoint	Method	Data Sent	Purpose
https://api.risingtransfers.com/api/v1/intelligence/dna-search	POST	{ "name": "<player_name>" }	DNA vector similarity search
https://api.risingtransfers.com/api/v1/intelligence/player	POST	{ "name": "<player_name>" }	Player profile lookup (optional enrichment)

No data is sent to any other endpoint. No data is stored locally.

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Security & Privacy

• What leaves your machine: Only the player name(s) you provide in the query
• What does NOT leave your machine: Conversation history, other installed skills, local files, API keys (the key is sent as an HTTP header, never in the request body or logs)
• Data retention by Rising Transfers: API calls are logged for rate limiting and billing. Player name queries are not stored beyond 24 hours. See privacy policy
• Authentication: Your RT_API_KEY is sent as X-RT-API-Key header on every request to api.risingtransfers.com only

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Model Invocation Note

This skill may be invoked autonomously by OpenClaw when you ask about finding similar football players, cheaper alternatives, or DNA-matched footballers. You can disable autonomous invocation by setting skill.auto-discover false in your OpenClaw config. Every API call consumes credits from your Rising Transfers account (2 credits per DNA search on free tier).

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Trust Statement

By using this skill, the player name you query is sent to Rising Transfers (api.risingtransfers.com). Only install this skill if you trust Rising Transfers with that information. Rising Transfers is a football intelligence platform — no financial, personal, or sensitive data is involved in these queries.

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Trigger

When the user asks to:

• Find similar football players to a named player
• Find cheaper alternatives to a specific footballer
• Find DNA-matched or style-matched player options
• Identify replacement candidates for a footballer
• Scout statistically equivalent players for a squad

Examples:

• "Find me football players similar to Bellingham but cheaper"
• "Who are the DNA alternatives to Rodri?"
• "Give me a style-matched backup to Salah under €20M"
• "Find a cheaper Mbappe alternative for my FIFA draft"
• "What football player is statistically most similar to Kevin De Bruyne?"

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Instructions

1. Extract the target player name from the user's request. If a team is mentioned, note it for disambiguation.

2. Call the DNA search endpoint:

   POST https://api.risingtransfers.com/api/v1/intelligence/dna-search
   Headers:
     X-RT-API-Key: <RT_API_KEY>
     Content-Type: application/json
   Body:
     { "name": "<player_name>", "team": "<team_name_if_provided>" }
   

3. If the response contains error: "INSUFFICIENT_CREDITS", inform the user their Rising Transfers credits are exhausted and direct them to api.risingtransfers.com to top up.

4. If the response contains error: "PLAYER_NOT_FOUND", ask the user to clarify the player name or provide the current club.

5. Parse the data.alternatives array from the response. For each alternative player, present:

   • Player name and current club
   • DNA similarity percentage (e.g. "91% similar")
   • Market value and difference vs target (e.g. "€65M cheaper")
   • Position and key playing style tags

6. Present results as a ranked table, most similar first. Example format:

   Rank	Player	Club	Similarity	Value	Saving vs [Target]
   1	Name	Club	91%	€15M	€65M cheaper

7. After the table, offer to dive deeper: "Want a full scout report on any of these players?"

8. Do not fabricate statistics. If the API returns no alternatives, say so clearly and suggest the user try a different player.

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Error Handling

Error	User Message
401 Unauthorized	"Your RT_API_KEY is invalid or expired. Get a key at api.risingtransfers.com"
403 Insufficient Credits	"You've used all your DNA search credits. Top up at api.risingtransfers.com"
404 Player Not Found	"Player not found. Try the full name (e.g. 'Jude Bellingham') or add the club name."
429 Rate Limited	"Too many requests. Please wait a moment before trying again."
5xx Server Error	"Rising Transfers API is temporarily unavailable. Please try again in a few minutes."

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Requirements

• RT_API_KEY: A valid Rising Transfers API key. Register for free at api.risingtransfers.com. Free tier includes 2 DNA searches per day.
• OpenClaw: v0.8.0 or later
• Network access: Required (calls api.risingtransfers.com)

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Credit Usage

Action	Credits Consumed
DNA similarity search	2 credits (free tier)
Player profile enrichment (optional)	1 credit

Free tier: 10 DNA searches/day. Pro tier ($29/mo): 500 DNA searches/day.

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Author

Rising Transfers — api.risingtransfers.com